Paper ID #28830Increasing Motivation and Enhancing the chemistry enrichment experienceof incoming students’ through the use of lectures related to chemistryin engineering and ALEKS R systemDr. Wujie Zhang, Milwaukee School of Engineering Dr. Wujie Zhang, a Biomedical and Food Engineer, is an associate professor in the Physics and Chemistry Department at MSOE. He has been recently named ”20 under 40” by the ASEE Prism magazine. With a committed interest in lifelong learning and engineering education, he has been an eager participant in various workshops and programs, such as the ASEE Virtual Communities of Practice (VCP) program
Paper ID #29743Work in Progress: A Summer Outreach Program in Chemical EngineeringEmphasizing Sustainable Technologies Related to Plastic MaterialsDr. Diane L Nelson, Carnegie Mellon University Diane Nelson is a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow and a Burroughs Welcome Fund Postdoctoral Fellow in Chemical Engineering who is committed to exploring the unique properties of fluorinated materials and harnessing those properties to improve drug delivery vehicles to the lung. She has spent the last six years creating and testing her delivery system on various lung diseases and is currently defining the process of droplet
Perceptions of Engineers and Engineering as a Career Relate to Their Self-Efficacy, Career Expectations, and Grittiness?AbstractThis complete research paper examines the potential connection between student beliefs aboutengineering as a profession, as well as the perceptions of their family and friends, to their reportedself-efficacy, career expectations, and grittiness.The student responses examined were obtained from non-calculus ready engineering students at alarge land grant institution in the Mid-Atlantic region. The students participated in a well-established program focused on cohort formation, mentorship, professional skill development, andfostering a sense of inclusion and belonging in engineering. The program, consisting of a one-week pre
Paper ID #30003Software Support for Materials-related Active LearningDr. Kaitlin Tyler, ANSYS Inc. Kaitlin is currently an Education Fellow with the Granta Education Division at ANSYS. She received her PhD at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign under Professor Paul Braun. Her research was split: focusing on manipulating eutectic material microstructures for optical applications and examining how en- gineering outreach programs influence participants’ self-perceptions of engineering and self-confidence. Her interests lie in materials education and STEM outreach.Dr. Claes Fredriksson, ANSYS Granta Currently
- Related Workforce Development ProgramI. AbstractThe main objective of this nuclear-related workforce development (NWD) program is to use thescholarships provided by the federal funding agency ($5,000 per semester) in conjunction withWestern Carolina University’s engineering project-based learning sequence to recruit and retainstudents who will sustain our existing program for serving nuclear-related industry andacademia. Our secondary objective is to increase the quality, quantity, and diversity of studentsseeking these engineering degrees. The program seeks to recruit engineering studentsspecializing in electric power, mechanical, and electrical disciplines, jointly called EPME. Aprogram requirement is that these students pursue an
Paper ID #30179Work in Progress: Incorporating interactive modules related to cellculture and plasmid design into introduction to biomedical engineeringDr. Rosalyn Delia Abbott, Carnegie Mellon University Rosalyn Abbott is an Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering with a courtesy appointment in Ma- terials Science and Engineering. Professor Abbott received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Biomedical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and her Ph.D. degree in Bioengineering from the Uni- versity of Vermont. She was subsequently a postdoctoral fellow in the Biomedical Engineering Depart- ment at Tufts
related materials and qualitycontrol standards into the Industrial Engineering M.S. program. Hands-on activities based coursemodules were developed and implemented into three graduate level courses, including modifyingtwo existing courses and developing one new course. Since the three courses are not requiredcourses in the Industrial Engineering M.S. program, a new graduate level certificate program wasalso developed [4] consisting the three courses to attract more graduate students to take the threecourses. We conducted student surveys to collect their feedback on the effectiveness of thecourse modules, and their changes on the knowledge related to engineering standards andstandardization in manufacturing related materials and quality control
and education related classes at Stanford University, she conducts research on engineering education and work-practices, and applied finite element analysis. From 1999-2008 she served as a Senior Scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, leading the Foundation’s engineering study (as reported in Educating Engineers: Designing for the Future of 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 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020
modeling, Dr. Keshwani is engaged in teaching and advising students across two academic colleges and is involved in numerous campus-wide student success initiatives including leading a civic-engagement program for first-year students. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Role of agricultural simulation games to promote youth-adult discussions related to agricultural sustainability1. Introduction The 2006 publication by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)sparked an initiative on how to feed the world by 2050 [1]. This report looked at populationgrowth estimates which illustrated that the global population would reach 9.1 billion people
of materials. He participates in multiple projects, including the development of a Model for The Metal Laser Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing Process. Dr. Ahmed Cherif Megri is currently the chair of the NCAT CAM’s Education subcommittee. He is organizing the outreach programs since 2015.Dr. Sameer Hamoush P.E., North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Professor and Chair of Civil and Architectural Engineering Department American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Teaching High-School Students Innovative Topics Related to Advanced Manufacturing and 3D-Printing Dr. Ahmed Cherif Megri, and
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
name is Berrak Seren Tekalp, I am from Turkey, and I am a junior in Industrial Engineering at Quin- nipiac University. I have a mathematics and a general business minor. Beginning in my sophomore year, I’ve done many academic types of research with my professors. In these projects, I have used advanced features within the IBM SPSS Statistics and Excel programs. I am a hard and reliable worker. I have been able to expand my communication skills, and through my time as an active member of multiple student organizations and engineering groups at Quinnipiac. I’ve led numerous meetings and club projects. I am comfortable with working in teams. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020
Cornerstone projects that all students demonstrate andpresent at the end of the semester. Throughout the semester up to Cornerstone demonstrations,course instruction, activities, and deliverables have been designed in a dual-purpose manner, inthat they augment student practice of essential engineering skills (such as introductoryprogramming), while at the same time scaffolding progression towards Cornerstone Projectcompletion. Scaffolded lesson plans related to programming have been designed to exposestudents to two primary means of programming interface and methodology. These respectivelyinclude 1) Arduino-based platforms focused on instruction of algorithm-based programmingmethodology, and 2) Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) focused on
research program forundergraduates in engineering-related majors. Self-reported pre-and post-surveys from 2014-2018were analyzed. The surveys focused on the following areas: 1) Experience, Knowledge, andAbility; 2) Exposure to Research, and 3) Future Goals. There were 49 undergraduates whoparticipated in the study. Descriptive statistics, paired-sample t-tests, and independent t-tests wereused to probe the survey responses between first-generation and non-first-generation collegestudents. Results show that first-generation college students had comparable gains in the followingareas as their non-first generation counterparts: for the first-generation student, the summerresearch experience increased their confidence and their knowledge of research
Paper ID #29520Student Paper: An Engineering Pedagogy for Developing PracticalKnowledge and Hands-On Skills Related to 5-Axis Milling and ComputerAided Aerospace Parts Manufacturing Using Current TechnologyMr. John Vincent Kronenberger, Oregon Institute of Technology John Kronenberger is a senior undergraduate student at the Oregon Institute of Technology dual majoring in Mechanical Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering Technology. Academic interests include CNC programming, 3D design and modeling, and the application of additive manufacturing technology.Dr. David E. Culler, Oregon Institute of Technology Dr. Culler has an
through a worksheet. This personality assessment connects individualinterests to related occupations, provides a vocabulary for students to discuss their careerinterests, and suggests relevant occupations based on the individual’s “type” [36]. Educationalopportunities beyond their current program were discussed, including education that can proceedafter their biosystems engineering degree, such as prosthetist training, medical school, orgraduate study in engineering [37]. Through this career development support, we explored theinterdisciplinary nature of biosystems engineering and the broad options for graduates of theprogram both within and beyond engineering, building on the course content covered by theprofessors of the course, and supporting
Barrier Change. She currently is the Vice President of her school’s chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers and oversees the Concrete Canoe and Steel Bridge competition teams. She will be the president of the chapter next year.Dr. Jack Bringardner, NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering Jack Bringardner is the Assistant Dean for Academic and Curricular Affairs at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. He is also an Assistant Professor in the General Engineering Department and Civil Engineer- ing Department where he teaches the First-Year Engineering Program course Introduction to Engineering and Design. He is the Director of Vertically Integrated Projects at NYU. His Vertically Integrated Projects course is on
. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020New title for the paper: Renewable Energy Engineering Technology (REET) ProgramAbstractREET program exposes students to the world of creating and implementing green technologies,such as wind, solar, photovoltaics, geothermal, and biomass power. A four-year degree with aspecialization in renewable energy preparing student with technology skills that can put them towork in green technologies across three areas: Engineering Technology, InformationTechnology, and Software and Information Systems. There is an international demand forrenewable energy technology. As an example, in Australia, growth in demand for engineers andtechnicians in the renewable energy sector is tripled between 2008 and
design is currently notyet well represented in undergraduate academic programs.In order to prepare our computer engineering students for the autonomous vehicle designexperience which can be considered as a complex embedded systems design, we offer twocourses on embedded systems. However, these two courses on embedded systems design are notenough to teach the students the skills that they need. In order to satisfy the ABET requirementsstudents in computer engineering program are required to take a capstone course. The projectsthat students do in this capstone course are embedded projects. This paper will describeautonomous vehicle projects that the students have done in this capstone course.IntroductionWikipedia defines autonomous vehicle as “ A
construction professionals deal with adiverse group of professionals in architecture, engineering and construction. In addition, there isan expectation within the construction industry of 18% growth in the use of Design-Builddelivery method over the years of 2018 to 2021 [2]. Design-Build can be considered a morecollaborative delivery method than Design-Bid-Build due to the engagement of contractor anddesigner during the initial development of a project. The rise in use of more collaborativedelivery methods, such as Design-Build, Construction Management at Risk, Integrated ProjectDelivery, as well as previous research [3], [4] indicates the need for improving collaborationfrom an industry perspective. Additionally, construction programs are aware of
Associate in Mechanical Engineering Technology, Mechatronics John Tyler SpecializationFramework for Robotics Technology ProgramsThe framework for the curriculum was based on a representative Mechatronics Program at theAssociate Degree Level and Industry Partners who participate in Apprentice programs. Therequirements for a registered apprentice program with the Virginia Department of Labor andIndustry (DOLI) is a minimum of 2,000 hours of supervised on-the-job training and a minimumof 144 hours of related technical instruction for each year of apprenticeship. Of the 23Community Colleges in Virginia only two offers mechatronics apprenticeship which would bethe closest to a robotics program. More popular apprentice programs
Paper ID #29012Graduate Program Review and Lessons LearnedDr. Mohammad Moin Uddin P.E., East Tennessee State University Dr. Mohammad Moin Uddin is an associate professor in the Department of Engineering, Engineering Technology, and Surveying at East Tennessee State University. He holds a joint appointment as an As- sociate Professor of Engineering and Engineering Technology and as a Graduate Faculty member of the Graduate Studies. Dr. Uddin is active in research and scholarship. He has been awarded grants from National Science Foundation, Tennessee Department of Transportation, DENSO and ASEE (ETD mini- grants) and
their interest andlikelihood to pursue engineering pathways. One example is a STEM day for Girl Scouts that hasbeen organized at Wentworth Institute of Technology for several years. Girl Scouts STEM day isa program to help 4th or 5th grade students explore STEM activities and learn about some of theengineering fields. The event organization is led by the Society of Women Engineers (SWE).The core part of the day has small groups of Girl Scouts rotate between workshops. Theseworkshops were conducted by faculty from different departments. In each workshop, one facultyand several college student volunteers, led by the SWE student chapter, introduced and guidedthe activity. Members of Girl Scouts participated in STEM-related hands-on workshops
developing both hardware and software course materials for the Mechatronics program at San Jose State University (SJSU) for more than a decade. He has been involved in operat- ing systems and driver development, mobile computing device development, DevOps and security, and authentication and encryption toolkits. He holds a BS in EE/CS from the University of California at Berkeley. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Making the Move from C to Python With Mechanical Engineering StudentsAbstractWork is underway in the Mechanical Engineering Department at San José State University totransition the first course in computer programming (ME 30
assistant where she works with WV schools to inspire students to pursue a STEM career. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 STEM Ambassadress Program (Research-to-Practice) Strand: OtherIntroductionIn this paper we describe our experience with our “STEM Ambassadress Program,” in whichfemale university students in STEM Background serve as the STEM Ambassadresses of femalehigh school students. The project is sponsored by American Association of University Women(AAUW) and NASA WV Consortium. The ambassadresses, who graduated from high schoolsrecently, will mentor high school girls in their high
Paper ID #28762Complete Work: Investigation of Sense of Belonging to Engineering inIntroductory Level Pre-Engineering ClassesJill Davishahl, Western Washington University Jill Davishahl is Assistant Professor and First Year Programs Director in the Engineering + Design de- partment at Western Washington University. Jill’s teaching, service, and research activities focus on enhancing first year student experiences by providing foundational technical skills, student engagement opportunities, and professional skill development necessary to improve success in the major, with empha- sis on supporting traditionally underserved
engineering students at the J.B. Speed Schoolof Engineering (SSoE) at the University of Louisville must take.The interest barrier, defined in this paper as “student beliefs related to the significance and/orusefulness of engineering”, inherently includes student perception(s) related to the level ofpleasure experienced in conducting engineering-related tasks or activities. Research has identifiedinterest as the most significant retention impediment for SSoE students; specifically, an increasein interest predicted which students remained in engineering. Yet the significance of the interestquestion extends well beyond SSoE to engineering programs all over the country.First-year engineering makerspace courses can have a positive impact on first-year
program outside engineering Figure 6. Reported interest in chosen engineering major after completing INGE 3002.To explore if students were considering a transfer, either to another engineering program or intoanother college, we included the following statements: “I am considering a transfer to a differentengineering program” and “I am considering a transfer to another program outside engineering”.Aggregated results for “Agree” or “Strongly agree” for each statement shows that three (9%)students were considering a possible transfer to a different engineering program and fourstudents (12%) answered feeling neutral about this decision. In relation to consideringtransferring to another college, two students (6
Paper ID #30036Student Perceptions of First-Year Engineering Justice CurriculumDr. Devin R. Berg, University of Wisconsin-Stout Devin Berg is an Associate Professor and Program Director of the B.S. Mechanical Engineering program in the Engineering and Technology Department at the University of Wisconsin - Stout.Dr. Tina Lee, University of Wisconsin-Stout Dr. Tina Lee is an Associate Professor of Anthropology, the Program Director for the Applied Social Science Program, and the General Education Director at the University of Wisconsin-Stout.Dr. Elizabeth Anne Buchanan, University of Wisconsin-Stout Elizabeth Buchanan is Endowed
are significant demographics- and course-related barriers affecting student progressionthrough the chemical engineering program?2. What does this information tell us about how support should be targeted to students to addressthese barriers and improve retention?Research Context and MotivationOur department is currently one of 21 across the country which has earned National ScienceFoundation funding through the Directorates for Engineering, Computing, and InformationScience and Engineering program for Revolutionizing Engineering and Computer ScienceDepartments (RED). These are multi-year grants, led by department chairs as head PIs topromote groundbreaking, scalable, and sustainable improvements in undergraduate engineeringand computer science