multiple representations. On a deeperlevel, students also learned several problem solving skills, including teamwork, researching atopic, formulating evidence based solutions, and presenting their findings. After the unit, allstudents answered a 22-item engagement survey (α = .77) that asked about their perceptions ofand experiences in math (i.e. “Today I explained how I solve math problems to other kids”).Results of a factor analysis indicated the presence of 3 groups of items: Value in Math,Collaboration, and Enjoyment. A subsequent Multivariate Analysis of Variance indicated thatPBL students reported significantly higher levels of Collaboration, meaning they worked withand helped their peers more than students in traditional, teacher and
both secondary and post-secondary education. Dr. Wiebe has been a member of ASEE since 1989.Malinda Faber, The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation Malinda Faber is a Research Associate on the Evaluation Team at the Friday Institute for Educational In- novation at North Carolina State University. She works on multiple research teams, including evaluations of the Golden LEAF Foundations’ STEM Initiative, North Carolina’s Race to the Top STEM Initiative, and the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction’s IMPACT-V model for capacity-building in instructional technology.Jeni Corn, Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, NC State University As the Director of Evaluation Programs at the Friday Institute
11 percent. However, the odds of attending afour-year college compared to not attending college did not significantly change with PLTWparticipation. Although males comprise most of the matched sample, they were less likely to enroll incollege than their female counterparts. Eighth-grade mathematics ITBS achievement scores werea strong predictor for college entry, while reading was also a significant predictor. Students whowere eligible for free lunch were less likely to immediately enrolling in college and students withreduced lunch eligibility were also less likely to enroll, but only significant at the 10 percentlevel. Our initial regression did not include other mathematics and science courses. Yet,researchers have documented the
targeted as an area for instruction because improving spatial skillsimproves retention of engineering students16 and therefore can help to narrow the gender gap inSTEM.Although research is inconsistent as to the relation between actual engineering performance andspatial skills test scoresii,15, in a six-year longitudinal assessment, Sorby found that first-year“female engineering students with poorly developed spatial skills who receive spatialvisualization training are more likely to stay in engineering than are their peers who do notreceive training”8. Among undergraduate women who failed a spatial skills initial assessmenttest, 77 percent of those who took a spatial-visualization course were still enrolled in or hadgraduated from the school of
Women in Engineering Program Award in 2009. In 2011 she was recognized as the Women of the Year by the Women’s Transportation Seminar in the Research Triangle and as the Tarheel of the Week. Her work was featured on the National Science Foun- dation Discoveries web site. She is a member of Sigma Xi, past chair of the K-12 and Precollege Division of the American Society of Engineering Educators and a Senior Member of the IEEE. Page 23.1177.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 The Creation, Evolution and Impact of a GK-12 Outreach ModelGK-12 Outreach
Paper ID #5946Impact of Attending a Research Experience for Teachers Program with In-ternational and Societally Relevant ComponentsZornitsa Georgieva, West Virginia UniversityProf. Reagan Curtis, West Virginia University Reagan Curtis, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Educational Psychology and director of the Program Eval- uation and Research Center at West Virginia University. He pursues a diverse research agenda including areas of interest in (a) the development of mathematical and scientific knowledge across the lifespan, (b) online delivery methods and pedagogical approaches to university instruction, and (c) research
problem: Weekly meeting with mentor Literature review Feedback from the program director during the weekly group meetingsThe team follows the iterative design process which has the following steps: 1. Initial constrain and functional specifications 2. Design decisions based on the constrains and belief 3. Preliminary development of model 4. Result analysis 5. Satisfaction/dissatisfaction with the results 6. Remodeling 7. Final designEngineering Research Activities:A bienzymatic glucose biosensor that uses vertically aligned carbon nanofibers (VACNF) hasbeen shown to detect glucose 2-4. However, manufacturing VACNF is an expensive process. Thegoal of this research is to determine if non-aligned, thus less costly
Advanced Manufacturing- Challenges, Opportunities & Federal Initiatives“And when we make things here, we perfect that next idea.” - President Obama on “Launching Advanced Manufacturing Initiative on June 24 2011 Sridhar Kota Professor of Mechanical Engineering The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Former Assistant Director for Advanced Manufacturing, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy ASEE Engineering Dean Symposium, Washington DC, February 12, 2013 Creating Knowledge but Not WealthOSTP 2006U.S Trade deficit in AdvancedTechnology Products OUTPUT: - $100 Billion ATP
Explore Engineering. Professor Blust is dedicated to community service and has developed and participated in the Lunch Buddies program, which pairs college female engineering students with 6th and 7th grade girls every Friday to do STEM activities. She has also served as the director of Camp Invention, a program that fosters creativity and invention among K-5th graders.Dr. Suzanne Franco, Wright State University Associate Professor of Statistics and Research, Leadership Studies in Education and Organizations, Col- lege of Education and Human Services. Director of Research and Evaluation, Dayton Regional STEM SchoolRenee BeachMrs. Sandra M Preiss, Dayton Regional STEM Center Sandra Preiss, is the Coordinator for the
Paper ID #7095Impact of PLP on Student Learning: Initial ResultsDr. Rebecca L. Damron, Oklahoma State UniversityDr. Sohum A Sohoni, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus Dr. Sohoni is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering at Arizona State University’s Col- lege of Technology and Innovation. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from the University of Cincinnati in 2004 and his bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from COEP at Pune University in 1998. After his Ph.D., he worked as an assistant professor at Oklahoma State University from 2005 to 2012. Dr. Sohoni’s research interests
Paper ID #6178Development and Initial Validation of an Innovation AssessmentDr. Geoff Wright, Brigham Young University Dr. Geoffrey A. Wright is an assistant professor of Technology and Engineering Education in the College of Technology and Engineering at Brigham Young University.Mr. Paul T Skaggs, Brigham Young UniversityMr. Jacob Dean Wheadon, Purdue UniversityDr. Clifton B. Farnsworth, Brigham Young University Clifton Farnsworth received B.S. and M.S. degrees in civil engineering from Brigham Young University and a Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Utah. He worked as a geotechnical engineer for eight
Page 23.1363.4Summer Institute for APCS and “Georgia Computes!” it is not a primary focus of most otherprofessional development programs. The inclusion of local cutting edge research modules is alsounique to the TAG initiative and Tapestry Workshops.3 Theme and OrganizationThe Tapestry Workshop guidelines, shown in Table 1, are grounded in a broad range of sociologicaland pedagogical research [7]. While the TAG initiative does not endorse a workshop-in-a-boxapproach to organizing Tapestry Workshops, these guidelines were emphasized as a requirement forUVA sponsorship of satellite workshops. Within this framework we were free to develop our ownworkshop agenda. Table 1: Tapestry Workshop Content Guidelines [7
AbstractRecent reports have shown that there is a lack of interest in computer science in the K-12 level andnumber of incoming college freshmen specifying Computer Science (CS) as an area of study hasdropped 60% over the last 4 years. The educators and administrators are challenged to find ways toengage and promote success and retention of students while maintaining standards in introductorycomputer science courses. One way to do this is through education and awareness about computationalthinking in K-12 curriculum. There are a number of initiatives on this and one such initiative is theSTARS (Students & Technology in Academia, Research & Service) Student Leadership Corps (SLC).STARS SLC is a NSF funded initiative at University of North Carolina
primarily Hispanic-Serving Institutionserving the bi-national El Paso – Ciudad Juarez metropolitan area. IM’s first substantialdissemination is to Algebra-1 classrooms in three El Paso high schools during the 2011-2012academic year involving approximately seven hundred students.IM was developed as an unexpected synergy of two NSF-funded research efforts conducted bythe first author at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). IM’s pedagogy evolved from anultra-elementary programming thread called “Media Exposed” incorporated into UTEP’sEntering Students’ Program. Media Exposed targeted students taking (and often stuck retaking)algebra and pre-calculus courses. The course initially used a Python-based programmingenvironment and libraries that
Paper ID #8156Introduce Computer Engineering to Middle School Students through a Sci-ence ProjectDr. Suxia Cui, Prairie View A&M UniversityDr. Yonghui Wang, Prairie View A&M University Dr. Yonghui Wang earned a B.S. in technical physics from Xidian University at Xi’an, China in 1993; an M.S. in electrical engineering from Beijing Polytechnic University at Beijing, China in 1999; and a Ph.D. in computer engineering from Mississippi State University at Starkville in 2003. From 1993 to 1996, he was an Engineer with the 41st Electrical Research Institute at Bengbu, China. From July 1999 to December 1999, he worked as
researchers to advancein computing with regards to new problem solving strategies and testing new solution in bothreal and virtual applications. The students would be required to work with problem solvingalgorithms, computation methods, and tools in K-12. The K-12 curriculum, they say, mustfocus the concepts and efforts in two directions. Initially a change in education policy must bemade, and, later, K-12 teachers need resources and appropriate examples to teach the students.The gap between K-12 and computer science education communities has to be bridged. Thegoal is to absorb the key concepts of computation to be applied across varies discipline ratherthan focusing on a specific computer science field. The computer science educationcommunity can
international leaders.Collaboration with Tel Aviv University (TAU) in IsraelAfter a delegation visit to Israel in 2012, conversations initiated on a wide range of possiblecollaborations such as academic exchanges, joint research initiatives, programs and projectsbetween UCI and Israeli universities. During the visit, we discovered a common ground withTel Aviv University that both universities had excelled in communications and informationtechnology education. UCI is located in Southern California, home to more than 600telecommunications companies anchored by Broadcom and Qualcomm. TAU is a technologicalpowerhouse in Israel, which has educated a large number of scientists and engineers who havelaunched companies contributing to making Israel the “start
Paper ID #7491Going big: scaling up international engineering education to whole collegeinitiativesDr. Eck Doerry, Northern Arizona University Eck Doerry is an associate professor in Computer Science at Northern Arizona University. His re- search interests fall mainly within the areas of Groupware Systems, focusing on computer support for widely-distributed research and learning communities; and in Engineering Pedagogy, focusing on inter- disciplinary and international teaming approaches to teaching engineering design. Internationalization of engineering education has been a particular passion for Dr. Doerry. He has been
Initiative ($M) FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 61103 75.1 77.6 74.3 75.3 76.6 Includes - MURI, DURIP, PECASE Multi-Disciplinary University Research Initiative (MURIs) Experimental Study of • Research vital to the Army, but applicablePolymeric Membranes in to multiple Services Fuel Cells • Investigates high priority, transformational topics such as biologically inspired mobile networks of autonomous vehicles, self- University
Paper ID #7552Workshops for the Engineering Faculty Engagement in Learning ThroughService (EFELTS) Project: Development and Initial FindingsDr. Chris Swan, Tufts University Christopher Swan is the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Curriculum Development in the School of En- gineering and an associate professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at Tufts University. He has additional appointments in the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service and the Center for Engineering Education and Outreach. He has also served as chair of Tufts CEE depart- ment (2002-2007). Dr. Swan’s current research
Paper ID #7331Leveraging Simulation Tools to Deliver Ill-Structured Problems in Statics andMechanics of Materials: Initial ResultsProf. Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus Christopher Papadopoulos is an Assistant Professor in the Department of General Engineering at the Uni- versity of Puerto Rico, Mayag¨uez (UPRM). He earned B.S. degrees in Civil Engineering and Mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University (1993) and a Ph.D. in Theoretical & Applied Mechanics at Cornell Uni- versity (1999). Prior to coming to UPRM, Papadopoulos served on the faculty in the Department of Civil
Paper ID #8379Invited Paper - The iLab-Europe Initiative: Exploiting Possibilities Createdby a Network of Shared Online LaboratoriesMr. Danilo Garbi Zutin P.E., Carinthia University of Applied Sciences Danilo Garbi Zutin has graduated in electrical engineering at the State University of Sao Paulo (UN- ESP, Brazil, and obtained his Master degree in Systems Design (specialization in Remote Systems) at the Carinthia University of Applied Sciences in Villach, Austria. His research interests are in the field of remote engineering, online labs, remote control of devices and software development for online labs. Danilo Garbi
Experience The National Research Council’s recent Framework for K-12 Science Education (NRC, 2012)and the Next Generation Science Standards (Achieve, Inc., 2013) bring new urgency andimportance to the task of exposing K-12 students to the practices and big ideas of engineering.At the elementary school level, this task requires not only the adjustment of curriculum andpedagogy, but also a transformation in the preparation of new elementary teachers. The teachereducation community is limited in its understanding of how novice teachers of elementarystudents learn to teach engineering. Research is needed to inform a new model for preparing pre-service elementary teachers to teach engineering.For elementary school teachers, preparation in engineering
learning. Further research will continue to focus on theimpact of digital fabrication on STEM education. The federal government has undertakena national initiative to increase focus on effective STEM education,28 and the presentstudy was designed within this context. Specifically, this study aimed to contribute to thebody of research focused upon supporting the development of future scienceprofessionals through the development and assessment of science pedagogical practicessupported by innovative instructional technologies.The particular emphasis during the present study was upon science education, but futurestudies can expand to beyond science education to other STEM fields as well as fieldsbeyond STEM. The design and implementation of
some of the ambiguity forstudents producing deliverables for a design challenge and provides the instructor with apractical approach to assessing student work. In addition to offering a new pedagogical approachto engineering design thinking, the following research offers empirical evidence of studentcognition as they go through an engineering design process. Finally, we provide definitions andstudent generated examples of the four modeling artifacts to include; conceptual models,graphical models, mathematical models and working models.The Need The case for infusing engineering ‒ specifically engineering design ‒ into K-12 settings hasbeen made by educators and policy makers 1-3 . Yet determining how engineering design will beoperationalized
Highway Research Center Exploratory Advanced Research Status 100+ Initial stage investigations Reference scans, convening workshops 200+ external experts Six solicitations resulting in 50 projects awarded; 37 ongoing $43M federal; $17M match 7th Closed October 4 2012 Topics: Novel binders; low-powered, wireless sensors 8th (DTFH61-13-R-00011) Closes March 15 2013 Topics: Advanced Cooperative Highway and Vehicle Systems; Automation of Video Feature Extraction for Road Safetyhttps://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=0819fa7ea0d5b7f2bfb1557b2c39decb&tab=core&_cview=1 Turner-Fairbank Highway
Paper ID #8172Undergraduate Research Projects using Microfluidic DevicesDr. Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.) Dr. Ciobanescu Husanu is Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering Technology at Drexel Uni- versity. She received her PhD degree in mechanical engineering from Drexel University and also a MS degree in aeronautical engineering. Her research interest is in thermo-fluid sciences with applications in micro-combustion, fuel cells, green fuels and plasma assisted combustion. Dr. Husanu has prior industrial experience in aerospace engineering that encompasses both theoretical analysis and
. in Education from the University of Houston.Sarah R. Phillips, Rice University Sarah Phillips is the Education and International Initiatives Manager for the National Science Foundation Partnerships for International Research and Education (NSF-PIRE) ”U.S.- Japan Cooperative Research and Education on Terahertz Dynamics in Nanostructures” grant at Rice University. In collaboration with the PI and Education Director, she manages all aspects of the NanoJapan: International Research Expe- rience for Undergraduates Program. Since 2006, this program has sent 118 young U.S. engineering and physics students to Japan for research, language, and cultural study. She also manages the reciprocal NanoREIS: Research
1 provides a sample of scheduled social events, career development workshops, research seminars, and field trip activities. Table 1. Schedule of ActivitiesWeek 1 Welcome Pizza Party * Kick-off Meeting and Orientation * Initial meeting with faculty mentor * Work area tour * Tour of University library and seminar on using library resources * Research seminar: Infrared imaging principles, processing, and applications (Hsieh)Week 2 Seminar: Getting into Graduate School * Field trip: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX * Research seminar: Medical imaging techniques, signal processing and applications (Ji)Week 3 Seminar: Engineering
Education, 2013 Live Energy: An Initiative for Teaching Energy and Sustainability Topics with the most Up-to-date and Relevant Content Abstract This paper presents the ongoing activities of a National Science Foundation (NSF)- funded collaborative research project, its iterative research design, and the preliminary findings. Five engineering professors at five university campuses, [Texas A&M University (TAMU) College Station, Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU), California State University Long Beach (CSULB), The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State), & Stanford University] as well as a technology expert and