Paper ID #18170Assisstive Technology for Freshman Design and K-12 OutreachDr. 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.Mr. Matthew Wigdahl, Oaklawn Elementary School Matthew Wigdahl is a National Board Certified 5th grade teacher using Design Thinking to empower his students to solve problems. He has taught elementary grades for 17 years.Ms. Charis Dawn Collins, Oaklawn Elementary School Charis Collins is a writer and teacher, specializing
AC 2008-1226: PERSPECTIVES ON FIRST YEAR ENGINEERING EDUCATIONKerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame Ms. Meyers is the co-coordinator of the First Year Engineering Program at the Univeristy of Notre Dame.John Uhran, University of Notre Dame Dr. Uhran is the former Sr. Associate Dean of Engineering and now Professor Emeritus at the University of Notre Dame. He continues to have a great interest in furthering and improving Engineering Education at the university level and pre-engineering in K-12.Catherine Pieronek, University of Notre Dame Ms. Pieronek is director of academic affairs and the women's engineering program at the University of Notre Dame College of Engineering.Dan Budny
Paper ID #27185TITLE: Rethinking the Gateway Computing Curriculum Across Engineer-ing DisciplinesDr. Michael Joseph Reese Jr., Johns Hopkins University Michael Reese is the Associate Dean & Director at the Johns Hopkins Center for Educational Resources. Dr. Reese previously worked as an Educational Technologist at Caliber Learning and Booz-Allen and Hamilton. He also consulted with the University of Maryland School of Nursing on the launch of their first online degree program. He earned a Ph.D. in sociology at Johns Hopkins. His dissertation modeled how educational innovations diffused in higher education. He also
- jectory of the profession. Her research focuses on teacher education, classroom assessment, and P-16 environmental and engineering education.Dr. Michael Chajes P.E., University of Delaware Michael Chajes is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering. His research focuses on bridge testing, evaluation, and rehabilitation, as well as engineering education. During his 25 years at UD, Dr. Chajes has served as Dean of the College of Engineering and Chair of theCivil and Environmental Engineering Department. He is a registered Professional Engineer and was named Delaware Engineer of the Year in 2010.Dr. Lori Pollock, University of DelawareDr. Kevin R. GuidryMr. Michael L. Vaughan, University of Delaware Michael L
. is a Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He received his B.E., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Vanderbilt University with a year of postgraduate work at the University of Illinois at Urbana. He has over fifty publications in five countries and has been with the University of Tennessee for thirty-nine years. He was a NASA-ASEE Summer Faculty Fellow at NASA/Langley and has served as an elected officer in ASEE and TSPE. He has also been the president of the Tennessee Section of ASCE.Ronald Goulet, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Dr. Goulet, associate professor of mechanical engineering, joined the UTC engineering faculty in 1998 with over 20 years of
skills such as team work,argumentation, and communication skills.Underpinning the biweekly viewing of Star Trek episodes, the course starts with a foundationin moral and ethical theory. The ethical issues faced by the Star Trek crews lead toconsideration of similar situations faced by students and by engineers. Teams analyze andsolve progressively more complex ethical cases in engineering and in general. The overallgoal of the course is to assist students in developing their moral imaginations and thereby, tounderstand how to make the best choices in difficult circumstances.The paper describes the course including the organization, weekly topics, cases, worksheets,activities, and feedback from students that have completed the course. In the
AC 2010-1149: CAMPING THE WAY TO HIGHER RETENTION RATESSteve Rippon, Arizona State UniversityJames Collofello, Arizona State University Page 15.256.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Camping the Way to Higher Retention RatesAbstractFreshman retention is a top priority in nearly all engineering schools. Increased retentionoptimizes new-student recruitment dollars, decreases students’ time to graduation, impactsschool rankings, and helps to meet industry’s increasing demand for engineers. Most researchersand experts in the field agree on a number of basic tenants of retention. Topmost are the tenantsof creating community amongst freshmen, bonding
Paper ID #21516Reactions from First-year Engineering Students to an In-depth Growth Mind-set InterventionDr. Emily Dringenberg, Ohio State University Dr. Dringenberg is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Ohio State University. She holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering (Kansas State ’08), a MS in Industrial Engi- neering (Purdue ’14) and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education (Purdue ’15). Her research is focused on decision-making within the context of engineering design. She is working to leverage engineering edu- cation research to shift the culture of engineering to be more inclusive of
AC 2009-1482: INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING DESIGN: AN EMPHASIS ONCOMMUNICATIONTaryn Bayles, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Taryn Bayles is a Professor of the Practice of Chemical Engineering in the Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Department at UMBC, where she incorporates her industrial experience by bringing practical examples and interactive learning to help students understand fundamental engineering principles. Her current research focuses on engineering education, outreach and curriculum development. Page 14.813.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Introduction to
Paper ID #34615Project-Based Learning (PBL) in the First-Year Engineering Design ClassDr. Emine Celik Foust, York College of Pennsylvania Emine Celik Foust is currently an Associate Professor at York College of Pennsylvania. In 2008, she worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Mechanical Engineering Department at Johns Hopkins University. She received her Master of Science and Ph.D degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University. Emine Celik Foust’s research interests include design and development of engineering systems using ana- lytical and experimental approaches (advanced global imaging techniques
AC 2009-2236: UNDERSTANDING ENGINEERING FRESHMAN STUDY HABITS:THE TRANSITION FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO COLLEGEMary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University MARY R.ANDERSON-ROWLAND is the PI of an NSF grant to explore the feasibility of working with non-metropolitan community colleges to produce more engineers, especially female and underrepresented minority engineers. She also directs three academic scholarship programs, including one for transfer students. An Associate Professor in Industrial, Systems and Operations Engineering, she was the Associate Dean of Student affairs in the Ira a. Fulton School of Engineering at ASU from 1993-2004. She received the ASEE Minorities Award 2006, the SHPE Educator
Paper ID #18049Work in progress: First-Year Students’ Definitions of Engineering PracticeMrs. Teresa Lee Tinnell, University of Louisville Terri Tinnell is a Curriculum and Instruction PhD student and Graduate Research Assistant for the Speed School of Engineering and College of Education and Human Development at the University of Louisville. She received a Bachelors in Mathematics and Physics and Masters in Teaching STEM education from the University of Louisville. She is a prior Project Lead the Way Master Teacher and Secondary Educa- tion Engineering Instructor, leading the creation of two engineering programs for
AC 2008-754: FRESHMAN ENGINEERING STUDENT PERCEPTIONS ONGLOBAL WARMINGBlair Rowley, Wright State University BLAIR A. ROWLEY, Ph.D., P.E. is a Professor of Biomedical, Industrial, and Human Factors Engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, a Professor of Geriatrics in the Boonshoft School of Medicine, and Director of the Freshman Engineering and Computer Science Program. He holds the Ph.D. from the University of Missouri, Columbia and is a PE. He has been in academia since 1970. Among his many activities he served as the Chair of the ASEE/BMD 1987-1988 and is a reviewer for NSF. His research focuses on rehabilitation engineering and teaching.Kumar Yelamarthi
Paper ID #10749Impacting First Year Engineering RetentionDr. Sally J. Steadman, University of South Alabama Dr. Steadman received a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Wyoming in 1969, an M.A. in Mathematics from the University of Denver in 1973, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wyoming in 1994. She served on the UW faculty from 1984 - 2003, where she made use of her interest in engineering computer applications. She is a part-time instructor at the University of South Alabama where she is also a faculty advisor for Tau Beta Pi and for Mortar Board Senior Honor Society. Dr
Paper ID #15989Conceptualizing Student Identity Development through Self-Directed Learn-ing Opportunities in the First Year of an Engineering ProgramDr. Nick Tatar, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Nick Tatar, Associate Dean of Student Affairs and Instructor of Education: Dr. Tatar received his PhD from the University of New Hampshire where he focused on student learning and student motivation dur- ing the high school to college transition. He initiated and developed a first-year seminar course at Olin College, a course that focuses on working in teams, diversity, and self-directed learning. He enjoys collab
, they may not know any other students, they don't know where to go for help,and the courses they took as pre-requisites for their upper division work, although articulated,generally are not perfect matches for the ones taken by their “native” classmates.We present data that supports the hypothesis that indeed these transfer students do not fare aswell with regard to retention in the intended major and time to graduation. We also describe ourEngineering Transfer Transition Program, a one-week residential summer program for newtransfer students, and provide some preliminary data that indicates this program is helping easethe transition for the students that participate.IntroductionCommunity college students that transfer to four-year institutions
Paper ID #26153Work in Progress: Privilege and Diversity as Determiners of EngineeringIdentity and SuccessDr. John Sangster P.E., Northeastern University Dr. Sangster is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the First Year Engineering program at Northeastern University. Prior to joining Northeastern in 2018, he served for three years as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Nebraska. He received his Ph.D. in 2015 from Virginia Tech in Civil Engineering with a focus on Transportation. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Work in
Paper ID #13134Retention of First-Year Undergraduate Engineering Students: Role of Psy-chosocial Interventions Targeting First-Generation College StudentsMs. Jennifer Maritza Paz, The University of Texas at Austin, Cockrell School of Engineering Jennifer Paz is a graduate student of the Department of Educational Psychology at The University of Texas at Austin. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Texas State University in 2011. She is currently working with Dr. Mia Markey in the Biomedical Engineering Department at The University of Texas at Austin in a project aimed at improving retention rates of first
Paper ID #25330Work in Progress: Improving Team Performance in First-Year EngineeringStudentsDr. Jenahvive K. Morgan, Michigan State University Dr. Jenahvive Morgan is the instructor for EGR 100 - Introduction to Engineering Design at Michigan State University. EGR 100 is a large course with an enrollment of over 1600 students in the academic year. She is also currently the Director of Positions for the ASEE Women in Engineering Division, as well as an ASCE ExCEED Fellow. Dr. Morgan has a PhD and MS in Environmental Engineering from the University of Michigan, and a BS in Chemical Engineering from Michigan State University
Paper ID #25561Work in Progress: Initial Interviews to Understand the Formation of Engi-neering Communities of Practice and Identity during the First YearMiss Soundouss Sassi, Mississippi State University Soundouss Sassi is a Ph.D. student in Engineering Education at Mississippi State University. Her advisor is Dr. Jean Mohammadi Aragh. In 2016 she earned a Master in Aerospace Engineering from the same university. Prior to that, she earned a Bachelor in Aerospace Engineering from the International University of Rabat (UIR)Abigail Clark, Ohio State University Abigail Clark is currently a Ph.D. student in the Department of
Paper ID #23727Comparing Peer Evaluations of Teamwork Behavior by K-12 Students versusFirst-year Engineering StudentsDr. Daniel M. Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Daniel M. Ferguson is CATME Managing Director and a research associate at Purdue University. Prior to coming to Purdue he was Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at Ohio Northern University. Before assuming that position he was Associate Director of the Inter-Professional Studies Program [IPRO] and Senior Lecturer at Illinois Institute of Technology and involved in research in service learning, assessment processes and
theseteam skills should be part of the grading process. Combining the evaluation of the projectmeeting the stated criteria and the individual’s ability to apply team skills should allowassignment of individual grades in a group project.The course where these methods have been applied is a first year Engineering design andcommunications course taken by Associate and Baccalaureate degree students in a variety ofEngineering and Engineering Technology majors. In response to the student population, thecourse uses a series of projects that emphasis creation of documentation including formal reports,drawings, web pages, and other presentation methods. The projects take approximately twoweeks to complete with a total of four projects and a final project in
Paper ID #27017Supporting Freshman Design with an Extracurricular ResourceAsma Idries, North Carolina State UniversityAkira Angel Romero-Berube, North Carolina State University Akira Romero-Berube attended NC State University for her Bachelor’s degree in Biological Engineering. She has held a position for five years working as a student with The Engineering Place, a preK-College Engineering education outreach program. Her experience at NC State has left her with a love for the theoretical, technical, and educational facets of engineering and she hopes to pursue a master’s or PhD in engineering education so she can pass
AC 2007-1866: EXPLICIT DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINEERING SKILLS ANDCHARACTERISTICS IN THE FRESHMAN YEARJoseph Schimmels, Marquette University Dr. Schimmels is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Marquette University. In 1981, he obtained a BS degree in mechanical engineering from Marquette University. He worked as a reservoir engineer at Exxon Production Research Company in Houston, TX from 1981 to 1987. He then obtained MS and PhD degrees in mechanical engineering from Northwestern University in 1988 and 1991, respectively. In 2003, Dr. Schimmels was awarded the Lafferty Endowed Professorship in Engineering Pedagogy at Marquette. Since then he has been working toward
Macwan, Fairfield University Working in the field of Bioelectronics on molecular dynamics studies at the interface of biological macro- molecules and nanoparticles and bacterial assisted nanofabrication strategies utilizing carbon based nano- materials. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021Introduction to MATLAB Programming in a Fundamentals of Engineering Course Djedjiga Belfadel, Michael Zabinski and Isaac Macwan Fairfield UniversityThis Evidence-based Practice Paper outlines the benefits of introducing MATLAB to incomingfreshmen. It is known that an engineering approach to problem solving
Paper ID #30733WIP: Automating anonymous Processing of peer evaluation commentsMr. Siqing Wei, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Siqing Weir received both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical and Computer Engineering from Purdue University. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Engineering Education at Purdue Univer- sity. After years of experience of serving a peer teacher and a graduate teaching assistant in first-year- engineering courses, he is a research assistant at CATME research group studying the existence, causes and interventions on international engineering
AC 2012-3774: ENGINEERING ATTRITION AND UNIVERSITY RETEN-TIONDr. Lizzie Y. Santiago, West Virginia University Lizzie Y. Santiago, Ph.D., is Teaching Assistant Professor for the Freshman Engineering program in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources. She holds a Ph.D. in chemical engi- neering from the Pennsylvania State University. She teaches freshman engineering courses and supports the outreach and recruiting activities of the college. Her research interests include neural tissue engi- neering, stem cell research, absorption of air pollutants in human upper airways, attrition and university retention, Increasing student awareness and interest in research and engineering, STEM
Paper ID #32312Bias in First-Year Engineering Student Peer EvaluationsLea Wittie, Bucknell University Lea Wittie is an Associate Professor in the department of Computer Science in the Engineering College at Bucknell University. She has spent the past 4 years coordinating the first year Engineering student Introduction to Engineering and over a decade participating in the program before that.James Bennett, Cornell University James Bennett is a biomedical engineer specializing in medical device design and development. He has earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biomedical Engineering from Bucknell University and is currently
Paper ID #32931Longitudinal Effects of Team-Based Training on Students’ Peer RatingQualityMr. Siqing Wei, Purdue University at West Lafayette Siqing Wei received BSEE and MSEE from Purdue University. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Engineering Education program at Purdue University. After years of experience of serving the peer teacher and a graduate teaching assistant in first-year-engineering courses, he is now a research assistant at CATME research group studying how cultural diversity impacts teamwork and how to help students improve intercultural competency and teamwork competency by interventions
genre require different skills and approaches by students andinstructors. We provide an in-depth analysis of successes and shortcomings for projects in thesegenres, completed as part of a first-year engineering design curriculum.We developed a multifaceted engineering design course, whose goals are to introduce students tobasic engineering design principles and professional skill methodologies, such as clientinteraction, teamwork, and presentation skills. Projects with community partners fulfill the needfor real client interaction and robust design problems. Students gain hands-on experience fromdirectly applying concepts taught in the course, while community partners benefit from theprojects’ research and proposed solution.Over 1000 first-year