Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Building Tensegrity Structures to Explore Interactions between Tension and Compression (P12 Resource Exchange)Contact Information: Vicki V. May, PhD, PE, Instructional AssociateProfessor, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, 14Engineering Drive, Hanover, NH 03755. vicki.v.may@dartmouth.edu.Background/Description: Tension and compression, or pushing andpulling, are important concepts in the engineering of solid systems fromstructures to mechanical devices to biological systems and more.Tension and compression rarely act in isolation. By building tensegritystructures students are able to feel how tension and compression worktogether to stabilize a structure. Basic
Paper ID #16758STEM: Explore, Discover, Apply – Engaging Electricity Modules for MiddleSchool (P12 Resource Exchange)Dr. Krystal S. Corbett, Cyber Innovation Center Dr. Krystal Corbett is the Director of Curricula at the Cyber Innovation Center (CIC). She received her B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (2008/2010), M.S. in Mathematics (2012), and Ph.D. in Engineering Education (2012) at Louisiana Tech University. Through the CIC, Dr. Corbett manages various educational enterprises. Additionally, she is designing and implementing a three-part middle school elective course, STEM: Explore, Discover, Apply, which fosters
Paper ID #16802Mimicking Bone Bioscaffolds with K’NEX: Developing Student Creativityand Problem-Solving Skills (P12 Resource Exchange)Dr. Margaret F. Bennewitz, University of Pittsburgh Margaret Bennewitz is a NRSA F32 postdoctoral scholar at the University of Pittsburgh in the Vascular Medicine Institute. During her postdoctoral studies, she has developed an in vivo multiphoton fluores- cence microscopy technique for visualizing blood cell trafficking within the pulmonary microcirculation of live sickle cell disease mice. Using multiphoton microscopy, she aims to identify the cellular and molecular events promoting
Paper ID #19085Teacher Productive Resources for Engineering Design Integration in HighSchool Physics Instruction (Fundamental)Katherine Levenick Shirey, University of Maryland, College Park Katey Shirey graduated from the University of Virginia with bachelor’s degrees in physics and sculpture. She received her master’s in secondary science education, also from Virginia. After graduation, Katey spent five years teaching Physics at Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, VA during which she participated as a teacher liaison to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole. Katey received her PhD in 2017 at the University
Paper ID #15363Engaging Secondary School Students in Science by Developing Remote Lab-oratoriesDanilo Garbi Zutin, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences Danilo G. Zutin is currently a Senior Researcher and team member of the Center of Competence in Online Laboratories and Open Learning (CCOL) at the Carinthia University of Applied Sciences (CUAS), Vil- lach, Austria, where he has been engaged in projects for the development of online laboratories, softtware architectures for online laboratories and online engineering in general. Danilo is author or co-author of more than 30 scientific papers published in international
Paper ID #15552Evaluation of an Energy and Engineering Outreach Program for High Schooland Middle School StudentsDr. Tony Lee Kerzmann, Robert Morris University Dr. Tony Kerzmann received both a Bachelor of Arts in Physics from Duquesne University and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 2004. After graduating, Tony Kerzmann enrolled in graduate school at the University of Pittsburgh where he graduated with a Master in Science and a Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering, in 2007 and 2010, respectively. Currently, Tony Kerzmann is an associate professor at Robert Morris
Paper ID #16760Building Circuits with Logic Gates to Demonstrate Mathematical Logic (P12Resource Exchange)Dr. Krystal S. Corbett, Cyber Innovation Center Dr. Krystal Corbett is the Director of Curricula at the Cyber Innovation Center (CIC). She received her B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (2008/2010), M.S. in Mathematics (2012), and Ph.D. in Engineering Education (2012) at Louisiana Tech University. Through the CIC, Dr. Corbett manages various educational enterprises. Additionally, she is designing and implementing a three-part middle school elective course, STEM: Explore, Discover, Apply, which fosters excitement in
Paper ID #19670The Critical Role of Group Affect in Engineering Design Tasks in High SchoolBiology (Fundamental)Dr. Elizabeth McEneaney, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Dr. McEneaney is Associate Professor in the Department of Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies at the University of Massachusetts - Amherst. She is a former high school mathematics and science teacher, and earned a Ph.D. in Sociology from Stanford University. An associate editor for the Journal of Curriculum Studies, she has research interests in equity and access to STEM Education, and the influence of globalization on STEM curricula.Dr. Martina
Paper ID #16193Developing Middle School Students’ Engineering Design Concepts throughToy Design Workshop (Fundamental)Ninger Zhou, Purdue UniversityMr. Tarun Thomas George, Purdue UniversityMr. Joran W. Booth, Purdue University Joran Booth is a graduate student at Purdue University, studying visual thinking and abstraction in design.Jeffrey Alperovich, Purdue UniversityMr. Senthil Chandrasegaran, Purdue University Senthil Chandrasegaran is a PhD candidate in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue. He ob- tained his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in from the Regional Engineering College (now National
Paper ID #19561Teacher Discourse Moves that Support Dialogic Interactions in Engineeringin Linguistically Diverse ClassroomsDr. Amy Wilson-Lopez, Utah State University, Teacher Education and Leadership Amy Wilson-Lopez is an associate professor at Utah State University who studies culturally responsive engineering and literacy-infused engineering with linguistically diverse students.Jared W. Garlick, Utah State University Jared Garlick is a Graduate Student in the Secondary Education Master’s of Education (MEd) program through the Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services. Research interests include
Engineering (WECE) study. Cathy received her S.B. in cognitive science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and her Ph.D. in educational psychology from Stanford University.Dr. Christine M. Cunningham, Museum of Science Dr. Christine Cunningham is an educational researcher who works to make engineering and science more relevant, accessible, and understandable, especially for underserved and underrepresented populations. A vice president at the Museum of Science, Boston since 2003, she founded and directs Engineering is ElementaryTM , a groundbreaking project that integrates engineering concepts into elementary curriculum and teacher professional development. As of September 2014, EiE has served 6.2 million
Paper ID #18580Youth Perceptions of Mechanical Engineering by Race and GenderMs. Chanel Beebe, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Chanel Beebe is a first year student in Purdue’s Engineering Education PhD program. Her background includes an undergraduate degree in Industrial and Operational Engineering from the University of Michi- gan and a year of teaching mathematics to 3rd and 4th graders. Her research interest revolve around expanding engineering thinking to under served populations via informal learning settings. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017Youth
Paper ID #18460The 2017 Best STEM Books (Resource Exchange)Dr. Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Towson University Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Science Education in the Department of Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences at Towson University. She has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, worked briefly as a process engineer, and taught high school physics and pre-engineering. She has taught engineering and science to children in multiple informal settings. As a pre-service teacher educator, she includes engineering in her elementary and early childhood science methods courses, and has
Research Faculty at Rutgers University. At Rutgers, he was heavily involved in research and teaching at both graduate and undergraduate levels. In the period of 2011-2014, Dr. Al-Sharab was a visiting professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering. In addition to his work with academic institutions, Dr. Al-Sharab was a consultant of various technological companies es- pecially in the areas of structure-property-correlations and advanced characterizations. Dr. Al-Sharab’s research interests are in the areas of Nanotechnology, Electron Microscopy, Structure-property correla- tions, synthesis and characterization of energy related
Paper ID #16920Using Stickers and Copper Tape to Prototype and Explore Electrical Circuits(P12 Resource Exchange)Jana Sebestik, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Jana Sebestik received a B.S. in mathematics and M.Ed. Jana Sebestik is the Assistant Director of STEM Curriculum Design in the Office for Mathematics, Science and Technology Education (MSTE) at the University of Illinois. Before coming to MSTE, Jana spent 34 years as a public school classroom teacher. She currently coordinates education and outreach for four NSF/DOE funded energy and cyber related projects. She helps engineers and research scientists
across the entire tra- jectory of the profession. Her research focuses on teacher education, classroom assessment, and P-16 environmental and engineering education.Dr. Laura Meszaros Dearolf, The Perry InitiativeAmy C Bucha, The Perry Initiative Amy has been involved in the Perry Initiative since 2012. Since then she has run programs in multi- ple cites, managed all local volunteers, and created a functional inventory and shipping system. While working with Perry, Amy received her Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Delaware and now works for the University of Delaware as a Researcher in the Nursing Department designing and testing teaching equipment for nursing trainees.Dr. Lisa L
Paper ID #18099Program Evaluation - STEAM Trunks: Enhancing K-8 Project-Based Learn-ing through Mobile MakerspacesDr. Jessica D. Gale, Georgia Institute of Technology, Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics,and Computing Dr. Jessica Gale is a Research Scientist II at Georgia Tech’s Center for education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC). Her research focuses on project-based learning, STEM inte- gration at the elementary and middle grades levels, design-based implementation research, and fidelity of implementation. Dr. Gale has a particular interest in project-based engineering in
Paper ID #16103Using an Aquifer Simulation to Investigate Relationships between Ground-water, Human Activity, and Drought (P12 Resource Exchange)Samantha Lindgren, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Samantha Lindgren is the Coordinator of STEM Teacher Development at The Office for Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education (MSTE) in the College of Education at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. A former Physics and Environmental Science teacher, she now writes STEM cur- riculum that integrates engineering into science curriculum. She has presented at annual conferences such as American Society for