Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Coordinator of the First-Year Engi- neering experience for the T.J. Smull College of Engineering at Ohio Northern University. He previously completed his graduate studies in Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University, where he conducted re- search in both the School of Mechanical Engineering and the School of Engineering Education. Prior to Purdue, he completed his undergraduate work at the University of Tulsa, also in Mechanical Engineering. He currently teaches first-year engineering courses as well as various courses in Mechanical Engineering, primarily in the mechanics area. His pedagogical research areas include standards-based assessment and curriculum design
leveraged in a multi-semester undergraduate research course at ClemsonUniversity with focus on creating holistic and sustainable community impacts in developingcountries. Through a cycle of three stages (moving between basic research, field testing, andpractice ready implementation and cycling back), students from more than 30 disciplines acrossthe university and from all levels (freshman through graduate students) work in teams toinnovate solutions to the most critical problems facing humanity in the 21st century using newknowledge from basic research. Translational research is especially appropriate formultidisciplinary work, as it takes numerous expertise areas to move a solution from conceptualresearch to practical application. Minimal
college graduates surveyedthink of design more as “blueprints and drawings” rather than “a creative process of solvingproblems” (p82) 10. Despite the prevalence of so called “technology” courses in schools, itseems that students do not necessarily develop knowledge to identify and use technology in theireveryday lives, or “evaluate the appropriateness and effectiveness of various technologies” (p2)11 . There is certainly far less prevalence of engineering in schools even though engineering andtechnology are closely linked 12 and engineering is also not recognized for what it is despitemuch effort 13. Some effort has been made to provide teachers with courses in engineering andtechnology that can be integrated into the classroom 9, 11, 14 but
Paper ID #34770Pinball Applications for Engineering EducationDr. Zachariah E. Fuchs, University of Cincinnati Zachariah Fuchs received a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Evansville in 2007. Subsequently, he was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow and DoD SMART Scholar at the University of Florida, USA where he received a M.S. and Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering in 2009 and 2012 respectively. He was previously a research engineer with the Sensors Directorate of the Air Force Research Lab at Wright Patterson Air Force Base and an Assistant Professor in the
. His wife Dawn is a 1997 graduate of the academy, and they raise five children. In his free time, Rhymer runs the falconry program at the Air Force Academy.Dr. Richard T. Buckley Ph.D., U.S. Air Force AcademyDr. Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy Dan Jensen is a professor of engineering mechanics at the U.S. Air Force Academy where he has been since 1997. He received his B.S. (mechanical engineering), M.S. (applied mechanics), and Ph.D. (aerospace engineering science) from the University of Colorado, Boulder. He has worked for Texas Instruments, Lockheed Martin, NASA, University of the Pacific, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, and MSC Software Corp. His research includes design of micro air vehicles
) and the graduate faculty of Computer Science. He received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Cornell University, and the M.S. degree in electrical engineering and computer sciences from the University of California, Berkeley. He then worked for awhile at several Silicon Valley startup companies before re- turning to Cornell to pursue a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering in 2006. Prior to his arrival at WWU, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Sup´elec/LSS near Paris, France, and was an assistant professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Self-Corrected Homework for Incentivizing
Geddis, Hampton University Demetris L. Geddis is an associate professor and Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Hamp- ton University. He has extensive research experience in the areas of Integrated optoelectronics, Optics, Microelectronics, and Electromagnetics. He has worked as a Research and Design Engineer at Motorola and Bell laboratories. Also, he worked at NASA Langley Research Center as a NASA faculty fellow for the Nondestructive Evaluation Sciences Branch where he performed research in the area of optical fiber sensing for real time health monitoring of aerospace vehicles. Current research interests and publications are in the areas of Photonics, Optoelectronics, Microelectronics, Heterogeneous
. James A. Coller, University of Michigan James Coller is an engineering PhD Candidate at the University of Michigan focusing on the development of a novel multi-layer network approach to understanding design complexity in unmanned maritime vehi- cles. James also completed his BSE and MSE in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering in 2017 and 2018 respectively and a MS in Robotics in 2019 at Michigan. He spent three years during his undergrad- uate education as an Instructional Assistant for a first year design-build-test-communicate engineering course. His research interests include autonomous robotics for both land and marine environments, ship design for the U.S. Navy, and improving equity and inclusion in
Session 3225 Learning the Tools and Techniques of Geographically Dispersed Collaborative Design Via a Brief Student Project Andrew P. Murray, Jon M. Stevens, Waleed W. Smari, University of DaytonAbstractEngineering design collaborations with personnel and resources distributed throughout the globe,once experimental and cutting-edge, are becoming the standard operating procedure for manycompanies. Graduating engineers now enter a business environment that requires a sophisticatedunderstanding of collaborative design and the powerful new technologies that make it
research focuses on student engagement and equity considerations in Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software education. She previously worked as Project Coordinator for the Engineering Collaboration for Online and Remote Education (E-CORE/CIEL Project), a national Canadian initiative to support instructors in shifting to remote instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic.Dr. Alison Olechowski, University of Toronto Alison Olechowski is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering and the Institute for Studies in Transdisciplinary Engineering Education and Practice. She completed her PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). ©American Society for
engineeringstudent engagement in out-of-class activities can help guide actions of program administratorsand educators to restructure and promote activities to improve engagement and enhance studentlearning both inside and outside of the classroom. In this section, we introduce the BuildingUndergraduate Interventions for Learning and Development (BUILD) Model, a framework. TheBUILD model is based on existing frameworks, models, and effective practices for the design oflearning environments and interventions in out-of-class activities. Prior research has provided thenecessary insight into specific elements of learning environment[45], institutional elements [46],and best practices [47,48] that can be combined to create a comprehensive framework useful
. (1979). Learning-through-teaching: Knowledge changes inundergraduate teaching assistants. Teaching of Psychology, 6(1), 30-32.[14] Odom, S. F., Ho, S. P., & Moore, L. L. (2014). The Undergraduate Leadership Teaching Assistant (ULTA): AHigh-Impact Practice for Undergraduates Studying Leadership. Journal of Leadership Education, 13(2).[15] Schalk, K. A., McGinnis, J. R., Harring, J. R., Hendrickson, A., & Smith, A. C. (2009). The undergraduateteaching assistant experience offers opportunities similar to the undergraduate research experience. Journal ofMicrobiology & Biology Education: JMBE, 10(1), 32.[16] Fingerson, L., & Culley, A. B. (2001). Collaborators in teaching and learning: Undergraduate teachingassistants in the
2004. The key objectives of this course were to: 1. Provide students with a better understanding of the electrical and mechanical engineering disciplines. This objective is key for UVM has historically had ~40% of its entering engineering freshman classified as “Undecided Engineering”. 2. Provide students with an appreciation for the interdisciplinary nature of engineering, while stressing the importance of structured problem solving. 3. Provide students with an opportunity to develop practical skills through self-motivating, hands-on, team-based design activities. These skills are the same as those required by
, Stanford UniversityBeth Rieken, Stanford University Beth Rieken is a sixth year graduate student at Stanford University. She is currently working on her PhD in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on the relevance of mindfulness to engineers. Beth completed a BS in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Virginia in 2010 and a MS in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford in 2012.Dr. Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University Sheri D. Sheppard, Ph.D., P.E., is professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. Besides teaching both undergraduate and graduate design and education related classes at Stanford University, she conducts research on engineering education and work-practices, and applied finite element
technology programs.Lori Maxfield, College of St. Catherine Lori R. Maxfield, Ph.D., is the Director of Undergraduate and Graduate Education Programs (Initial Licensure) in the Education Department at the College of St. Catherine. She teaches social studies methods for prospective teachers at the elementary, middle school, and senior high levels. At the college-wide level, she serves as a member of the Curriculum Design Team that is working to create core minors that provide and integrated and interdisciplinary focus across the liberal arts and professional studies programs. Her direct experience with the Parallel Curriculum Model includes serving as a National Cadre Curriculum Writer (2002-2003
research 1. Its questions are tailored to identify students’ implicit assumptions in aspecific field and may be applied both pre- and post-instruction. There is no currently existing CIfor networking and telecommunications. Our initial results seem to suggest that the developmentof a CI for this field would be very useful. However, we would like this CI to be applicable to adiverse set of students, with respect to both their culture and their educational level(undergraduate and graduate). At the moment, the development of such a CI is still in an earlystage.In summary, this study expands the breadth of knowledge on student preconceptions in STEMby including the subject of QoS in telecommunications, identifying some of thepreconception(s
impact scientific research results. Dr. Jariwala has participated and led several research projects from funded by NSF, the State of Georgia and Industry sponsors. At Georgia Tech, he is responsible for enhancing corporate support for design courses, managing design and fabrication/prototyping facilities, coordinating the design competitions/expo and teaching design courses, with a strong focus on creating and enabling multidisciplinary educational experiences. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Web-based Tools For Supporting Student-driven Capstone Design Team Formation Varun Agrawal
the 21st century has been built squarely oninformation, communications, and computational technology (ICCT). In this WIP, we explorehow ICCT impacts the way that engineering is learned with the goal of establishing a researchagenda for propagating the effective use of ICCT in engineering education. We seek to informaction and generate conversation amongst administrators, instructors, researchers, and students.We can approach this goal from two broad perspectives. First, ICCT has fundamentally changedengineering practice by supporting discovery, collaboration, and innovation processes.1 Intandem, learning technologies promise to provide an unprecedented opportunity to improveinstruction, provide adaptive learning, and foster increased access
the full spectrum of teaching activity. Some protocols are designed to observe a specific pedagogy in practice. The goal of this project is not to research the effectiveness of one particular pedagogy, it is to research the effectiveness of the space and tools designed to enable the instructor’s teaching plan. If a protocol is too heavily based on observing an expected pedagogy, important observations might go untracked. Active learning classrooms should support a variety of teaching perspectives and pedagogies and be designed in a way that encourages the use of a broad spectrum of learning activities, so the instructor has the flexibility to pick the best teaching approach for their intended goals
sustainable assessment and evaluation process and oversight structure for longterm impact. Departmental leadership participated in several national workshops in 2010, tolearn best practices for sustainable assessment. As a result, new assessment and evaluationprocesses were established in Fall 210 by engaging faculty and the industrial advisory councilthroughout the development and implementation process. The underlying philosophy was tofocus on summative assessment of the program and minimize faculty and staff burden.New oversight structure and division of responsibilityThe current oversight structure, which was implemented in Summer/Fall 2010 leverages existingleadership positions in the department and the existence of Course Development Committees
how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering fos- ter or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education. Her research earned her a National Science Foundation CAREER Award focused on characterizing latent diversity, which includes diverse attitudes, mindsets, and approaches to learning, to understand engineering stu- dents’ identity development. She has won several awards for her research including the 2016 American Society of Engineering Education Educational Research and Methods Division Best Paper Award and the 2018 Benjamin J. Dasher Best Paper Award for the
Page 14.966.3survival analysis techniques to explore the time to complete a doctorate at the HarvardUniversity Graduate School of Education (HGSE). Willett and Singer13 stated that educationalresearchers should employ survival analysis techniques in order to study topics such as studentpersistence and teacher attrition. The article maintained that one of the best reasons to applysurvival analysis is that standard statistical techniques require knowledge of when the eventoccurred (the outcome) for each sample member. This is a standard unlikely to be met instudying event times. Regardless of the length of the study, it is probable that some samplemembers will not experience the event of interest prior to the end of data collection.The prior
) Promotes split of teaching/research faculty Deeper Fear: Engineering graduates whose education lacks societal relevance Possible Actions: 1) Identify key innovators and give release time to develop/implement 2) Find ways to encourage truly multi-disciplinary teams 3) Push for “design in every course” 4) Reward faculty for instructional accomplishments on a par with research 5) Seek increased support from Dean, external sources (Industry) 6) Benchmark progress in curricular change 7) Strengthen “Design” criteria in ABET 8) Hire non-faculty PE’s or “Professors of Practice”, more grad student support 9) Use vertical
an array of models for adult learners that are connected to the varying sectors such asmedical, transportation, computer science, engineering, etc. Working in collaboration withDCCCD and DCP-PP, the Southern Methodist University research team is working to identifyand test interventions for adult learners to provide valuable information that will inform otherlarge metropolitan areas across the United States on best practices and methods to solve thelongstanding problems associated with advancing adult learner education and employmentopportunities in STEM careers. The following is a description of the two goals that will beexecuted for the project based upon research conducted through the ALPPS project.First Goal: Develop Evidence-Based
Paper ID #32748Examining the Me in Team-based Projects: Students’ Perceptions of Timeand TasksDr. Marcia Gail Headley, University of Delaware Dr. Headley is a Research Associate III at the Center for Research in Education and Social Policy (CRESP) at the University of Delaware. She specializes in the development of mixed methods research designs and strategies for integrating quantitative and qualitative research approaches. She is the recip- ient of the 2017 American Education Research Association (AERA) Mixed Methods SIG Outstanding Dissertation Award. Her methodological work has been published in the prestigious
overviewThe Essential Adult Skills Initiative (EASI) was a large-scale research project undertaken by theHigher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO) and 20 postsecondary partners in 2017-2018. EASI was designed to measure the numeracy, literacy, and problem-solving skills ofincoming and graduating college and university students in Ontario.The central research goals of the larger project were: a) to determine the suitability of theEducation and Skills Online (ESO) assessment to measure post-secondary students’ literacy,numeracy, and problem-solving; b) to determine observable differences between incoming andgraduating students’ skillsets, and; c) to identify practical implications of implementing such aproject in post-secondary
only 13% of these degrees. Nevertheless,it is important for us to share the activities and strategies we incorporate within our college tofoster a sense of self-identity rooted in community impact for all engineering students.Recruiting minorities to pursue engineering degrees is an important and necessary action forinstitutions to increase diversity and inclusion in engineering programs. Early recruitment ofminorities for engineering programs has been long advocated to promote equity and inclusion inthe field of engineering [1]. Researchers concluded that this practice could be beneficial inpromoting diversity, increasing the number of minority students in engineering fields, andreducing the attrition rate of these students. Recent studies
, University of Cincinnati, will, demonstrate that its graduates meeteleven ABET outcomes: a. Ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering b. Ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data c. Ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs d. Ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams e. Ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems f. Understanding of professional and ethical responsibility g. Ability to communicate effectively h. Broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context i. Recognition of the need for and the ability to engage in life-long
). Evaluation of parallel analysis methods for determining the number of factors. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 70(6), 885-901.Costello, A. B., & Osborne, J. W. (2005). Best practices in exploratory factor analysis: Four recommendations for getting the most from your analysis. Practical Assessment, Research and Evaluation, 10(7), 1–9.Creswell, J. W. (2015). A concise introduction to mixed methods research. Los Angeles, CA: Sage Publications.Cronbach, L. J. (1951). Coefficient alpha and the internal structure of tests. Psychometrika, 16(3), 297-334.Dalal, M., Archambault, L., & Carberry, A. (2019). Exploring engineering and social sciences researchers’ ways of thinking in the context of interdisciplinary
sustained curricular program focused on enhancing teaching and learning and thatprovide faculty with the opportunity to engage in active collaborations with one another throughdynamic community building (Shulman, Cox, & Richlin, 2004). FLCs can provide faculty acrossdisciplines with the opportunity to share instructional strategies, materials, best practices andengage in intellectual discussions that help empower faculty to be agents of change in theircourses, departments, and universities and even in mentoring other faculty. Research on FLCs has shown a positive impact on faculty and course delivery/design(Horvitz & Beach, 2011). Faculty who are part of an active FLC have showed self-efficacy gainsand have effectively improved their