Paper ID #15256Challenges, Opportunities, and Impacts of S-STEM Projects: Insights for In-stitutional Capacity Building at Minority-serving InstitutionsDr. Yvette Pearson Weatherton P.E., University of Texas, Arlington Dr. Yvette Pearson Weatherton received her Ph.D. in Engineering and Applied Science (Environmental Engineering) from the University of New Orleans. She is a member of the Civil Engineering faculty at the University of Texas at Arlington, a Program Evaluator for the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, and a registered Professional Engineer in Louisiana. She is currently serving as a Program
Paper ID #15776Comparison of Students’ Outcome to Different Types of Project Based Ser-vice Learning Experiences for CEE Senior DesignDr. Dan Budny P.E., University of Pittsburgh Dr. Dan Budny joined the University of Pittsburgh faculty as Academic Director of the Freshman Pro- grams and an Associate Professor in Civil Engineering in January 2000. Prior to that time he served as Associate Professor of Civil Engineering and Freshman Programs at Purdue University. He holds a B.S. and M.S. degree from Michigan Technological University, and an M.S. and Ph.D. degree from Michigan State University. His research has focused on
Paper ID #15061Engineering Design Self-Efficacy and Project-Based Learning: How Does Ac-tive Learning Influence Student Attitudes and Beliefs?Mr. Justin Charles Major, University of Nevada, Reno Justin Major is an Undergraduate Research Assistant in Engineering Education at the University of Nevada, Reno in the PRiDE Research Group. He is currently working towards dual Bachelors of Sci- ence degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Secondary Math Education and expects to graduate May of 2017. His research interests include students development of self-efficacy and identity in math and engi- neering, and active learning
Paper ID #16307Developing a Learning Module to Enhance Motivation and Self-Efficacy ofStudents Participating in Multinational Design ProjectsDr. Ivan E. Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University Ivan E. Esparragoza is an Associate Professor of Engineering at Penn State. His interests are in engi- neering design education, innovative design, global design, and global engineering education. He has introduced multinational design projects in a freshman introductory engineering design course in col- laboration with institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean as part of his effort to contribute to the formation of world
, there exists one significant drawback: fresh graduatesare unskilled at the process of representing real-world systems as idealized models that can besubsequently analyzed using theoretical textbook principles. This conclusion was based uponanecdotal feedback received from employers and freshly graduated engineers. This anecdotalfeedback was enough to initiate a more formal process to explore the transition from theclassroom to the real-world for an engineer or technologist.The capstone course, where students do projects with industry, attempts to fill in the voidbetween theory and practice. However, based upon feedback from fresh engineering graduates, itdoes not perform an optimum job of doing so since it is a single course taken during the
Paper ID #15229Evaluating the Collaboration between a Software Project Management Courseand a Software Development Course in Terms of Student Learning and Ex-perienceDr. Stefan Christov, Quinnipiac University Stefan Christov is an assistant professor of software engineering at Quinnipiac University. He has ex- perience in teaching introductory computer science as well as upper-level software engineering courses, including software quality assurance, software project management, and software engineering in health care. His current research interests include improving the quality of human-intensive processes (HIPs), such as
Paper ID #15078A Capstone Project on the Development of an Environmental MonitoringWireless Sensor Network Powered by Harvested RF EnergyDr. Sasan Haghani, University of the District of Columbia Sasan Haghani, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of the District of Columbia. His research interests include the application of wireless sensor networks in biomedical and environmental domains and performance analysis of communication systems over fading channels.Dr. Wagdy H. Mahmoud, University of the District of Columbia Wagdy H. Mahmoud is an Associate Professor of
Paper ID #14769Assessing the Impact of Incorporating the NAE Grand Challenges for Engi-neering as a Multidisciplinary Hands-On Design Project into the Introductionto Engineering CourseDr. Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University Dr. Haolin Zhu received her PhD in Solid Mechanics and Computational Science and Engineering from Cornell University. She is currently part of the freshmen engineering education team in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. Currently she focuses on designing the curriculum for the freshman engineering program as well as the NAE Grand Challenge Scholars Program. She also
Paper ID #15800Participating in Authentic Engineering Projects Improves Teachers’ Abilityto Teach the Design Process to Middle School StudentsProf. Kristen Billiar, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Kris Billiar is Department Head and Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic In- stitute. He earned a B.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Cornell University, an M.S.E and Ph.D. in Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania. His current research interests are soft tis- sue mechanics and mechanobiology – the study of how mechanical forces regulate the development and healing of connective
the environmental sustainability of concrete. In particular, she investigates the relationship between the mi- crostructural development and mechanical properties of alkali-activated geopolymer concrete made from waste glass, fly ash, slag and bauxite residue. She is also interested in sustainable design and construction and is a LEED Accredited Professional. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Project-based sustainability courses provide practical educational experience for students while advancing sustainability within the local communityAbstractThe implementation of project based learning and subsequent collaborations between
solving. His research interests particularly focus on what prevents students from being able to integrate and extend the knowledge developed in specific courses in the core curriculum to the more complex, authentic problems and projects they face as professionals. Dr. Koretsky is one of the founding members of the Center for Lifelong STEM Education Research at OSU.Prof. Audrey Briggs Champagne, University at Albany. State University of New York Champagne is Professor Emerita at the University at Albany, SUNY where she was Professor in the Department of Educational Theory and Practice in the School of Education and in the Department of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences. Champagne is a fellow of the American
Paper ID #13357Ideologies of depoliticization in engineering education: A Mediated DiscourseAnalysis of student presentations in a first year projects courseKevin O’Connor, University of Colorado Boulder Kevin O’Connor is assistant professor of Educational Psychology and Learning Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder. His scholarship focuses on human action, communication, and learning as socio- culturally organized phenomena. A major strand of his research explores the varied trajectories taken by students as they attempt to enter professional disciplines such as engineering, and focuses on the dilem- mas
Paper ID #11739Impacts of Service-Learning Projects on the Technical and Professional En-gineering Confidence of First Year Engineering StudentsDr. Matthew Siniawski, Loyola Marymount University Dr. Matthew T. Siniawski is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Loyola Marymount University. He has advised over 40 different senior capstone project design teams since 2004, and is particularly interested in the design of assistive devices for children with disabilities. He is a an active proponent of service-learning and is interested in understanding how such experiences impact the technical
. Page 26.902.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Implementation of a Case Study in an Engineering Science Course: A Pilot Project for Increasing Experiential LearningAbstractIt is valuable for instructors to provide real-world connections in their curricula so thatengineering students can appreciate and practice integration and application of knowledge. Thisis essential in both engineering science and design. A variety of mechanisms have been used toaccomplish this, including guest speakers, field trips and company-sourced design projects.Another useful mechanism to achieve this objective is the case study.For this reason, a case study was developed for a second year mechanical
conversion of a first-year nanotechnology and microfluidics project course. He is highly in- volved with Biomedical Engineering Society, growing Ohio State’s student chapter to over 150 members and establishing a nationally recognized mentoring program. His research interests include ocular biome- chanics, nanotechnology, tissue engineering, technology commercialization, and engineering education and leadership.Aaron Strickland Strickland Aaron Strickland is a fourth-year Chemical Engineering undergraduate student at The Ohio State Univer- sity. He has worked with the first-year engineering program for honors students for the three years since completing the program as a first-year student. He has completed internship
. Page 24.1392.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Work In Progress: Providing Continuing Education for Teachers in the Dominican Republic Using Online Modules Developed through a First-Year Capstone ProjectIntroductionTwo professors (from engineering and education) and students from a variety of engineeringdisciplines (engineering education, mechanical, electrical, and civil) from Ohio NorthernUniversity have traveled to the Dominican Republic for the past two years to run workshopsinvolving inexpensive, hands-on engineering projects for teachers in both public and private(sponsored) schools. This effort is a different take on the IEEE Teacher In Service Program
Paper ID #13336A reflection on the process of selecting, developing, and launching a new de-sign project in a large-scale introduction to engineering design courseMr. Kevin Calabro, University of Maryland, College Park Kevin Calabro is Keystone Instructor and Associate Director in the Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland.Dr. Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park Ayush Gupta is Research Assistant Professor in Physics and Keystone Instructor in the A. J. Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland. Broadly speaking he is interested in modeling learning and reasoning processes
Paper ID #12215A Student Design, Develop, Test & Deploy Project: Perseus II - Developmentof an Unmanned Marine System for an Underwater Unexploded OrdnanceMissionMr. Michael DeLorme, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES) Mr. Michael DeLorme Mr. DeLorme has 11 years of professional experience as a Research Asso- ciate/Engineer at Stevens; Davidson Laboratory, DHS National Center for Secure and Resilient Maritime Commerce (CSR), and Systems Engineering Research Center. Research concentrations include exper- imental marine hydrodynamics, unmanned marine vehicles, the implementation of hydro-acoustics for the detection of
Paper ID #12509Adaption and evolution of a first year design project week course-From Ger-many to the United States to MongoliaDr. Rebecca Jo Pinkelman, Technische Universit¨at Darmstadt Rebecca J. Pinkelman graduated from Chadron State College with a B.S. in Chemistry and Biology in 2008. She received her M.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in 2010 and 2014, respectively. She is currently a post-doctoral research scientist in the Mechanical and Process Engineering Department at the Technische Universit¨at Darmstadt.Mr. Malte Awolin, Center for Educational Development at
(MAC) protocols and their application in Vehicle to Vehicle (V2V) communications and she is interested also in collision avoidance systems design and their use in the V2V communications. In addition to the wireless research, Dr. Alsbou is collaborating with the medical imaging group at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center on research projects in medical imaging. The focus of these projects is on developing new approaches to reduce image and motion artifacts in helical, axial and cone-beam CT imaging used in diagnostic imaging and radiotherapy. Dr. Alsbou has publications in the ASEE National Conference and attended multiple KEEN workshops, she uses ACL, PBL and EML in her classes. She has publications
capstone design project is embraced by schools from Orono, Maine to San Diego,CA and many, many in between [5, 6]. The opportunity to practice project managementprinciples, put theory into practice, and accomplish something of significance serves to enrichand motivate. Naturally this is no less true in the area of Electrical, Computer, Communications,and Telecommunications Engineering education.This paper describes such a capstone project as conducted at the United States Coast GuardAcademy (CGA) on Secure IPv6 Design. At this time education in networking at the CGA isfocused almost entirely Internet Protocol Version 4 (IPv4) at the Internet layer. Through thisyear-long project, two senior students (known as cadets at CGA) successfully extended
Paper ID #11163Looking back: A Student Review and History of AerosPACE – a Multi-University, Multi-Disciplinary, Distributed, Industry-University Capstone ProjectMrs. Larissa Cannon, Brigham Young University Larissa Cannon participated in AerosPACE for her Senior Capstone project. She has since graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Brigham Young University and is currently working in the aerospace industry. Her undergraduate experience included three internships at Pratt & Whitney and one internship at ATK. She is the co-author of two published papers and has four years experience of
Paper ID #13520MAKER: Applications in Do-It-Together, Environmental Monitoring Tech-nologies - Student Projects from an Interdisciplinary, Flipped, Service Learn-ing, Makerspace CourseDr. Charles M Schweik, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Charles M. Schweik is an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Conservation and the Center for Public Policy and Administration at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA. Schweik is the author of Internet Success: A Study of Open Source Software Commons (MIT Press, 2012) that examines collaborative principles in open source software projects.Dr. Paula Rees
Paper ID #13973Using Project-Based, Experiential, and Service Learning in a Freshman Writ-ing Intensive Seminar for Building Design and Technical Writing Skills (Workin Progress)Dr. Bilal Ghosn, Rice University Dr. Bilal Ghosn is a lecture in the Department of Bioengineering at Rice University. A native of Louisiana, he received his doctoral degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 2009 with his doctoral research in the areas of drug delivery, biomaterials and diagnostics. He then spent 4 years as a post-doctoral fellow in the department of Bioengineering at the University of Washington where
Paper ID #12211Online-BSEE (Online Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering): A Multi-University Collaboration Project in Partnership with Open SUNYProf. Wendy K Tang, Stony Brook University Wendy Tang is an Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in Stony Brook University. She received her B.S., M.S. and Ph. D in Electrical Engineering from the University of Rochester. Her current research interests are in Wireless Sensor Networks, Communication Networks and Graph Theory Applications. She and her colleagues are the recipients of two best paper awards in 1997 and 1998. She is also
Paper ID #12295Opening the Classroom to the Civil Engineering Profession through Web-based Class Projects: Assessment of Student LearningWilliam Greenwood, University of Michigan William Greenwood is a doctoral student in Civil Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environ- mental Engineering at the University of Michigan. His research interests in geotechnical earthquake engineering include post-disaster site reconnaissance, geophysical methods for site investigation, and dy- namic properties of waste materials. He received his B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Vermont in 2013.Prof. Dimitrios Zekkos
Paper ID #11490Project-based learning in a high school pre-engineering program: Findingson student achievement (RTP, Strand 3)Todd France, University of Colorado Boulder Todd France is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Colorado Boulder. He is part of the Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12 Education Program and helps teach and develop curriculum at a high school STEM academy. His research focuses on pre-engineering education and project-based learning. Page 26.1265.1 c American Society for
Paper ID #11491Project-based learning in a high school pre-engineering program: Findingson student behavior (RTP, Strand 3)Todd France, University of Colorado, Boulder Todd France is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Colorado Boulder. He is part of the Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12 Education Program and helps teach and develop curriculum at a high school STEM academy. His research focuses on pre-engineering education and project-based learning. Page 26.1266.1 c American Society for
Paper ID #11686Student Experiences in a Structural Engineering Course: Responses of Viola-tion and Grief When a Novice Instructor Implements Project-Based LearningMs. Jillian Seniuk Cicek, University of Manitoba Jillian Seniuk Cicek is a PhD Candidate in Engineering Education in the Department of Biosystems En- gineering, Faculty of Engineering at the University of Manitoba, in Winnipeg, Canada. She is a research assistant for the Centre for Engineering Professional Practice and Engineering Education in the Faculty of Engineering. Her research areas include outcomes-based teaching and assessment, and student-centered
Paper ID #11404Assessment of Communication, Teamwork, and Engineering Motivation inInter-Disciplinary Projects Implemented in an Introduction to EngineeringCourseDr. Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University Haolin Zhu is a faculty lecturer in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State Univer- sity. She received her Ph.D. in Solid Mechanics from Cornell University. Currently she focuses on the freshmen engineering program, as well as designing and teaching mechanical engineering courses.Dr. Ryan J Meuth, Arizona State University Dr. Ryan Meuth is a Freshmen Engineering Lecturer in the Fulton Schools of Engineering, and