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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chi N. Thai, University of Georgia

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Computers in Education

at the University of Georgia,and when combined with the existing Computer Systems Engineering B.S. degree, an emphasisarea in Robotics is looking very viable to be developed for undergraduate students enrolled in theabove three degrees at UGA. As an initial step, we are looking at using robotics as aninstructional approach to integrate hardware, software and communication technologies at asenior-year level course 3,4 whereas students would already have taken courses onMicrocontrollers, Sensors and Transducers, Kinematics, Dynamics, Machine Design and ControlSystems. The goal is to provide students with a basic practicum in Embedded Robotics whereinthe students will learn about the programming of embedded controllers, the actuation of

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 2: Teaching and Learning

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Eddie Davis, SUNY Farmingdale

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Computers in Education

reluctant to respond to questions asked in class and itis hard to tell whether it was due to fear of failure or some other force.Key Words:Classroom Response Technology, Top Hat, measuring effectiveness, assessment, andevaluation of learning.1. Background There has been research related to integrating technology into the pedagogy ofdifficult subjects like Integral Calculus [1]. Other research gathered student’s opinionsabout the implementation of Classroom Response Systems in university lectures [2]. Thefindings of the Procedia research showed that students gave an overall positiveevaluation of the Classroom Response System (CRS). It also identified CRS’s asenhancers of attention, participation, classroom dynamics, and learning. In 2016

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Paul C. King; Gerarda M. Shields

courses.INTRODUCTION Leading the IP curriculum development effort is an interdisciplinary team led by the partnership of alicensed Architect and a licensed Civil Engineer both full time professors at New York City College ofTechnology. This paper focuses on the curriculum development, implementation, and assessmentmethodology of the Integrated Projects courses.1. THE CITYPOLY – CITYTECH PARTNERSHIP1.1 Introduction to CityPoly High School CityPoly is one of four State-approved Career and Technical Education (CTE) demonstration sites inNew York City and has been named as one of 10 schools in New York City Chancellor Joel Klein’s 21stCentury Schools Initiative. The unique format of this CTE school is a 3 + 2 program in which studentscomplete a full 4 years

Conference Session

The Best of Computers in Education

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhen Wei; Carlotta A. Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

thinking because it involves an integration of several engineeringdisciplines. Topics in this course included control, actuation, wireless, signal transmission andanalog to digital conversion. Rahnavard’s robot was different from other educational robots because it was possible toaccess all of the components through the low-level integration, which is different from most robots,which have a high-level integration of components and software control. Students would haveaccess to signals on the robot that could be measured with standard equipment. The robot partsincluded discrete electrical, electronics, and integrated circuit elements. The robot has two analogcommands for velocity and direction, six digital commands, and analog data that can

Conference Session

Faculty Tools

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua A. Enszer, University of Notre Dame; Jessica A Kuczenski, Century College; Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame; Jay B. Brockman, University of Notre Dame

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Computers in Education

AC 2011-487: ELECTRONIC PORTFOLIOS IN ACADEMIC ADVISING,SELF-GUIDED LEARNING, AND SELF-ASSESSMENTJoshua A. Enszer, University of Notre Dame Joshua A. Enszer is a postdoctoral instructor and researcher for the Department of Chemical and Biomolec- ular Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. He is also serving as the Interim Course Coordinator for the University’s First-Year Engineering Program. His research interests in education include the use of electronic portfolios in an engineering curriculum and in engineering courses, as well as the use of serious games in engineering education.Jessica A Kuczenski, Century CollegeKerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame Kerry L. Meyers is an Associate Professional Faculty

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Marketing Engineering to Minority Students

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rafic Bachnak, Texas A&M International University; jack esparza, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi

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Minorities in Engineering

): This program allows teams from schools to acquire new teaching resources and technology tools using NASA's unique content, experts and other resources to provide exciting learning experiences science, mathematics and technology for students. v. NASA Quest: This program is an online educational experience allowing students to interact in the classroom with NASA experts, from all fields of work. Activities include background information and curriculum materials. vi. Space Center Houston - Teacher Camp-ins: This program allows educators to participate in hands-on activities that they can use back in their classrooms while having a great time with fellow teachers. vii. Space Vehicle

Conference Session

Developing Young Minds in Engineering: Part I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Blair J. McDonald, University of Texas, Pan American

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Minorities in Engineering

increase? By using it; and teaching is a practical use. Space is a scarce commodityon any campus but knowledge is abundant.Students naturally look to the course instructor as the ultimate source of knowledge in a course.The typical classroom situation is an attempt to pass (possibly even force feed) the instructor’sknowledge of a subject to enrolled students. The attempt to pass along knowledge may beaccomplished by leading the class through a curriculum using discussions, lectures, slide shows,example problems, assignments, projects, etc. There are all kinds of tools to help with this.Devices like smart boards, document cameras, clickers, online recorded video, and even someold standards like chalk and books as well as a host of techniques such

Conference Session

Computers in Education 7 - Modulus 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ahmed Ashraf Butt, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Saira Anwar, University of Florida; Muhsin Menekse, Purdue University at West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

Education, Purdue University. Also, she was the recipient of the ”President of Pakistan Merit and Talent Scholarship” for her undergraduate studies.Dr. Muhsin Menekse, Purdue University at West Lafayette Muhsin Menekse is an Assistant Professor at Purdue University with a joint appointment in the School of Engineering Education and the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Dr. Menekse’s primary research focus is on exploring K-16 students’ engagement and learning of engineering and science con- cepts by creating innovative instructional resources and conducting interdisciplinary quasi-experimental research studies in and out of classroom environments. Dr. Menekse is the recipient of the 2014 William Elgin Wickenden

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

III, Thomas K. Miller; Catherine E. Brawner

underclass students into the teams better. 2. Institute leadership training for the senior leaders. 3. Include an obligation to integrate all team members into the senior leaders’ contracts. 4. Integrate this course completely into the curriculum. Currently, the course depends entirely on word of mouth and the efforts of the professor for enrollment. Inclusion of the course in the Undergraduate Bulletin and availability of credit toward the major would help the integration effort. 5. Provide for a “Senior Leader-Elect.” This will help ensure continuity of the teams from semester to semester. 6. Recruit more women into the program. It seems very effective at encouraging them to remain

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Will Humphries, Virginia Tech; Justin Gawrilow, Virginia Tech; Manuel Perez-Quinones, Virginia Tech; Scott Turner, Virginia Tech; Stephen Edwards, Virginia Tech

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Computers in Education

suchquestions to the professor, but providing answers requires making educated guesses as to how a studentwill perform on future work. A series of good visualizations based on student data in the course can helpanswer these questions for students.In this paper, we present an analysis of student needs when self-assessing their performance in class. Theanalysis was intended to identify what student performance attributes, or qualities of performance, weremost used by students. We also present visualizations designed and evaluated based on their ability tohelp students meet those needs. We integrated these visualizations into a course management systemcalled Moodle4 to help address student and faculty needs.A common feature of course management systems

Conference Session

Technical Session 6: Modulus Topics Part 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Hawkins, University of Louisville; James E. Lewis, University of Louisville; Brian Scott Robinson, University of Louisville; James Christopher Foreman, University of Louisville

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Computers in Education

, programming, communication (including written, oral, and graphical),3D printing, and an introduction to engineering research. The culminating feature of this courseis a final project, called the Cornerstone Project, which includes the construction, optimization,and mechanical design of a windmill system. This system includes the integration of student-built AC motors, DC motors, and data acquisition systems that students use to discernquantifiable results for their windmill, such as efficiencies, power output, and windmill speed –accomplished via the construction of a tachometer, which the students design and build.The first implementation of this course was in Spring 2017, in which the programming aspects ofthe Cornerstone Project were executed

Conference Session

COED: Online and Blended Learning Part 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nebojsa I. Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo

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Computers in Education

computerassisted virtual environment (CAVE) EON Icatcher and EON Professional integrated developmentenvironment (IDE) software. Two groups of graduate students enrolled in the course for twoconsecutive years provided feedback through surveys, discussions, and informal interviews.Students gained practical experience with designing VR systems and VR environments,appreciated the labs, and were excited about their VR projects.IntroductionThe demand for new knowledge content is high in engineering education practice at the graduatelevel. It is expected that the graduate courses lead, or at least reflect, the current state oftechnological developments and scientific discoveries. To stay competitive and current,curriculum designers are under constant pressure to

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Marcela Alejandra Silva, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile; Angeles Dominguez, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico and Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

specialization courses designed to meet students'graduation profile. Also, the curriculum includes four integrative courses, whose aim is toincorporate knowledge acquired by students from previous courses and integrate it into activitiesfor current projects and/or for use by companies out in the field. The last integrating course iscalled Degree Portfolio and culminates with the completion of the study program. This course isbased on multidisciplinary projects carried out by teachers of different specialties, finishing in anindividual examination before a commission composed of the course lecturers and externalevaluators who are invited exclusively for this process.Around 70% of college courses are specialized and are concentrated in the last 3 years of

Conference Session

WIED: Curricular Undergraduate Student Programs

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alistar Erickson-Ludwig, Drexel University (Eng.); Alisa Morss Clyne, Drexel University (Eng.)

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Women in Engineering

Projects in Community Service (EPICS) at Drexel, among others. In collaboration with other College of Engineering faculty and staff she co-teaches a sequence of classes for the Paul Peck Scholars Program. Alistar received her B.A. from Drew University and Master’s from Duke University.Dr. Alisa Morss Clyne, Drexel University (Eng.) Alisa Morss Clyne is currently an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, with a courtesy ap- pointment in the School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems, at Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Clyne is director of the Vascular Kinetics Laboratory, which investigates integrated mechanical and biochemical interactions among cells and proteins of the cardiovascular

Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Brian J. Novoselich, United States Military Academy; James E. Bluman, United States Military Academy; Rebecca Zifchock, United States Military Academy; Matthew Dabkowski, United States Military Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

modeling. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Assessing the Impact of an Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Course on the Capstone Design ProcessAbstractEngineers use scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items tosupport humanity. A fundamental understanding of the design process and applying it to novel,ill-defined problems and situations is integral to success as an engineer. Introduction toengineering courses have become ubiquitous in engineering programs across the nation. Thesecourses provide first-year students with a broad overview of the engineering profession and oftenprovide students an

Conference Session

Research in Minority Issues

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Whitney Smith, UMES/Rutgers University; Uditha Poddalgoda, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Omar A. Omar, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Amy Jarrett, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Aaron Redden, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Daniel Seaton, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Robert Johnson, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore

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Minorities in Engineering

assembly process using feed back from middle school students. (v) Exploring the world of Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) and possible development of a state of the art CAD CAM facility at University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES).The second ACTION project described in this paper addresses the first of the extensionpossibilities listed above. The project utilizes a software environment titled MDSolids as well asProMechanica. ProMechanica is an integral component of the ProEngineer Wildfire softwarethat allows stress analysis of solid models developed in ProEngineer environment, underappropriate loading.3. Exploring Mechanics of Material Principles using ProMechanica and MDsolids Software PackagesMDsolids is a

Conference Session

Enhancing the Underrepresented Student Experience

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel; Kevin C. Bower PE, The Citadel; Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; Elizabeth Connor, The Citadel

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Minorities in Engineering

to proficiently enter the engineeringprofession. Further elaboration on activities created to accomplish these three programobjectives are presented in the following paragraphs.Objective 1: To provide higher education funding opportunities targeting minority,female, and socio-economically disadvantaged, students entering civil engineering. Tofulfill this program objective, cohorts ranging from five to ten academically qualifiedstudents are recruited, screened, interviewed, admitted and prepared for success fromtarget demographic groups, over the five-year duration of the NSF S-STEM grant award.Objective 2: To provide enhanced academic support structure for ExCEL-SC civilengineering students. To implement an integrated support program for

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claude Brathwaite, City College of the City University of New York; Julianne Vernon, Vanderbilt University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

are faculty led and short term are seen as one of the majorvehicles for students to integrate an international experience in their curriculum. The opposite istrue for the NYC LSAMP model, which consists of 8 weeks or more of research. A summary ofthe program elements at each university site is shown in Table 2. The eleven core elements of theprogram all contribute to the success of the programming per each site. A total of nine site coordinators for the Netherlands (1), China (1), Morocco (1) andColombia (6) sites were engaged, all were participants in the NYC LSAMP, and need not havefluency in the language of the host country. Only for the program in Cartagena that involved themanagement of both Colombian and American students, was

Conference Session

Educational Software

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Rynne, University of Limerick; William Gaughran, University of Limerick

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Computers in Education

major concern the excessive emphasis on software to the detriment of basicgraphical concepts, problem solving and visualisation skills 5. This is an integral part of thecognitive part modelling framework proposed in this research. In order to be able to decodean engineering drawing the learner must develop their ability to visualise 3D spatialrelationships. This has been identified as the key skill required for engineering design 6.Current and future engineering, technology and product design graduates will need tounderstand complex modelling techniques and strategies for both solid and surface models tomeet the needs of industry to be competitive in the global marketplace. In a survey of designand manufacturing companies who had a requirement

Conference Session

Computational Tools and Simulation I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dianne Raubenheimer, North Carolina State University; Jeff Joines, North Carolina State University; Amy Craig, North Carolina State University

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Computers in Education

AC 2009-209: USING COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS TO ENHANCE PROBLEMSOLVINGDianne Raubenheimer, North Carolina State UniversityJeff Joines, North Carolina State UniversityAmy Craig, North Carolina State University Page 14.1315.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Using Computational Tools to Enhance Problem SolvingAbstractMany engineering curriculum around the country are re-evaluating their introductory computerprogramming requirement. At our university, several departments have introduced newcomputer-based modeling courses that integrate critical thinking and problem solving withcomputational thinking and programming as a replacement of the traditional first

Conference Session

Software and Hardware for Educators I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chad Hager, United States Air Force Academy; Steven Barrett, University of Wyoming; Cameron Wright, University of Wyoming; Jerry Hamann, University of Wyoming

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Computers in Education

. received the BS Electronic Engineering Technology from the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 1979, the M.E.E.E. from the University of Idaho at Moscow in 1986, and the Ph.D. from The University of Texas at Austin in 1993. He was formally an active duty faculty member at the United States Air Force Academy, Colorado and is now an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wyoming. He is a member of IEEE (senior) and Tau Beta Pi (chief faculty advisor). His research interests include digital and analog image processing, computer-assisted laser surgery, and embedded controller systems. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Wyoming and Colorado. He co-wrote

Conference Session

Beyond the Classroom: Summer and Scholarship Programs to Engage Minorities

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Wenshen Pong, San Francisco State University; Nilgun Melek Ozer, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Hao Jiang, San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; A. S. (Ed) Cheng, San Francisco State University

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Minorities in Engineering

Paper ID #6019Dr. Hao Jiang, San Francisco State University Hao Jiang received the B.S. degree in materials sciences from Tsinghua University, China, in 1994 and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of California, San Diego, in 2000. Hao Jiang has been with San Francisco State University since August 2007 as an assistant professor in electrical engineering. Prior joining SFSU, he worked for Broadcom Corporation, Jazz Semiconductor and Conex- ant Systems Inc. His research nterests are in the general area of analog integrated circuits, particularly in ultra-low-power circuits for biomedical applications.Dr. Cheng Chen, San Francisco State UniversityProf. A. S. (Ed) Cheng, San Francisco State

Conference Session

Developing Quality Experiences that Retain Diverse Engineering Talent

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jamie Bracey, Temple University College of Engineering; Gregory D Jones Jr, Temple University; Nadif Bracey, Morgan State University; Keyanoush Sadeghipour, Temple University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

“whatworks” but “why” for retaining underrepresented groups (URGs) in rigorous fields ofstudy. In general changes to pedagogy and curriculum have not yielded an increase in thenumber or diversity of students entering the quantitative disciplines (Jolly et al, 2004).Using the 2011-2013 data as a baseline, the decision was made to help underpreparedengineering students improve their math achievement outcomes by modifying thecurriculum to test an applied mathematics course for engineers adapted from Wright StateUniversity’s NSF funded ENG101 applied math course. Freshmen and transfer students(N=507) entering in Fall 2014 and Fall 2015 included 84% freshmen, 16% transfers, 21%women, and 14% ethnic minorities. While 86% of students reported very strong

Conference Session

Robots in Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Meuth, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Paul Robinette, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Donald Wunsch, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Computers in Education

(AUVSI) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) andUnmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) competitions.IntroductionRobotics is an inherently interdisciplinary engineering field, encompassing electrical, computerand mechanical engineering, as well as computer science, mathematics, physics, systemsengineering, and, in some instances, psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and even philosophy.The breadth of the problems presented by robotics development encourages the integration ofknowledge and problem-solving methods from a wide range of fields. With the advent ofautonomous vehicles in the military and consumer robotics products, such as the iRobotRoomba, the robotics industry is growing rapidly and is expected to continue to do so asconsumer spending on robotics

Conference Session

Hardware Descriptive Language Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Hill, University of Hartford

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Computers in Education

and understands the coordination involved.Technology programs, in contrast with engineering programs, have less emphasis on design aspart of the curriculum. Technology students learn how to use various devices and how theywork rather than design systems with them. Furthermore, technology programs emphasize“hands-on” learning and contain many labs throughout the curriculum. This toolkit can beutilized in an automation or instrumentation course for several experiments involving the varioussensors and circuits on the robot. Content demonstrates the relationships between pulse-widthmodulation (PWM), the electrical drive signals, mechanical motion of the motor, and rotationalmeasurements provided by the optical encoder.The toolkit provides design

Conference Session

Innovative Methods to Teach Engineering to URMs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gordon W. Skelton, Jackson State University; Qing Pang, Jackson State University; Wei Zheng, Jackson State University; HuiRu Shih, Jackson State University; Tzusheng Pei, Jackson State University

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Minorities in Engineering

University Dr. Wei Zheng is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at Jackson State University (JSU). He received his Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2001 and has over 10-year industrial experience. Since becoming a faculty member at JSU in 2005, he has made continuous efforts to integrate emerging technologies and cognitive skill development into engineering curriculum. He serves as a freshmen advisor for the First Year Experience Program at JSU and is the Principle Investigator for ongoing CCLI-Phase I Project funded by NSF. He has led the new course module development for CCLI-Phase I project and integrated its implementation in his course at the Department of Civil

Conference Session

Engineering Design for Elementary Students

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amanda C. Johnston, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Ruben Dario Lopez-Parra, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Kristina Maruyama Tank, Iowa State University; Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Barbara Fagundes, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Pre-College Engineering Education

representation of woman in the STEM field, k-12 engineering education and computational thinking. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019Design Decision Processes of First Grade Students during an Engineering Design Based STEM Unit (Fundamental)Introduction Currently, there is an effort to bring engineering as a part of the curriculum into earlyelementary classrooms. For this purpose, academic science standards have incorporatedengineering design in the pre-college curriculum [1]. According to the NGSS standards for K-2engineering design, the aim of implementing a STEM curriculum is that children be able to askquestions and define problems that build on their prior experiences and develop models

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katie Evans, Louisiana Tech University; Mitzi Desselles, Louisiana Tech University; Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #25749Board 47: Year 2 of an S-STEM Summer Scholarship for a Sophomore BridgeProgramDr. Katie Evans, Louisiana Tech University Dr. Katie Evans is the Associate Dean of Strategic Initiatives, the Entergy Corp LP&L/NOPSI #3 & #4 Professor of Mathematics, the Academic Director of Mathematics and Statistics and Online programs, and the Director of the Integrated STEM Education Research Center (ISERC). She earned her Ph.D. in Mathematics and M.S. in Mathematics at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA. Her research interests in- clude distributed parameter control modeling and simulation, dynamic modeling of physical

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering: Part I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Virginia Booth Gleghorn, Purdue University,Minority Engineering Programs; Carol S Stwalley P.E., Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Minorities in Engineering

% implementation of training and integration of lean manufacturing principles at the 3.7L and 4.7L Mack Engine Facilities. In her current position as Minority Engineering Programs Director for Purdue, Virginia looks forward to continuing the legacy of MEP and addressing retention and matriculation issues using a ’lean manu- facturing’ engineering approach. Her current passion in this effort is to assist in the establishment of a standardized metric system that can be used to demonstrate the impact MEP has had (and continues to have) on increasing the number of engineering graduates from historically under-represented populations. Her passion is to assist in developing, assessing, and sustaining effective STEM initiatives. MEP

Conference Session

Research Infrastructure in STEM Disciplines

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Madhumi Mitra, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Rose Stoakley, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Tiara Turner, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Suraf Cherinet, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Gabriel Ladd, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Harsha Chalyam, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Christopher Hartman, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; James B. Burrows-Mcelwain, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore

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Minorities in Engineering

early detection of crop stressthrough remote sensing. Several preliminary issues needed to be addressed before suchanalysis could be performed. The Terrahawk imaging system integrates a Color Infrared(CIR) Digital camera with a gimball attachment, microcomputer, and a GPS unit. Thecamera is installed looking down through the belly of an airplane. A shapefile of the fieldboundary or shapefiles of region boundaries to be imaged is loaded in the computermemory. As the pilot flies the aeroplane over the field, the GPS unit recognizes that it hascrossed into the field boundaries, and starts snapping images at pre-determined intervalsof time without any pilot intervention. The pilot focuses on covering the region using apredetermined flight path that