. McLeod has published widely in the areas of data and knowledge base systems, federated databases, database models and design, and ontologies. His current research focuses on dynamic ontologies, user-customized information access, database semantic heterogeneity resolution and interoperation; personalized information management environments via cooperative immersipresence; information management environments for geoscience and homeland security information, crisis management decision support systems, and privacy and trust in information systems.Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California Gisele Ragusa is Associate Professor of Clinical Education, and Director of Undergraduate and
primary research question addressed in this study is: How do team dynamics in activelearning environments affect a woman's confidence as an engineer? To supplement this research,secondary questions include: ● How do students define active learning, and with what connotations? ● What types of roles do men and women take on in group projects? ● How do men and women evaluate each other on a team?We used quantitative and qualitative peer evaluation data, as well as qualitative data fromstudent focus groups to explore the research questions. Each of the methods of data collectionand analysis are discussed below. Surveys, focus groups, and interviews for students wereconducted under the University of Colorado Boulder’s Institutional Review
representation of women among first year engineering students, it pales in comparison tooverall representation of women students in four year institutions, which reached 57% in 2014.Clearly, work to increase gender diversity in engineering must continue (Pryor, Hurtado, Saenz,Santos & Korn 2007; National Research Council, 2006).The paucity of women in engineering is particularly evident at technical institutions where moststudents major in a STEM discipline. As such, these institutions face a significant genderdisparity in their student populations. For example, at the university where this research wasconducted, approximately 96% of undergraduates are working toward degrees in engineering,the natural sciences, mathematics, or computer science
alumnus of Harvard’s Graduate School of De- sign and recipient of Harvard’s prestigious Rice Prize for the Integration of Architecture and Engineering, John is currently directing interdisciplinary research in sustainable engineering for both the Department of Defense and Department of Energy.Eirik Hole, Stevens Institute of Technology Eirik Hole has since 2004 held the position of Lecturer in Systems Engineering & Engineering Man- agement in the School of Systems & Enterprise at Stevens Institute of Technology. Prior to this he held systems engineering positions in a number of companies, primarily in the automotive and aerospace fields, in Norway and Germany. He obtained a masters degree in Aerospace
Paper ID #38096Similarities and differences between the actions of newly-hired engineers and engineering managers during theorganizational socialization periodYun Dong (Ms) Yun is a Ph.D. in Human Computer Interaction. She graduated from Iowa State University. Her research interests include newly-hired engineers' practices and experience in the socialization process and engineering education.Subhanwit RoyMacKenzie Ann Reber (Miss) I am a recent graduate from Grove City College (May 2022). I graduated with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and a minor in Chemical Engineering. I will be working as an applications engineer for
Paper ID #30769Transforming an Engineering Design Course into an Engaging LearningExperience using ePortfoliosMiss Taylor Tucker, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Taylor Tucker graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelor’s degree in engineering mechanics and is now pursuing a master’s in Curriculum and Instruction through the Digital Environments for Learning, Teaching, and Agency (DELTA) program. She is interested in engineering design and lends her technical background to her research with the Collaborative Learning Lab, exploring how to improve ill-structured tasks for
Engineering Education· Identify a problem or question related to gender equity that they wanted to pursue or investigate at their school using action research, and to implement their plan,· Return to Georgia Tech for periodic SummerScape meetings, and· Submit a written report detailing their activities and modified lesson plans.Teachers were also encouraged to observe each other periodically in the classroom to check ontheir progress in providing equitable attention to all students, and to conduct a gender equityworkshop for parents at their school.Online CommunityAll professional development materials and teacher final reports were posted online on aSummerScape WebCT course. The classroom instruments and activities were all available aspdf
, engineering, and mathematics. He is a published author in Chemistry Education Research and Practice (CERP) and has served as a reviewer for both CERP and the Journal of Chemical Education.Mr. Patrick M. Chaffin, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COS) Mr. Patrick Chaffin is a Ph. D. graduate student at Purdue University conducting chemistry education research. His research interests are focused on exploring the dynamics of student-tutor interactions and students’ transfer of knowledge across the disciplines of STEM. He is a published author in Chemistry Education Research and Practice.Dr. Marcy H. Towns, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COS) Dr. Marcy H. Towns is the Bodner-Honig Professor of Chemistry and Director
that this discipline has gained its rightful place in the company ofengineering and engineering technology. This new level of partnership and collaboration betweenengineering and technology programs promises to be a step in the right direction for society at large.Engineering and technology majors both supplement and complement each other’s knowledge andskills and it is crucial for educators to build bridges of active interaction. This paper takes aim atone specific as well as basic need in teamwork and interdisciplinary projects – ethics and itsimplications for professional practice. The primary focus here is to promote ethics education amonga wider audience that includes industrial technologists.A preliminary study suggests that students
Engineering Workforce Development Director for CISTAR, the Center for Innovative and Strategic Transformation of Alkane Resources, a National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center. Her research focuses on how identity, among other affective factors, influences diverse students to choose engineering and persist in engineering. She also studies how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering foster or hinder belonging 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
and at the technology research center at The University of Texas at Austin. He earned his doctoral degree from Virginia Tech and authored numerous publications in Problem Solving, Sustainability, and Innovation.Dr. Michael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, West Lafayette Michael J. Dyrenfurth is a professor of Technology Leadership and Innovation in the College of Tech- nology at Purdue University. He is a member of the ASEE and he has served on the Board of the ETD and as program chair for the CIEC in New Orleans (2008). Previously he completed a four year term as Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies in Purdue University’s College of Technology. His scholarship agenda focuses on technological innovation
the Integrated Science and Technology (ISAT) program at James MadisonUniversity [1] is to prepare students to be professionally well equipped when entering theworkplace or enroll in graduate programs. This is accomplished by developing students‟ abilityto become problem solvers who are able to investigate local, national, and global issues not onlyfrom a science perspective but also from technology, engineering and social contextperspectives. During their Junior and Senior years, the program provides students with a uniquehands-on research, design and prototyping experiences in the form of Senior Capstone Projects.The intent of a capstone is for students to utilize competencies developed in the first three yearsof the curriculum in the
Jiao Tong University. Her primary research interests relate to the assessment of teaching and learning in engineering, cognitive development of graduate and undergraduate students, and global engineering. She received her Ph.D. from the School of Engineering Education, Purdue University in 2013. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 The Design and Implementation of Engineering Leadership Programs: A Comparative StudyAbstractChanging technological world requires future engineers not only show excellent technicalskills, but also possess multiple skills and attributes, in particular leadership skills. Againstthis context, some universities and engineering
, while all onlinestudents were assigned a partner through an open process that encouraged students’ input andfacilitated preferences, less than 70% of the online students frequently collaborated with theirpartner. This was determined via a post-course survey. Reasons stated for non-frequentcommunication were mainly personal and scheduling issues. Informal survey (questioning) bythe course instructor during the semester shed some light that the collaboration was not at thelevel he would have preferred. The instructor decided that the best approach might be simply toprovide the opportunity to collaborate and encourage the students to do so, rather than attemptingto enforce cooperation. Hence, while existing technology allowed real-time
highlight this. Rarely, however, are there spaces andplaces for women in engineering to discuss these tensions. We wanted to create space so thosecoming after us can do the real work to move toward sisterhood.Race affects cross-racial mentoring relationships at all levels of higher education includingsenior faculty to junior faculty, faculty to postdocs, and faculty to graduate students [1]–[3]. Forexample, common factors that shape cross-racial mentoring of Faculty of Color include “anawareness of the mentee’s cultural experience” by the mentor, “open-mindedness”, and “trust,comfort, and common ground” [3]. Davis and Linder [4] further call to action the necessity toacknowledge and candidly discuss whiteness in cross-racial relationships between
professional highest networking interests promotion indicate) theoretical skills degree expertise Percentage of respondents Figure 1: The reasons for you to purse an industrial doctorate Here, the learning outcomes were mainly assessed from the dimensions ofknowledge and skills. Students improved significantly overall, with an average scoreof 4.53 out of 5. Among them, the improvement of knowledge was the most obviousand both were above 4.87. The following top five were academic research ability,interdisciplinary thinking, analytical thinking, innovative thinking and engineeringapplication ability. Relatively, the bottom three were teamwork skills
Engineering from Rowan University (Glassboro, NJ).Cayla Ritz Cayla, originally from Freeland, Maryland, has attended Rowan University for all undergraduate and graduate-level degrees. She graduated in Spring 2020 with her BS in Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in Honors Studies. She also has her MSc in Mechanical Engineering with a COGS in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, and is pursuing a PhD in Engineering with a concentration in Engineering Education. Specifically, her research interests are focused on combining the humanities and social sciences with STEM education to create a unique learning experience for students.Cheryl A Bodnar (Associate Professor, Experiential Engineering Education) Dr. Cheryl Bodnar is an
improve their grades by addressing the primary reasons women leaveengineering.Works Cited 1. Daempfle PA. An Analysis of the High Attrition Rates among First Year College Science, Math, and Engineering Majors. Journal of College Student Retention. 2003 May;5(1):37-52. Page 5 of 82. Hartman H, Hartman M. Leaving engineering: Lessons from Rowan University's college of engineering. J Eng Educ. 2006 January;95(1):49-61.3. Zeldin AL, Britner SL, Pajares F. A Comparative Study of the Self-Efficacy Beliefs of Successful Men and Women in Mathematics, Science, and Technology Careers. Journal of Research in Science Teaching. 2008 NOV;45(9):1036-58.4. Nauta MM, Epperson DL, Kahn JH. A multiple
-assessment of team functioning. Team members set goals, periodically assess how well they are working together, and identify changes they will make to function effectively in the future.” † Reading the above five tenets, one can see that teamwork is an integral part of cooperative learning. Cooperative learning has many benefits beyond being a training ground for teamwork. “An extensive body of [educational] research confirms the effectiveness of cooperative learning in higher education. Relative to students taught conventionally, cooperatively-taught students tend to exhibit better grades on common tests, greater persistence through graduation, better analytical, creative, and critical
ideal setting for the advancement of physical activity (Keating, et al., 2005; Huang, et al., 22003). To this end, researchers have suggested a greater effort on the part of college faculty andadministration to increase student awareness of the benefits of physical activity and offer moreprograms designed to get students active (Lowry, et al., 2000; Keating, et al., 2005; Kwan, et al.,2012). Among the goals of the American College Health Association’s Healthy Campus 2020initiative is for colleges to “create social and physical environments that promote good health forall” (2010, p. 1). According to Dr. James Pivarnik of the American College of Sports Medicine,"The built environment, as we call
the University of Louisville. He received his B.S. (2016), M.Eng. (2017), and Ph.D. (2020) in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Louisville. His res ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Capturing First-Year Engineering Students’ Interest and Retention via a Formal Makerspace Course AbstractThis complete research paper explores two different research questions associated with a larger,more comprehensive research study ultimately aimed at formal makerspace coursecharacterization in conjunction with student interest in engineering and its associated impact onengineering retention. More
-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Julianna Ge is a Ph.D. student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. At Purdue, she created and taught a novel course for undergraduate engineering students to explore the intersec- tions of thriving, leadership, diversity and inclusion. As an NSF Graduate Research Fellow, her research interests intersect the fields of engineering education, positive psychology, and human development to understand diversity, inclusion, and success for undergraduate engineering students. Prior to Purdue, she received dual bachelor’s degrees in Industrial Engineering and Human Development and Family Stud- ies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
classroom learning, laboratory experiences and cooperative education alliances withindustry.”The school offers graduate and undergraduate degrees showcasing the best of RobertMorris University’s practical, real-world philosophy of engaged and applied learning. Inbiology, environmental science, pre-medical, mechanical engineering, and mathematics,our faculty are experts in their fields.Close ties to the business world allow our students to tackle real problems under theguidance of their professors. Internships and research are key to our curriculum, helpingour graduates gain subsequent employment. Students work with sophisticated labequipment, such as our 7,500-square-foot Engineering Learning Factory and dedicatedscience laboratories in physics
develop functional learning teams will also be a focus of the paper.Data on student performance and their feedback on the process will be included in the finalportion of the paper.Benefits of Team-Based LearningResearchers have identified several benefits of TBL for students. These include: benefits tolearning such the ability to tackle tasks of higher complexity, a stronger consideration of diverseperspectives, and a higher order of critical thinking2, 3. Other benefits noted involve studentsocial development. Researchers have observed greater engagement of students, enhancedabilities to collaborate effectively with student colleagues, and more highly developed civicvalues as a result of TBL6. In the science classroom, Carmichael6 noted that TBL
computer architecture, optimal routing in circuit-switchednetworks, and noncomputational processor architectures. He is a Member of IEEE, ACM, Tau Beta Pi, Kappa MuEpsilon, and Eta Kappa Nu. Prior to his Ph.D. program, Dr. Smith worked in high performance computer design atGoodyear Aerospace, where he received the NASA Group Achievement Award for the Development of theMassively Parallel Processor (MPP). He was awarded the CESDIS Cray Research Computational Space SciencesFellowship in ‘91, and the NASA Graduate Student Research Program Fellowship from ‘92-’95. He received hisBSEE from The University of New Mexico in 1980, his MSEE from the University of Akron in 1990, and hisPh.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Carnegie Mellon
approach hasproved to be positive for engineering students; they assured that this method buildsengineering identity, promotes research, creativity, and critical thinking, givesmemorable feelings about the course, and most importantly reduces stress [39].The “group exam” is another alternative to assess students’ learning where studentscontrast their knowledge within a group to solve the exam [40]. The group exam seeksto increase cooperative learning among students and to reduce stress levels thattraditional exams cause [41]. In group exams, the knowledge the group shows is at leastthe same as the more knowledgeable member of the group. If a traditional exam were tobe used in a group exam, students with less knowledge would benefit with a
also reasons for teams to beused in a course: Teams are able to accomplish more than individuals, there is learning betweenmembers on a team, and teams are a way of developing and disseminating a culture. In theclassroom, the culture that should be developed among the students through the use of teams is aculture of collaboration and problem-solving. No amount of lecturing on the value of teams orthe value of collaborative problem solving can replace the learning or experiencing of actuallybeing a part of a team. It should be noted that teams can be formal or informal; for a largesemester project, teams may work together for weeks, but informal teams may develop duringsmall class discussions or class exercises.A potential hazard of using teams
years since his graduate school. He has been active with ASEE and educational research for over 10 years. He is particularly interested in en- hancing critical thinking skills among civil engineering students through various educational approaches. His research interests include water and wastewater treatment, desalination, and algal biofuels. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016Scientific Thinking and the Logic of Environmental Engineering ExperimentsAbstractScientific thinking allows one to approach engineering problems by asking clear and well-thought-out questions. Because environmental engineering is based on applied scientificprinciples (knowledge from science, i.e. chemistry
Design in High SchoolAbstractThe advances in engineering, particularly over the past few decades, have transformed the dailylives of people. This, in turn, has captured the attention of students at all grade levels. Thefascination with technology has generated increased interest among students at an early age, andmotivated some to study the field of engineering. It is not too early to start building thefoundation for engineering education at the high school level where curricula are being modifiedto increase students’ familiarity with engineering. The objectives of this research were toevaluate the experiences of a high school teacher who developed an innovative engineeringprogram and also to prepare a rubric to guide future teachers who want to
and facilitates in international collaborations. Among the competitions he won are Deltacompetition’06, SouthHolland Price’09 and DeltaWaterAward’12. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018Lessons Learned in the Paths of Developing a Multidisciplinary Certificate ProgramAbstractMultidisciplinary education is highly valued and strongly emphasized; however, manyinstitutions still struggle to create the opportunities within their curriculum. Relevant effortsand experiences need to be further studied in order to expand the impacts of multidisciplinaryeducation. This paper will examine challenges and opportunities as well as lessons learned increating a multidisciplinary