Paper ID #21474Tenure as a Closed System: Subconscious Behavioral Characteristics of Co-ercion, Groupthink, Bias and Inherent DiscriminationDr. Mitchell L. Springer PMP, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Dr. Mitchell L. Springer PMP, SPHR, SHRM-SCP Dr. Springer currently serves as an Executive Director for Purdue University’s Polytechnic Institute lo- cated in West Lafayette, Indiana. He has over 35 years of theoretical and Defense industry-based practical experience from four disciplines: Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Program Management and Human Resources. Dr
Paper ID #23669Implementing the Wright State Model First-Year Engineering MathematicsCourse in a Startup School of EngineeringDr. Lynn A Albers, Campbell University Dr. Lynn Albers is an Assistant Professor in the newly formed School of Engineering at Campbell Uni- versity. A proponent of Hands-On Activities in the classroom and during out-of-school time programs, she believes that they complement any teaching style thereby reaching all learning styles. She earned her doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina State University specializing in thermal sci- ences where her dissertation research spanned three
Paper ID #21339Incorporating Active Learning and Sustainable Engineering Concepts into aRequired Materials ClassDr. William M. Jordan, Baylor University William Jordan is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Baylor University. He has B.S. and M.S. degrees in metallurgical engineering from the Colorado School of Mines, an M.A. degree in theology from Denver Seminary, and a Ph.D. in mechanics and materials from Texas A & M University. He teaches materials-related courses and does research with natural fiber composite materials. He is also interested in entrepreneurship,sustainable engineering, and appropriate technology
Paper ID #21632International Engineering Student Motivation to Develop CommunicationSkills: a Case for an Integrated Training ApproachJohn Pringle, Vantage College, University of British Columbia John Pringle M.Ed. (Applied Linguistics) has been teaching academic and professional writing for 15 years. He has previously researched the value of Systemic Functional Linguistics as pedagogical tool to teach report writing, and the benefits of collaborative writing on second-language acquisition.Dr. Gabriel Potvin, University of British Columbia, Vancouver Dr. Gabriel Potvin is a faculty member in the Department of Chemical and
Paper ID #23322Occupational Therapy Boards – Identifying the Value of a High-Impact Service-Learning ProjectDr. Todd France, Ohio Northern University Todd France is the director of Ohio Northern University’s Engineering Education program, which strives to prepare engineering educators for the 7-12 grade levels. Dr. France is also heavily involved in de- veloping and facilitating the Introduction to Engineering course sequence at ONU. He earned his PhD from the University of Colorado Boulder where his research focused on pre-engineering education and project-based learning. c American Society for
Paper ID #22543Open Educational Resources in the Undergraduate Engineering Curriculum:A Materials Science Case StudyMr. Amir Behbahanian, Utah State University I‘m a Ph.D. Studen at the Mechanical and Aerospace engineering department of Utah State University, my main area of research is Nano Thermal Analysis. I also had the chance to be the TA of material science for two semesters.Erin L. Davis, Utah State UniversityProf. Nick A. Roberts, Utah State University Prof. Roberts is an Assistant Professor at Utah State University where his research is focused on the fundamental study of material behavior, specifically
Paper ID #22569Using Concept Maps to Assess Student Learning in a Multi-Section Introduc-tion to Engineering CourseDr. Kristen L. Sanford Bernhardt P.E., Lafayette College Dr. Kristen Sanford Bernhardt is chair of the Engineering Studies program and associate professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Lafayette College. Her expertise is in sustainable civil infrastructure management and transportation systems. She teaches a variety of courses including sustainability of built systems, transportation systems, transportation planning, civil infrastructure management, engineering economics, and Lafayette’s
Paper ID #22127Where Should We Begin? Establishing a Baseline for First-year StudentAwareness of Engineering EthicsMs. Natalie C.T. Van Tyne, Virginia Tech Natalie Van Tyne is an Associate Professor of Practice at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univer- sity, where she teaches first year engineering design as a foundation courses for Virginia Tech’s under- graduate engineering degree programs. She holds bachelors and masters degrees from Rutgers University, Lehigh University and Colorado School of Mines, and studies best practices in pedagogy, reflective learn- ing and critical thinking to inform enhanced student
Paper ID #23811WIP: Student and Faculty Experience with Blended Learning in a First-YearChemistry for Engineers CourseDr. Eline Boghaert, University of Waterloo Eline Boghaert is a lecturer in the Chemical Engineering department at the University of Waterloo. Before joining the faculty at the University of Waterloo she taught mathematics at Hopewell Valley Central High School in New Jersey. Her current research interests focus on engineering education and studying how students learn, to improve teaching and learning at the University of Waterloo.Dr. Jason Grove P.E., University of Waterloo Jason Grove is the Graduate
Session ETD 435 A Summer Enrichment Program to Prepare Students for STEM Majors in College Susan Eskin, Rafic Bachnak/ Dave Wirick Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg/ ArcelorMittalAbstractThe shortage of STEM graduates in the United States has been the focus of numerous recentreports. Data compiled by the American College Testing in 2008 shows that the overall four-yearengineering graduation rate was 22% in public schools and 45% in private schools. While thereare many causes that result in low graduation rates, it is more likely that rates could be improvedif students are well
Paper ID #241682018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and ComputingDiversity Conference: Crystal City, Virginia Apr 29Work in Progress: Will looking ”over the fence” of academic challenges to afuture as a successful engineer, support the persistence the WiE students needto succeed?Ms. Olga Maria Stavridis, Ohio State University Olga Stavridis is the Assistant Director for Diversity, Outreach and Inclusion’s Women in Engineering Program. She served as Senior Lecturer for six years for the College of Engineering at The Ohio State University. She has taught Fundamentals for Engineering I and II for the Freshmen
Paper ID #22376Risk Management and Ethics in Capstone DesignDr. Elizabeth A. DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE) Elizabeth A. DeBartolo, PhD is the Director of the Multidisciplinary Senior Design Program at the Rochester Institute of Technology, where students from Biomedical, Computer, Electrical, Industrial, and Mechanical Engineering work together on multidisciplinary teams to complete a 2-semester design and build project. She received her graduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University and has worked at RIT since 2000.Prof. Wade Lee Robison c American Society for
Paper ID #22046Developing Reviewer Profiles Using Analysis of Prior AuthorshipDr. Matthew A. Verleger, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Matthew Verleger is an Associate Professor of Engineering Fundamentals at Embry-Riddle Aeronauti- cal University in Daytona Beach, Florida. His research interests are focused on using action research methodologies to develop immediate, measurable improvements in classroom instruction and the use of Model-Eliciting Activities (MEAs) in teaching students about engineering problem solving. Dr. Verleger is an active member of ASEE. He also serves as the developer and site manager for the Model
Engineering at Monterrey Tech (ITESM-Monterrey Campus). Teaches courses in CAD/CAE, Mechanical Design, Finite Element Method and Optimization. His interest are in the area of product development, topology optimization, additive manufacturing, sustainable design, and biomechanics.Dr. Alamgir A. Choudhury, Western Michigan University Alamgir A. Choudhury is an Associate Professor of Engineering Design, Manufacturing and Management Systems at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan. His MS and PhD are in mechanical en- gineering from NMSU (Las Cruces) and BS in mechanical engineering from BUET (Dhaka). His interest includes computer applications in curriculum, MCAE, mechanics, fluid power, and instrumentation &
Paper ID #21855Student performance on drawing Free Body Diagrams and the effect on Prob-lem SolvingDr. Jeffrey A Davis P.Eng., Grant MacEwan University Dr Davis obtained his PhD at ETH Zurich specializing in numerical simulation of multiphase flow. With a passion for teaching, Dr. Davis’ research focuses on pedagogical topics such as student engagement, active learning, and cognitive development. Projects he is currently working on include ”Development of a risk assessment model for the retention of students”, ”Development of Student Assessment Software”, and ”Improving Student Engagement through Active Learning”.Dr
Paper ID #21368Virtual Software and Hardware Environment Provides Enhanced Learningfor Mechatronics Engineering Technology MajorsProf. Akram Hossain, Purdue University Northwest Akram Hossain, Purdue University Calumet Akram Hossain is a professor in the department of Engi- neering Technology and Director of the Center for Packaging Machinery Industry at Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, IN. He worked eight years in industry at various capacities. He is working with Purdue University Calumet for the past 27 years. He consults for industry on process control, packag- ing machinery system design, control and related
Paper ID #23329The Industry Scholars Program: An Immersive Professional Experience forUndergraduatesDr. Breanne Przestrzelski, University of San Diego Bre Przestrzelski, PhD, is a post-doctoral research associate in the General Engineering department in the Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering, where she seeks to innovatively integrate social justice, humani- tarian advancement, and peace into the traditional engineering canon. Before joining USD in August 2017, Bre spent 9 years at Clemson University, where she was a three-time graduate of the bioengineering program (BS, MS, and PhD), founder of The Design &
shown. (See the Appendix for the entire encoding and decoding processes forthis problem.)First Phase of the Encoding Process:E1.1. The equation for vector b is comprised of three rectangles representing the three terms of the equation. Vector b is represented in both its equation form and its geometric form. In its equation from, vector b is a purple square labeled with a bold, italicized letter “b.” It is set equal to the radial and angular components of the vector that are colored rectangles. The yellow rectangle is labeled “radial component” and the green rectangle is labeled “angular component”. The geometric form of the equation is lined up directly below the original equation and uses arrows to represent each
Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). He has received the H.L. Solberg Teaching Award (Purdue ME) seven times, A.A. Potter Teaching Award (Purdue Engineering) three times, the Charles B. Murphy Teaching Award (Purdue University), Purdue’s Help Students Learn Award, the Special Boilermaker Award (given here for contributions to undergraduate education) and is the 2011 recipient of the ASEE Mechanics Division’s Archie Higdon Distinguished Educator Award.Prof. Jeffrey F. Rhoads, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Jeffrey F. Rhoads is a Professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University and is affiliated with both the Birck Nanotechnology Center and Ray W. Herrick
: Overview of NSF RED Projects,” Proceedings of the 2017 ASEE Conference, Columbus, OH, June 2017.2 J. Martin, private communication, January 19, 2018.3 S. Jordan and M. Lande, “Additive innovation in design thinking and making,” International Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 32, no. 3B, pp. 1438-1444, 2016.4 A. McKenna., N. Kellam, M. Lande, S. Brunhaver, S. Jordan, J. Bekki, A. Carberry, and J. London, “Instigating a Revolution of Additive Innovation: An Educational Ecosystem of Making and Risk Taking,” Proceedings of the 2016 ASEE Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, June 2016.5 N. Kellam, B. Coley, and A. Boklage, “Story of change—Using experience-based critical event narrative analysis to understand an
past five years.Figure 4 shows the nature of the universities that have sent participants to this workshop.Approximately three-quarters of the participating universities have been public rather thanprivate. Almost half of the universities have been doctorate-degree schools which place a heavyemphasis on research as well as teaching. The complete listing of participating universities, thenumber of participants, and their Carnegie classification are in Appendix B. Figure 2: Number of ExCEEd applicants from 1999 to 2017 Figure 3: The number of years of teaching experience of ETW participants Figure 4: Types of universities participating in the ETWsWith the increasing demand for ETW, CFD has put
Paper ID #22317Enhancing Minority Middle School Student Knowledge, Literacy, and Moti-vation in STEM Using Culturally Relevant ContextsDr. Neil A. Knobloch, Purdue University Neil Knobloch is a recognized leader for his scholarship of teaching and learning processes in agricultural sciences to engage and retain students in the STEM career pipeline. His research improves the devel- opment of future educators and scientists to engage with K-12 audiences, demonstrates learner-centered teaching strategies to increase student motivation and engagement, and advances intentional and inclusive mentoring of women and minorities in
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associated with businessprofessionals are nearlyidentical to those associatedwith engineering professionals.Moreover, recruitingstudents into engineering frombusiness would increase overallSTEM enrollment, ratherthan simply shifting enrollment (a) Engineeringwithin STEM fields. In SouthCarolina, nine counties againproduce 75% of all businessmajors among the populationof interest (Figure 6b).In this case, however, only fiveof those counties (Charleston,Greenville, Lexington,Richland, and York) are amongthe most populous. The otherfour (Darlington, Dorchester,Florence, and Orangeburg) (b) Businessare all along the I-95 Figure 6 Pareto charts of major selection among students entering“Corridor of Shame
Paper ID #23101Results from the Implementation of Culturally-relevant Engineering DesignCurriculum for the Navajo Nation and Future DirectionsDr. Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus SHAWN JORDAN, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of engineering in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of En- gineering at Arizona State University. He teaches context-centered electrical engineering and embedded systems design courses, and studies the use of context in both K-12 and undergraduate engineering design education. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Education (2010) and M.S./B.S. in Electrical and Com- puter
$6.7 million in grant funding. She holds a M.S. and Ph.D. in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Nebraska- Lincoln. She was awarded the 2012 University of Washington David B. Thorud Leadership Award and the 2017 WEPAN Inclusive Culture and Equity Award.Dr. Julie Simmons Ivy, North Carolina State University Julie Simmons Ivy is a Professor in the Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and Fitts Faculty Fellow in Health Systems Engineering. She previously spent several years on the faculty of the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. She received her B.S. and Ph.D. in
Paper ID #23689Product-based Learning: Bundling Goods and Services for an IntegratedContext-rich Industrial Engineering CurriculumDr. Janis P. Terpenny, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Janis Terpenny is the Peter and Angela Dal Pezzo Department Chair and Head of the Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Penn State. She is also director of the Center for e-Design, an NSF industry/university cooperative research center (I/UCRC). She is a Fellow of IISE and of ASME, and a member of ASEE, INFORMS, Alpha Pi Mu, and Tau Beta Pi. She serves as an associate editor for the
Paper ID #242582018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and ComputingDiversity Conference: Crystal City, Virginia Apr 29Embedding Cross-Cultural Communication Awareness and Skills Trainingin a Living Learning Community for First-Year Undergraduate EngineeringStudentsMs. Ashley R Taylor, Virginia Tech Ashley Taylor is a doctoral candidate in engineering education at Virginia Polytechnic and State Univer- sity, where she also serves as a program assistant for the Center for Enhancement of Engineering Diversity and an advisor for international senior design projects in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Ash
Paper ID #216972018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and ComputingDiversity Conference: Crystal City, Virginia Apr 29Exploring the incorporation of diversity and inclusion curriculum in engi-neering living and learning community programs: A work in progressDr. Elizabeth R. Kurban, Women in Engineering, University of Maryland College Park Elizabeth Kurban serves as the Assistant Director of Retention for the Women in Engineering Program at the University of Maryland Clark School of Engineering. Elizabeth’s professional and research interests broadly surround STEM-field access and persistence for women and
Paper ID #231132018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and ComputingDiversity Conference: Crystal City, Virginia Apr 29How Making and Maker Spaces have Contributed to Diversity & Inclusionin Engineering: A [non-traditional] Literature ReviewAdam Stark Masters, Virginia Tech Adam S. Masters is a doctoral student and Graduate Research Assistant at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. They received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Delaware and are currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Adam’s research interests include access, equity and social