Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Curriculum

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tom Borkes, The Jefferson Institute

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Paper ID #28405Concurrent Education – A New Post-Secondary Educational Model thatProvides ”Learning for Earning” as well as ”Learning for Learning” inRapidly Evolving Industries such as High Tech Electronic Product Designand AssemblyTom Borkes, The Jefferson Institute Tom has over 35 years of technical and managerial assignment experience in electronic product design, as- sembly, test and manufacturing automation. He has also taught in an adjunct capacity for the engineering departments at the City College of New York and Valencia Community College in Florida. A gradu- ate of Hofstra University with a B.S. in Engineering

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth A. Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Dianna Newman, University at Albany/SUNY; Kathy Ann Gullie Ph.D., Evaluation Consortium University at Albany/SUNY; Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University; Charles J. Kim, Howard University; John Okyere Attia P.E., Prairie View A&M University; Petru Andrei, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Mandoye Ndoye, Tuskegee University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

negative correlation between the perception of importance and perception ofpreparation possibly could be explained by noting that the data from Table 6 seems to generallyindicate some connection between perception of importance and recognized deficiency in aparticular outcome. For all considered ABET outcomes, all pre-importance percentagesare relatively high (i.e., above 58%) whereas the pre-preparation percentages are systematically © American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 2016 ASEE Conferencelow (i.e., below 40%). In other words, students tend to assign greater importance to skills thatthey need but do not have. With this observation in mind, it is reasonable to expect a

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division: Best Papers

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jordan Orion James, University of New Mexico; Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Chen Qiu M.Sc., University of New Mexico; Christopher Riley

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Paper ID #22582Using Design Challenges to Develop Empathy in First-year CoursesJordan Orion James, University of New Mexico Jordan O. James is a Native American Ph.D. learning sciences student and lecturer at the University of New Mexico’s School of Architecture and Planning in the Community & Regional Planning program. He has served as a graduate research assistant on an NSF-funded project, Revolutionizing Engineering De- partments, and has been recognized as a Graduate Studies student spotlight recipient and teaching scholar. Jordan studies learning in authentic, real-world conditions utilizing Design Based Research

Conference Session

Improvements in ECE Circuit Analysis

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Alejandro H. Espera Jr., Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University; Nicole P. Pitterson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University; René Alexander Soto-Pérez, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

] National Research Council, “How experts differ from novices,” in How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School, Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press, 2000, pp. 31–50.[13] D. A. Muller, J. Bewes, M. D. Sharma, and P. Reimann, “Saying the wrong thing: improving learning with multimedia by including misconceptions,” 2007.[14] K. A. Villanueva, S. A. Brown, N. P. Pitterson, D. S. Hurwitz, and A. Sitomer, “Teaching evaluation practices in engineering programs: Current approaches and usefulness,” Int. J. Eng. Educ., vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 1317–1334, 2017.[15] R. A. Streveler, R. L. Miller, A. I. Santiago-roma, M. A. Nelson, M. R. Geist, and B. M. Olds, “Rigorous Methodology for Concept Inventory Development

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 6: Belonging

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel Louis Kajfez, The Ohio State University; Julie P Martin, University of Georgia

Tagged Divisions

Student Division (STDT)

Paper ID #41600What No One Tells the (Future) Assistant Professor: Uncovering HiddenCurriculum for FacultyDr. Rachel Louis Kajfez, The Ohio State University Dr. Rachel Louis Kajfez is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at The Ohio State University. She earned her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering from Ohio State and earned her Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech. Her research interests focus on the intersection between motivation and identity, first-year engineering programs, mixed methods research, and innovative approaches to teaching. She is the principal investigator

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Teresa L. Hein; Dan Budny

addition,several practitioners within the domains of physics and engineering education have noted theimportance of teaching with learning styles in mind 16 - 23. Furthermore, attention to learning stylesand learner diversity has been shown to increase student motivation to learn.This paper addresses the critical role that a learning style approach can play in terms of physicsand engineering education. Two different student populations have been selected for discussionin this paper: non-science majors taking introductory physics at American University and at-riskfreshman engineering students at Purdue University.An overview of the learning style models used by the authors will be provided. Introductoryphysics students at American University are

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Learning 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #8718On Implementation of Classroom-Based Pedagogies of Engagement: Rele-vant Measures and General OutcomesDr. Waddah Akili, Iowa State University Waddah Akili is an academician and a civil engineering consultant in Ames, Iowa. Has published in various fields including: geotechnical engineering, foundations, and pavement materials & design. He has been involved with contemporary engineering education issues, addressing a wide range of topics of interest and relevance to engineering institutions and practicing engineers, in the US and abroad

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Wright; Murat Ulasir; Michelle West; Lissa MacVean; Donald D. Carpenter

Session 1277 CEAL: Cooperative Learning Coupled With Hands On Experimentation in a Junior Level Fluid Mechanics Laboratory Murat Ulasir, Donald D. Carpenter, Michelle L. West, Lissa J. MacVean, Steven J. Wright University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109AbstractRecent curriculum changes in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at theUniversity of Michigan added a three-hour laboratory section to the existing junior level civilengineering Fluid Mechanics course. One important goal in adding this laboratory section to thecourse was to maximize

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noe Vargas Hernandez, The University of Texas at El Paso; Gul Kremer, Pennsylvania State University; Julie Linsey, Texas A&M University; Linda Schmidt, University of Maryland

AC 2010-1812: SYSTEMATIC IDEATION CURRICULUM EFFECTIVENESSINVESTIGATION & DEPLOYMENT TO ENHANCE DESIGN LEARNINGNoe Vargas Hernandez, The University of Texas at El PasoGul Kremer, Pennsylvania State UniversityJulie Linsey, Texas A&M UniversityLinda Schmidt, University of Maryland Page 15.1160.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Systematic Ideation Curriculum Effectiveness Investigation & Deployment to Enhance Design LearningAbstractThis paper presents our current research on the effectiveness of TRIZ, emphasis on sketchingand technology enabled sketching in improving the ideation performance of undergraduateengineering

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Ray Morelock, University of Georgia; Dominik May, University of Wuppertal; Aileen Reid, University of North Carolina, Greensboro; Ayesha Sherita Sherita Boyce; Nicola W. Sochacka, University of Georgia; Joachim Walther, University of Georgia; Chaturved Janaki, University of Georgia

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #39219Board 311: Impacts of the ProQual Institute: Building Communities ofTechnical Stem Faculty for Long-Term Engagement in Educational ResearchDr. John Ray Morelock, University of Georgia Dr. Morelock is an Assistant Professor of Practice with an emphasis on engineering education research, and the Associate Director of Educational Innovation and Impact for UGA’s Engineering Education Trans- formations Institute (EETI). In addition to coordinating EETI’s faculty development programming, Dr. Morelock conducts research on institutional change via faculty development, with an emphasis on innova- tive ways to

Collection

2015 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Abraham L. Howell

-lecture, post-lecture and post-labtests within a specific learning module. However, we need to keep in mind that this model isideal and in fact we could measure an increase, decrease or no change in student knowledge. By 8 Proceedings of 2015 St. Lawrence Section of the American Society for Engineering Educationcollecting data in this manner and tracking each student’s progress, we are able to quantifyOPEN-ROBOT’s effect on learning at the student level, but also collectively at the course level.We had to be cognizant of the fact that using a pre-, post-lecture and post-lab test methodologywould consume valuable course time. In addition, we needed to make sure that

Conference Session

Works in Progress: Classroom Practice

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ada Hurst, University of Waterloo; Oscar G. Nespoli, University of Waterloo

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #15239A Two-Dimensional Typology for Characterizing Student Peer and Instruc-tor Feedback in Capstone Design Project CoursesDr. Ada Hurst, University of Waterloo Ada Hurst is a Lecturer in the Department of Management Sciences at the University of Waterloo. She has taught and coordinated the capstone design project course for the Management Engineering program since 2011. She also teaches courses in organizational behavior, theory, and technology. She received a Bachelor of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering, followed by Master of Applied Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Management Sciences

Conference Session

FPD IV: Improving Student Success: Mentoring, Intervening, and Supplementing

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Colleen A. McDonough, Michigan State University; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Neeraj Buch, Michigan State University; Renée S. DeGraaf, Lansing Community College; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Sarah J. Stoner, Michigan State University; Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University; Claudia E. Vergara, Michigan State University; Thomas F. Wolff, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

AC 2011-1659: PEER-LED SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTION IN AN NSFSTEP PROJECT: THE EEES EXPERIENCEColleen A. McDonough, Michigan State University Colleen A. McDonough is a graduate research assistant at the College of Engineering at Michigan State University. She is the coordinator of two component projects of a National Science Foundation grant focusing on retention issues and engaging early engineering students, and also serves as an academic advisor. McDonough earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology from William Smith College and a master’s degree in Public Administration from the University of Southern California. She is currently a third year doctoral student in the Higher, Adult and Lifelong Education program at

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 7: Learning and Research in Makerspaces

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Colin Dixon, Concord Consortium; Lee Michael Martin, University of California, Davis

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #27504The Social and Conceptual Function of Uncertainty in Open-Ended Project-Based LearningColin Dixon, Concord Consortium Colin Dixon holds a Ph.D. in Learning & Mind Sciences from the University of California, Davis. He researches the development of STEM practices and agency among young people creating things to use and share with the world. He writes about equity and identity in making and engineering, the role of community in science learning, and how youth leverage interests and experiences within STEM education.Prof. Lee Michael Martin, University of California, Davis Lee Martin studies people’s efforts

Conference Session

Computing Track - Technical Session I

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Atalie Garcia; Monique S. Ross, Florida International University; Zahra Hazari, Florida International University; Mark A Weiss, Florida International University; Tiana Solis, Florida International University; Mohsen Taheri, Florida International University

Tagged Topics

Computing, Diversity

Paper ID #21493Examining the Computing Identity of High-Achieving Underserved Comput-ing Students on the Basis of Gender, Field, and Year in SchoolMs. Atalie GarciaDr. Monique S. Ross, Florida International University Monique Ross, Assistant Professor in the School of Computing and Information Sciences at Florida In- ternational University, holds a doctoral degree in engineering education from Purdue University. Her research interests are focused on broadening participation in computing and engineering through the ex- ploration of: 1) race, gender, and identity; and 2) discipline-based education research in order to inform

Conference Session

Best Practices in Aerospace Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristi Shryock, Texas A&M University; Helen Reed, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

AC 2008-2403: PREPARING EFFECTIVELY FOR ABET ACCREDITATION:WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?Kristi Shryock, Texas A&M University Kristi J. Shryock is a Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Programs in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University. She received both a B.S. and M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Texas A&M and is actively involved in the ABET process.Helen Reed, Texas A&M University Dr. Helen L. Reed is Professor and Head of the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University. She is active in computational work in boundary-layer transition, flow control, and hypersonic flow; in unmanned and micro aerial vehicle systems; and in micro

Conference Session

Integrated Activities for Green Energy and Manufacturing Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aditya Akundi, University of Texas, El Paso; Eric D. Smith, University of Texas, El Paso; Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Paper ID #17986Integration of Additive Manufacturing Technology in Curricula to EnhanceConcept-Based LearningDr. Aditya Akundi, University of Texas, El Paso Aditya Akundi is currently affiliated to Industrial Manufacturing and Systems Engineering department, and Research Institute for Manufacturing and Engineering Systems at University of Texas, ElPaso. He earned a Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India. He earned a Master of Science in Electrical and Computer En- gineering at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). Intrigued by Systems

Conference Session

Labs & Hands-on Instruction I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chad Eric Davis P.E., University of Oklahoma; Diana Bairaktarova, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #15663Project-Based Approach in an Electrical Circuits Theory Course - Bringingthe Laboratory to a Large ClassroomDr. Chad Eric Davis P.E., University of Oklahoma Chad E. Davis received the B.S. degree in mechanical engineering, M.S. degree in electrical engineering, and Ph.D. degree in engineering from the University of Oklahoma (OU), Norman, in 1994, 2000, and 2007, respectively. Since 2008, he has been a member of the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) faculty, University of Oklahoma. Prior to joining the OU-ECE faculty, he worked in industry at Uponor (Tulsa, OK), McElroy Manufacturing (Tulsa, OK

Conference Session

Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Pei-Fen Chang; Jiunn-Chi Wu

Session 1534 Effectiveness of Problem-solving and Teamwork Skills for Cultivating Technological Creativity within a Team-based Design Course Jiunn-Chi Wu, Pei-Fen Chang National Central University Taiwan, ROCAbstract Recently many studies in the United States that have presented functional groups,decision-making, and teaming skills as important pedagogical tools for engineering faculty tointegrate into their curriculum. However, the examination-oriented education in Taiwan hastended to turn assessment into a tool that increases competition instead of cooperation. In thissituation, schools and teachers pay

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

David E. Hailey; Christine E. Hailey

using the CBT module.The average performance of students who received web-based instruction was higher comparedwith those who received traditional classroom instruction. The students spent roughly as muchtime on the CBT module compared with time in lecture. The CBT students indicated they valuedthe ability to pace their learning.The above investigations suggest CBT is an effective learning tool. With this point in mind, wedecided that the instructional design and delivery of CBT modules should be studied in moredetail to determine what is most effective for engineering students. In this paper, we present theresults of three studies concerning student preferences and student learning as a function of theinstructional design and delivery of a CBT

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Bryden

excellence in teaching.However, even in these cases tenure is a demanding process, and it is easy to give in to timepressure and lose track of our teaching goals. This paper discusses the importance of stayingclose to the students during the tenure process and provides a series of suggestions on how thiscan be done within the limited time available.1. IntroductionThe call for change in engineering education has become so widespread that it is nearly a cliché.Studies, conferences, papers, and institutes all call for changes in engineering education. TheAmerican Society for Engineering Education1, the National Research Council2, the NationalScience Foundation3, and the Engineering Deans Council4 have all issued reports on engineeringeducation. New

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Rowland, Dept. of Civil & Mechanical Engineerint at United States Military Academy; Andrew Bellocchio, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

AC 2010-435: IMPLEMENTING A PROGRESSIVE APPROACH TO TANGIBLEAIRCRAFT DESIGNMatthew Rowland, Dept. of Civil & Mechanical Engineerint at United States Military Academy MAJ Matthew Rowland graduated from the University of Washington in 1998 with a Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering. He earned a Master of Science degree in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from the University of Washington in 2008. He has served in various command and staff positions during his Army career and during his tenure at USMA has course directed the aeronautical subdiscipline course for Aircraft Performance and Stability. He is the current faculty advisor for the SAE Design Build

Collection

2008 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Christos Valiotis

Interactive Engagement (IE), in the sense thatstudents are engaged in both “hands-on” (sometimes) and “minds-on” (always) in the learningprocess. FCI data were collected for 10 semesters and 15 sections (2003 – 2007) with a total of292 students participating. Table 2 shows the conceptual Hake-gain for each semester. The dataclearly show that there is a substantial gain in conceptual understanding despite the fact that thestandard deviations are significant. A one-tailed t-test was performed for each semester in orderto detect differences in achievement between the night and day sections. In each case, the null Proceedings of the 2008 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Annual Conference Copyright

Collection

2025 ASEE North Central Section (NCS) Annual Conference

Authors

Carmen Cioc, The University of Toledo; Sorin Cioc, The University of Toledo; Noela A. Haughton, The University of Toledo; William T. Evans PhD P.E., The University of Toledo

engineering careers. With theseinsights in mind, the authors felt compelled to introduce open-ended labs into their fluidmechanics course, believing that they would provide students with the opportunity to engage inmore meaningful, hands-on learning that mirrors the challenges they will face in professionalpractice [1-5]Pilot Implementation in an Advanced Fluid Mechanics courseThe pilot of the open-ended lab was introduced in the Fall 2024 semester as part of a mechanicalengineering technology program's fluid mechanics course. This course is the second in asequence of two fluid mechanics courses, designed to build upon foundational concepts andprovide more advanced knowledge of fluid behavior. It is a 4-credit hour course, with 3 credithours

Conference Session

Social Justice and the Curriculum: Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raghu Pucha, Georgia Institute of Technology; Terri Dunbar, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ruth Yow, Georgia Institute of Technology

Paper ID #38085Role of diverse teams and socio-cultural aspects on studentslearning in freshman design courseRaghu Pucha (Principal Lecturer) Dr. Raghu Pucha is a Principal Lecturer at the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, in the area of CAD/CAE and Manufacturing. Dr. Pucha teaches design, mechanics and manufacturing related courses at Georgia Tech., and conducts research in the area of developing computational tools for the design, analysis and manufacturing of advanced materials and systems. Dr. Pucha has three provisional U.S. patents and co-authored over 70 research

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 12

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexis Gillmore, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Courtney June Faber, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

analysis. While we were able to benefit from the participants’ closeness to the researchtopic, the participants did not have any particular investment in the design of our study or itsoutcomes. There is great potential for more fully participatory studies in engineering education,and we hope other researchers keep these possibilities in mind when designing their studies.We conducted this study with two members of an interdisciplinary team and learned how I-poems can work as a tool to express researcher identity. The two participants are both trainedpsychologists, and B considers herself extensively experienced in reflecting on her thoughts andfeelings, partly because of that training. B has not written poetry beyond high school Englishclasses, nor

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Alley; Kathryn Neeley

Session 2461 Discovering the Power of PowerPoint: Rethinking the Design of Presentation Slides from a Skillful User’s Perspective Michael Alley Kathryn A. Neeley Engineering Education Dept. School of Engineering & Applied Science Virginia Tech University of VirginiaAbstract Slides projected as overheads or by computers have become a conventional and dominantfeature of engineering presentations in academia, business, and professional societies. Thetraditional

Conference Session

Self-Regulation and Learning

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gabriel Astudillo, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Isabel Hilliger P.E., Pontificia Universidad Catholica de Chile; Jorge Baier, Pontificia Universidad Catholica de Chile; Sofía Helena María Olmedo Saavedra, Pontificia Universidad Catholica de Chile

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

environmentmanagement.Consequently, the control of the effect that emotional self-regulation could have on therelationship between mental well-being and self-regulated learning remains open, so future workshould incorporate other dimensions of self-regulation learning into the proposed model,analyzing how these are impacted by the two dimensions of mental well-being. Future work isalso expected to estimate the indirect effect of the gaps in social integration of specific groups ontheir mental well-being and on the self-regulation of their learning.AcknowledgementsReserved for blind review.References[1] S. J. Bork and J. L. Mondisa, “Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Graduate Student Mental Health: Insights from the Healthy Minds Network Dataset,” in 2019 ASEE

Conference Session

Faculty Development

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Brent, Education Designs Inc.; Richard Felder, North Carolina State University; Sarah Rajala, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

2006-637: PREPARING NEW FACULTY MEMBERS TO BE SUCCESSFUL: ANO-BRAINER AND YET A RADICAL CONCEPTRebecca Brent, Education Designs Inc. REBECCA BRENT, Ed.D. (rbrent@mindspring.com) is President of Education Designs, Inc., a consulting firm in Cary, North Carolina. Her interests include faculty development in the sciences and engineering, support programs for new faculty members, preparation of alternative licensure teachers, and applications of technology in the K-12 classroom. She was formerly an associate professor of education at East Carolina University. She is co-director of the ASEE National Effective Teaching Institute.Richard Felder, North Carolina State University RICHARD M

Conference Session

Faculty Development

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University; Antonia Ketsetzi; Xiaobo Peng, Prairie View A&M University; Suxia Cui, Prairie View A&M University; Lin Li, Prairie View A&M University; Yongpeng Zhang, Prairie View A&M University; Deniz Eseryel, North Carolina State University; T. Fulya Eyupoglu, North Carolina State University; Tianyun Yuan, Prairie View A&M University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #19123Cultivating Evidence-Based Pedagogies in STEM EducationDr. Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University Bugrahan Yalvac is an associate professor of science and engineering education in the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Culture at Texas A&M University, College Station. He received his Ph.D. in science education at the Pennsylvania State University in 2005. Prior to his current position, he worked as a learning scientist for the VaNTH Engineering Research Center at Northwestern University for three years. Yalvac’s research is in integrated STEM education, implementation of evidence-based pedagogies