University A sophomore majoring in architectural engineering with a planned minor in Architectural fabrication and Product Design.Madison Hawkins, Texas A&M UniversityMr. Lance Leon Allen White, Texas A&M University Lance White is a Ph.D. student at Texas A&M University in Interdisciplinary Engineering with a thrust in Engineering Education. He is working as a graduate research assistant at the Institute of Engineering Education and Innovation at the Texas Engineering Experiment Station at Texas A&M University under director Dr. Tracy Hammond. Dr. Karan Watson and Dr. Pavel Tsvetkov are his co-chairs. He com- pleted his M.S. in Nuclear Engineering at Texas A&M University under Dr. Yassin Hassan working
Paper ID #35818The Fast and Practical Approach to Effectively Securing a CloudComputing System with Today’s TechnologyMr. Emmanuel Sunday Kolawole Emmanuel S Kolawole is a PHD Student at Prairie View A&M University and currently working as a Net- work Security Engineer in one of the giant Semi-Conductor/IT Industries in USA. In his current role, he is responsible for planning, design and build security architectures. Emmanuel supervise the implemen- tation of network and computer security and ensuring compliance with corporate cyber security policies and procedures.He monitors cyber security requirements for local
school are analyzed. The survey also provides suggestions on methods tohelp create a safer and a more supportive environment within the department for genderminority groups to continue with their research careers.MethodsAn institutional review board–approved survey (IRB #23267) was conducted in theDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of IllinoisUrbana-Champaign in 2022. The survey includes questions on the plans for graduateschool, research experiences, and the accessibility of relevant information within thedepartment for undergraduate students. The results of the survey were analyzed tocompare different gender groups, including cisgender men, cisgender women, nonbinary ortransgender persons, and those who
dedicated to establishingeducation initiatives in rural schools in India. The IITT students and second EPICS subteam haveweekly video meetings, and maintain an active WhatsApp chat. The EPICS team focuses ondesigning experiments, storage, and transportation logistics, while the IIT Tirupati team focuseson demonstrations and localization. The IIT Tirupati students have coordinated several pilotdemonstrations in more than 5 different elementary schools, and are able to interact directly withteachers and students, as well as organize other student volunteers to implement STEMexperiments. The EPICS team has been primarily focused on planning and creating infrastructure,but has found it difficult to receive enough feedback to gauge the success of
students of Refer others to this programmultiple ages, different levels Be involved againof engagement, less rigorous Valuable experience for merequirements on attentiveness Positive impact on youththan during classroom learning, Led an equity discussionand lack of state or nationalstandards [2], [3], [7]. The plan Inclusiveness/equity/belongingis to continue to iterate surveys Guidebook valuable resourceand assess learning more Taught Engineering Mindsetthoroughly as the program Value of Engineering Designgrows. Process
activities, and professional development in engineering education.Dr. David B. Knight, Virginia Tech David Knight is an associate professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He also serves as Special Assistant to the Dean for Strategic Plan Implementation and Director of Research of the Academy of Global Engineering. His research tends to be at the macro-scale, focused on a systems- level perspective of how engineering education can become more effective, efficient, and inclusive, and considers the intersection between policy and organizational contexts.Dr. Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech Dr. Walter Lee is an associate professor in the Department of Engineering Education and the director for
underrepresented high school students. Amanda plans to pursue a higher education teaching career and research strategies to promote active learning and improve self-efficacy amongst engineering students.Dr. Ishita Tandon, University of Arkansas Ishita Tandon is an SEC Emerging Scholars Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. Her research involves developing multiscale in vitro and in vivo models of heart valves aimed at studying the early detection and monitoring of calcific aortic valve disease. She has received the American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship and the University of Arkansas Doctoral Academy Fellowship along with multiple other honors and travel grants. She has
include: failures to recruitnon-engineering students despite partnerships across campus, challenges in selecting projectsthat fit within the framework of an academic course structure, student successes and challenges,the existing funding structure and the challenges of developing this aspect within the course, andfinally future directions and plans to continue the effort.Introduction to “Entrepreneurial Design Realization” (EDR)In Spring of 2020, the authors were awarded a small grant to integrate and track sustainabilityaspects into the undergraduate engineering curriculum. A major aspect of this effort is toconsider the overall student impact across the multi-year experience. In exploring thisprogrammatic impact, a question arose, “Are we
initial phase of the MDC design process that involvesidentifying the problem that the student team is assigned to complete. This phase is given 4weeks for the students to define in detail the project objectives, root causes and requirementsbefore moving into the conceptual solutions phase. As the teams progress through the designprocess, teams review and revise their problem statement as a way to introduce new knowledgegained and to reevaluate and redirect the project direction. Validation of their final design andresearch/prototype requires a plan that connects back to the user needs and original problemidentification.Retrieval Practice is incorporated in the MDC program as the students build a report over thetwo-semester sequence. The report is
analysis and modeling skillsthat would be needed for research projects that had to be conducted at a distance and so could notrely on experimental methods.Another important design change that was made to accommodate the online format was movingfrom mentoring triads to mentoring “pods.” Typically, we have formed mentoring triadsconsisting of an undergraduate research Scholar, a graduate student mentor, and a facultymentor. For the online offering, we first paired faculty where one typically uses experimentalresearch methods and the other typically uses computational research methods in order tofacilitate the planning of a rich set of Scholar projects that could be completed fully online. Eachfaculty member identified a graduate student mentor from
institutions to develop aQuality Enhancement Plan (QEP), which must focus on improving specific student learningoutcomes and/or student success. Our SACSCOC accreditation was most recently reaffirmed in2016 and our QEP, EDGE: Enhanced Discovery through Guided Exploration, was designed toenhance student learning by infusing creative inquiry (CI) throughout the undergraduateexperience. With EDGE, we implemented an integrated curricular and co-curricular plan thatenabled our students to develop the skills to formulate CI questions, decide on proper approachesto address them, explore relevant evidence, and produce and present their findings or creations.From 2016-2021, 170 EDGE course grants were funded in all eight of our Colleges or Schoolsfor faculty
(0.26 ≤ p ≤ 0.79).Despite having a lower perceived competence in these areas, freshmen were more confident in theircapacity to manage their time and plan for computational assignments. Our initial hypothesis was thatlower self-efficacy would lead to a lower perceived ability to plan and execute programming andsimulation tasks, especially considering many NCS freshmen indicated having little-to-no experienceworking with these tools. However, we believe that the freshmen students ranked their confidencehigher due to a belief that their abilities to strategize and efficiently manage their time for otherdisciplines would transfer to computational tasks, even though they didn’t have high confidence in theirabilities to complete them.Additionally, we
(e.g., rich-context problems [13], peer instruction [14], tutorials [15], flippedclassroom [16]) led teams of instructors in the planning of the sessions and the design and creationof the coursework materials from before and throughout the courses. The coaches guided weeklycollaborative learning and reflection meetings and accompanied the courses’ implementationthrough classroom and virtual support. The program also considered a follow-up structure, whichprovided timely feedback and continuous evaluation of the program processes.Conceptual FrameworkAttention to professional development in higher education has grown in recent decades. Severalreviews have analyzed the factors that influence programs’ effectiveness (e.g., [17]–[19]). Forinstance
that different kinds of knowledge can bring to a project 0.456 13. I appreciate the value that individuals with different strengths bring to a team 0.543 14. I recognize that people with different backgrounds from my own might have better ideas than I 1.012 do 15. I am willing to learn from others who have different areas of expertise 0.7 16. I am willing to update my plans in response to new information 0.55 Factor 3: Interest 17. I tend to get involved in a variety of activities 0.77 18. I enjoy being involved in a variety of activities 0.76 19. I
various types of typical financing structures for solarenergy systems, though these were less common in existing courses. The paper summarizes theseoutcomes with a proposed set of learning objectives that encompasses these highlight areas andthat could form the backbone of an undergraduate course on solar energy engineering.Introduction Climate change poses a serious threat to the status quo of human activity on the planet.Changes to typical weather patterns and the frequency of severe weather events that alreadyoccur are being attributed to climate change [1]. Evidence points to human production ofgreenhouse gases as the primary cause of these changes [1]. In response to these issues,governments have developed action plans that aim to
on holistic growth ● Naming our collective spaceThe research group meetings were co-planned by the two faculty members but allowed forreal-time adaptive support during the synchronous meetings. The coplanning was acritical feature to the successful facilitating of the meetings since both faculty memberswent into the space with a shared understanding of the goals of the weekly meetings andany areas for concerns.The meetings leveraged an ongoing, collaborative shared agenda in a Google document.Members in the group appreciated this ongoing agenda as it allowed for easy searches ofpast discussions, kept a log of our meetings in a central location, and featureddocumentation of key-takeaways from the meetings. The structure of the agenda
formulate a literature review. summaries, reacting with their interest. These Working with the engineering librarian and videos serve as the research question for the instructor, students formulate a research question, literature reviews. research plan and begin search. 10 What is the difference between a literature review Students learn how the annotated bibliography and and an annotated bibliography. literature review work together. Students work to refine their research plan, and headings. 12 Session 5 with the engineering librarian, literature Students work in
featured in relevant courses and how to further incorporate the theories as practicein the classroom. The following morning, prior to instruction, the faculty shared out their plansand identified opportunities for collaboration. This learn-plan-share-collaborate cycle repeatedthroughout the workshop.Spaced RetrievalSpaced retrieval requires a learner to apply previously learned knowledge after some time haspassed. This has obvious value as students must frequently pull from prior knowledge duringexams, subsequent courses, and internships. This teaching practice within a course createsopportunities for practicing this skill. This has been shown in multiple contexts to improveretention of material [1]–[4]. Based on this, it was decided that the
getting the frame, we didsome digital design work in order to plan our next steps for both gas and electric integration.First, we measured all the dimensions of the go-kart and drew a 1:1 frame in AutoCAD. Figure 2a: Go-Kart Frame Figure 2b: Frame in AutoCAD After this, we built separate parts of the car in SolidWorks, including the frame ofthe go-kart as well as large (rear) and small (front) wheels. We also added boxes representingthe gas engine, electric-motor, controller, and battery pack. This helped us determine a relativeposition to mount those parts. After getting a rough digital outline, we purchased an engine and mounted it. We weregetting closer and closer to a drivable vehicle, but then
features. While data has revealed that 33 percent students have mentionedexperiencing distractions while learning using remote labs; there is limited evidence on howthese distractions impact equity in the classroom. Figure 9: Percentage of students’ feeling distracted.It is essential to explore whether these distractions affect certain student groups more than othersand whether they contribute to inequalities in academic performance. To gain a deeperunderstanding of this issue, we plan to design a new survey that focuses explicitly ondistractions' impact on classroom equity. This survey will inform by data collected from focusgroups, which will provide valuable insights into the specifics of distractions that students
Song (M’12–SM’14-F’23) received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Univer- sity of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, in August 2012. He is currently a Tenured Associate Professor, the Director of NSF Center for Aviation Big Data An- alytics (Planning), and the Director of the Security and Optimization for Networked Globe Laboratory (SONG Lab, www.SONGLab.us), University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), Baltimore, MD. Prior to joining UMBC, he was a Tenured Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL. He serves as an Associate Editor for IEEE Internet of Things Journal (2020-present), IEEE Transactions on Intelligent
calculate the time intervals for tilt adjustments as well as the angle at which the tilt shouldbe. [4] The optimal tilt angle was used to develop the most efficient system in this system. TheUnited States Coast Guard Marine Safety Center plans to create a policy for hybrid green shipsthat use this technology as a power source in the near future, so it is essential for future CoastGuard officers to study the factors that go into the solar cells and how they would beimplemented on a hybrid green ship. Researchers have defined the benefits of using electricpower on boats as a maintenance fee reduction capability, increased safety with less fuel onboard, and zero greenhouse gas emission [5]. With this potential increase in safety and cost,more boating
Paper ID #36189Deadlift Energy Absorption and Dissipation Device for Athletic Weight RoomMr. Henry Alan Freligh, Raritan Valley Community College Henry Freligh is currently finishing his last semester at Raritan Valley Community College (RVCC) study- ing chemical engineering. Henry plans on transferring institutions to finish his bachelor’s degree in order to begin working in the field with interests in medicine, energy, research and development, management, and entrepreneurship.Mr. Christian Anthony Ambrico, Raritan Valley Community College Christian Ambrico is current studying mechanical engineering at the New Jersey
thefollowing manners [1]: • Gain an understanding of their role in the engineering community. • Learn to consider the consequences of design decisions at both local and global levels. • Learn how engineering underpins everyday life. • Learn how to place people at the heart of their designs. • Develop their engineering skills. • Develop skills in communication, planning and project management, effective distribution of work and collaboration.This program is specifically designed for first- and second-year engineering students. Notice that thefocus is on social aspects of engineering design rather than technical skill development. This is one
information in ENGR 100, partly because the former versions of the course haddone so for over 20 years. These comments are in direct conflict with the intention of theredesigned interdisciplinary format of the course to de-emphasizes disciplinary information inclass. We plan to work with relevant campus partners to address this misunderstanding anddiscuss with the co-instructors to overcome this tension.Many first-semester students are not prepared for a project-based college course and courses thatemphasize teamwork responsibilities. Because these are both major components of theredesigned course, social awareness and ability to conduct two-way conversations with instructorand team members are crucial. Some students suffer from lower course and
. In this work-in-progress paper, I describe a possible instructor-student level solution tothese observed issues. The methods by which the solution was developed and those to evaluatethe efficacy are described, followed by the observed results and discussion, and finally someconcluding remarks and future plans for this potential solution.Methods: As part of Penn State College of Engineering Leonhard Center-led EntrepreneurialMindset for Innovative Teaching (EMIT) Academy, I developed a potential solution to the issueand piloted it in my Fall 2022 Multidisciplinary Capstone course. Idea generation for theproject/skill mismatch issue were developed resulting in two promising potential solutions: 1)assigning students a personal
changes in real student programs in our course. The study showedabout 32% of students in the initial leaps group, and 5% in the gave up group, which we manuallyconfirmed as actual cheating. Furthermore, 24% of initial leap students and 47% of gave up studentssubsequently solution hopped. We plan to make our drastic change detection tool available to the CScommunity as a free web tool.IntroductionA common form of cheating on programming assignments involves a student initially trying, thenstruggling, and eventually giving up and copying a solution from elsewhere. Regarding such cheating,Malan [1], who teaches Harvard's CS50, notes "All too often were students’ acts the result of late-nightpanic". Fig. 1 provides an example from real code
development of talking points and social media posts. • No (0) - Example: The expectation would be to publish papers, provide a technical presentation and provide a basis to update Superfund risk assessment practices. 4. Reasonable Scope: The work interns were expected to accomplish was within a reasonable scope. At the same time, the posting mentioned the “instructing/guiding person,” the mentor interns will work with. • Yes (1) - Example: This internship is perfect for students interested in working on or having experience researching/writing about the intersections between economic development and government policy, domestic and regional politics, foreign investment, and the challenges of modernizing a planned/demand economy
this project were selected for interest in the project and complementary diversity ofSTEM backgrounds, namely they are majoring in mechanical engineering (2), systems engineering(1), and environmental science (1).CurriculumUnder the BLIMP program, the team is developing a standards-aligned written curriculum withten lesson plans and supporting videos, disseminated via a website. The ten lessons fall under fivelesson strands on structural engineering, basics of aero/hydrodynamics, basics of biologicallyinspired propulsion, an introduction to system design and integration, and an introduction to swarmdynamics and agent-based modeling. Significant concepts within each lesson strand andcorresponding Next Generation Science Standards [5] and Common
assistants are assigned to lead several smaller recitation sections. It is themain service course taught in the department, in which approximately 90% of the students arenot Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) majors. Instead, the students are primarilymechanical or biomedical engineering majors. Engaging a large class of mostly non-majors is achallenging task, particularly when balancing the goal of properly preparing the MSE pre-majorsfor their future MSE content.As with the rest of the academic world, we were faced with the reality of moving this courseonline in autumn 2020 (AU20) due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With one summer to plan, wewere able to restructure the course to lean into the advantages of online instruction, using bestpractices