measurements, and optical diagnostics. He has been teaching upper level and graduate subjects in automotive engineering and mechanical engineering laboratory courses, training students on engineering skills and team work through interactive learning. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 An empirical, comparative approach to engineering ethics (education) in international and cross-cultural contextsA study concerning Chinese engineering students’ knowledge of andviews concerning contents and concepts related to engineering ethicsAn empirical, comparative approach to engineering ethics (education) in international andcross-cultural contexts: A study concerning Chinese engineering students
Engineer, Hindalco Industries, Dahej, India. Shift in-charge of daily smelter operations at primary Copper plant. 2000-2010: Research Assistant, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, NJ, USA. Fabricated and characterized High k dielectrics in semiconductors. 2004-2006: Graduate Teaching Assistant, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, NJ, USA. Taught applied physics lab to first year and second year students. 2010- 2013: Post- doctoral Fellow National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden Colorado, USA. Fabricated and characterized Photovoltaic/Solar cells and mentored graduate students. 2014-2016 (spring): Assistant Professor-College of Engineering and Technology, Northern New Mexico
Paper ID #19231A Framework to Guide the Implementation of Pre-College Service-LearningEngineering CurriculaSneha A. Tharayil, The University of Texas, Austin Sneha Tharayil is currently pursuing her PhD in STEM Education at the University of Texas at Austin. Her past experiences teaching middle school science and language arts as well as her involvement with national STEM teacher professional development initiatives like NASA Spaceward Bound and STEM Teacher and Researcher (STAR) internship with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory inspired Sneha to develop a keen interest in pre-college engineering education. She sees
. (2015). Qualitative Study of First-Generation Latinas: Understanding Motivation for Choosing and Persisting in Engineering (p. 26.1291.1- 26.1291.19). ASEE Conferences. https://doi.org/10.18260/p.24628Whalin, R., Pagán-Trinidad, I., Villanueva, E., & Pittman, D. (2016). A Quarter Century of Resounding Success for a University/Federal Laboratory Partnership. ASEE Conferences. https://doi.org/10.18260/p.26419Yatchmeneff
competitionrequirements. A key challenge to the girls was how to agree on the design, and then how tomeasure and cut the balsa wood to the correct dimension so that it fitted in perfectly in themodel. Also, despite the instructions given on laboratory safety, a few girls could not resisteating the marshmallows to be used for their toothpick and marshmallow earthquake resistantmodels. Their ever sticky hands hindered their progress with their models.During team competitions, the winning teams were rewarded for constructing models with thebest building parameters to include height, footprint, structural load capacity, aesthetics, andART demonstrations. The uniqueness of this program lay in the fact that all of the projects had toincorporate ART and sustainability
across programs [11]. With support from the Davis Educational Foundation, theengineering faculty developed three sets of online instructional resources: one that providesmaterials for a first-year required online course in writing short engineering reports; a secondthat focuses on writing lab reports and is available as an online instructional resource in third-year laboratory courses; and a third that is available to all seniors taking the two-semester longSenior Design Course sequence (see Appendix A). One critical component of PITCH is theintegration of required communication products in designated courses throughout all four yearsof the engineering curriculum, including design proposals, reports, and posters in the SeniorDesign Courses. In
, and health (ESTH). Oerther earned his B.A. in biological sciences and his B.S. in environmental health engineering from Northwestern University (1995), and he earned his M.S. (1998) in environmental health engineering and his Ph.D. (2002) from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He has completed postgraduate coursework in Microbial Ecology from the Marine Biology Laboratory, Environmental Health from the University of Cincinnati, Public Health from The Johns Hopkins University, and Public Administration from Indiana University, Bloomington. Oerther is a licensed Professional Engineer (PE, DC, MO, and OH), Board Certified in Environmental Engineering (BCEE) by the American Academy of Environmental
Department Head and in 2012 was elected Secretary of the Faculty through 2015. Prof. Sullivan has always maintained a full teaching load. He strongly supports the WPI project-based undergraduate philosophy.Glenn R. Gaudette, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Glenn R. Gaudette, PhD, is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. His research, which is supported by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation, aims to develop a treatment for the millions of Americans suffering from myocardial infarction and other cardiovascular diseases. In May of 2012, he co-founded a company based on some of the pioneering technology developed in his laboratory. Prof. Gaudette also
Education.Hayes, J.R. & Flower, L.S. (1980). Identifying the organization of writing processes. In L.W. Gregg and E.R. Steinberg (Eds.), Cognitive Processes in Writing (pp. 4-30). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.Hunt, K. W. (1965). Grammatical structures written at three grade levels. National Council of Teachers of English Research Report No. 3. Washington, D.C.: Office of Education.Kluwe, R. H. (1982). Cognitive knowledge and executive control: Metacognition. In D. R. Griffin (Ed.), Animal mind -- human mind (pp. 201-224). New York: Springer-Verlag.Koretsky, M. & Kelly, C. (2011). Enhancement of student learning in experimental design using virtual laboratories—Year 3. Paper presented at the Annual Conference and
programs.Meanwhile, there are many lower ranked institutions for whom ABET accreditation isconsidered important, especially to their image and recruiting initiatives. While many admit thatparents rarely ask about accreditation, engineering accreditation is generally viewed as necessaryat all state institutions, and this regardless of rank. Minimum standards also serve a purpose atlower ranked institutions, since they often need to work to meet ABET’s requirements. In thiscontext, a shortcoming—ideally a concern, or at most an initial report of a weakness that can beaddressed before the final decision—can be instrumental for deans and department heads togarnering resources, such as faculty lines and better laboratory facilities, needed to
Military Academy. His current research interests include laboratory and field determination of geotechnical material properties for transportation systems and the use of remote sensing techniques to categorize geohazards. He has published over 85 peer reviewed articles relating to his research and educational activities. Dennis holds BS and MS degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla (now Missouri University of Science and Technology), an MBA from Boston University and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas-Austin. He is a registered professional engineer in Arkansas and Colorado.Dr. Decker B Hains P.E., Western Michigan University Dr. Decker B. Hains is a Master Faculty Specialist in the
design formanufacturing and assembly (DFMA). Other examples included the ability to create new stencildesigns and familiarity with schematics and technical drawings. Employees were sought withthe ability to design and implement manufacturing processes, instrumentation and equipmentfrom laboratories through pilot planning and to appropriate manufacturing scales. This includedthe ability to improve designs for product realization, field services, and sales. Job postings alsoindicated the need to create printed circuit board design solutions for embedded computersystems, where skill with high component density, high pin count devices, and high layer countdesigns were the norm, as well as designing for electromagnetic capability (EMC
EngineeringIntroductionGraduate student instructors are essential to the teaching team at many research institutions.They often lead laboratories, discussion sessions, and/or hold office hours; and are the primaryliaison between students and faculty. As such, they not only influence student learning, but theycan also be agents of change and improve student retention [1]. Therefore, the training of studentinstructors is critical to enhancing the student experience as well as the classroom climate.Additionally, meaningful assessment of student instructor professional development is criticalfor ensuring quality of such training.To support their key role in the teaching-learning environment, the College of Engineering (CoE)at the University of Michigan requires training of
exemplars of “Infusing Real WorldExperience into Engineering Education” [14]. An example that includes engineering and software community-engagement is the EPICSProgram that has engaged students at Purdue University for more than two decades. It has grownsignificantly in size and breadth to where it is recognized as an independent academicprogram within the College of Engineering with dedicated laboratories and teaching staff. In theFall semester of 2018, over 700 were enrolled and engaged in more than 150 projects with 57community partners. While the program began within Electrical and Computer Engineeringexclusively, it has become explicitly multidisciplinary with an average of about 40 majorsparticipating in a typical year, and it includes
integrating writing into engineering project courses and structuring thecollaboration in a way that acknowledges writing. In addition, these strategies may improve allstudents’ experiences in project courses because it provides structure to collaboration, supportsdeveloping skills in working and writing in teams, and acknowledges the writing produced andeach writer’s specific roles.Context: Engineering-English PartnershipThe senior capstone experience in MSE at Boise State University is a year-long course sequenceduring which student teams work on projects sponsored by paying clients outside the university.Sponsors are typically companies but may also include national laboratories, nonprofitorganizations, and municipalities such as water districts
into future plans for makerspaces on the Boise State campus. As an undergraduate and graduate student, she has been involved with the Society of Women Engineers, and also taught a materials science laboratory course as a graduate teaching assis- tant. She has volunteered at numerous STEM outreach activities on and off of the Boise State campus throughout her time as a student and is passionate about increasing diversity in STEM and helping girls and women to recognize that STEM is a path that is open to them if they want to take it.Ms. Katherine Christine Tetrick, Washington State University Katherine directs the Washington STate Academic RedShirt (STARS) program at Washington State Uni- versity. She holds a Master
for youth in the form of internships at ayouth-staffed 3D print shop. The print shop opened in early 2017 as a “living laboratory” toprovide technical jobs to youth who completed Maker Foundations and are DHF Members. Theprint shop employs youth who are eligible to work through a state government minor workpermit and have completed the 14-week Maker Foundations program. Since opening, the printshop has employed 8 youth (4 female, 5 underrepresented minorities in STEM) between the agesof 15-18. The print shop offers 3D printing, 3D scanning, and 3D modeling services to clients.Six months after opening, the print shop youth employees have over 60 jobs and produced over4,000 objects. Example projects that youth completed include developing
’ weekly homework scores, twomidterms, and a final examination. The course objectives are to explore fundamental electrical quantities,components, and concepts, and to develop ad hoc and systematic tools for circuit analysis. The learningtopics covered are: circuit variables; sources, resistors, and Ohm’s law; ad hoc, nodal, and loop analysis;scaling and superposition; the Thévenin-Norton and maximum power theorems; operational amplifiers;capacitors, inductors, and mutual inductance; first-order transient analysis; phasor analysis; and sinusoidalpower analysis. The course has no laboratory component but includes several direct-current, transientand alternating-current circuit simulation (Multisim) assignments. The teaching assistants’ main role
microsystem can be described as settings or environments with which an individual interactson a regular basis. An example of typical microsystems would include schools, classrooms,offices, laboratories, and even, makerspaces. According to Bailey et al., microsystems can oftenhave different effects on the individual, where each environment brings about a differentinfluence, just as the individual interacts with each environment in a unique way [26]. 5Critical Race Theory - Counter-storytellingCritical Race Theory (CRT) is utilized as a framework in studies where racial inequalities in asociety are addressed and analyzed, in this case, the White, male
explicitly excluding transgender, non-binary, andgender nonconforming students. Access denied: Barriers for transfer students to research experiences and cohort modelprograms (Cynthia Hampton and Stephen Secules). Many co-curricular support efforts rely onstudents gaining research experiences in a structured and mentored setting. For most engineeringresearch laboratories, there are one or more required prerequisite courses that a student mustcomplete before they can be used. In many cases, these courses are taken by students during theirfreshman or sophomore year. Thus, transfer students are unable to access these labs withouthaving to take these courses out of sequence. Many programs for the support of minority and women engineering
best-practices available for students with physical or visible disabilities and those with non-visible disabilities for both lecture-based classrooms and active learning environments. Classroom and laboratory spaces are made physically accessible for a wide range of bodies. Accessibility options like extra time and providing multi-modal instructions via video or notes are achievable and have been widely implemented. Assessment like homeworks, tests, individual assignments can be adjusted to meet the needs of the individual student. Approaches like delivering content through multiple modes seeks to engage a (relatively) neurodiverse student body. ● Active learning
This is challenging for the students,especially in a group environment such as senior capstone design. Likewise, studies have shownthat the international students have a difficult time succeeding in courses requiring the students togive formal presentations, which is true in senior capstone design.9,36,54 During the qualitative datacollection, international students often cited the nontraditional mode of course presentationsinstead of traditional course learning modes (sitting in class or laboratory). Further, internationalstudents expressed concern that their limited English-speaking ability may adversely affect theirteam.It was also found that the student’s intrinsic value decreased overall from the beginning of the fallsemester of senior
. Previously, he conducted research as a Student Summer Fellow in the Hypersonic Sciences Branch at the Air Force Research Laboratory under the direction of Dr. Roger Kimmel. Carson is a Graduate Associate for the Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Notre Dame, where he designs, prepares, and delivers workshops on effective teaching strategies and pedagogy for faculty, postdoctoral students, and graduate students. He is also a Graduate Fellow with the Research and Assessment for Learning (ReAL) Design Lab at the University of Notre Dame, where he conducts research to create predictive learning analytics and dynamic driven admissions criteria to better serve underprepared and underserved engineering
Department of Energy Academies Creating Teacher Scientists (DOE ACTS) Program, and he worked at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) conducting research in renewable fuels and electrochemical materials. He continues his work with NREL, serving as an instructor for the Summer Renewable Energy Institute for middle and high school teachers. Dr. Walz has been recognized as Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, and as the Energy Educator of the Year by the Wisconsin Association for Environmental Education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 International Faculty Professional Development: Utilizing
, why he wanted to be a BME major, and how he now believed he had amisconception of BME: They have a biochemistry degree at the school I'm at. I'm in biomedical engineering and I guess when I got into it I thought it was more like that laboratory track where you work under somebody helping them do their research or whatever. But I think now that I've seen about half of it, I can tell its hardcore engineering which I was not expecting it to be. (Derek)Derek now faced the conflict of having an ideal future possible career that was no longerconnected to his present tasks. He described the curriculum as being a major factor in his choiceand his feelings of being stuck in engineering: I really wanted
Laboratory Genetics in Genomics—one of threespecialties currently certified by the American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics.Established in 2019, this specialty area resulted from the merger of two previous specialties— (1)Clinical Cytogenetics and Genomics and (2) Clinical Molecular Genetics and Genomics. Thismerger demonstrates the flexibility and adaptability of the medical profession’s system fordelineating and developing specialty areas over time. Figure 6 depicts the cumulative growth ofmedical specialty certification. 45 Number of Specialty Certificates 40 35
Tuskegee University where she specializes in physical chemistry and computational chemistry. Her research interests have ranged from calculating transition states of small molecule reactions in solution to molecular dynamics of polymers. She has worked on two American Chemical Society Physical Chemistry Exam Committees and is an active participant in the Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning Physical Chemistry Laboratory (POGIL-PCL) community.Carol A Handwerker, Purdue University Carol Handwerker is the Reinhardt Schuhmann, Jr. Professor of Materials Engineering at Purdue Univer- sity. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020Lessons learned from the NSF IGERT program