on computer systems and applications, networking, communication systems, along with digital, analog, and machine-control electronics. He is the recipient of the 2013 Golden Apple Award for Teaching Excellence at Eastern and has been nominated multiple times for the Critical Thinking Teacher of the Year Award. His professional interests include implementing active teaching and learning strategies, metacognition, integrating open-source software/hardware with online control, and deploying electrical and telecom technologies in community-based organizations. He is always seeking opportunities for collaborating on teaching, scholarly, and service projects, especially those aimed at improving students’ critical
in Electrical and Computer Engineering, with a concentration in Industrial and Systems Engineer- ing (ISE) at Unniversity of Texas in 2016. His research is focused on undersanding Complex Technical and Socio-Technical Systems from an Infromation Theortic approach. He has worked on a number of projects in the field of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Additive Manufactur- ing and Green Energy Manufacturing. His research interests are in Systems Engineering & Architecture, Complex systems, Systems testing and Application of Entropy to Complex Systems.Prof. Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso Dr. Tseng is a Professor and Chair of Industrial, Manufacturing and Systems
students to cross institutionalsilos. Community creation contributes to program scalability. Example activities are shown inTable 1.Table 1: Example activities for industry/entrepreneurial, clinical or research career goals.Required related activity Examples Organization (at least 2)Additional course Entrepreneurial– Course in Business School regulatory affairs Clinical – Course in Veterinary School pharmacokineticsHonors credit Research – Academic based Arts and Sciences honors project in related course Entrepreneurial – Medical Business School
mentoring. In addition, recruitment and retentionactivities include a high school summer bridge program, weekly cohort meetings focusing oncollege success and transfer strategies, and peer-tutoring. The project is designed as a selectiveprogram for a cohort of students featuring nationally recognized strategies to promote STEMsuccess.The SAMS program includes weekly meetings and study groups (with pizza) to help studentsbond in a non-formal, non-threatening environment; which is in contrast to the high-stressenvironments experienced in math and science classes. Students attend conferences to viewpresentations by industry professionals. Field trips provide opportunities to observe constructionprojects and learn design methods used in current
created a hands-on approach to gamify their library orientationtutorial by creating a series of tasks and stamps as a reward for completing each step (Spence).The project was great for allowing students to choose their own path for answering the questionsand giving awards (stamps) once each task was complete. One issue with this model is itrequires all the students and several libraries to be together at the same space and time.Other gamifying projects have been done in a more asynchronous video game format, such asvideo games created at Rowan University for their freshman engineering clinics (Gulotta). Thesevideo games use a scaffolding model, which means the challenges become harder as they movethrough the program, and allow the users to
reversing the roles teachers and students play in a traditionallearning environment, the classroom is then “flipped” or “inverted” [2, 6]. As summarized bySchmidt and Ralph [15], the “I do”, “We do”, “You do” teaching approach has become “Youdo”, “We do”, “I do”.A flipped classroom, when designed and implemented well, can provide a range of benefits. Forinstructors, having students learn outside of the class gives them more time to cover additionalselected topics [6]. Instructors will also have the freedom to use class time for highly interactiveactivities [2] through team-based learning, problem-based learning, or hands-on projects etc..They will also likely to give more personal attention and guidance to the students. In addition,once the
Engineering Education, 2018 Short-format workshops build skills and confidence for researchers to work with data.AbstractTraining for data skills is more critical now than ever before. For many researchers in industryand academic environments, a lack of training in data management, munging, analysis andvisualization could lead to a lack of funding to support sustainable projects. Today’s researchersare often learning ‘as they go’ and need the flexibility of short, or self-paced learningexperiences. Research results in educational pedagogy, however, stress the importance of guidedinstruction and learner-instructor interaction, which contrasts the need for ‘just in time’ training.We’ve taken a distinctive approach to this
Educational Research Association (AERA), Association of Black Psycholo- gist (ABPsi), National Association of Multicultural Education (NAME), American Society of Engineer Education (ASEE) Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), and National Association of Black School Educators (NABSE).Dr. Michael P.J. Benfield, University of Alabama, Huntsville Dr. Michael P.J. Benfield is currently the lead of the STEM Projects Advancing Relevance and Confidence in the Classroom (SPARCC) Laboratory and a Principal Research Engineer within the Systems Manage- ment and Production (SMAP) Research Center at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). He holds a Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering and Engineering Management, a
simulation of materials. He participate in multiple projects, including the Development of a Model for The Metal Laser Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing Process. Dr. Ahmed Cherif Megri is currently the chair of the NCAT CAM’s Education subcommittee. He contributed to the outreach CAM since 2015.Mr. Ismail Megri Is a rising junior at Northwest Middle in Greensboro, has begun taking 3D printing and design courses at North Carolina A&T State University. He participated to 2017 Appalachian Energy Summit Poster Competition.Dr. Sameer Hamoush P.E., North Carolina A&T State University Professor and Chair of Civil and Architectural Engineering DepartmentDr. Taher M. Abu-Lebdeh c
well as the Past-Chair of the Continuing Professional Development Division of the American Society for Engineering Education. Dr. Springer received his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Purdue University, his MBA and Doctorate in Adult and Community Education with a Cognate in Executive Development from Ball State University. He is certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP), Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR & SHRM-SCP), in Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR), and, in civil and domestic mediation. Dr. Springer is a State of Indiana Registered domestic mediator.Dr. Kathryne Newton, Purdue Polytechnic Institute Dr. Kathy Newton is an Associate Dean of Graduate Programs and Faculty
opportunity for students to experience project based learning, but notfully utilized as an opportunity to promote the higher order thinking needed in solving authenticproblems.In the traditional secondary educational classroom, the required core subjects of science andmath are taught separately, and assessed using standards of learning assessments or other domainspecific assessments. Therefore, students with high scores in their science and math assessments,and high levels of proficiency in the competencies measured by the CTE courses, do not developthe interdisciplinary literacy that is necessary for real-world problem solving in situations outsidethe confines of their classrooms. The lack of integration skills needed for interdisciplinaryliteracy
reviewer in the National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program. Dr. Agi received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. He received his MBA from the Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA Program.Donna M. Koechner, eNova Solutions, LLC Donna Koechner earned her BS in Electrical Engineering at Kansas State University and her MS in Elec- trical and Computer Engineering at the University of New Mexico. She has worked in academia, research and industry on products and projects including image segmentation and pattern recognition, software design, software specification, development and testing, product engineering, technical writing, course
Laboratory on a project that aimed at a description of non-adiabatic electron ion dynamics. He received the NSF CAREER award, the ONR YIP award, and the ACS PRF doctoral new investigator award.Prof. Dallas R. Trinkle , University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Dallas R. Trinkle is a professor in Materials Science and Engineering at Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from Ohio State University in 2003. Following his time as a National Research Council postdoctoral researcher at the Air Force Research Laboratory, he joined the faculty of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 2006. He was a TMS Young Leader International Scholar in 2008
Paper ID #27072Improving Creative Thinking in Engineering Students Through Art Appre-ciationPatricia Caratozzolo, School of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico Patricia Caratozzolo was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She received the Ph.D. degree from the Uni- versitat Polit´ecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, in 2003. Since 2005 she has been a member of the faculty of Tecnol´ogico de Monterrey, Campus Santa Fe, where she is Assistant Professor of Power Energy Systems in the Mechatronics and Sustainable Development Department. She is leading different projects in the area of educational
part of a larger National Science Foundation (NSF) Improving Undergraduate STEMEducation (IUSE) project [8]. The measure has been supported to have a single-factor structure,supported through an EFA and three CFAs conducted with data at three time points. Convergentvalidity has been demonstrated through significant, positive correlations between the measure ofengineering identity and the three dimensions of embeddedness, a conceptually related construct.Discriminant validity was supported through non-significant correlations between studentengineering identity and SAT scores. Lastly, predictive validity was supported in thatengineering identity was found to relate to major satisfaction one semester later. Survey itemsare displayed in Appendix
evidence must be collected to validate fairness and 3) a quality-control mechanism mustbe available to correct poor results. For a mixture of human and automated assessment, he proposestwo options: weighting both or using automated as a validation (not contributing to the rater score).While AES solves most of the common human rater errors, it does so at the expense of failing todeeply understand the text. It is also confined to the essay domain. Scaling the number of humanraters to take advantage of the wisdom of the crowd averages out individual rater errors and ishighly adaptable to other assessment types (e.g. projects). Thus, we posit a third option to mix-ing human and automated grading, leveraging the best of both worlds in a unique way: we
Polytechnic University). She manages the FITL Center, which encourages and promotes innovative teaching strategies and technologies for learning. The Center provides faculty with training on new classroom technologies, access to technologies and resources, opportunities for re- search and design, and collaboration on educational and technological projects. Ms. Jean-Pierre has taught Mathematics, Problem- Solving and Academic Success Seminars at Polytechnic University and Columbia University. In addition to her experience in academia, Ms. Jean-Pierre has practical experience in developing online technology and multimedia products having worked in corporate positions at Google Inc. and iVillage Inc.Ms. Ana Torres, New York
interests include engineering leadership, engineering ethics education, critical theory, teacher leadership and social justice teacher unionism.Dr. Robin Sacks, University of Toronto Dr. Sacks is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering at the University of Toronto teaching leadership and positive psychology at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Robin also serves as the Director of Research for the Engineering Leadership Project at the Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering which aims to identify how engineers lead in the workplace.Ms. Annie Elisabeth Simpson, Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering, University of Toronto Annie is the Assistant Director of the
each rotation, teams present problem statements based on insights fromtheir primary research and potential design projects to address the identified needs. Participantsmaintain a blog to capture and reflect on their observations, which also allows them to share theirexperience with the other students. Upon completion of the Bioengineering Clinical Immersionprogram, students are well prepared for the senior design capstone course that emphasizesdevelopment of medical devices conceived from validated end-user needs. This paper alsodiscusses implementation challenges and program modifications, including having medicalstudents team with bioengineering students.2. IntroductionEngineering students entering the medical product industry are often
Technology program. B´arbara is a proud graduate of NMSU, she earned a Bachelor of Science in Elec- tronics and Computer Engineering Technology and a Masters of Science in Industrial Engineering with an emphasis on Engineering Management. Prior to serving NMSU, B´arbara served as a Software Engineer at one of NASA’s Tracking and Data Satellite System Ground Terminals where she provided real-time support, lead projects, and managed software deliveries. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 An Automated Entrepreneurial Team Selection Tool College of Engineering, New Mexico State University Dr. Rolfe J. Sassenfeld, Luke M. Nogales, and Barbara A
Engineering Design CurriculumAbstractFunctional modeling is often covered as a critical element of the engineering design process inengineering design texts, but little empirical data clearly demonstrates that functional modelingimproves engineering designs or that teaching functional modeling makes students betterdesigners. The overall objective of this project is to determine the impact of teaching function onengineering students’ design synthesis abilities. Two studies are being performed as a part ofthis project: (1) a longitudinal study following students through their sophomore, junior, andsenior year following some being taught functional modeling, while others not, and (2) a yearlystudy looking at capstone project quality of students from
is the recipient of multiple teaching and advising awards including the COE Excellence in Teaching Award (2008, 2014), UIC Teaching Recognitions Award (2011), and the COE Best Advisor Award (2009, 2010, 2013). Dr. Darabi has been the Technical Chair for the UIC Annual Engineering Expo for the past 5 years. The Annual Engineering Expo is a COE’s flagship event where all senior students showcase their Design projects and products. More than 600 participants from public, industry and academia attend this event annually. Dr. Darabi is an ABET IDEAL Scholar and has led the MIE Department ABET team in two successful ac- creditations (2008 and 2014) of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering
, where he has been teaching Construction Graphics/Quantity Take-Off, CAD & BIM Tools for Construction, Building Construction Systems, Building Construction Estimating, Heavy/Highway Construction Estimating, Construction Planning, and Construction Project Management. Dr. Lee’s main research areas include Construction Informatics and Visual Analytics; Building Information Modeling (BIM), Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for Construc- tion Management; and Interactive Educational Games and Simulations. E-mail: leen@ccsu.edu. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Team Building for Collaborative Learning Environment in Construction
Dr. Roberts has been teaching structural engineering topics for 13 years. He recently joined the faculty in the Integrated Engineering department at Southern Utah University.Dr. Carol Haden, Magnolia Consulting, LLC Dr. Carol Haden is a Principal Evaluator at Magnolia Consulting, LLC, a woman-owned, small business specializing in independent research and evaluation. She has served as evaluator for STEM education projects sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis- tration, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the Arizona Department of Education, among others. Areas of expertise include evaluations of engineering education curricula and programs, informal
Paper ID #12569Fostering Technology Student Success throughMs. Laura E. LeMire, The Community College of Baltimore County Upon graduation from the University of Maryland at College Park with her masters in geotechnical engi- neering, Laura went to work for Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE) where during her career there she was responsible for substation and transmission line construction projects, relocation and installation of BGE facilities for Oriole Park at Camden Yards and for the Light Rail, and for improving service reliability. After obtaining her MBA, Laura became the Director of Corporate Purchasing and was a
: technicians (primarily production/operations, engineering ormathematics) and engineers top the list of 10 jobs employers have difficulty filling. In addition,the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) reports major skill gaps in the US.The 2013 ASTD report states that US organizations spent ~$164.2 billion on employee learningin 20122. The US is facing an alarming high replacement need for STEM professionals3, 4. Forinstance, the projected replacement rate in mathematical science is 29.5%, in physics it is 28.5%,in mechanical engineering it is 26%, and in electrical engineering it is 23%. It is estimated thatduring this decade, employers will need to hire about 2.5 million STEM workers, drawinglargely from engineering and engineering
science pursuing an industrial position.20 Some of the activities provide newcomputer scientists with opportunities to interact with senior researchers and government agencyrepresentatives. The website also contains statistical information and publications. There aretwo primary differences between the CRA-W program and the project described in this paper:the CRA-W focuses on computer science and industrial research. The project described in thispaper was for engineering underrepresented minorities pursuing academic careers.The goal of this paper is to describe the approach and preliminary results of a National ScienceFoundation (NSF) sponsored workshop to broaden the participation of underrepresentedminorities who are engineers from senior
. Page 26.1005.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Interactive Mathematica Simulations for Chemical Engineering Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO 80309-0596Abstract More than 75 interactive Mathematica simulations have been prepared for four chemicalengineering courses: kinetics/reactor design, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer.These simulations, which do not require Mathematica to use, are located on the WolframDemonstration Project website. They allow the user to change parameters and see how thesystem responds. Short
explicitly mentioned in thetechnology syllabus.Aim and research questionsThis pilot study is performed within a research project about teachers’ work in technologyeducation. The overall aim of the project is to extend the knowledge about how teachers planand carry out their teaching in accordance with the technology syllabus. Special attention ispaid to how the teaching strategies of technology have been influenced by methodstraditionally used in science studies (excursions, laboratory exercises, etc.) and crafts (designand making activities, with a strong emphasis on the “making” part) and to what extent atradition concerning technology in itself been established.The specific research questions for this study are
exposure to STEM. Mona is dedicated to educating the next generation of engineers.Prof. Barbara A. Karanian A., Stanford University Barbara A. Karanian, Ph.D. , Lecturer, previously visting Professor, in the School of Engineering, in the Mechanical Engineering Design Group, helps teams discover yet to be satisfied customer needs with her proven methods- from a theoretical perspective of both socio-cognitive psychology and applied design thinking - that she has developed and refined over the past few decades. In addition to helping a team uncover this information, the companies she has worked with eventually have an easily deployable tool kit that they can use again and again on future projects. She also helps students