beviewed by employers, recruiters, and/or others interested in how prepared an employee is. It isinteresting to note that there is little reason to expect such audiences to have commonexpectations of a portfolio since portfolios are relatively uncommon and few people have formalexperience in reading and evaluating portfolios. It should also be noted that if one were going toevaluate the effectiveness of a professional portfolio, it should be done by such authenticaudiences rather than by educators in the context of education.Annotations are a key element of most portfolios. Conceptually, an annotation could be anything(such as a title, a label, a paragraph) that draws attention to specific features of an artifact (e.g., awriting sample, a project
engineering. His research on students’ reasoning showed that they may invent effective strategies and representations for solving math problems, and these methods can serve as bridges for instruction. He is also exploring the embodied nature of students’ knowledge, as exhibited by gestures, and the mediating effects of action on conceptual knowledge. His studies of teachers' beliefs about the development of students' mathematical reasoning showed that content experts can show evidence of expert blind spot, which influences teachers’ expectations of what makes things difficult for their students. He is currently co-principal investigator for the AWAKEN Project (funded by
, elementary, and middle school curriculum and teacher professional development. Her recent book, Engineering in Elementary STEM Education, describes what she has learned. Cunningham has previously served as director of en- gineering education research at the Tufts University Center for Engineering Educational Outreach, where her work focused on integrating engineering with science, technology, and math in professional devel- opment for K-12 teachers. She also directed the Women’s Experiences in College Engineering (WECE) project, the first national, longitudinal, large-scale study of the factors that support young women pursu- ing engineering degrees. At Cornell University, where she began her career, she created
. Lucena, focused on rendering visible the social justice dimensions inherent in three components of the engineering curriculum—in engineering sciences, engineering design, and humanities and social science courses; that work resulted in Engineering Justice: Transforming Engineering Education and Practice (Wiley-IEEE Press, 2018). His current research grant project explores how to foster and assess sociotechnical thinking in engineering science and design courses.Dr. Kathryn Johnson, Colorado School of Mines Kathryn Johnson is an Associate Professor at the Colorado School of Mines in the Department of Elec- trical Engineering and Computer Science and is Jointly Appointed at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s
Innovations in Software Engineering Education: An Experimental Study of Integrating Active Learning and Design-based LearningABSTRACTSignificant advancements have been made in engineering education in recent years. An importantoutcome of these advancements is the integration and extension of fundamental pedagogies as part ofengineering curricula, as well as the need for continued research into the effectiveness of thesepedagogies on students’ learning within engineering knowledge domains. In this paper, we focus on anengineering educational research study in the domain of software engineering. This study considers theimportant research question of the efficacy of traditional lecture-homework-project teaching approachescompared to peer-to
projects that by 2006, 50 percent of all U.S. workers will bewomen, and that 44 percent of the U.S. workforce will be employed by industries that areengaged in producing or using information technology products and services (DeVoe, 19989;Newton, 200138). This is not surprising given that information technology accounted for morethan a third of the nation’s real economic growth from 1995 to 1997 (U.S. Department ofCommerce, 199947). In addition, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that approximately137,800 new jobs in information technology (IT) occupations have been and will be producedeach year from 1996 to 2006 (U.S. Department of Commerce, 199947). Adding to this problemis the fact that these occupations are experiencing a significant
acommercial OS, which may be appropriate for laboratory development. The embedded systemplatform and environment that was investigated is a Handheld Personal Computer (H/PC) deviceusing the Windows CE operating system. The primary device and OS, for which software wasdeveloped, was the Hewlett Packard (HP) Jornada 820 Handheld PC Professional (H/PC Pro)running Windows CE 3.0. The secondary device and OS was the HP 620LX Palmtop PCrunning Windows CE 2.0. Commercial developer’s tools for these platforms and environmentsfrom Microsoft were investigated. The C++ and Java programming languages were to beincluded in this project. Consequently, the following packages were planned for investigation:Windows CE Toolkit for Visual C++ 5.0, Windows CE
Paper ID #37871Work in Progress: Examining the KEEN 3Cs Framework Using ContentAnalysis and Expert ReviewMr. Sanjeev M. Kavale, Arizona State University Sanjeev Kavale is currently a Ph.D. student in Engineering Education Systems and Design (EESD) at Arizona State University (ASU). His research interests are mindsets and their applicability in engineering, outcomes-based education, and problem / project-based learning. He is having a teaching experience of 11 years and an industry experience of 2 years prior to joining PhD.Ms. Alexandra Mary Jackson, Rowan University Alexandra Jackson is a second year PhD student at
, however, this empathy was often eitherself-oriented (e.g., projection of one’s own experiences onto those of their students) or generalizedempathic concern that did not consider the nuances of specific students or groups of students [19].This work shows that empathy can play a role in course/curriculum design, but it may need morerobust support, which may come from the world of design.Empathizing in designEmpathy has played an important role in many design traditions. Designers value empathy forusers because it allows them to incorporate emotional and experiential aspects of the userexperience and tap into previously unarticulated user needs [20]. While processes vary, one generalapproach to empathizing in design was described by Kouprie and
Leadership in 2020. Dr. Matusovich has been a PI/Co-PI on 19 funded research projects including the NSF CAREER Award, with her share of funding being nearly $3 million. She has co-authored 2 book chapters, 34 journal publications, and more than 80 conference papers. She is recognized for her research and teaching, including Dean’s Awards for Outstanding New Faculty, Outstanding Teacher Award, and a Faculty Fellow. Dr. Matusovich has served the Educational Research and Methods (ERM) division of ASEE in many capacities over the past 10+ years including serving as Chair from 2017-2019. Dr. Matusovich is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Advances in Engineering Education and she serves on the ASEE committee for
Sustainability (Switzerland) 3 Journal of Professional Issues in 3 Engineering Education and Practice European Journal of Engineering Journals 8 Education International Journal of Engineering 14 Education Journal of Engineering Education 17 Other Journals 79 International Symposium on Project 3 Approaches in Engineering Education
challenge. If individualparticipants are reliable teammates and they make creative contributions to team projects, the ageof participants does not appear to matter. Prior experience with STEM, high academic rank, and courses in college preparation are notrequired. While we cannot exclude applicants with significant prior STEM exposure or strongeconomic supports, we aggressively recruit students who are not typically on the path to a STEMcollege program and career. For example, many of our participants would be first-generationcollege students and many qualify for free and reduced meals at their school. In a recentliterature review, Colquitt found that strong academic record was a common selection criterionfor STEM intervention programs for
teaching to Inquiry. This is represented in the first ITL program activity carried out by theITL Project Team, analyzing equity data by engineering gateway course to identify gaps. The result ofthis first ITL activity is an Excel spreadsheet with courses and corresponding equity data.To analyze these data, we relied on institutional dashboard data developed and supported by the universityand available campus-wide, an example of commitment to closing equity gaps using evidence and aprocess that is sustainable. If this type of tool is not available in your institution, we suggest building one,and Power BI is a wonderful option for doing so. With a data dashboard tool, we can easily find pass ratedata by course, filter on student demographics, and
hands-on. These spaces oftenaccommodate students completing class projects as well as encouraging personal passionprojects. They all offer benefits for their users that may include tools, equipment, and educationalresources. Educational resources offered in these makerspaces range from required training foruse of equipment to informative workshops. Through conversations with other universities, wehave found that it is very difficult for many makerspaces, previously including our own, tomaintain a system of informative workshops, inspiring the motivation behind this paper. Withmakerspaces connecting students, faculty, and staff together to bring their ideas into reality,connecting these makerspaces together to share resources and workshops will
-staff-directory/dale-dzielskiProf. Katerina Goseva-Popstojanova, West Virginia University Dr. Katerina Goseva-Popstojanova is a Professor at the Lane Department of Computer Science and Elec- trical Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV. Her research interests are in software engineering, cybersecurity, and data analytics, as well as in higher education focused on these areas. She has served as a Principal Investigator on various NSF, NASA, and industry funded projects. She leads the B.S. in Cybersecurity program and serves as Academic Coordinator of the M.S. in Software Engineering Program at West Virginia University. She has served on program and organizing committees of many international
earlier study was set up with afocus on diverse students and diverse student experiences, which provided a valuable entry intohow different students experienced engineering education through their encounters with boththeir peers and faculty. These encounters, both good and bad, shaped what choices they madeabout their education; whether or not to stay in engineering; and if they left, what other major tochoose based on the investments they made in their coursework so far. We discovered otherthings through this project, such as the importance of peer support groups; how peers contributedto learning; and how students learned to navigate challenges by choosing the right instructors,courses, and majors. In general, the project documented what student
. Shaffer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dr. Shaffer received his PhD in Computer Science from University of Maryland, College Park in 1986. He is currently Professor of Computer Science at Virginia Tech, where he has been since 1987. He directs the OpenDSA project, whose goals include developing a complete online collection of interactive tutorials for data structures and algorithms courses. His research interests are in Digital Education, Algorithm Visualization, Algorithm Design and Analysis, and Data Structures. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Student perceptions of the complete online transition of two CS
professional developmentprogram positioned the importance of the inclusion of engineering content and encouragedteachers to explore community-based, collaborative activities that identified and spoke to societalneeds and social impacts through engineering integration. Data collected from two of the coursesin this project, Enhancing Mathematics with STEM and Engineering in the K-12 Classroom,included participant reflections, focus groups, microteaching lesson plans, and field notes.Through a case study approach and grounded theory analysis, themes of self-efficacy, activelearning supports, and social justice teaching emerged. The following discussion on teachers’engineering and STEM self-efficacy, teachers’ integration of engineering to address
c Society for Engineering Education, 2021Abstract The aim of this project is to engage students with course material related to environmentaljustice principles using anti-racist pedagogy. In a senior-level Unit Operations and ProcessSimulation course for chemical engineers, students are asked to take a holistic approach tochemical plant design. However, previous iterations of this course did not ask students to considerthe implications of building them: Who is making the decision to build these plants, and why arethey doing so? Where are these chemical plants being built? Are they safe for the workers and thesurrounding neighborhoods? Who gets to design these plants, and who will be maintaining theseplants? If there's a
flexible and additional assignments werecreated to augment student learning and grades when needed. Table 2: Student Assessment Techniques Course Percentage Assessment Type AE 401 20% 12 homework sets (each weighted equally) 15% One mini-project 60% three exams (20% each) 5% Participation (flipped quizzes, attend, think-pair-shares, etc.) AE 404 15% 12 homework sets (each weighted equally) 5% Participation 15% 3 quizzes (5% each) 40% 2 exams
Paper ID #34487Exploring Values and Norms of Engineering Through Responsible Innova-tionand Critiques of Engineering CulturesDr. Rider W. Foley, University of Virginia Dr. Rider W. Foley is an assistant professor in the science, technology & society program in the De- partment of Engineering and Society at the University of Virginia. He is the principal investigator at University of Virginia on the ’4C Project’ on Cultivating Cultures of Ethical STEM education with col- leagues from Notre Dame, Xavier University and St. Mary’s College. He is also the co-leader of the ’Nano and the City’ thematic research cluster
the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) in Port Harcourt Nigeria. Her passion for innovative and sustainable engi- neering research has led Ms. Sotonye Ikiriko to participate in several engineering research. In 2019 Ms. Sotonye Ikiriko was part of the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) Project on Noise Abatement Decisions for the state of Maryland and co-authored the report ’HIGHWAY GEOMETRICS AND NOISE ABATEMENT DECISION’. In 2017 and 2018 Ms. Sotonye Ikiriko was part of a research sponsored by the Transportation Research Center for Livable Communities (TRCLC). And has authored, co-authored, and presented research papers published by the Transportation Research
Paper ID #33393Creating a Multi-College Interdisciplinary B.S. Data Science Programwith ConcentrationsDr. Karl D. Schubert FIET, University of Arkansas Dr. Karl D. Schubert is a Professor of Practice and serves as the Associate Director for the Data Science Program for the University of Arkansas College of Engineering, the Sam M. Walton College of Business, and the J. William Fulbright College of Arts & Sciences. His research interests include data science and analytics, innovation, technology, and interdisciplinary project-based active learning methodologies. As part of his current role, Karl is leading a State-wide
technology(ABET), the different engineering program outcomes include applying knowledge of mathematics,science and engineering, designing and conduct experiments, designing a system, components tomeet realistic needs, functioning in a multidisciplinary team, formulating and solving engineeringproblems, communicating effectively, etc. [3]. Various researchers have made attempts toincorporate these requirements in their courses independently. For example, various researchstudies exist on related topics such as problem solving [4-8], course or laboratory projects [9-13],technology in classroom [14-17], teamwork [18-21], experiential learning [22-25], design skills[26-28], etc.BackgroundPublished literature in the past [1-4] presents details about
program, they developed an action-learning project that was carried out in their organizations to test their leadership capability andcapability for solving real issues within their organization. Finally, they left the graduateprogram with a plan for continuing their leadership journey beyond the university and into theirfuture. Students worked in learning groups to support one another and actively coached eachother on their progress. Many commented: ‘this was my first time to truly assess myself in somany different dimensions and really put a plan in place to become the kind of leader I want tobe’. It was exciting to watch their leadership capabilities emerge and grow.In the survey of alumni conducted for this paper, an ongoing effort to track
Paper ID #28386”She’s Walking into Like Systems Dynamics. What Is She Doing Here?” ANarrative Analysis of a Latina EngineerMrs. Tanya D Ennis, University of Colorado Boulder TANYA D. ENNIS is the current BOLD Center Director at the University of Colorado Boulder’s College of Engineering and Applied Science. She received her M.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Her career in the telecommunications industry included positions in software and systems engineering and technical project
perhaps all grads, earnsimilar benefits. Serving as a mentor may also build grad students’ confidence by remindingthem how much they have learned since they were undergraduates. Undergraduates give gradsopportunities to learn how to communicate with and manage others, a valuable professional skill.Dan’s postdoc James argued that this is the most important reason to include undergraduates in aresearch group: “I think [teaching undergraduates] is not very helpful for the project, but it’svery helpful for grad students to learn how to teach the junior students.” He believes thatundergraduates’ presence benefits grad students’ development more than the lab’s research. Thuseven by doing simple tasks, novices can instigate important learning mechanisms
and apply a design process to their work. He is interested in the intersection of designerly epistemic identities and vocational pathways. Dr. Lande received his B.S in Engineering (Product Design), M.A. in Education (Learning, Design and Technology) and Ph.D. in Me- chanical Engineering (Design Thinking) from Stanford University. Dr. Lande is the PI on the NSF-funded project ”Should Makers Be the Engineers of the Future” and a co-PI on the NSF-funded project ”Might Young Makers Be the Engineers of the Future?”Dr. Shawn S Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus SHAWN JORDAN, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of engineering in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of En- gineering at Arizona State University. He
-delivered “window” on digital resources for Indiana middle school teachers of science,mathematics, (pre)-engineering, and technology (STEM). The project is hosted at Rose-HulmanInstitute of Technology. Opened in September 2003, with funding from the Lilly Endowment[27], PRISM (Portal Resources for Indiana Science and Mathematics) was recently selected byT.H.E. (Journal of Technology Horizons in Education) as one of the top 15 educationalinnovators for K-12 in the nation.Clearly we are not alone in using the concept of an Internet portal to provide resources forteachers. Simultaneous with PRISM’s development over the last three years, other collections(many of them highly eclectic and predominately text-based) have appeared, and several havegarnered
interdisciplinary research project. Detaileddescriptions of research projects conducted by the STEP-UP teachers last summer (typical ofthose from previous years) are given below. On the last day of the program the participantspresent their research projects orally to an audience of faculty and graduate student mentors, andschool system science coordinators.Determination of pre/post process surface roughness and comparison with copper film adhesionon multiple polymer substrates: Development of System-On-Package (SOP) technology dependson the use of thin film layers that serve the functions of multiple components embedded in asingle chip. Adhesion between layers depends on a mixture of mechanical and chemicalmechanisms. This project analyzed the roughening