then, many of them have already left the field. It is hypothesized that thislack of clarity of the field at an early point in students’ academic career, coupled with theperception that the curriculum is largely irrelevant to their lives, has impacted the retention ratesof computer science majors in the first two years of their academic study programs. This paperwill report on a preliminary stage of a comprehensive project effort that aims to improveretention rates for computer science students in their entry-level courses through thedevelopment of course modules intended for inclusion in their entry-level curriculum. Thetheoretical basis for these modules will be reviewed and the design framework for thedevelopment of these models is discussed
how families in NewEngland would first construct what is known as a half-Cape, and as the family grew, the housewould be enlarged into a Full Cape, and then enlarged further with dormers and shed additions.One of the basic principles used in the project was that the entire house does not need to beconstructed at once: additional room modules could be added to the house over time.Norwich University’s “Starter” Micro-house Design PhilosophyWhile the Solar Decathlon Competition is about solar technology, its focus on affordability alsospeaks to practical marketability of the completed structure. An overwhelming number ofVermonter’s cannot afford a house that meets the target construction costs of any but one of theof the 2015 Solar Decathlon’s
indecision making. The Teagle Foundation plans to address this problem through their “LiberalArts in the Professions” program [1], in which liberal arts education will be embedded into thecurriculum of undergraduates preparing for the professions. Under this project faculty will beable to develop a suite of measures to integrate liberal arts teaching into the undergraduateengineering curriculum.Over summer 2015, during the planning phase of this project, faculty teams from the fourcampuses (California State University Northridge, Los Angeles, Chico, and California StatePolytechnic University Pomona) have met with each other and held discussions and meetings ontheir own campuses to evaluate the feasibility, utility and efficacy of a variety of
both K-12 and undergraduate engineering design education. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Education (2010) and M.S./B.S. in Electrical and Com- puter Engineering from Purdue University. Dr. Jordan is PI on several NSF-funded projects related to design, including an NSF Early CAREER Award entitled ”CAREER: Engineering Design Across Navajo Culture, Community, and Society” and ”Might Young Makers be the Engineers of the Future?” He has also been part of the teaching team for NSF’s Innovation Corps for Learning, and was named one of ASEE PRISM’s ”20 Faculty Under 40” in 2014. Dr. Jordan also founded and led teams to two collegiate National Rube Goldberg Machine Contest cham- pionships, and has co-developed the
obtain research experience and become confident and motivated to pursue their graduatestudy: Research activities: Combined with students’ interest and background, each WIECE student was associated with a specific research project and she performed research directly supervised by the author. One student worked on low-power logic circuit design and the other one worked on reliable SRAM schematics and layout optimization. The students attended weekly research meetings with author’s graduate students and attended research discussions and presentations. Professional development activities: the WIECE students were engaged in many aspects of professional development, including preparing
backgroundto become more formalized and easily shared with other universities.Apparently good results have been achieved through the following practices: step-by-stepcollaboration plans with selected top universities in the USA, Europe and Asia; focusedFederal Government funding for joint projects (research, guest lecturers and jointconferences) with top world scientists in approved development priority areas; success inAsia through personalized activities carried out by the University’s Honorary Professors fromChina, South Korea and other Asia-Pacific countries; training hundreds of University facultyin the top US and European universities; networking with regional, national and globalacademic and business partners. Another focus is given to the best
), heat and mass transfer rates, contact friction,mechanical strength and susceptibility to fracture from microcracks, amenabilityto bonding, chemical reactivity and susceptibility to corrosion, and propensity forcontamination and effectiveness of cleaning procedures for a particular surface.Further, the surface often reveals information about the underlying materialincluding grain boundaries and defects. As part of a larger project, we aredeveloping a suite of surface characterization methods appropriate for STEMeducational purposes. Surface characterization of materials ordevices/components in various stages of production is a useful and instructiveeducational project for engineering students because of its importance to a widevariety of
have become visible, successful female members of male-dominated departments. This is having a positive effect on the cultures of the departments which is in turn encouraging other female students. Herein, we provide an overview of the CS/M Scholars program and highlight features that may be adaptable to other institutions without external funding. We report on statistics for recruitment, retention and graduation; share our ideas and experiences for impact- ful monthly events; explain how conference participation has been transformative for both students and their departments; and discuss funding conference participation with few institutional resources. We view our work so far as a pilot project in part because the program
, Berkeley in 2013. She has a B.S. in Materials Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.Dr. Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech Dr. Amelink is Director of Graduate Programs and Assessment in the College of Engineering, Virginia Tech. She is also an affiliate faculty member in the Departments of Engineering Education and Educa- tional Leadership and Policy Studies at Virginia Tech. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 The Impact of Summer Research Experiences on Community College Students Self EfficacyThe Transfer-to-Excellence Research Experience for Undergraduates program (TTE REU) offersmulti-disciplinary research projects to community college
on their interest during the welcoming session.Students interested in Physics and Engineering are encouraged to attend the special sessionprepared by the department of Physics, Engineering, and Astronomy. Details about the sessionare presented in the following section.Engineering Physics Special Laboratory SessionsThe Engineering Physics laboratory session changes every year. The goal is to keep the contentfresh, and interesting for the campers. “Find a solution to a real-world problem” is the themeused while selecting the project for the summer camp. For the 2016 summer camp, the problemwas decided to be: How do you deliver a payload from a high-altitude, and track it so it will notbe lost? In order to simulate this problem the students
of data are part of the integrated scholarly workflow, and are notnecessarily wholly separate processes.Building on these interviews, the authors have developed an instructional and training programthat better focuses on integrating data management activities focusing on research and scholarlycommunication processes. The goal of our project was to examine data management practices inthe context of researcher scholarly workflow needs and behaviors and develop and implement aninstructional program that addresses researcher data needs. The development and assessment ofthis program is underway.INTRODUCTIONIn response to federal grant agency and publisher mandates for data sharing, science andtechnology libraries have become actively involved in
more than what they thought, and that many of the positions obtained bythose studying construction involved responsibilities and positions that required them indoors,doing tasks similar to what they desired in other positions. For example, Project Managers andProduction managers on average earn more than $75,000 per year (NAHB’s 2014 Single-FamilyBuilder Compensation Study) and spend much of their time doing business management work.Interestingly, when the research participants learned this, over 57% said they would considerconstruction as a career choice. Bigelow (2015) writes about these issues in his researchsurrounding the need and methods for attracting female undergraduates to construction relateddisciplines.Construction careers involve
concepts of heat transfer that are difficult to explain in alecture style course. The activities can include rigorous learning experiments [1, 2], or the use oflow cost desktop-scale apparatus [3], or design and build prototypes [4], or studying the coolingeffects of crushed or solid ice [5], or other experiments. Numerical assignments using Excel areused [6]. Numerical and experimental projects are also presented [7] where ANSYS was used forthe numerical simulations. The benefit of these activities are in enhancing the student’sunderstanding [8] or in repairing misconceptions in heat transfer. They can be highly effective atthe junior level [9] and improve the student’s interest in heat transfer [10].The activity presented here is unique in that
. Research indicates that involving students in hands-onactivities can enhance STEM education and the overall quality of the learning experience 3 .STEM education exposes students to explore complex topics that can be reinforced through alaboratory experience. A positive hands-on laboratory experience can also have a significantimpact on retention in engineering students. Knight et al. identified an over 15% increase inretention when first year engineering students are exposed to a hands-on project-basedcurriculum 4 . Although the benefits of a hands-on laboratory experience are apparent, thesignificant cost of laboratory equipment can be prohibitive for some institutions 2 .Computer simulation has been shown to be an effective tool that can be a
) Scooping the regolith simulant and (b) Dumping the simulant into storage bin This project followed seven Student Outcomes which are used for the VSU ComputerEngineering Senior Design Course18. STEM Student Outcomes assessed were: abilities to design andconduct experiments, analyze and interpret data; design a system, component, or process to meet desiredneeds within realistic constraints; identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems; an understandingof professional and ethical responsibility; and communicate effectively. The report results were 85% ofStudents Outcomes which met the assessment target. The STEM abilities students acquired include (1)circuit designs for relays, linear actuators, conveyer, Wi-Fi shield/Arduino board
1 chemical engineering declared in STEM fields Number of other majors and minors Declared minor is worth one-third of a declared, completed before the 1 declared major, non-STEM is worth half course Ethnic minority status 1 Ethnicities besides white and Asian Gender 1 Unspecified gender was given the average As an outcome measure of student performance, we considered the students’ overallscores in the course, based 40% on individual assignments, 35% on team assignments, 20% ontheir final project as a team, and 5% for submitting peer evaluations and
, stormwater recycling, and overall sustainable water use within buildings. The current focus of his research is the implementation effects of low im- pact developments, net-zero schools and residences, and constructed wetlands into the built environment. He holds a Master’s degree in Building Construction and a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, both from the University of Florida. Dr. Holtzhower has 9 years of professional construction experience including commercial construction management, electrical contracting and management with a fire protection con- tractor. The wide variety of projects includes a flagship institutional project, several municipal projects, K12 projects, office buildings, residential amenities and
project management consultant. Dr. Simmons has extensive experience leading and conducting multi-institutional, workforce-related re- search and outreach. She is a leader in research investigating the competencies professionals need to compete in and sustain the construction workforce. She oversees the Simmons Research Lab (SRL), which is home to a dynamic, interdisciplinary mix of graduate researchers who work together to explore human, technological and societal interactions to transform civil engineering practice with an emphasis on understanding hazard recognition, competencies, satisfaction, personal resilience, organizational culture, training and social considerations. As a researcher, Dr. Simmons
current and future needs for a diverse skilled workforce in mechanical engineeringand the rising cost of higher education that acts as a barrier for many talented students withinterests in engineering, the NSF funded S-STEM project at a state university focuses resourcesand research on financial support coupled with curricular and co-curricular activities designed tofacilitate student degree attainment, career development, and employability in STEM-relatedjobs. This program has provided enhanced educational opportunities to more than 90economically disadvantaged and academically talented undergraduate students in the MechanicalEngineering Department in the past eight years. It is expected that approximately 45academically talented and financially
education in informal, traditional, distance, and professional environments. Dr. Goodridge currently teaches courses in ”Teaching, Learning, and Assessment in Engineering Education” and ”Engi- neering Mechanics: Statics.” Dr. Goodridge is an engineering councilor for the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) and serves on ASEE’s project board. Dr. Goodridge actively consults for projects includ- ing the development of an online curriculum style guide for Siemens software instruction, development of engineering activities for blind and visually impaired youth, and the implementation and investigation of a framework of engineering content to incorporate into P-12 engineering education. c American
. Theyface additional challenges in assigning and scheduling projects to their distributed workforce ofprofessionals, educating newly hired engineers in forensic engineering practice, and maintainingconsistency in their forensic reporting. This work depends upon getting accurate information,from a wide range of sources, in a format that is useful. We focus on weather information.Much relevant weather information is available from the National Oceanic and AtmosphericAdministration (NOAA), but it is not in a format that is easily used by forensic engineers. Wedescribe the practical challenges of using current technology, as well as methods that lead tosuccess.IntroductionThe Tacoma Narrows Bridge opened in July 1940. Less than six months later, it
Project) and a Focus Area of study. University Core Math/Science 27 hours 23 hours MXET Technical Core 48 hours Entrepreneurial Product Mechatronics Engineering Education Development 29 hours 29 hours 29 hours
- tor in the Office of Research and Sponsored Projects at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). As manager for the CAHSI INCLUDES Alliance, she works on a national basis to coordinate and motivate regional leads; facilitate CAHSI’s External Advisory Board; and serve as a liaison to CAHSI’s policy team, all so that CAHSI’s 60 partners can collectively realize the Alliance’s vision of Hispanics repre- senting 20% or more of those who earn credentials in computing by the year 2030. In her role in UTEP’s Office of Research and Sponsored Projects, Elizabeth assembles interdisciplinary project teams and em- beds herself within them in order to conceptualize, write, and submit large, institutional grant proposals
robotics programmer. Since there are nocommercially available remotely controlled robotic arms, and because robotic platforms arecostly, students and researchers are often unable to learn the concepts of programming industrialrobots. This project applies new concepts with available virtual robot technology to make a non-destructive, remotely-controlled robotic arm to better teach students and researchers aboutprogramming and control of robotic arms. By applying the remotely-controlled robotic armconcept, existing resources can be effectively shared with other universities to teachprogramming of industrial robots. Using this centralized developed system to allow remoteaccess to the physical robot, students can test their programs with a real
release. 5 Snapshot of AFOSR Discover, shape, and champion basic science that profoundly impacts the future Air Force• Manage the basic research investment for the AF • Basic research is the foundation of scientific discovery • Leads to revolutionary new concepts & technology• Find and fund the most promising world-class researchers in academia, industry & government • 325 intramural research projects at AFRL • 1215 research grants at 209 US universities in 47 states • 348 research grants in 33 countries on 5 continents• Ensure timely transitions of research results • Offer significant benefits to national warfighting
improving the experience thatstudents have working through these assignments. Based on student comments, we plan toslightly restructure the labs in order to help students complete them within the standard labsection time period; this may involve streamlining some activities and assigning somecalculations as ‘prelabs’ or as part of the weekly homework assignments for the lecture section.It will be interesting to read student comments following next year’s sections.We also plan on continuing to improve the labs overall. One additional plan not mentionedpreviously is to introduce a couple of activities focusing on topics of interest in the area ofrenewable energy; we think that projects in this area would be of particular interest to studentsand quite
observed measures of engagement items (~25 items) and their constructs? 2) How do students’ engagement change as a result of engaging in engineering design – based life sciences curriculum unit? This study is part of a larger longitudinal study that is being conducted in multiple middleschools located in the Midwest of the United States. The study presents the findings of thevalidation of the instrument used to evaluate students’ engagement and results of students’engagement change as a result of the pilot intervention in the first year of the project. The paper is characterized in six sections. Section II reviews the existing literature onmiddle school engagement. Section III provides an overview of the curriculum unit
Paper ID #27369”Just Like Me”: Improving the Image of Engineering for Elementary SchoolStudentsMrs. Jessica Rush Leeker, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Jessica Rush Leeker earned her undergraduate degree from Penn State with a focus in Supply Chain and Information Systems and a minor in international business. She attended Purdue University, receiving an MBA with specialization in Sustainability and Operations. Before business school, Jessica spent a summer in Haiti, delivering shoes to those in need and creating a more efficient supply chain for urban water projects. Jessica has
relatedguidance.Advising is particularly important for engineering students. The results of a study performedon 113 undergraduates who left Engineering in 2004, 2007 and 2008 show that the top threefactors are: poor teaching and advising, the difficulty of the engineering discipline, and a lackof “belonging” within engineering [5].Our project framework is based on Lean Manufacturing principles [6]. Originally derivedfrom the Toyota Production System. Lean is a philosophy that aims to improve the efficiencyof a system by eliminating waste and continuous improvement [7]. While the origins of Leanhail from the manufacturing industry, service industries, such as healthcare, have adoptedLean and realized much success [8] [9].The main goal of this study is to enhance
served as Division Chair of the Women in Engineering Division. She is the recipient of the 2011 New Jersey Section of ASCE Educator of the Year award as well as the 2013 Distinguished Engineering Award from the New Jersey Alliance for Action.Prof. Harriet Hartman, Rowan University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Paper ID #30401 Professor of Sociology, Chair of Sociology and Anthropology Department, Rowan University. Co-p.i. of RED NSF RevED project at Rowan University. Editor-in-chief, Contemporary Jewry.Dr. Ralph Alan Dusseau P.E., Rowan University Dr. Ralph Dusseau is a