AC 2012-4444: IMPLEMENTATION OF COOPERATIVE LEARNING TECH-NIQUES TO INCREASE MINORITY STUDENT INTEREST IN RF/MICROWAVEENGINEERINGDr. Michel A. Reece, Morgan State University Michel A. Reece is currently a tenured professor and Research Director of the Center of Microwave, Satellite, and RF Engineering (COMSARE) in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Morgan State University. In this center, she pursues research in the areas of high frequency device char- acterization and modeling, highly efficient solid-state power amplifier design, and adaptable components design for software defined radio applications. She became the first female recipient at Morgan State to obtain her doctorate degree in
AC 2010-796: THE ENGINEER: A TREE OR A PRODUCT?Andrew Trivett, University of Prince Edward Island Dr. Trivett is a graduated with a Doctor of Science Degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint program in Oceanographic Engineering and a bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree from Dalhousie University. His research has ranged from development of new ocean sensors for monitoring flow and turbulence in the ocean, to the design of numerous environmental technologies for small technology business in Atlantic Canada. He is currently an associate professor at the University of Prince Edward Island where his primary focus is teaching
create a self-designed degree program in the emerging field of Engineering Education Research via the Graduate School’s interdisciplinary Individual Ph.D. Program. Ryan holds an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Republic of Korea, and a B.S. in Engineering Science from Colorado State University, Fort Collins. Ryan’s research interests include: engineering education, ethics, humanitarian engineering, and computer modeling of electric power and renewable energy systems.Elizabeth BurpeeMs. Mee Joo Kim, University of Washington- Seattle Mee Joo Kim is a Ph.D. student in College of Education at University of Washington. She received her M.Ed. in Social Foundations (2009) from the Curry
program for faculty and students and monitoring facultyand student participation.This paper and presentation will include data collected for the pilot program which will includethe outreach program to local high schools, as well as the impact of the summer bridge,scholarship, internship and mentoring programs on retention in STEM majors for the studentsreceiving the full or partial intervention as compared to a control group.BackgroundThe exponential growth in spending for national security has left educational institutions with theenormous challenge of developing a workforce with sophisticated technological skills, and inparticular, increasing the number of individuals graduating with degrees in science, technology,engineering, and mathematics
engineering from the University of Michigan in 2014. He received an M.S. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2017. He is currently a Ph.D. student in Mechanical Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. He carries out research in the field of micro-manufacturing, precision control, manufacturing, and mechatronics. His research also includes control optimization and system identification. He is also a graduate teaching assistant of design for manufacturability.Dr. Leon Liebenberg, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Leon is a Teaching Associate Professor in mechanical science and engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana
for community college students at the four-year institution.Although a majority of the programs seemed to have more of a focus on the development ofskills to help students with coursework upon transition to the four-year institution, there areprograms that have the research focus similar to SCCORE’s. The following programs offer aresearch focus or a research component, serving as models of best practices for the SCCOREprogram and pointing to ways our alliance can improve SCCORE.Two programs that offer research in the biomedical field to underrepresented students includethe Bridge Summer Research Program at University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) thatprovides students at eight (8) community colleges training in lab techniques
empowering the next generation. Through her involvement in the Improving Girls’ Math Identity Through Problem Solving and Mentorship Bass Connections Research Team at Duke University, she became particularly interested in reducing student dependence upon supplemental organizations to compensate for unsupportive STEM classroom environ- ments.Shaundra Bryant Daily, Duke University Shaundra B. Daily is a professor of practice in Electrical and Computer Engineering & Computer Sci- ence at Duke University and Levitan Faculty Fellow, Special Assistant to the Vice Provosts. Prior to joining Duke, she was an associate professor with tenure at the University of Florida in the Department of Computer & Information
to ten technical individuals, but with the potential to move up theladder as the need grows.Carr2 argued that industry attention was operating primarily at the undergraduate level, whereasthe research and graduate study nature of civil engineering faculties established the desirablefoundation for each program at the master’s level. Berger3, as mentioned previously, leavesopen the desired level of management education.Construction EducationOglesby4 stated in 1990 that more than 150 undergraduate construction programs were inexistence, and these programs essentially followed three tracks: (a) an engineering base (civilengineering programs), (b) an architecture base (building construction programs), and (c) othernonengineering or
minority,” Amber reiterates her sense ofoutsiderness, emphasizing the social isolation resulting from these differences. In line 109, Amber asks aquestion (“Would I change any of this about me?) and answers unprompted. She concludes she is “stuckwith” the basic circumstances of her life: being adopted from China by a white family, being only a fewwomen in her engineering programs, therefore decides to “make best out of it.”In lines 114-116, we notice that Amber uses a number of “or” to enumerate the various negativeexperiences due to her identity. Amber’s experiences of discrimination, racism, and stereotyping mighthave an impact on her mental health and wellbeing since the consequences of marginalizing experiencesget even more complicated for
and high school until they graduate. The paperincludes a summary of the activities from the first program along with best practices and lessonslearned that are supported by qualitative data from a teacher focus group and studentrespondents. Additionally, the paper also provides a description of the second program includingprogram development and plans for more formal assessment. (Note: The engineering outreachprograms are part of the GEAR UP grants. The GEAR UP grants are referred to as “grants” andthe engineering outreach programs are referred to as “programs” throughout the paper.)About GEAR UP Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) is acompetitive grant program of the United States Department of
• Overview: This workshop discussed best practices for high-quality research posters, including design and presentation. Internal and external opportunities to present a posted were discussed. • Area: Undergraduate Research • Guests: Co-Director of VECTOR8. Support through the Office of Prestigious Awards & Fellowships • Overview: In this workshop, the Office of Prestigious Awards shared their framework of support (including workshops, one-on-one meetings, and mock interviews) as well as discussed current opportunities that may be of interest to aspiring and active undergraduate researchers. This workshop also covered tips for building strong relationships so that impactful recommendation
Paper ID #40284Student Involvement in Choice of Work in Progress: Course Activities andthe Impact on Student ExperienceDr. Taru Malhotra, University of Waterloo Dr. Taru Malhotra is a postdoctoral fellow in Engineering Education at the University of Waterloo’s Faculty of Engineering. She completed her Ph.D. (Language, Culture, and Teaching) at the Faculty of Education, York University, Toronto, Canada. Her research focuses on faculty development, exploring instructor beliefs and practices in STEM courses, online and blended learning, student perception, engagement, satisfaction, and achievement, course de- sign
. She previously served as the Associate Director of the Center for Assessment and Research Studies at JMU. Her areas of research include assessment practice and engineering education research. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Scaffolding and Assessing Sustainable Design Skills in a Civil Engineering Capstone Design CourseAbstractAs educators seek to incorporate sustainability into engineering courses, appropriate assessmenttools are needed to capture the impacts on student development. In particular, methods forassessing student sustainable design skills are lacking in the literature. As a result, we have beenengaged in a multi-stage process to develop and
earned a of Master of Science degree in Astronautics in 2002, with course© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 sequences in Structural Analysis and Advanced Astrodynamics. After graduation from AFIT, he was assigned to the Air Force Advanced Composites Office, a field office of the Air Force Research Laboratory Materials Directorate. As a composites engineer, Captain Sobers was involved in the analysis and design of repairs for composite aircraft structures. He was also the lead engineer for Aircraft Battle Damage Repair of the F-117 Nighthawk. In 2005, Captain Sobers was assigned to the United States Air Force Academy as an Instructor in the Department of
, 2021 and 2022. In 2021 Dr. Al-Hamidi received the Dean’s Achievement Award to recognize his contribution to the campus within that year. In 2015 he received the Association of Former Students AFS Distinguished Achievement Award as a recognition for his commitment, performance and positive impact on Aggie students. And in 2010, he received the STAR award as a recognition for his outstanding service and achievement at Texas A&M at Qatar. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Student Engineering Enrichment from Design to ExecutionAbstractIn today’s globalized and rapidly changing work environment, engineering graduates needtechnical and professional skills to improve their
women and underrepresented minorities. He received his M.S. in Industrial & Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech and his B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Clemson University.Dr. Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Tech Dr. Matusovich is an Assistant Professor and Assistant Department Head for Graduate Programs in Vir- ginia Tech’s Department of Engineering Education. She has her doctorate in Engineering Education and her strengths include qualitative and mixed methods research study design and implementation. She is/was PI/Co-PI on 8 funded research projects including a CAREER grant. She has won several Virginia Tech awards including a Dean’s Award for Outstanding New Faculty. Her research expertise includes using
wide range of courses across the computer science curriculum and supervised undergraduate and graduate research. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Assessing the Impact of Open-Resource Access on Student Performance in Computer-Based Examinations Zulal Sevkli Computer Science and Software Engineering Miami University Oxford, OH sevkliaz@miamioh.eduAbstractThis study explored the effects of permitting digital resource access during computer-basedexams in the context of System Programming course. Two
Paper ID #33005Work-focused Experiential Learning to Increase STEM Student Retentionand Graduation at Two-year Hispanic-serving InstitutionsCynthia Kay Pickering, Arizona State University Cynthia Pickering is a retired electrical engineer with 35 years industry experience and technical lead- ership in software development, artificial intelligence, information technology architecture/engineering, and collaboration systems research. In September 2015, she joined Science Foundation Arizona (SFAz) to lead the Girls in STEM initiative and translate her passion for STEM into opportunities that will attract, inspire and retain
constructionmanagement curriculum; and (2) impact of the module for graduating construction managementstudents. The survey results indicated that only six students had learned about the ATC methodin their workplace and the rest of the 50 students reported not being aware of such contractdelivery practice. For the first question, approximately 22 students reported that advanced projectdelivery practices adopted in construction sites should be part of both undergraduate andgraduate studies curricula as shown in Figure 6. While around 10 students also indicated thatsuch methods are more complex and should only be part of the graduate studies curriculum.Since the primary goal of the ATC concept is to improve project quality, reduce project costs andpropose a design
appreciation of ethics, societal impact, globalissues, and current events, coupled with the current push toward preparing students for a “flatearth”, I believe we will see increasing progress in producing engineering graduates with greaterawareness of the technology’s relationship to society.Engineers’ Contributions to Technological IlliteracyThe National Academies report, Technically Speaking, notes several factors that contribute totechnological illiteracy.2 These factors include the complexity of modern technology, thespecialization of societal roles, the urbanization of the population, the automation of theworkplace, and a shift to a service economy. An additional factor is described as follows: “Mostmodern technologies are designed so users do
engineering educators and socialscientists are needed to assess climates of DEI effectively.Need for Collaboration in Assessing DEI in EngineeringA report commissioned by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation titled “Assessing the Landscape forDiversity, Equity, and Inclusion Efforts in U.S. STEM Graduate Education” calls thesecollaborations research-practice partnerships. This systematic review of 228 recently publishedresearch manuscripts identifies these partnerships as necessary to address the skill gap strikingDEI innovation in engineering education. “The people designing programs and change initiativesare often STEM community insiders, but the people best equipped with knowledge about thedynamics of inequality and power are often outside of STEM” [10
Kappa Phi, and Upsilon Pi Epsilon. Dr. Estell is active in the assessment community with his work in streamlining and standardizing the outcomes assessment process, and has been an invited presenter at the ABET Symposium. He is also active within the engineering education community, having served ASEE as an officer in the Computers in Education and First-Year Programs Divisions; he and his co-authors have received multiple Best Paper awards at the ASEE Annual Conference. His current research includes examining the nature of constraints in engineering design and providing service learning opportunities for first-year programming students through various K-12 educational activities. Dr. Estell is a Member-at-Large of
deployment of collaboration technologies that include Web-based team building, project memory, and corporate memory, and mobile solutions for global teamwork and e- Learning. She is the leader and developer of the innovative "Computer Integrated A/E/C" course launched in 1993 and currently offered in a global setting including universities in US, Japan and Europe. Alicia Townsend. Alicia Townsend is a graduate student in the Learning, Design, and Technology (LDT) Program, in the School of Education, at Stanford University. She is doing her LDT internship in the PBL Lab and brings a strong background in ethnographic studies. Page 7.627.15“Proceedings
principles, supported by the fundamentals of engineeringeducation research. Instructional faculty then formed the teams based on student preferences andother best practices for team formation [13], such as not isolating minoritized students whereverpossible.Projects were all internally supported. In other words, there were no external partners or mentorsfor the projects. Students on this project were mentored by the instructional team whose diversebackgrounds encompass instruction of several core ChE courses, research in the engineeringeducation domain, and experience in experiential learning. Additionally, this semester a graduatestudent instructor was added to the instructional team for an additional project mentor.Implementation of Experiential
, thatconsistently produce a higher number of fellows, while showing how faculty from diversedisciplines contribute unique perspectives to EML. Finally, we offer recommendations onsuitable pathways for engineering educators to pursue KEEN fellowships based on theirdiscipline and areas of interest, underscoring the broad impact of the program on shaping EMLand its influence on engineering curricula across institutions.IntroductionThe KEEN Fellowship program is designed to promote EML among engineering educators,supporting them in integrating this mindset into their curricula. KEEN Fellows are selected basedon their commitment to advancing EML through innovative teaching practices, which enablestudents to develop skills like curiosity, value creation, and
University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Civil, Envi- ronmental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE). She serves as the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education in the CEAE Department, as well as the ABET assessment coordinator. Professor Bielefeldt is the faculty director of the Sustainable By Design Residential Academic Program, a living-learning community where interdisciplinary students learn about and practice sustainability. Bielefeldt is also a licensed P.E. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in engineering education include service-learning, sustainable engineering, social responsibility, ethics, and diversity
employers need–and for internships, which take theplace of the research thesis in traditional Master of Science programs.1The Master of Science in Professional Science (MSPS) degree program at MTSU was started in2004 to provide middle Tennessee with a best-educated professional STEM workforce. Thedegree program requires students to take 21 credit hours of graduate-level coursework in theirconcentration and 15 credit hours of MSPS Business Core classes. All but one of these MBA-level core classes were designed for the program and are instructed by faculty from the JonesCollege of Business at MTSU. The other core class, covering applied statistics and probability, istaught by the MTSU Department of Mathematics faculty. This strong business core
dailyquestionnaire about their personal well-being and were placed into breakout rooms to completean activity through a web-based service. This course was an interdisciplinary introductoryengineering course. The course is traditionally taken in the first semester of the first year, so thisis one of the first experiences the students have at the college level.Literature ReviewOnline learning has consistently received limited attention from researchers in comparison totraditional classroom environments [1]. This lack of research on various virtual classroomengagement methods has made it difficult for instructors to decide how to best cater to theirstudents and how to maintain a classroom community despite changes in delivery modality.Some studies prior to the
workingtogether, Florence Nightingale’s Environmental Theory served as the organizingprinciple for teaching practice to the environmental engineers as facilitated throughcoaching and interaction with community health nurses. This paper provides a side-by-side comparison of the professions of engineering and nursing, and includes the results ofassessments using mixed methods to document the impacts of exposure to nursingpractice on the formation of emergent engineers.IntroductionEngineering education emphasizes exposure to real-world application often throughexperiential learning. Mentored, student design experiences, including programs such asEngineers Without Borders-USA, provide opportunities for engineering students fromdiverse disciplines to learn
Paper ID #41866Teaching Strategies that Incorporate Social Impacts in Technical Courses andEase Accreditation Metric CreationMs. Ingrid Scheel, Oregon State University Ingrid Scheel is a Project Instructor at Oregon State University in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. She teaches Electrical and Computer Engineering fundamentals and design courses, and as a graduate student in Education is focused on curriculum design. Scheel’s industry experience includes prototype development, test article instrumentation, data acquisition, data analysis, and reporting. She contributes to the International Society for Optics