Event Materials Archive

  • Improving Solid Mechanics Education using Multi-Scale Material Characterization and Visualization

    Undergraduate solid mechanics courses can assist students to understand how materials deform under various loading conditions. Additionally, solid mechanics…

  • iVisit: Using Virtual Humans in 360 Immersive Digital Site Visits of Complex Spatiotemporal Contexts

    Need: Site visits have been a tool utilized by STEM educators to engage students in active learning, assist traditional…

  • Improving STEM Motivation and Retention with Postsecondary Classroom Interventions: A Meta-Analysis

    Need: Fewer students graduating with STEM degrees can hinder efforts to meet the growing demand for a workforce with…

  • Jackson State University Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience

    Need: The Jackson State University Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience (JSU-CURE) is a program designed to enhance the undergraduate STEM…

  • Improving Student Learning in Power Engineering – The Use of Concept Maps as Evaluation Tool

    Need: Today’s electric power grid is an intelligent and interconnected system, characterized by larger amount of renewable and distributed…

  • Longitudinal investigation of the decision process in adoption of course-based research

    NEED: Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) are an effective method of engaging students in authentic research experiences, but many…

  • Improving Students’ Creative Problem Solving Skills in Engineering using Visual Representation

    Contemporary problems are not well defined and have multiple possible causes that are unlikely to be solved by traditional…

  • Improving the Preparation of Graduate Students to Teach Undergraduate Mathematics

    The College Mathematics Instructor Development Source (CoMInDS) offers several types of support to the faculty who are preparing graduate…

  • Improving Undergrad Education in Civil & Building Engineering through SCPS and Real-world Problems

    Need: Education research and theory show that active learning increases student learning and motivation. However, Civil and Building Engineering…