Papers by Odesma Dalrymple
2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings, Sep 8, 2020
Building Master's degree student of the same university. Master of Science in industrial engineer... more Building Master's degree student of the same university. Master of Science in industrial engineering with mayor in organizational management, industrial engineer from the Universidad de los Andes Colombia with complementary studies in Ingénieur de Gestión BA2 from the the Solvay Business School of Management and Economics in Bruxelles Belgique. Active member of Ingenieros sin fronteras Colombia. Currently tenured-track Professor teachin Systemic Thinking, Systems Dynamics, and Project Management courses at Sergio Arboleda University. Member of the Humanitarian Engineering group of the same university.
Journal of Engineering Education Transformations, Jan 13, 2015
Diego. His current research investigates the funds of knowledge of Latinx adolescents, and how th... more Diego. His current research investigates the funds of knowledge of Latinx adolescents, and how they use these funds of knowledge to solve engineering problems in their communities. Dr. Mejia is particularly interested in how Latinx adolescents bring forth unique ways of knowing, doing, and being that provide them with particular ways of framing, approaching, and solving engineering problems. Dr. Mejia's primary research interests lie at the intersection of engineering education, literacy, and social justice. He is particularly interested in engineering critical literacies, Chicanx Cultural Studies frameworks and pedagogies in engineering education, and critical consciousness in engineering through social justice.
2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Jul 26, 2021
In Mechanical Engineering, and in particular in Fluid Mechanics, advanced concepts build extensiv... more In Mechanical Engineering, and in particular in Fluid Mechanics, advanced concepts build extensively on a student's understanding of both Mathematics and their core Mechanical Engineering courses (Statics, Dynamics, Solid Mechanics). Within these core courses are a number of central concepts and skills which form threads that connect one content area to another within a discipline. An incomplete understanding in any of one of these concepts at an early stage in a student's education can lead to a cascade of failures or difficulties that resonate throughout their education. The current research has identified and mapped a number of central content and skill trajectories that are present in engineering education, focusing on science and mathematics content and skills. Student competency in these content and skills has been assessed along these trajectories for selected classes. Common student errors within these assessments have been identified and classified to generate a profile of the error modes for each topic. Validation of the error modes has been conducted through inter-rater reliability studies and student interviews.
2018 World Engineering Education Forum - Global Engineering Deans Council (WEEF-GEDC), Nov 1, 2018
A curriculum has been designed to help students become Changemaking Engineers with a sense of soc... more A curriculum has been designed to help students become Changemaking Engineers with a sense of social responsibility and social justice. Courses include: (1) a User-Centered Design (UCD) course for first year students, (2) a Circuits course for second year students, (3) an Engineering and Social Justice course for third year students, and (4) an upper division elective on Engineering Peace. Students in UCD learn methods for engineering innovation that meet the needs of users in the local community. In Circuits, students explore how electrical circuits are related to conflict minerals, recycling, and design considerations for responsible social innovation. In Engineering and Social Justice, students consider historical and contemporary contexts to analyze impacts of engineering designs, systems, processes, and products. In Engineering Peace, students from the School of Engineering and the School of Peace Studies come together to design a drone with a positive impact on society and recognize the value of perspectives from other disciplines. This paper details the methods and highlights the successes and challenges experienced as these different but coordinated course offerings were developed.
She conducts research on tools and techniques that can be readily applied in real engineering lea... more She conducts research on tools and techniques that can be readily applied in real engineering learning environments to improve student learning and teaching. In this respect her two prominent research contributions are with: 1) artefact-inspired discovery-based pedagogy, i.e., learning activities where students' exploration of STEM knowledge is self-directed and motivated by interactions or manipulations of artefacts; and 2) the development of faculty expertise in outcomes-based course design through the use of the Instructional Module Development (IMOD) system, a self-guided web-based training tool.
The road to effective science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) instruction starts ... more The road to effective science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) instruction starts with a well-conceived and constructed plan or curriculum. STEM educators, who typically come from STEM backgrounds and have little or no STEM education training, can benefit from the use of an information technology (IT) tool that guides them through the complex task of designing an instructional module (i-mod), i.e., a single course that can span over a specified duration of time. The next generation of the World Wide Web (WWW), called the Semantic Web, promises to further improve productivity by providing meaning and intelligence to the vast data currently present on the web. The Instructional Module Development (IMoD) system, currently under development, presents a web-based framework for representing an i-mod and scaffolds users through the design process. This framework uses Semantic Web technologies to automate aspects of the complex decision making processes that are needed for designing an i-mod. One of the main components of the IMoD system is the Learning Objectives Feature (LOF). The LOF consists of an interface and the backend intelligence needed to help the user (instructor) to create specific and measurable learning objectives and link them with other aspects of the i-mod design. This paper presents the LOF.
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings
Diego. His current research investigates the funds of knowledge of Latinx adolescents, and how th... more Diego. His current research investigates the funds of knowledge of Latinx adolescents, and how they use these funds of knowledge to solve engineering problems in their communities. Dr. Mejia is particularly interested in how Latinx adolescents bring forth unique ways of knowing, doing, and being that provide them with particular ways of framing, approaching, and solving engineering problems. Dr. Mejia's primary research interests lie at the intersection of engineering education, literacy, and social justice. He is particularly interested in engineering critical literacies, Chicanx Cultural Studies frameworks and pedagogies in engineering education, and critical consciousness in engineering through social justice.
2018 World Engineering Education Forum - Global Engineering Deans Council (WEEF-GEDC)
A curriculum has been designed to help students become Changemaking Engineers with a sense of soc... more A curriculum has been designed to help students become Changemaking Engineers with a sense of social responsibility and social justice. Courses include: (1) a User-Centered Design (UCD) course for first year students, (2) a Circuits course for second year students, (3) an Engineering and Social Justice course for third year students, and (4) an upper division elective on Engineering Peace. Students in UCD learn methods for engineering innovation that meet the needs of users in the local community. In Circuits, students explore how electrical circuits are related to conflict minerals, recycling, and design considerations for responsible social innovation. In Engineering and Social Justice, students consider historical and contemporary contexts to analyze impacts of engineering designs, systems, processes, and products. In Engineering Peace, students from the School of Engineering and the School of Peace Studies come together to design a drone with a positive impact on society and recognize the value of perspectives from other disciplines. This paper details the methods and highlights the successes and challenges experienced as these different but coordinated course offerings were developed.
The Tobago Wind Turbine independent study focuses on exploring renewable energy in Tobago. This p... more The Tobago Wind Turbine independent study focuses on exploring renewable energy in Tobago. This project has a collaborator at the Tobago House of Assembly. This funded project will include traveling to Tobago to help install a wind turbine. The wind turbine will be used on small farms to power different appliances. Currently, Tobago wants to explore renewable energy to promote a culture of sustainability. This wind turbine will bring awareness of the potential of wind energy in the region and help educate people
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings
In Mechanical Engineering, and in particular in Fluid Mechanics, advanced concepts build extensiv... more In Mechanical Engineering, and in particular in Fluid Mechanics, advanced concepts build extensively on a student's understanding of both Mathematics and their core Mechanical Engineering courses (Statics, Dynamics, Solid Mechanics). Within these core courses are a number of central concepts and skills which form threads that connect one content area to another within a discipline. An incomplete understanding in any of one of these concepts at an early stage in a student's education can lead to a cascade of failures or difficulties that resonate throughout their education. The current research has identified and mapped a number of central content and skill trajectories that are present in engineering education, focusing on science and mathematics content and skills. Student competency in these content and skills has been assessed along these trajectories for selected classes. Common student errors within these assessments have been identified and classified to generate a profile of the error modes for each topic. Validation of the error modes has been conducted through inter-rater reliability studies and student interviews.
A team of researchers are engaged in a UserCentered Design (UCD) approach to develop the Instruct... more A team of researchers are engaged in a UserCentered Design (UCD) approach to develop the Instructional Module Development System (IMOD), i.e., a software program that facilitates course design. This paper describes the results of the focus groups, and surveys facilitated to elicit feedback from potential users on the features and usability of the IMOD system. Keywords—instruction design; outcome-based education; semantic web-based application; user-centered design
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings
She conducts research on tools and techniques that can be readily applied in real engineering lea... more She conducts research on tools and techniques that can be readily applied in real engineering learning environments to improve student learning and teaching. In this respect her two prominent research contributions are with: 1) artefact-inspired discovery-based pedagogy, i.e., learning activities where students' exploration of STEM knowledge is self-directed and motivated by interactions or manipulations of artefacts; and 2) the development of faculty expertise in outcomes-based course design through the use of the Instructional Module Development (IMOD) system, a self-guided web-based training tool.
2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings
Building Master's degree student of the same university. Master of Science in industrial engineer... more Building Master's degree student of the same university. Master of Science in industrial engineering with mayor in organizational management, industrial engineer from the Universidad de los Andes Colombia with complementary studies in Ingénieur de Gestión BA2 from the the Solvay Business School of Management and Economics in Bruxelles Belgique. Active member of Ingenieros sin fronteras Colombia. Currently tenured-track Professor teachin Systemic Thinking, Systems Dynamics, and Project Management courses at Sergio Arboleda University. Member of the Humanitarian Engineering group of the same university.
2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings
Susan M. Lord received a B.S. from Cornell University in Materials Science and Electrical Enginee... more Susan M. Lord received a B.S. from Cornell University in Materials Science and Electrical Engineering (EE) and the M.S. and Ph.D. in EE from Stanford University. She is currently Professor and Chair of Integrated Engineering at the University of San Diego. Her research focuses on the study and promotion of diversity in engineering including student pathways and inclusive teaching. She is Co-Director of the National Effective Teaching Institute (NETI). Her research has been sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Dr. Lord is among the first to study Latinos in engineering and coauthored The Borderlands of Education: Latinas in Engineering. Dr. Lord is a Fellow of the IEEE and ASEE and is active in the engineering education community including serving as General Co-Chair of the Frontiers in Education Conference, President of the IEEE Education Society, and Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Education (ToE) and the Journal of Engineering Education (JEE). She and her coauthors received the 2011 Wickenden Award for the best paper in JEE and the 2011 and 2015 Best Paper Awards for the IEEE ToE. In Spring 2012, Dr. Lord spent a sabbatical at Southeast University in Nanjing, China teaching and doing research. She is on the USD team implementing "Developing Changemaking Engineers", an NSF-sponsored Revolutionizing Engineering Education (RED) project. Dr. Lord is the 2018 recipient of the IEEE Undergraduate Teaching Award.
Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, 2016
To ensure that future generations of engineering, science, and other technological practitioners ... more To ensure that future generations of engineering, science, and other technological practitioners are equipped with the required knowledge and skills to continue to innovate solutions to solve societal challenges, effective courses or instructional modules that incorporate best pedagogical and assessment practices must be designed and delivered. Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) educators typically come from STEM backgrounds and have little or no formal STEM education training. Their approaches to learning, instruction, and assessment mimic the experiences they were exposed to as students and are not necessarily informed by scholarship in the area of how people learn. The road to effective STEM instruction starts with a well-conceived and constructed plan or curriculum that includes the tight alignment of content, pedagogical approaches and assessments, around the learning objectives, and draws upon best-practices in each of these areas. An information technology (IT) tool that can guide STEM educators through the complex task of course design development, ensure tight alignment between various components of an instructional module, and provide relevant information about research-based pedagogical and assessment strategies will be of great value. This demonstration presents a Web-based software tool called the Instructional Module Development System (IMODS) that supports these ventures and broadens the impact and reach of professional development in the scholarship of teaching and learning, particularly to STEM faculty.
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2015
Caribbean residents outside of Trinidad and Tobago primarily utilize hydrocarbons for electricity... more Caribbean residents outside of Trinidad and Tobago primarily utilize hydrocarbons for electricity, earning them the highest energy bills in the world. Apart from global climate change concerns, these high energy prices make it clear that alternative energy must be sourced for the Caribbean region. With Trinidad and Tobago's large offshore hydrocarbon reserves, Trinidad and Tobago has bolstered its economy and its expertise in offshore engineering and technology in the past five decades. Caribbean regional efforts to find ocean-based renewable energy resources can largely exploit the aforementioned advantages and opportunities in Trinidad and Tobago. The present work involves a collaboration between a team of engineers to collect and analyze oceanic data in Trinidad and Tobago, and a team of sustainability scholars to survey the maritime context of Trinidad and Tobago via the lens of sustainable development. This is done to appropriately contextualize Trinidad and Tobago, which is the territory via which Caribbean regional ocean-based power exploration is recommended.
The road to effective science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) instruction starts ... more The road to effective science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) instruction starts with a well-conceived and constructed plan or curriculum. STEM educators, who typically come from STEM backgrounds and have little or no STEM education training, can benefit from the use of an information technology (IT) tool that guides them through the complex task of designing an instructional module (i-mod), i.e., a single course that can span over a specified duration of time. The next generation of the World Wide Web (WWW), called the Semantic Web, promises to further improve productivity by providing meaning and intelligence to the vast data currently present on the web. The Instructional Module Development (IMoD) system, currently under development, presents a web-based framework for representing an i-mod and scaffolds users through the design process. This framework uses Semantic Web technologies to automate aspects of the complex decision making processes that are needed for designing an i-mod. One of the main components of the IMoD system is the Learning Objectives Feature (LOF). The LOF consists of an interface and the backend intelligence needed to help the user (instructor) to create specific and measurable learning objectives and link them with other aspects of the i-mod design. This paper presents the LOF.
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