Browsing by Subject "research grants"

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    Biomechanics and Biomaterials Research Center
    (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2013-04-05) Yokota, Hiroki; Xie, Dong
    The Biomechanics and Biomaterials Research Center (BBRC) was founded in 1991 and reactivated in the current form in 2012. Through a collaborative effort from School of Engineering and Technology, School of Dentistry, School of Medicine, School of Science, and School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, the Center is to strengthen a national presence in the emerging areas of Mechanobiology, Tissue Engineering, and Biomaterials. The main aim of BBRC is to enhance our competitiveness for research grants by fostering new research collaborations among established investigators as well as new investigators. In particular, we coordinate efforts to obtain multi-PI research grants from federal agencies including NIH, NSF, NASA, and DOD, as well as center grants, and training programs. Funds at BBRC are used to seed pilot projects, support students, provide shared equipment, and invite seminar speakers for developing multidisciplinary and multi-school research programs. The following pilot projects were funded (95K in total) in 2013. • Development of NIAMS P30 • Development of novel oral stable dental resin composite • FRET-based analysis of mechanotransduction of joint cells • Stat3 and mitochondrial activity in mechanotransduction • Synthetic niche for in vitro culture of pancreatic cancer cells • Mechanical stimulation, fracture resistance and fracture healing in bone • Integration of spatial and temporal respiratory motion in adaptive proton therapy delivery
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    Gathering ABET student outcome evidence using technology: What happens when results don't match grant goals and research takes an unexpected turn?
    (ASEE, 2018-06) Freije, Elizabeth; Christie, Barbara; Cooney, Elaine M.; Engineering Technology, School of Engineering and Technology
    Small research grants can offer faculty members the opportunity to explore potential solutions to automate the collection of student outcome evidence as needed to support ABET assessment plans. This paper explores the results of two such grants that sought to utilize a student electronic portfolio to archive evidence and seamlessly aggregate the evidence for assessment purposes. In addition, the integration of an electronic portfolio, the ePDP, could promote both ABET assessment data collection as well as reflective activities to assist students in viewing the curriculum as a developmental process, aggregating evidence over the enrollment years. However, the research activities exposed several flaws. TaskStream DRF template did not facilitate seamless integration between the instructor’s ABET rubrics in TaskStream and the student assignment. Nor did TaskStream aggregate the student work in such a way that the student or the instructor could efficiently analyze its correlation to an ABET student outcome. Specifically, redundant input was required from both the students and the instructors. Despite the disappointing limitations exposed with the grant funds, and hopeful attempts to resolve the identified flaws, the researchers found an unexpected and satisfying solution outside of the electronic portfolio. The learning management system, Canvas, features the tool: Outcomes. The tool allows mastery statements to be created and shared across courses in a program. The mastery statements can be imported into a specific course, then linked to assignment rubrics, previously created to assess student submissions. Rich information on student outcome attainment is available when the Outcome tool is used consistently by faculty.