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Papers by Suzette Burckhard
Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2018
Providing science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics (STEAM) culturally responsive en... more Providing science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics (STEAM) culturally responsive enrichment activities is one way of promoting more interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) studies and careers among indigenous students. The purpose of the study was to explore the impact, if any, of STEAM culturally responsive activities, embedded with Dakota/ Lakota values and traditions, in a partnership between a mainstream college of engineering and a population of high school girls at a Federal Native American boarding high school. We engaged in a quantitative and qualitative, exploratory place-based case study in a technical action partnership with a small group of participants/respondents. This study was rooted in the situational perspective of Critical Theory, Liberation Theology, Social and Cultural Capital Theory, and Native voice from the position of discovery. In a Likert scaled post-project survey, the majority of respondents reported that they agreed or somewhat agreed that they liked to study science, technology, and engineering (STE), and that they could make a real difference in their home community if they majored in those studies in college and earned a degree. They reported less enthusiasm for mathematics. Respondents reported changes, if any, in their opinions about STEM after being part of STEAM Girls enrichment activities as follows: a majority indicated positive or improved attitudes, and no one reported increased negative feelings. Results of a post-project focus group indicated a link between culturally relevant enrichment activities and increasing interest in STEM studies and STE careers in this situation at this place. Results indicate that women role models may improve interest in STEM, and that indigenous relevancy of activities matters, even if not tribally specific.
Computing in Civil Engineering 2021
South Dakota State University has a multiple-year history of providing opportunities for faculty ... more South Dakota State University has a multiple-year history of providing opportunities for faculty to engage in discussions on improving their abilities in teaching and learning. Due to interest for engineering-specific topics by members of the SDSU chapter of ASEE, an ongoing series of presentations and discussions was started in Spring 2011.
2014 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference: Engineering Something More, 2014
2014 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference: Engineering Something More, 2014
International Journal of Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace, 2015
American Indians are among the most under-represented groups in the engineering profession in the... more American Indians are among the most under-represented groups in the engineering profession in the United States. With increasing interest in diversity, educators and engineers seek to understand why. Often overlooked is simply asking enrolled tribal members of prime college age, “Why don’t more American Indians become engineers?” and “What would it take to attract more?” In this study, we asked these questions and invited commentary about what is needed to gain more engineers from the perspectives of enrolled tribal members from South Dakota, with some of the most poverty-stricken reservations in the nation. Overall, results indicated that the effects of poverty and the resulting survival mentality among American Indians divert attention from what are understood to be privileged pursuits such as engineering education. The study’s findings indicated American Indian interviewees perceived the need for consistent attention to the following issues: 1) amelioration of poverty; 2) better ...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Kansas State University, 1997. Includes bibliographical references.
Thesis (M.S.)--Kansas State University, 1993. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 81-85).
Great Plains Research, 2015
The 3D printing of polymers is an evolving manufacturing process with applicability for teaching ... more The 3D printing of polymers is an evolving manufacturing process with applicability for teaching design in engineering education at the college level. There is scant research into how to use 3D printing as a novel approach in teaching engineering design. The literature indicates that teaching design is often challenging because students often learn design through experience, rather than traditional lectures alone. The major benefits of using a 3D printer are that it provides students with complete design freedom to create a variety of models on computer software in one afternoon, select the best designs, and create physical models for live testing. Over a period of three years, undergraduate engineering students in a structural materials laboratory class, designed and 3D printed simple connections, lateral beams, and trusses; and they conducted stress analyses. As part of the class assignment, students reflected on their experiences. Based on students' final written portfolios f...
Great Plains Research, 2015
We present modern-day uses of traditionally used wild fruits among the Lakota on Rosebud Reservat... more We present modern-day uses of traditionally used wild fruits among the Lakota on Rosebud Reservation as determined from interviews conducted in 2012. We quantify modern-day uses of wild fruits for food, beverages, tonics, medicines (physical and/or spiritual), and crafts. Use of buffaloberries, buffalo currants, chokecherries, riverbank grapes, plums, rosehips, and other plant parts remain as customs among the Lakota although the knowledge and practice of using wild fruits may be waning. Many interviewees implied that traditional uses of wild fruits could help sustain cultural identity.
![Research paper thumbnail of Mapping Urban Land Cover Using QuickBird NDVI and GIS Spatial Modeling for Runoff Coefficient Determination [THIS PAPER WAS THE WINNER OF THE 2006 BAE SYSTEMS AWARD GIVEN AT THE ASPRS 2006 ANNUAL CONFERENCE]](https://attachments.academia-assets.com/80436798/thumbnails/1.jpg)
](This research presents an integration of remote sensing and GIS for determining the runoff coeffi... more This research presents an integration of remote sensing and GIS for determining the runoff coefficient (C) recommended by the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Water Pollution Control Federation in 1969. The C is a runoff index used as an input parameter in the most commonly used procedure: the rational method for storm-water runoff calculation in small urban watersheds for storm drainage design and analysis. The objective of this study was to evaluate 8-bit and 16-bit Quick-Bird (QB) NDVI satellite imagery using an unsupervised classification and the ISODATA algorithm to map impervious area and open space used for the determination of C in GIS spatial modeling. The research hypothesis was that mapping impervious area and open space using high spatial resolution NDVI satellite imagery, generated using the ISODATA algorithm, was an efficient and effective information extraction approach for accurately estimating spatial representative C values. The overall classification ac...
The design of natural treatment systems that use vegetation is a developing area of research. In ... more The design of natural treatment systems that use vegetation is a developing area of research. In order to move this technique from research to practical use, a system to assist potential users in the proper design is needed. This paper will present a decision support tree designed to assist in the planning of a natural treatment system for a contaminated soil, using vegetation. This support tree has the potential to offer the background needed for design rather than requiring the user to possess this background. By using the support tree, persons seeking choices regarding information on the design of a vegetated treatment option can find simple and generalized solutions. The objective of this paper is to show an initial guide for a vegetated treatment option, the decision support tree. The decision support tree will require input from the user. The input would consist of answering a few questions related to the type of contamination, soil, and climate. From this input, the decision ...
Journal of Extension
This article discusses the lesson learned from an Extension, state, and federal agency coordinate... more This article discusses the lesson learned from an Extension, state, and federal agency coordinated water quality project that was formally started in 1995. In the project, educational programing was provided, high risk areas were identified, and BMPs were implemented on these areas. The net result of BMP implementation was a 38% improvement in South Dakota Bad River water quality. This improvement was attributed to Extension and others providing leadership on: 1) the development of local learning communities and 2) identification and implementing BMP's in high risk areas. This work demonstrates that Extension can make a difference.
The STEaM Girls are 30 high school girls at Flandreau Indian School (FIS) who participated in cul... more The STEaM Girls are 30 high school girls at Flandreau Indian School (FIS) who participated in culturally relevant science, technology, engineering, art, and math activities led by FIS science teacher Carl Fahrenwald and SDSU faculty, staff, and students in 2015-16, designed to increase interest in STEM studies and careers among Native American girls and women. SDSU Native American student mentors included Ashleigh Hare, Marisa Hare, Alyssa Cook, Wiyaka His Horse Is Thunder, and Alaina Hanks. Edited by Joanita M. Kant, Suzette R. Burckhard, and Richard T. Meyers Cover: Dakota/Lakota beadwork design done in Excel. This Dakota/Lakota beadwork design, popular about 1885 and inspired by Caucasus rugs brought to the locale by white settlers of that period. Common stylistic elements from those rugs included boxes, triangles and forks, often arranged in sets of 4. Here, the historical design was reinterpreted and plotted using Excel 2013 software with color highlighting where each cell is reduced to a small rectangle. Each rectangle represents one seed bead with 7 beads per row in lazy stitch throughout. Thus, math and technology can be applied to help save and reinterpret community traditions.
Flooding is a natural phenomenon that has increasing impact on people and their environment. This... more Flooding is a natural phenomenon that has increasing impact on people and their environment. This is very evident that in the devastation wrought by rising waters inundating homes and farms in East Africa. Flooding only serves to exacerbate the crisis faced by people of that region as they struggle against famine and civil war. A spatial decision support system was designed and used to simulate various future scenarios for the Nzoia River basin in Kenya. The purpose of the decision support system was to assist in targeting aid relief to the areas of greatest need. Additional constraints on the decision support system were to use as much data as possible that was not dependent on the at risk area. Satellite imagery, historical rainfall-runoff data, digital elevation models, hydrologic derivatives, vegetation and land use information, and meteorological and climate data were combined to effectively model the physical processes at work. By integrating the flood risk data into the GIS a...
Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2018
Providing science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics (STEAM) culturally responsive en... more Providing science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics (STEAM) culturally responsive enrichment activities is one way of promoting more interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) studies and careers among indigenous students. The purpose of the study was to explore the impact, if any, of STEAM culturally responsive activities, embedded with Dakota/ Lakota values and traditions, in a partnership between a mainstream college of engineering and a population of high school girls at a Federal Native American boarding high school. We engaged in a quantitative and qualitative, exploratory place-based case study in a technical action partnership with a small group of participants/respondents. This study was rooted in the situational perspective of Critical Theory, Liberation Theology, Social and Cultural Capital Theory, and Native voice from the position of discovery. In a Likert scaled post-project survey, the majority of respondents reported that they agreed or somewhat agreed that they liked to study science, technology, and engineering (STE), and that they could make a real difference in their home community if they majored in those studies in college and earned a degree. They reported less enthusiasm for mathematics. Respondents reported changes, if any, in their opinions about STEM after being part of STEAM Girls enrichment activities as follows: a majority indicated positive or improved attitudes, and no one reported increased negative feelings. Results of a post-project focus group indicated a link between culturally relevant enrichment activities and increasing interest in STEM studies and STE careers in this situation at this place. Results indicate that women role models may improve interest in STEM, and that indigenous relevancy of activities matters, even if not tribally specific.
Computing in Civil Engineering 2021
South Dakota State University has a multiple-year history of providing opportunities for faculty ... more South Dakota State University has a multiple-year history of providing opportunities for faculty to engage in discussions on improving their abilities in teaching and learning. Due to interest for engineering-specific topics by members of the SDSU chapter of ASEE, an ongoing series of presentations and discussions was started in Spring 2011.
2014 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference: Engineering Something More, 2014
2014 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference: Engineering Something More, 2014
International Journal of Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace, 2015
American Indians are among the most under-represented groups in the engineering profession in the... more American Indians are among the most under-represented groups in the engineering profession in the United States. With increasing interest in diversity, educators and engineers seek to understand why. Often overlooked is simply asking enrolled tribal members of prime college age, “Why don’t more American Indians become engineers?” and “What would it take to attract more?” In this study, we asked these questions and invited commentary about what is needed to gain more engineers from the perspectives of enrolled tribal members from South Dakota, with some of the most poverty-stricken reservations in the nation. Overall, results indicated that the effects of poverty and the resulting survival mentality among American Indians divert attention from what are understood to be privileged pursuits such as engineering education. The study’s findings indicated American Indian interviewees perceived the need for consistent attention to the following issues: 1) amelioration of poverty; 2) better ...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Kansas State University, 1997. Includes bibliographical references.
Thesis (M.S.)--Kansas State University, 1993. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 81-85).
Great Plains Research, 2015
The 3D printing of polymers is an evolving manufacturing process with applicability for teaching ... more The 3D printing of polymers is an evolving manufacturing process with applicability for teaching design in engineering education at the college level. There is scant research into how to use 3D printing as a novel approach in teaching engineering design. The literature indicates that teaching design is often challenging because students often learn design through experience, rather than traditional lectures alone. The major benefits of using a 3D printer are that it provides students with complete design freedom to create a variety of models on computer software in one afternoon, select the best designs, and create physical models for live testing. Over a period of three years, undergraduate engineering students in a structural materials laboratory class, designed and 3D printed simple connections, lateral beams, and trusses; and they conducted stress analyses. As part of the class assignment, students reflected on their experiences. Based on students' final written portfolios f...
Great Plains Research, 2015
We present modern-day uses of traditionally used wild fruits among the Lakota on Rosebud Reservat... more We present modern-day uses of traditionally used wild fruits among the Lakota on Rosebud Reservation as determined from interviews conducted in 2012. We quantify modern-day uses of wild fruits for food, beverages, tonics, medicines (physical and/or spiritual), and crafts. Use of buffaloberries, buffalo currants, chokecherries, riverbank grapes, plums, rosehips, and other plant parts remain as customs among the Lakota although the knowledge and practice of using wild fruits may be waning. Many interviewees implied that traditional uses of wild fruits could help sustain cultural identity.
This research presents an integration of remote sensing and GIS for determining the runoff coeffi... more This research presents an integration of remote sensing and GIS for determining the runoff coefficient (C) recommended by the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Water Pollution Control Federation in 1969. The C is a runoff index used as an input parameter in the most commonly used procedure: the rational method for storm-water runoff calculation in small urban watersheds for storm drainage design and analysis. The objective of this study was to evaluate 8-bit and 16-bit Quick-Bird (QB) NDVI satellite imagery using an unsupervised classification and the ISODATA algorithm to map impervious area and open space used for the determination of C in GIS spatial modeling. The research hypothesis was that mapping impervious area and open space using high spatial resolution NDVI satellite imagery, generated using the ISODATA algorithm, was an efficient and effective information extraction approach for accurately estimating spatial representative C values. The overall classification ac...
The design of natural treatment systems that use vegetation is a developing area of research. In ... more The design of natural treatment systems that use vegetation is a developing area of research. In order to move this technique from research to practical use, a system to assist potential users in the proper design is needed. This paper will present a decision support tree designed to assist in the planning of a natural treatment system for a contaminated soil, using vegetation. This support tree has the potential to offer the background needed for design rather than requiring the user to possess this background. By using the support tree, persons seeking choices regarding information on the design of a vegetated treatment option can find simple and generalized solutions. The objective of this paper is to show an initial guide for a vegetated treatment option, the decision support tree. The decision support tree will require input from the user. The input would consist of answering a few questions related to the type of contamination, soil, and climate. From this input, the decision ...
Journal of Extension
This article discusses the lesson learned from an Extension, state, and federal agency coordinate... more This article discusses the lesson learned from an Extension, state, and federal agency coordinated water quality project that was formally started in 1995. In the project, educational programing was provided, high risk areas were identified, and BMPs were implemented on these areas. The net result of BMP implementation was a 38% improvement in South Dakota Bad River water quality. This improvement was attributed to Extension and others providing leadership on: 1) the development of local learning communities and 2) identification and implementing BMP's in high risk areas. This work demonstrates that Extension can make a difference.
The STEaM Girls are 30 high school girls at Flandreau Indian School (FIS) who participated in cul... more The STEaM Girls are 30 high school girls at Flandreau Indian School (FIS) who participated in culturally relevant science, technology, engineering, art, and math activities led by FIS science teacher Carl Fahrenwald and SDSU faculty, staff, and students in 2015-16, designed to increase interest in STEM studies and careers among Native American girls and women. SDSU Native American student mentors included Ashleigh Hare, Marisa Hare, Alyssa Cook, Wiyaka His Horse Is Thunder, and Alaina Hanks. Edited by Joanita M. Kant, Suzette R. Burckhard, and Richard T. Meyers Cover: Dakota/Lakota beadwork design done in Excel. This Dakota/Lakota beadwork design, popular about 1885 and inspired by Caucasus rugs brought to the locale by white settlers of that period. Common stylistic elements from those rugs included boxes, triangles and forks, often arranged in sets of 4. Here, the historical design was reinterpreted and plotted using Excel 2013 software with color highlighting where each cell is reduced to a small rectangle. Each rectangle represents one seed bead with 7 beads per row in lazy stitch throughout. Thus, math and technology can be applied to help save and reinterpret community traditions.
Flooding is a natural phenomenon that has increasing impact on people and their environment. This... more Flooding is a natural phenomenon that has increasing impact on people and their environment. This is very evident that in the devastation wrought by rising waters inundating homes and farms in East Africa. Flooding only serves to exacerbate the crisis faced by people of that region as they struggle against famine and civil war. A spatial decision support system was designed and used to simulate various future scenarios for the Nzoia River basin in Kenya. The purpose of the decision support system was to assist in targeting aid relief to the areas of greatest need. Additional constraints on the decision support system were to use as much data as possible that was not dependent on the at risk area. Satellite imagery, historical rainfall-runoff data, digital elevation models, hydrologic derivatives, vegetation and land use information, and meteorological and climate data were combined to effectively model the physical processes at work. By integrating the flood risk data into the GIS a...