enhance theway people think and learn. His NSF-funded project, GEEWIS (http://www.geewis.uconn.edu/), focusedon streaming real-time water quality pond data via the Internet and providing support for the integrationof this authentic data into secondary and higher education science classrooms. His approach features theanalysis of log files, ”dribble files,” that maintain time-stamped listing of navigation choices and lag time.This approach has been applied to hypertext reading (Spencer Foundation grant), videodisc-based prob-lem solving (Jasper project), and online navigation (Jason project). Recent work concerns playful learningusing video game, card games, and board games aligned with national teaching and learning standards
, quiet environment and then 5 min afterwards to write down theirreflections. During the session, some students shared their experiences with the visualizationand described their inner mentor.Session 2: Fear and Unhooking from Praise and CriticismThis session began with a discussion on distinctions of fear brought forward in the book.Pachad is defined as the fear of projected or imagined things. Yirah is a different fear thatcomes forward when connected to a calling or life’s dream. This inspired space brings outfeelings of expansiveness, exhilaration, or awe. In the session there was time to journal aboutexperiences with both fears. Then if there were willing participants, they shared experiences ofyirah with the group.The second part of the
calledlogic.ly (free software) to complete the remaining labs on the counter, full adder etc. For summer,the industrial robotics course moved to online as well. We used to teach the students programmingthe FANUC (robot manufacturer company bases in Japan) arms we have in our lab and performfew tasks. Due to no access to laboratories, we used the FANUC’s “Roboguide” simulationsoftware. Once again, the student licenses were expensive and due to budget cuts, we had tominimize the number of LABS to be performed. The major challenge was for the final project forthe courses. Since this was supposed to be group work and due to social distancing, that wasprohibited, the level of project to be completed was made significantly less, so one person canfinish the
values and vision, positive psychology, career management [17], engineeringpresentations, and leading in design projects, teams, and organizations. Our leadership coursesare consistently ranked higher than the average course rating in the Faculty for quality learningexperience. Below we describe four of the courses we offer. ‘The Science of Emotional Intelligence and its Application to Leadership’ is grounded in self-leadership and personal discovery. It is taught by a consultant/executive trainer. The courseteaches students the competencies of emotional intelligence, and their relationship to leadershipeffectiveness and resilience. Students learn about the neuroscience of mindfulness andexperiment with their own mindfulness practice, both to
audio lever helical spring candies bathroom scale buckling strip (tension) car jack micrometer shadow projection Figure 2: Visual illustration of unique solutions showing distribution of choices at each critical deci- sion.developing their experiment proposals. Each team brainstormed three initial ideas and thennarrowed them down to one concrete proposal, which was then reviewed by instructional staff inmeetings with each team. Staff were instructed to use the guidance questions to structure theirfeedback and to refrain from suggesting specific solutions not considered by the studentsthemselves. Additional office hours specifically for help
Paper ID #32452Work in Progress: Impact of the Entrepreneurial Mindset for InnovativeTeaching (EMIT) AcademyDr. Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University Dr. Sarah Zappe is Research Professor and Director of Assessment and Instructional Support in the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education at Penn State. She holds a doctoral degree in educational psychology emphasizing applied measurement and testing. In her position, Sarah is responsible for developing instructional support programs for faculty, providing evaluation support for educational proposals and projects, and working with faculty to publish
which they respondedpreviously. The same pre- and post-activities were used for each iteration of the course. Foriteration six, only data from the pre-activity are included in this study. Table III. Examples of Coded Design Elements from Participants Code Definition Examples Business Procurement and production costs, How many laborers will be involved in the project; target market segments, external find a way to expand outside North America; look at stakeholders, and training for testing and competitors; find a knowledgeable team. manufacturing Customer Target users’ experience and needs
M shipbuilding 5 State-owned Master Project Manger Davis M Information 1 Private Master Back-end technology Engineer Ellis M shipbuilding 3 State-owned Master Electrical Engineer Frank M Automobile 1.5 State-owned Bachelor Process EngineerPreliminary findings So far, our preliminary qualitative analyses pointed to the insufficiency of currentengineering education in China to prepare qualified engineers. The training engineeringstudents received through their education did not bridge well
project, several 30+ year-old robots weredisassembled, reverse engineered, and then updated with modern components. With the retrofitcompleted, implementation of these “retrofit robots” into the curriculum began. In a year-longlab-based course sequence, students start learning concepts on robotics toys, then shift to theseretrofitted robots for more advanced concepts, and then complete the sequence on industrialrobotics systems. Pre-survey and post-survey assessments of student learning, as well asanecdotal evidence, were collected during our preliminary first year of implementation (N=22students). Although the results of our formative and summative student assessment are notstatistically significant, the corresponding analysis of the data infers
engineering topics and projects consisting of designproblems. For elementary grades, the LEGO engineering program was developed by the TuftsCenter for Engineering Educational Outreach and had a design focus. For middle and highschool, there were programs like those offered by Project Lead the Way, the Infinity Project, andthe modular Vanderbilt Instruction in Biomedical Engineering for Secondary Science, whichbased its curriculum on an iterative learning process [2]. Many institutions like ASEE haddeveloped guidelines for engineering curriculum, but not until 2013 were there any nationalstandards for engineering. Currently, twenty states have adopted NGSS and twenty-four haveadopted standards based on the National Research Council Framework for K-12
learning were extracted from the student dataset. These codes were then categorized by similarity using an affinity sorting process. The same sorting was done for codes collected from the faculty dataset based on teaching and learning.• Cluster-analyzing the data: The categories from the sorting in the previous step were analyzed as clusters and initial themes identified. For students, three initial themes emerged based on the source of learning: learning from project experiences, learning from industry practitioners, and learning from coursework. For faculty, four initial teaching and learning themes emerged roughly based on course content: environmental and contextual characteristics [of energy and engineering], career
Assistant Professor in the School of Universal Computing, Construction, and Engineering Education (SUCCEED) and the STEM Transformation Institute at Florida International University. Dr. Berhane’s research interests transfer students who first enroll in community colleges, as well as developing broader and more nuanced engineering performance indicators.Dr. Eunsil Lee, Florida International University Eunsil Lee is a postdoctoral associate in School of Universal Computing, Construction, and Engineer- ing Education and the STEM Transformation Institute at Florida International University (FIU). At FIU, Eunsil is working on the BEST and E4USA projects that aim to broaden participation in engineering. She recently completed
had a general idea and knew we wanted to incorporate triangles into out structure, we did not think through our plan, criteria, or constraints enough before we started. One take away from this project is to take time to get information before you start.” “We began building way too quickly, which ultimately created a design that was both messy and unsafe. We should have asked questions, played with the materials, drawn out a simple base design, divided the tasks, then began building. This process would have resulted in a design that actually met the criteria and worked.” “As ambitious and excited one might be to simply jump into finding solutions, there is a lot of information that needs to be sought out
Foundation, Tennessee Department of Transportation, DENSO and ASEE (ETD mini- grants) and several other organizations for a total of more than $2 million. His current research interest focuses on rural community engagement for transportation projects, road user cost, sustainable design and construction for knowledge based decision making, and engineering technology education. He also con- tributed to data analysis methods and cost effective practices of highway construction quality assurance program.Dr. Uddin is a proponent of project based learning and developed innovative teaching strategies to engage his students in solving a real-world problems and prepare them with skills and knowledge that industry requires. Dr
chemistry. He is currently involved in a research project that aims to develop an observation protocol for STEM lessons and relevant training materials that are directed at improving the quality of STEM instruction in K-12 spaces. His primary research interests include assessment of student learning in STEM contexts, exploration of how integrated STEM is enacted in the secondary level (especially in chemistry classes), and assessment and promotion of students’ conceptual understanding of chemical concepts.Khomson Keratithamkul, University of Minnesota Khomson Keratithamkul is a PhD candidate in the STEM Education program at the University of Min- nesota. His research interests primarily revolve around K-12 STEM education
Management Cooperative grant. With the supportfrom NASA and industry, a MANE 499 course, “Design and Manufacturing for AerospaceIndustry,” was created. This course was designed in the well-known framework, “learning factory”[3]. Through the “learning factory” model, MANE 499 is organized to introduce students to state-of-the-art principles of A&D design and manufacturing. This approach approximates that studentsare working a real world aerospace factory in which tasks are assigned, feedback is given, andperformance is evaluated. Standard project management tools and techniques (Work BreakdownStructure, Gantt chart, configuration management, documentation control, and lean methods) wereused to manage and monitor tasks, schedules, performance
friend. 𝑥̅ = 4.2 𝑠 = 1.1 𝑛 = 15 67% Guidance/Teaching SQ11. I respect my mentor’s ability to teach 𝑥̅ = 4.9 𝑠 = 0.5 𝑛 = 15 93% others.ActivitiesThe theme of activities came up only in the interviews. The mentees interviewed describedseveral instances where they pursued challenges, created a project, and accomplished a goal.These activities were mostly led by the mentee, with collaborative support from the mentor. Bothinterviewees mentioned their final projects in the interviews. One interviewee stated that the finalproject was a highlight of the program and explained that “what really stood out about SchulichIgnite for me was how they constantly love to challenge me.”The survey data supports
Engineering Education, 2021 Lemons into Lemonade!AbstractThis paper discusses a trial of offering two senior/first-year graduate classes in a 7-week format,one following the other. Thus, a student could complete two courses (6-credits), dealing with twoclosely related topics, in one semester. In this case, the courses were Digital CommunicationSystems and Wireless Communications.During the first week of the first 7-week course, all of the in-class demonstrations and hands-onexperiences needed to be shifted to online/remote delivery. This was primarily accomplishedusing the Amazon Web Services (AWS) AppStream, cloud computing system.The planned real-world signal capture and analysis project changed to an optional
8. Opinion survey of undergraduate students about Collaborative Remote Lab.Student CommentsIn students’ responses to the question “The most helpful thing about this project has been:”commonly mentioned themes were that the hands-on, teamwork, and visual experience werehelpful to learning, and self-paced learning. Below are some sample responses: • Was being able to see how each joint differed in the way it moved the robot. Although there were three rotating joints, they all produced a vastly different range of motion. • It helped me visualize how an operator views and controls a robot using an ip address. Also, helped me understand the importance of knowing the work envelope of a robot and its limitations
curriculum toimprove students’ understanding of fundamental concepts and increase student interest andperformance.This project's primary objective is to transform a first-year mechanical engineering course,Computing Applications in Mechanical Engineering (ENGR 1121) by providing students with abetter learning experience and access to inexpensive learning resources (textbook material). Thecourse covers computing applications in Microsoft Excel, MATLAB, and Mathcad. Prior toSpring 2021, the Excel and MATLAB components relied on standard textbooks and the Mathcadportion on instructor notes provided free to students. This project aims to replace the textbookused for the MATLAB portion of the course with free and open resources available online in
student performance 3.08 expectations Progress on research projects 3.02 Engagement in the scientific community (e.g., presentations, professional 2.97 networks)Open Ended Responses. In response to a prompt about what experiences in graduate schoolhave been factors related to their success and influenced career goals, three themes emergedfrom the answers the graduate students provided. The main theme found in the open-ended responses included the influential nature that acommunity of support that
Doctorate (EngD): Developing Leaders for Tomorrow with Industry,” in CLAIU – EU (Council of Association of long-cycle Engineers, of a university or higher school of engineering of the European Union), Madrid, Spain, 2012.[2] Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council, “Project of setting up the professional degree of engineering doctor,” 8, March 2011. [Online]. Available: http://www.moe.gov.cn/srcsite/A22/moe_833/201103/t20110308_117376.html. [Accessed March 5, 2021].[3] L.Borrell-Damian, R. Morais, and J. H. Smith, “Collaborative Doctoral Edu cation in Europe: Research Partnerships and Employability for Researchers Report on Doc-Careers II Project,” Brussels: European University Associat- ion. [Online
training to classes as well as one-on-one trainings with students on various software that involve 3D printing, CAD/CAM Design, media production and web services, while also providing technological support to students and faculty with the UGLC’s building and technology infrastructure for events and classes. Karla is also a part of the Tech-E program which exposes k-12 students to a range of emerging technologies through Project-Based Learning opportunities that prepares them for future career and degree choices in STEAM.Nora Cuvelier, University of Texas at El PasoDr. Ivonne Santiago P.E., University of Texas at El Paso Dr. Ivonne Santiago is a Clinical Professor of the Civil Engineering (CE) Department at the University
Paper ID #34883Pandemic! Influencing Girls’ Fear of Failure in a STEM + ComputationalThinking Program (Work in Progress)Dr. Henriette D. Burns, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Henriette is a STEM Fellow at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. She has worked at Johnson & Johnson, Abbott Labs, Baxter Labs, Tenneco, Monsanto, Frucon Construction, SC Johnson Wax and HP as a design engineer, a manufacturing engineer and a project manager. She holds an engineering degree from Northwestern University, an MBA from University of Oregon, an MiT and a Ph.D. in Math/Science Education from Washington State University
CS II, may alsoend up taking the same higher-level courses as students that have taken CS I and CS II.We study student performance in the two courses CS I and CS II to investigate the relationshipbetween grades in these two courses and advanced courses such as Object-oriented ProblemSolving, Data Structures, and Capstone Software Engineering course. The analysis of student datahelps us answer the research questions.Software Engineering is an advanced course that utilizes concepts learned in foundation coursesas well as 200- and 300-level courses. Students take up a term project and go through all phasesof software development i.e., Requirement gathering, Design, Development, Testing andDeployment. It is for this reason that we consider
chain iscreated (through the generation of a genesis/root block), no one has access to modify the genesisblock itself, however, participants can add additional blocks to the chain but not modify them oncemined or validated. There is no way to start over in the public blockchain implementation whichmakes teaching blockchain technology using public platforms extremely challenging. The mainreason is the abstract concept of the blockchain which presents a significant challenge to introduc-ing the blockchain technology in the undergraduate curriculum and demystifying the blockchainnetwork and its inner workings.In this project, two students and their advisor embarked on defining, designing, constructing, andconfiguring a Private Blockchain
two degrees in Mechatronics Engineering in Jordan and Malaysia, respectively. In 2012 I graduated from UNLV with Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and immediately joined Southeastern as an Assistant Professor. I work in the area where Mechanical meets with Electronics to produce a nice mix called Mechatronics. I enjoy working with students while teaching in classroom, or in the lab doing research.Tireka Cobb Ph.D., Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance Dr. Tireka Cobb serves as the Director of LOSFA Field Outreach Services and Project Director for Louisiana GEAR UP. She and her team work to remove barriers and to promote, provide, and prepare students for their future post-secondary journey. Dr. Cobb has a
Kaiphanliam is a doctoral candidate in the Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bio- engineering at Washington State University (WSU). Her research focuses include miniaturized, hands-on learning modules for engineering education and bioreactor design for T cell manufacturing. She has been working with Prof. Bernard Van Wie on the Educating Diverse Undergraduate Communities with Affordable Transport Equipment (EDUC-ATE) project since Fall of 2017.Olufunso Oje, Olufunso Oje is a Masters student in the Educational Psychology program at Washington State University. His research interests include learning strategies in engineering education and multimedia learning. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and
opportunity to lead an impactul Project Lead the Way (PLTW) Principles of Engineering (PoE) course, a project-based learning survey of the engineering discipline. Since the Summer of 2015 I have been privileged to work with the Texas A and M Sketch Recognition Lab (TAMU SRL) to evaluate a couple of online tutorial tools (Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS)) cur- rently under development, Mechanix and Sketchtivity, that provide immediate constructive feedback to the students and student-level metrics to the instructors. I presented on this work at the state and national PLTW Conventions and at CPTTE in 2016. I also spent 5 semesters beginning the Fall of 2015 taking online courses learning how to construct and de
scientists and engineers, laboratory and design notebooksrecord a project from its start to completion. When done well, these notebooks are an inherentlyreflective practice on one’s own learning, understanding, and decision-making process [6]. Wehypothesize that reflection, especially if done while learning (e.g., lab notebooks) in addition toreflection after receiving SBG feedback, will improve student mastery in “problemidentification” and “interpretation”.This work-in-progress aims to determine if there are differences in mastery (quantified bystandards-based grading of lab reports) across different reflection implementations (post-assignment reflections, post-assignment reflections + reflection while doing with laboratorynotebook). In addition