Conference Session

Classroom Methodologies

Collection

2021 Illinois-Indiana Regional Conference

Authors

Mary Ann Frank, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis; Brenda Morrow, IUPUI- School of Engineering and Technology

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Classroom methodologies

understanding coursematerial and assignments. Positive impact on their understanding of elements and principles ofdesign, an integrated course objective for the interior design and art course, indicated 97%satisfied or very satisfied. When asked whether they perceived a positive impact on academicsuccess in the interior design course and art course, student response indicated 83.9% agreed orstrongly agreed.Respondents indicated a positive impact due to the amount of time spent together in the learningcommunity with 90% agree or strongly agree; and 84% agreed or strongly agreed that the © American Society for Engineering Education, 2021 2021 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference Proceedings | Paper ID 35129learning community

Conference Session

Classroom Methodologies

Collection

2021 Illinois-Indiana Regional Conference

Authors

Susan C. Brooks, Western Illinois University - Quad Cities

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Classroom methodologies

is an understanding that just because I didn’t integrate r dθ today,calculus is still the means of obtaining πr2.As students progress into their engineering courses, they find themselves immersed in a worldwhere math and science occur simultaneously. Typically, each week of an engineering courseintroduces at least one new concept with its accompanying vocabulary, constants, symbols,model, and resulting equations. As an engineering instructor, it is easy to begin believing thatthere just isn’t enough time to cover all the required material. It is tempting to cut corners.Technology is bounding ahead and there is important ‘new stuff’ that engineers need to know.By racing through the traditional fundamental topics (the modeling and the math

Conference Session

Classroom Methodologies

Collection

2021 Illinois-Indiana Regional Conference

Authors

John H. Mott, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Mary E. Johnson Ph.D., Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI)

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Classroom methodologies

Paper ID #35254Work-in-Progress: A Structured Approach to Graduate Program AssessmentDr. John H. Mott, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI) John H. Mott is an Associate Professor in the School of Aviation and Transportation Technology at Pur- due University. Dr. Mott serves as the Director of the Advanced Aviation Analytics Center of Research Excellence (A3IR-CORE) at Purdue. His research is focused on the modeling of distributed transporta- tion data and the development of related tools to facilitate improvements to the safety and efficiency of transportation systems.Prof. Mary E. Johnson Ph.D., Purdue University at

Conference Session

Labs and Experiential Learning

Collection

2021 Illinois-Indiana Regional Conference

Authors

Abdussalam Alawini, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Peilin Rao, UIUC; Leyao Zhou, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Lujia Kang; PING-CHE HO, PureStorage

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Labs and experiential learning

. While these courses teach multiple data models, they do not offer labs thatprovide students with insights into the tradeoffs between different data models. Such teachingmethodology hinders students’ ability to generalize the database knowledge to learning new datamodels. The primary motivation for developing TriQL is to bridge this gap. Thus, in this section,we discuss how we can integrate TriQL labs into a database curriculum, using CS 411 as anexample.CS 411 is an elective course taken primarily by graduate students or undergraduates nearing theend of their degree, with pre-requisites, including introduction to programming and datastructures. The course is structured to cover three main units: data models and query languages(relational model

Conference Session

Labs and Experiential Learning

Collection

2021 Illinois-Indiana Regional Conference

Authors

Benjamin D McPheron, Anderson University; Kenneth M Parson, Thor Motor Coach; Matthew Stein, Roger Williams University

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Labs and experiential learning

collect, sort, and deliver objects on a playfield. Thiscourse is an upper-level elective for ME, EE, CpE, and Computer Science students and currentlymeets for three contact hours a week. Many of the lessons learned by Stein were used in designingthe project, milestones, and pedagogical techniques in this work. Stein’s own course design workwas built on the foundation of many other studies [3]-[7].Cherng, et al. [3] provide a detailed discussion of their mechanical engineering senior electivecourse entitled Principles and Applications of Mechatronics System Design. Particular courseobjectives were to prepare ME undergraduate students in the area of integrating microcontrollers,provide the student with hands-on experiences, and to challenge

Conference Session

Diversity, Inclusion, and Access

Collection

2021 Illinois-Indiana Regional Conference

Authors

Samuel Darko; Gurcan Comert; Jessica Furrer, Benedict College; Andress Carter-Sims, Benedict College; Balaji Iyangar, Benedict College

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Diversity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Access

), and HBCUs (Gasmanand Nguyen, 2014, Toldson 2018, and Toldson, 2019) represent a unique venue through which toreach a large population of such students. This research focused on increasing retention rates andimproving academic and career success in the STEM disciplines at an open-enrollment HBCUthrough a hands-on and mentorship-focused research program. We have utilized the “ScientificVillage” model, where students interacted as peers assisting, encouraging, holding each otheraccountable, and interacted with faculty mentors. Incorporating hands-on research furtherstimulated and engaged students to enhance interest in STEM curriculum and careers. This was avoluntary, three-year, mixed-method, hands-on research program that tracked a cohort of