problems andhands-on lab activities illustrate new approaches to introduce students to graphical techniquesand robotics through excel software and scope of laboratory experiences, respectively. Thecourse trains students how to use excel tool to graph and interpret the data through visualizationand introduce them to simple computer programming for path planning and navigation of robots.The initial observations and results are in favor of promoting visualizations and concepts ofrobotics.IntroductionVisualization and robotics are rapidly developing disciplines in engineering and science. The useof visual aids in learning process has been recognized by many educators and researchers [1-3].Various studies report that 75 percent of all information
same in all environments even though the syntax may differ.ENGR 111 also uses Arduinos and their associated Arduino Programming Language (APL). TheArduino Uno is the chosen microcontroller for the ENGR 111 course since it is an excellent toolto teach basic circuitry, programming, and the interaction of the two.Scaffolded lessons are used in ENGR 111 to introduce the students to circuitry, programming onthe Arduino, and interfacing between an Arduino and circuits. The lessons began with basicstand-alone circuits using breadboard, basic components, and wires. Programming the Arduino isnext. The programming lessons focus on basic programming concepts and how to interact withan Arduino. These programming lessons also discuss the similarities and
the decision. Our perspective of the impacts of adecision are rooted in our personal experiences, relationships, and assumptions aboutstakeholders. On top of this, our reflexive response may conflict with our cognitive response andresult in rationalizations about the decision. Removing self when cognitively analyzing a casestudy may be possible, but is problematic when faced with an actual ethical conflict.From an instructional perspective, we should also be wary of making large imaginative leaps, ormaking assumptions that a student can quickly learn and apply an unfamiliar ethical frameworkto a scenario and come away with learning that will change their future behavior. Prince andFelder [19] point out that any teaching method that requires a
Paper ID #36935Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Statics Recitation CourseBrian Lani Brian Lani is a Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at Penn State Behrend. He received his B.S. (2012) and M.S. (2014) in Aerospace Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University. He started his career as a Design and Development Engineer with AmSafe Bridport before joining Behrend in 2015. Brian teaches Introduction to Engineering Design, Statics, Statics Recitation, Properties and Processing of Engineering Materials, Materials Testing Laboratory, Engineering for Manufacturing, and Additive Manufacturing Laboratory.Charlotte
Paper ID #37234Students’ changing perceptions of programming skills inMaterials Science and EngineeringSusan P. Gentry (Assistant Professor of Teaching) Dr. Susan P. Gentry is an Associate Professor of Teaching Materials Science and Engineering at the University of California, Davis. In her current position at UC Davis, she is integrating computational modules into the undergraduate and graduate materials curriculum. One of her interests is in students’ computational literacy and life-long learning of computational materials science tools. © American Society for Engineering Education
initial tensor componentsand the rotation to be applied, and the program displays the final results without any intermediatehistory) or not widely available (e.g., [20]). In response, the present authors have developedapplications that illustrate three-dimensional tensor transformations dynamically, in real time.This paper documents the development of these applications and serves as their public debut.Of particular relevance to the present work, we note that Pirker [21] has used virtual reality (VR)to create a virtual “educational physics laboratory” and has compared the efficacy of the VRexperience on mobile devices versus in the classroom. The results of Pirker’s study [21] indicatethat the mobile experience profits from more flexibility and
microfluidics devices with application to diagnostics and therapeutics. He is also internationally known for pushing the envelope on the use of renewable materials and non-traditional techniques such as origami and robocasting to manufacture shaped geometries that serve as precursors to architected carbon and carbide structures. At the nanoscale, his group is innovating ways to use microbial factories as nanoweavers of biofibers. A recurrent theme in his Multiscale Manufacturing Laboratory is assessing the effect of processing on the properties of carbonaceous materials and structures at multiple length scales, towards tailoring their performance. At Clemson University he teaches manufacturing processes and their application, as well
marginalized communities. To “bridge the gap,” NSF introduced the ResearchExperience for Teachers (RET) program [14]. As part of the RET program, high school teachersget exposure to graduate-level research activities. Upon completing the summer RET program,teachers become much more well-versed in science and technology and demonstrate how toincorporate their understanding into their everyday teaching activities [15].The Smart City Research Experience for Undergraduates and Research Experience for Teachers(SCR2) Mega-Site program brings together 14 Historically Black Colleges and Universities(HBCUs) and one Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) in the field of smart city research. Startingin 2019, the SCR2 program connected URM students and teachers with
Paper ID #36477Hydropower from Gutters: Generating Electricity fromRainwaterBala Maheswaran (Professor) Bala Maheswaran is currently a senior faculty in the College of Engineering, Northeastern University. He has contributed and authored over one hundred publications consisting of original research and education-related papers, and conference proceedings. He has over twenty years of experience in teaching at Northeastern University. He is the Chair of the Engineering Physics Division, ASEE, Chair and executive board member, ASEE NE Section; the co-chair of TASME Conference (Technological Advances in Science
understanding of technical (energy, climate change, etc.) and nontechnical(economic, ethical, etc.) subjects and reported that students developed confidence discussingscientific concepts after the course [20], [21]. Some studies were focused on civil andenvironmental engineers [22], [23], [24], some were courses/modules on sustainability forliberal arts or architecture majors [25], [26], [27], while others have investigated studentdifficulties learning about environmental concepts like the carbon cycle in a biology courses forall majors [28]. All these authors have pointed out the difficulties in teaching students ofdifferent majors and identified important differences between cohorts.The body of educational research on the climate crisis
selected toparticipate in various additive manufacturing design, processing, and fabrication research projects.Over a ten-week program, students are mentored by faculty, post-docs, and graduate students, andparticipate in training via coursework as well as guided and tiered mentoring within and acrossmaterials science laboratories associated with project investigators and their teams.E. Sampling The sample included in this study consists of five representative students sampled from alarger group of 60 REU student participants surveyed and interviewed by the author team (Blackand/or Latinx women) across five cohorts. These students were drawn from the most recent pre-pandemic cohort (Summer 2019), to limit potential noise associated with COVID
myself from others.I enjoy when my friends from other cultures teach me about our cultural differences.I consciously behave in terms of making a difference.I am open to people who strive to live lives very different from my own life style. A. Transferrable Skills & Global Competence Results of the survey indicate an increase in self assessed transferrable (i.e., soft,employability) skills. Students who participated in ELCIR reported they have strongerleadership, time management, and interpersonal (social) skills; are more able to work effectivelyindependently and with others; and are better equipped to work through obstacles or challengesfollowing the program. Independ travel and research engagement has shown o increase
is expected to satisfy certain institutionallearning outcomes, including teaching students how to think critically, how to communicateclearly in a technical context, and how to apply engineering methods, design methodology inparticular. In its current state, the course falls short in meeting several of the institutionaloutcomes. In a series of conversations and meetings, the department faculty and leadershipidentified various deficiencies in the course with respect to meeting these outcomes, the mostprominent of which was the lack of curriculum dedicated to teaching and practicing engineeringdesign. To better achieve these outcomes, the course was redesigned during the summer of 2021,and three experimental sections of this course were taught
interdisciplinarity show that some engineering problems, the solutions towhich are rooted in different disciplines, require a flexible, creative, and innovative perspective[4], [7]. Social enterprises are also interested in innovative, marketable solutions that ensurefinancial sustainability and feasibility for the organization, as well as creating a positive impacton the society they serve [11]-[12]. Therefore, not only are these ways of thinking important ontheir own, but it is practical to teach them together. This study seeks to understand how aninterdisciplinary narrative embedded into an undergraduate engineering design class cancontribute to students’ development of EM and interdisciplinary competence. Theinterdisciplinary narrative used in this study
Wisconsin-Madison. She is interested in embodied cognition and design in mathematics education.Mitchell Nathan Mitchell J. Nathan (he | him), Ph.D., BSEE, is the Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Learning Sciences, in the Educational Psychology Department in the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with affiliate appointments in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction, and the Department of Psychology. Dr. Nathan investigates the nature of meaning and its role in knowledge, learning, and teaching in K-16 engineering, mathematics, and integrated STEM (science, technology, mathematics, and engineering) contexts. His research emphasis is on the embodied, cognitive, and social nature of
University's Biomedical Engineering Department (Shantou, Guangdong, China) and an instructional post-doctoral fellow for the University of Michigan's Transforming Engineering Education Laboratory (Ann Arbor, MI). Her educational research interests include the evolution of students' perceptions of biomedical engineering and career goals.Martell Cartiaire Bell Mechanical Engineering PhD student at the University of IowaEmma Treadway (Assistant Professor) Emma Treadway received the B.S. degree in Engineering Science from Trinity University in 2011, and her M.S.E. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 2017 and 2019, respectively. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department
Paper ID #37942Yielding and Fracture and Block Shear, Oh My! (Best in 5Session)Anthony Battistini Dr. Anthony Battistini is an Assistant Professor in the David L. Hirschfeld Department of Engineering at Angelo State University. His expertise is in structural design, with an emphasis in steel bridge structures and connections. “Dr. Batts”, as his students call him, aspires to provide students with a quality and enjoyable experience in the classroom. He is actively engaged in improving the quality of education across the country through his participation as an Assistant Mentor in the ASCE ExCEEd Teaching
Mines. He served as Chair, Disciplinary Literacy in Science and as Associate Director, Engineering Education Research Center at the University of Pittsburgh; Director of Research & Development for a multimedia company; and as founding Director of the Center for Integrating Research & Learning (CIRL) at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory. His current efforts focus on innovation of teaching practices in STEM fields and systemic change within higher education.Deb Jordan Director of the Trefny Innovative Instruction Center at Colorado School of Mines; leading the team in their work with faculty and staff to continuously expand high-quality, research-based, and innovative learning experiences for Mines
Rehabilitation from the University of Bologna, Italy. He currently teaches a Materials Laboratory course for undergraduate students of Civil & Mechanical Engineering students. Mr. Arslaner’s main research interests are in the areas of engineering education and historic buildings. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com 3D Printed Composite Body Illustrating Area and Mass Moment of Inertia with Mohr’s Circle and Pole MethodAbstractA 3D printed composite body connects the math intensive concept of area moment of inertia tothe real world. When studying area moment of
Environmental Engineering at Oregon State University. He is involved in the development of technology-based educational systems, particularly in the areas of concept-based instruction, adaptive learning, and interactive simulation of physical phenomena.Julie Tucker Dr. Tucker earned her B.S. in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Missouri – Rolla. She attended graduate school at the University of Wisconsin – Madison as a Naval Nuclear Propulsion Fellow, where she received her M.S. and Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering with a minor in Materials Science in 2008. After graduation, Dr. Tucker spent five years as a Principal Scientist at Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory in Schenectady, NY studying the thermal stability of structural
conducted studies by using the facilities of institutions such as Argonne National Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and Carnegie Institution of Washington. Before joining JU, he also worked as a Design and Production Engineer for the defense company Aselsan Inc. (1999-2004) and as a faculty at Muskingum University (2009-2015). Dr. Selvi currently focuses his activities on Engineering Education field as it relates to our new design-based curriculum contents such as design thinking, project based learning, sustainable design, and service learning.Ron EdelenMarjan Eggermont (Teaching Professor)Murat Tiryakioglu (Professor)Justin R. Hall © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022
designation from Ontario; and his B.Sc. in Environmental Science from Calvin University. His interests include industrial cybersecurity, process integration, industrial system architecture, and education in technical disciplines.Sanjeev Bedi (Professor and Director) (University of Waterloo) Dr. Sanjeev Bedi, Professor in Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, Director of the Engineering Ideas Clinic: Sanjeev Bedi holds the Waterloo-NSERC Chair in Immersive Design Engineering Activities. He has extensive experience teaching engineering design and has focussed his teaching on improving student learning through introduction of real- world problem solving within undergraduate curricula. His research interests lie in advanced
abstract to a scientific meeting” (𝑝 < 0.001,Pre 3.36 ± 0.81; Post 4.50 ± 0.92);“Write a first draft of a manuscript intended for publication by yourself” (𝑝 < 0.05,Pre 2.42 ±1.00; Post 3.56 ± 0.96); “Write using correct grammar” (𝑝 < 0.05,Pre 4.25 ± 0.45; Post4.80 ± 0.40); “Continue to revise a manuscript multiple times after receiving negative feedbackfrom your mentor or reviewers” (𝑝 < 0.001,Pre 3.58 ± 1.03; Post 4.60 ± 0.49); and “Writewith minimal help because your skills are strong enough" (𝑝 < 0.05,Pre 3.17 ± 1.03; Post4.00 ± 0.77)Lessons Learned: Due to faculty experience of online teaching during the pandemic, theprofessional development vine was highly impactful despite the transition online for summer2021. In future
student outcomes.Chris Venters (Assistant Professor) Chris Venters is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, USA. He teaches introductory courses in engineering design and mechanics and upper-level courses in fluid mechanics. He earned his Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech in 2014, and his research primarily focuses on conceptual understanding in engineering mechanics courses. He received his M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Virginia Tech and his B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from North Carolina State University.Charles Edward Goodman © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022
the outcome-based educational framework. She has also incorporated the Content, Assessment, Pedagogy (CAP) model to the development and redesign of courses, laboratories, and educational experiences implemented successfully in the course offerings at UPRM. Another research area includes the incorporation of Responsible well-being in faculty and students (undergraduate and graduate). Through an innovative research-based assessment plan, they determined the levels of moral development achieved by participants. In the past two years, Santiago has incorporated theories on social cognitive career choices and student attrition mitigation to investigate the effectiveness of institutional interventions in increasing the
Africa, Asia, and Central America to provide much needed educational content to entire classrooms using picoprojectors. In 2008, he established Class on a Chip, Inc. to commercialize an array of micro-experimental devices for use in engineering, physics, and MEMS classes. In 2014, he established a new class in the Whitacre College of Engineering, Technology Start-up Lab, which takes students through a process to develop their own technology projects for commercialization. Each summer, he teaches a class entitled Solar Energy, which includes a hands-on solar energy design project. Dr. Dallas has served as the principal investigator for two National Science Foundation sponsored Scholarships in STEM (S-STEM) projects, a
mathematical competencies of the students, many instructors have noted howdifficult it can be to teach new concepts, and at times, to “un-teach” misconceptions that studentshave already formed on some of the fundamental topics [1]. Examples of mechanics experimentshave been reported to help with students understanding, motivation, and concept retention [2],[3], [4], and [5].An experimental platform to study the bending behavior of beams has been under developmentfor several years by the authors [6], [7], and [8]. Originally, a portable, beam-bending apparatuswas designed and fabricated that (a) could fix a variety of metallic and nonmetallic beamspecimens in a cantilever fashion, (b) could apply point loading and monitor beam tipdisplacement and
significantly affected.Introduction and Background It is easy to say that the COVID-19 pandemic challenged teaching techniques andprocedures at traditional institutions of higher education, but quantifying these consequences ofCOVID is difficult, especially for engineering specialties. Did students perform better inengineering classes thanks to the responsiveness and availability of online instruction, or did theysuffer with the loss of laboratories and demonstrations in the standard classroom? Numerous researchers have grappled with this question, across many disciplines andaround the world. Fundamentally, it appears that COVID lockdown periods, especially thoseearly in the pandemic’s development (2020), increased the state of stress
carbon electrodes and microfluidics devices with application to diagnostics and therapeutics. He is also internationally known for pushing the envelope on the use of renewable materials and non-traditional techniques such as origami and robocasting to manufacture shaped geometries that serve as precursors to architected carbon and carbide structures. At the nanoscale, his group is innovating ways to use microbial factories as nanoweavers of biofibers. A recurrent theme in his Multiscale Manufacturing Laboratory is assessing the effect of processing on the properties of carbonaceous materials and structures at multiple length scales, towards tailoring their performance. At Clemson University he teaches manufacturing
Paper ID #37891Views about the Nature of Engineering Knowledge AmongSecondary (6-12) Technology and Engineering Teachers(FUNDAMENTAL)Ryan Brown (Dr.) Ryan is a Professor of Secondary Education and Associate Director/Coordinator of Graduate Programs in the School of Teaching and Learning at Illinois State University.Allison Antink-meyer (Associate Professor Science and STEM Education) Allison Antink-Meyer is a Professor in science and engineering education at Illinois State University with an emphasis in the nature of engineering knowledge and K-8 classrooms. © American Society for