. Thiscourse also includes a renewable energy project in which students presented their research in classand submitted a professional writing report.There are excellent textbooks in electrical engineering circuits [1], [2], [3], electrical powersystems, and AC and DC electrical machinery [4], [5], [6] that contain the fundamental theoreticalconcepts. In addition, many universities worldwide develop laboratory-based software for teachingelectrical machine systems. Belu and Husanu set up virtual laboratories for software-basedexperiments to provide the opportunity for distance and flexible learning for students [7]. Leedypresented a dynamic model for an induction motor using Simulink/MATLAB software inundergraduate electric machines and power
protocols. ERCs’ efforts could thenbe better spent developing more specific, sophisticated, and time-intensive evaluation tools todeepen and enrich the overall ERC evaluation efforts. The implementation of such a suite ofinstruments would further allow each ERC to compare its efforts to those across other ERCs asone data point for assessing its effectiveness and informing its improvement efforts. Members ofa multi-ERC collaborative team, funded by the NSF, have been leading a project developing asuite of common instruments and protocols which contains both quantitative and qualitativetools. This paper reports on the development of a set of qualitative instruments that, to date,includes the following: (a) a set of interview/focus group protocols
general engineering. He has won several awards for excellence in instruction; most recently the Saul K. Fenster Award for Innovation in Engineering Education. His research focuses on increasing diversity in STEM education and the STEM workforce. He has received multiple grants to run workforce development training programs as well as undergraduate research experience programs to train underrepresented minority and first-generation students. He is the Founding Director of NJIT's Grand Challenges Scholars Program. He also has worked on several research projects, programs, and initiatives to help students bridge the gap between high school and college as well as to prepare students for the rigors of mathematics. He is also
, studies how to improve the quality of classroom assessments and evaluation of online learning in a variety of engineering education contexts. She holds a PhD in Educational Psychology and a M.A. in Educational Studies, with focus on school counseling. She is a co-PI on the SCALE project, leading the evaluation and assessment efforts. She recently received an NSF award to study engineering instructor decisions and student support during COVID-19 and impact the pandemic is having on engineering students. She also recently won the prestigious CAREER award from the U.S. National Science Foundation to study increasing the fairness of engineering assessments. In total, she has been on the leadership of more than $24 million
scope and rigor of the design project has changed in EGR 215 primarily due to thevarying backgrounds in coding experience that the transfer students have. It was decided initiallyto focus primarily on mechanical aspects of engineering design (and not involve circuits orprogramming) in EGR 215, with the development of a Rube Goldberg project. The first projectchosen was “Pour a Bowl of Cereal”. Students in the class were broken into teams of five or sixstudents based primarily on their schedules outside of class by using the team building tool,CATME. Once provided the prompt of the design challenge, individuals were assigned to writean algorithm for pouring a bowl of cereal. Then, in class, the individuals on each team developedan agreed upon
student engagement and learning [8-14]. Introduction of real-world problems in the class not only allows students to masterappropriate techniques and technologies, but allows the students to design strategies for solvingproblems and practice an overall process of inquiry as well.We have designed a laboratory course in Quantitative Engineering Physiology where studentsidentify a problem in the cancer field and carry out experimentation to test their hypothesis. Inour course design, giving autonomy to students to identify a biomedical problem and providingthem opportunity to perform hands-on experimentation, allowed students to be creative andinvolved with the project work.Course DesignOur laboratory course is a required senior level course in the
of The Ohio State University. Challenges arising due to the transition to and fromdistance learning modalities were observed in the first-year engineering courses, Fundamentals ofEngineering I and Fundamentals of Engineering II. These courses are two-credit hours each andintroduce engineering problem-solving, data analysis, project-based learning, computerprogramming, 3-D Modeling and simulation, project management, and teamwork. Teachingstrategies adopted by the instructors including restructuring the course, revisioning the assessmentof course goals, and utilizing alternative approaches to assess student performance will bediscussed in this paper. The findings of this paper will provide an opportunity for educators tolearn from the unique
variability in project andexam grades, respectively, were explained by the Realizeit score. This was a markedimprovement over the relationship of homeworks and quizzes to exams and projects in an earliersemester without AL elements. Student feedback exposed the need for more examples andpractice questions. Faculty reported students were more aware of concepts requiring support andasked more pertinent questions. In addition, faculty perceptions were more positive when ALmaterials were graded elements that substantially replaced non-AL course material compared towhen they were used to supplement existing course materials. These results suggest that AL canenhance connections in the introductory mechanics sequence, but emphasize that adaptivecontent and
engineering information literacy, engineers' information-seeking behaviors, digital library, and information discovery.Weiling Liu Professor and Head of Ofce of Libraries Technology (OLT) at University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA. She manages OLT, provides leadership and coordination on technology projects, including evaluation, planning, and implementation, and supports library systems and applications. Her professional interests include statistical analysis, information retrieval, access, systems integration, e-resources management, resource discovery, project management, and data management. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022
Paper ID #38006Software Engineering and Security: Lessons LearnedCreating a New Course in Security from a SoftwareEngineering PerspectiveKevin A Gary (Associate Professor) Kevin Gary is an Associate Professor of Software Engineering in the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence (SCAI) at Arizona State University. He is a founding member of ASU's Software Engineering program, former Program Chair, and current ABET Coordinator of the program. At ASU he has led multiple curricular development efforts in software engineering notably security and agile methods. He is the creator of the Software Enterprise project
analysis on the collaborative use ofAndromeda in an 8th grade technology education class. Students were given two engineeringprojects through WhiteBox Learning: Survival Shelter 2.0 and Dragster 2.0. WhiteBox Learningis a webbased STEM education software that allows students to learn STEM concepts, such asintroductory physics, and practice the engineering design process. Survival Shelter 2.0 andDragster 2.0 are two design projects that let students create an emergency survival shelter forhikers and a CO2 racecar, respectively. In this case, students used WhiteBox Learning to create,analyze, and simulate their project designs. Between design iterations, the class explored theirdesigns in Andromeda with the teacher acting as the facilitator. That
2013 and 2019. Ten stream sites within the upstream area of the Tuscarawassubbasin were identified for surface water sampling and drainage areas delineation. Moreover,forest fragmentation was assessed for the delineated drainage areas. Overall, the focus on asubwatershed allowed us to solely understand the impacts of -production-induced landscapingalteration, and associated changes to water quality. Statistical analysis was used to determine thetemporal and spatial variations in local surface water quality within the sub-basin and aided tocorrelate the changes in water quality with landscaping alteration and energy productionactivities. The project results are also expected to assist the establishment of state guidelines andpolicies to
-assessment, was used as part of a solid mechanics course offered to first year engineeringstudents at the University of Waterloo. In this course, first-year engineering students wererequired to complete various hands-on lab activities, and a final project as a group. Oncesubmitting their initial work on the platform, they were then required to individually assess theirpeers’ work, and then individually reflect on the grades that they received. The grade theyreceived for their group work, the quality of their peer evaluations, and the feedback theyprovided on the grades they received from their peers were all factors of their final individualgrade for each assessment. This encouraged students to evaluate each other’s work in a genuinemanner
papers in peer-reviewed conference proceedings, and given 12 technical presentations. He was the 2011-12 recipient of the Armstrong State University Award for Distinguished Faculty Service to the Community. He was also the 2017-18 recipient of the Georgia Southern-Armstrong Campus Award for Distinguished Faculty Service to the University based on his work to improve campus diversity and contributions to faculty senate.Priya T Goeser (Professor)Josiah Thomas HackerThomas Dean Snyder Thomas Snyder graduated summa cum laude from Georgia Southern University in 2021 with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. During his undergraduate studies he participated in numerous research projects as well as worked as a
support. Evidence of effectiveness includes high graduationrates, career placement rates of students, and student perceptions of preparation for meeting ourprogram educational objectives. Perspectives from faculty new to the program and current andformer students illustrate the personal impact of the model.IntroductionThe Department of Integrated Engineering (IE) at Minnesota State University, Mankato housesupper-division project-based and co-op-based programs at two different off-campus locations.Student engineers in the programs are primarily transfer students from two-year colleges andspend at least two years in our programs to complete their BS in Engineering, thus creating a 2+2learning experience. The curriculum includes technical knowledge
Paper ID #37024Designing the Engineers Without Borders USA ProfessionalPreparation Study SurveysPaul A. Leidig Paul A. Leidig is a PhD candidate in Engineering Education and a member of the instructional team for the Engineering Projects In Community Service (EPICS) program at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. He received his Bachelors of Science in Architectural Engineering from the Milwaukee School of Engineering and Masters of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Mr. Leidig is licensed as a Professional Engineer in the state of Colorado and has six
already eliminated some aspects of the literature fromconsideration. Specifically, due to staffing issues, the current librarian-staffed reference deskmodel is no longer feasible at Mines. The library is organized in a functional staffing model,making initiatives that require large numbers of liaison or reference-focused librarians difficult toimplement. Therefore, the authors are concentrating this literature review on larger models andissues rather than debates on desk location or staff organization.At the outset of the project, the authors were interested in exploring libraries using the term“concierge” to describe their services. This portion of the literature uses the term to describe avariety of programs from welcome desks to consolidated
federal funds for DOD research, development, test, and evaluation, a great deal of research inengineering goes to the design or development of technologies for the military [10]. Thisincludes a great deal of work by engineers in companies that aren’t identified as militarycontractors. For example, several top tech companies, including Amazon, Google, andMicrosoft all have past, current, or proposed projects with the DOD [11]. It is challenging togauge exactly how much engineering research is military-related, but a sense of the figure can beseen by looking at the percent of federal monies that go towards military research. In 2020, theUS National Science Board reported that about 44% of the federal monies directed to scienceand engineering
resources needed for positive and long-lasting COIL implementations here. In addition, we offer a plan to implement a short-term COIL-based project in a chemical engineering course with faculty participants from the US and ElSalvador. Any engineering educators planning to implement COIL activities can use thesesuggestions. Ultimately, this low-cost pedagogy could significantly aid in promoting cultural,technical, and global competence in engineering students in the next post-pandemic years.A. Introduction and BackgroundA.1 What is COIL? An introduction to the reviewCollaborative Online International Learning (COIL) aims to connect students and faculty indiscussions, teaching, or collaborative learning projects with higher education
Opportunities for Engineering Students’ Empathy Engagement in Community-based Learning1. IntroductionCommunity-Based Learning (CBL) is an experiential pedagogy that involves a communitypartner in the learning process [1]. Through working with a real partner in engineering, CBLprovides the learning platform to educate students to develop interpersonal skills and becomesocially-engaged engineers who prioritize understanding the needs of the community [2], [3]. InCBL, engineering students learn to develop authentic relationships with community partnerswhen doing engineering projects. This deepened interpersonal relationship between the studentsand the communtiy can positively influence student learning and the quality and sustainability ofthe
an Evidence-based Practice. The research describes the current status of theaffirmative sustainable support for scholars in energy technologies (ASSSET) program andexplores its potential impact on the graduate and retention of engineering students. This NSF S-STEM funded project provides scholarships and educational support to low-income,academically talented students entering and pursuing engineering studies at the University ofLouisiana at Lafayette. Its main objective is to increase the retention and graduation in fieldsrelated to energy technology. It supports students in the chemical, civil, electrical, mechanical,industrial technology and petroleum engineering. The ASSSET program was developed with theplan of incorporating evidenced
consecutive NIH Science Education Partnership Awards, this model has been adapted in different ways to serve thousands of middle school and high school students across the district. He drew from this model to form the basis of an international educational reform effort for 173 schools in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. This three year project resulted in the creation of two STEM-based model schools, a reformation of all science and mathematics standards and the creation of thirteen high school courses with aim to improve student retention and increase the STEM workforce. His work is supported by three different NSF awards to improve access to Computer Science for middle and high school students, increase the
,advanced R&D testing and troubleshooting, and automation and controls. This work-in-progressdetails the development of the SkyBayTech Electronics Technician program at SkylineCommunity College, a small Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) in the San Francisco Bay Area.Funded by the National Science Foundation’s Advancing Technological Education (ATE)program, the SkyBayTech program is designed to meet current local workforce needs throughhands-on and project-based learning experiences for students to gain the knowledge, skills, andcompetencies needed within the local technician workforce. The paper and poster detail: (1)needs assessment within the local workforce, (2) newly developed curriculum and stackablecertificates in electronics technology
approach in this project is guided by a constructivism framework developedspecifically for learning through gamification [12]. This learning framework is based on thefollowing six essentials:Modeling: This involves taking advantage of the learners’ prior knowledge and providing themwith background knowledge related to the learning objectives of the game. The goal of modelingis to enable students to build a conceptual model of the process required to attain the game’slearning objectives.Reflection: This involves the process by which the learners logically organize their thoughts andconnect their preliminary ideas to separate the more important presumptions from less importantones. The modeling and the reflection phases help learners form their
Paper ID #36428Using Topology Optimization in an UndergraduateClassroom SettingSubodh Subedi Subodh C. Subedi is a PhD candidate at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is currently working towards his PhD on design for metal additive manufacturing. During his graduate studies, he has worked as a Teaching Assistant (TA) for courses such as Machine Component design, Computer Aided Engineering, and Design Optimization. He is passionate about teaching and has been mentoring undergraduate students in Capstone projects. Apart from graduate studies, he has been actively involved
such as imbalanced datasets in rare diseases ordatasets with many missing values. Feature extraction (certain characteristics of the signal orimage) techniques are not discussed at length but are addressed per relevant example. Assessment in this course includes homework (formative assessment: conceptual andcoding problems), a midterm exam (summative assessment: conceptual and calculationproblems) and a group project (summative assessment). The group project provides studentswith an opportunity to get hands-on experience of how one would approach a real-worldbiomedical problem of choice. The project involves literature review, securing and preparingdataset, implementing at least two ML algorithms and model evaluation (see Appendix C
betweenpractitioner writing samples from different disciplines. For example, the academic physicswriting style had significant differences in voice, diction, and development from mechanicalengineering writing, and mechanical engineering writing had significant differences in the sameaspects when compared with academic structural (civil) engineering and electrical engineeringwriting. In the present work, the authors analyze the “analysis reports” written by senior-levelMechanical Engineering Technology (MET) students as part of their senior design sequence.The Senior Design Sequence and Analysis ReportThe student design projects span two-semesters. The analysis reports are written at thebeginning of the second semester. All but one of the projects were for
Science Departments (IUSE/PFE: RED) grant, our vision is to focuson faculty development and culture change to reduce the effort and risk experienced by faculty inimplementing pedagogical changes and to increase iterative, data-driven changes in teaching.Our project, called Teams for Creating Opportunities for Revolutionizing the Preparation ofStudents (TCORPS), is an adaptation of the “Additive innovation” model proposed by ArizonaState University [1].The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University has a long legacy ofindividualistic and---in many cases---a fixed mindset [2] approach to teaching with theexpectation of top-down management of change. The goal of our project is to evolve thedepartmental culture to a bottom-up
travel depends on a well-trained workforce of aviation maintenancetechnicians (AMT). Air travel plays a crucial role in the United States economy [1]; Accordingto Boeing Pilot and Technician Outlook 2021-2040 Report, there will be a demand for 626,000technicians in the coming years. The Aviation Technician Education Council (2018) estimates a37% increase in the number of mechanics needed annually. The COVID-19 pandemic abruptlyhalted in-person learning in aviation maintenance training schools (AMTS)since they relyheavily on hands-on learning. This research project explores how AMTS responded to thepandemic's effect on education.TheoryThe resilience engineering (RE) framework is a "proactive approach" that looks for ways tomonitor risks
. c) Monograph – a research project encompassing 80 hours supervised by a professor on a topic related to Control and Automation Engineering. The student is also required to deliver a technical report and give a presentation of the work to the supervisor and another expert not linked to the project.Complementary activities and research carried out in the laboratories briefly described in the nextsection will provide for industry orientation, as activities are part of industry projects beingdeveloped in those laboratories.The classroom activities were selected and grouped from available (i.e. already existing) options byan interdisciplinary team with representatives from the Departments of Systems and Control, FlightMechanics