topics1. combination of college-level mathematics and sciences (some with laboratory and/or experimental experience) appropriate to the discipline.2. advanced technical and/or science topics appropriate to the program3. a general education component that complements the technical and scientific content of the curriculum and is consistent with the program and institution objectives.4. be prepared for practice in a field of applied or natural sciences through a curriculum culminating in comprehensive projects or experiences based on the cumulative knowledge and skills acquired in earlier course work..5 Data Science Curriculum5.1 Data Science Curriculum as a Computing ProgramData Science and similarly name programs
activities and team projectswith in-person students. The activities created for this project are grounded in the researchliterature on student engagement [1].Active LearningEngineering educators regard experiential learning as the best way to train the next generation ofengineers [4]. Towards this end, it is reasonable to believe that the interaction practiced in activelearning can improve software engineering education at the undergraduate level and betterprepare students for the experiential learning that comes with their capstone projects [3].Active learning is “embodied in a learning environment where the teachers and students areactively engaged with the content through discussions, problem-solving, critical thinking, debateand a host of other
Paper ID #37935Work-in-Progress: Redesigning an Introductory MechanicsCourse to Include Meaningful Design ExperiencesDamon KirkpatrickMichael Lawrence Anderson (Associate Professor) Mike Anderson is an Associate Professor and Director of Capstone Programs, Department of Mechanical Engineering, US Air Force Academy. He has pursued research in engineering education for several years in the areas of curriculum design and assessment, capstone design experiences, innovative design methodologies, and enhancing student creativity. In addition, he pursues technical research in autonomous systems, design of terrestrial and
introduces the concept of error propagation. The third laboratory (senior year) includes experiments related to thermo-fluids and heat transfer and is the culmination of experimental uncertainty analysis in preparation for students’ capstone design projects. All three labs heavily emphasize digital data acquisition so students are able to apply the learned analysis techniques on large amounts of real-world data. This paper details the framework of the uncertainty analysis across the 3-course sequence. Impacts are examined through data collected from the students in each lab, as well as a review of experimental data presentation from the summative Capstone Project presentations. Observations and
team’s conception of the nature of a design problem for a givenproject will have a marked effect on what criteria and constraints are identified, what ideas areexplored, what models or prototypes are tested, and ultimately what artifact emerges from theirprocess. For engineering design instructors, deeply capturing students' conceptions of theirdesign problem could prove to be a useful reflection tool for design projects, particularlycapstone design. While student generated problem statements and enumeration of criteria andconstraints begin to reveal students' design problem conceptions, these formats may not allowthe full details of students' understanding of the problem to emerge. In this work we propose toadapt an approach used in policy
the time, energy, and writing skills needed to complete a thesis. TheSEnS GPS program has participated in conversations at the department level about graduateprogram curriculum changes. These conversations have not been fruitful in some areas, but someconversations have resulted in significant shifts to capstone experiences. One program entirelyredesigned the range of options available for MS capstone experiences. Students now have theopportunity to complete a thesis, a project with their employer, or case studies. These changesare already showing dividends in the number of students interested in pursuing an MS degree butand applying to graduate programs. Students for whom financial burdens are notable haveanecdotally noted that these changes
learning that focuson community-based projects [7], industry partnerships [8], and interdisciplinary efforts [9],often taking place in capstone experiences [10]. These projects often offer “authentic trainingexperiences that emulate industry teams, which are composed of members selected for thediverse and complementary expertise they bring to a complex, real-life problem” thatengineering educators value and lead to stronger teams in academic settings [8].These efforts can be roughly divided into two main tracks: 1.) using teamwork assignments as away to increase opportunities for peer-to-peer learning and active learning [e.g. 11-12] and 2.)using teamwork assignments to develop collaboration skills [e.g. 7-10]. The former focuses onindividual
“plays” are working as desired, closing the loop between purpose and outcome …The playbook idea grew out of an independent study project conducted between the two authorsand is based on their extensive backgrounds in community-engaged learning, capstone, and otherdesign education experiences. The various portions of the playbook structure were created,refined, and iterated on through discussions, in parallel with a number of sample scenarios fromthe authors’ teaching experience, as outlined in the results section below. The first author hasover fifteen years of experience in community-engaged engineering and design leadership roles,including three years as a course instructor in this space for students from their first year
CYBR C280 Advanced DFIR Capstone 3 Total 18The project has picked up momentum since late 2020 when a lack of resources for labdevelopment caused some delays in progress. The first four courses have been offered, which hasprovided for student feedback and assessment of learning outcomes. The final steps will be tofinalize course content for all six courses and then to disseminate model course content to otherinterested colleges and universities to adapt and adopt for their institutions.3.2. Approach to curriculum developmentAn initial review of other similar academic programs was conducted to include the AAS inCyber Forensics from Union County College in
school students to biomedical engineering through summer camps,” in 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2014, pp. 24–809.[6] E. G. Meyer and M. Nasir, “Fostering the entrepreneurial mindset through the development of multidisciplinary learning modules based on the” quantified self” social movement,” in 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2015, pp. 26–794.[7] M. Nasir, E. G. Meyer, and Y. Li, “Work in progress: Providing diverse opportunities for capstone projects in biomedical engineering,” in 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2015, pp. 26–1756.
. Finally, during thesenior year, the program includes a 2-semester capstone design course with industriallysponsored projects. In addition to the five courses that directly incorporate design, a thread ofdesign is woven through all our other engineering courses as well. Each course incorporatesaspects of design through hands-on experiences and projects. In all these venues, Westmontengineering incorporates the design process in a very specific manner. A process called DesignInnovation (DI) provides the structure of the design content and process (see Figure 1). Detailsof this DI process are provided below.In Educating Engineers- Designing for the Future of the Field [1], the authors express that“There is a need for educators to transform their
, “Staying in engineering: Impact of a hands-on, team-based, first-year projects course on student retention,” age, vol. 8, p. 1, 2003.[4] C. A. Whitfield, R. J. Freuler, Y. Allam, and E. A. Riter, “An Overview of HighlySuccessful First-year Engineering Cornerstone Design Projects,” p. 9.[5] N. L. Fortenberry, J. F. Sullivan, P. N. Jordan, and D. W. Knight, “Engineering educationresearch aids instruction,” Sci.-N. Y. THEN Wash.-, vol. 317, no. 5842, p. 1175, 2007.[6] SAE International, “SAE International’s University Programs”, url:https://www.sae.org/attend/student-events/[7] Dawson, J., & Kuchnicki, S. (2010). Experiences of using Formula SAE as a capstone designproject.[8] SAE International, “Baja SAE Collegiate Design Series Baja SAE Rules
studyabroad and/or benefit from working with international partners in their co-operative or internship programs. However, there is value in integrating international programs in the engineering curriculum to provide these experiences to most students, permitting them to get a global education and increase their value to potential employers. To this end, the authors at Clemson University in the US, and Universidad de Guanajuato in Mexico worked together with an industry sponsor in a capstone design project course. The industry sponsor provided a problem common to their operations in the states of South Carolina, US and Guanajuato, Mexico and challenged the student teams to find a solution that would be as common to both locations as
and challenging activity under RED, and the key goal in transforming the departmentculture and creating a fully connected model. The ultimate goal is to create a TFAB for eachtechnical track in the curriculum (i.e. bioelectrical systems, communication systems etc.); thisapproach will provide industry and students with an opportunity to have direct input incontinuous curriculum improvement process, form networks, define capstone projects, seek outinternships and more. The TFAB concept is not new in the department, as the wireless systemsgroup have for over 20 years been engaging industry through their own industry advisory board.These interactions were initially focused on curriculum development and the integration ofindustry relevant tools in
program in the summer of 2020 and 2021, a total of 90 students (30in 2020 and 60 in 2021) participated in the three-weeks long robotics program that concluded with aunique capstone project where they were asked to employ design thinking in identifying a COVID-19 related problem for someone negatively affected by the pandemic and thereafter design andbuild an autonomous or remote-controlled robotics solution. This approach was markedly differentfrom other competition- or challenge-based robotics programs since students were asked to use anempathy-driven approach to identify problems. Problems ranged from tedious and tiring jobsof disinfecting surfaces, delivering drugs in hospitals or packages autonomously, or entertainingchildren and elderly in
government institutions. Teaching Structural Design Topics such as Design of Steel Structures and Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures, also Structural Engineering Capstone Project. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.comA Challenge-based Teaching model for Structural Analysis Courses with StrategicIndustry PartnersAbstractIn this paper we present a challenge based teaching model for Structural Analysis courses withinthe framework of our education model, namely Tec21 in which some courses are taught with theparticipation of an industry partner. The content of this course is usually complex and someprinciples and concepts are difficult for
. Benitz, L. Yang, “Adapting a community engagement project in engineering and education to remote learning in the era of Covid-19,” Advances in Engineering Education, vol. 8, no. 4. p. 1 – 8, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://advances.asee.org/wp-content/uploads/COVID%2019%20Issue/Text/AEE- COVID-19-Benitz.pdf [12] J. Tsen, “The effects of Covid-19 on mechanical engineering senior capstone design student self-efficacy and projects,” in 2021 ASEE Virtual Ann. Con., 2021. [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org/37857 [13] B. A. Harris, “The importance of creating a ‘sense of community’,” Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, vol. 8, no. 1, p. 83 – 105, May 2006. [Online
development.Furthermore, we note the prevalence of pedagogies in which SD is most commonly integratedinto engineering education, including capstone design projects and life cycle assessments. Whilethe scope of this study focused on ASEE publications, the next step would be to include otherengineering education publications to capture a global perspective of research in EESD.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grantnumber DGE-1735139. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressedin this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation.References[1] United Nations, “Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for
panels, wind speed, temperature, effect of angle (morning,afternoon, evening). Incorporating virtual reality into course teaching provides student a newplatform along with laboratory experiments. Students not only learn the renewable energy conceptsbut also 3D modelling skills, virtual reality basics, and programming skills. The virtualimplementation of setups makes it easier for student to grasp and visualize. They also learnimportant skills such as SolidWorks designing, importance of virtual reality, how to work withUNITY 3D, programming, making simulations and interactive platforms, etc. Such hands-onmultidisciplinary efforts can serve as laboratory exercises and as capstone projects, allowingstudents to integrate and leverage their STEM
intelligence (AI) systems andtechnologies, there have been numerous reports that indicate AI can sometimes exhibitundesirable behaviors. When AI algorithms run on high-performance cyberinfrastructure (CI),such misbehaviors can multiply to obscure the root causes. Secure, safe, and reliable (SSR)computing principles can mitigate these problems. This project aims to inform curriculumdevelopment by creating and evaluating experiential learning materials to educate students fromthe outset. Three levels of preparedness cater to a wide range of learners. Specifically, membersof the Transformative Interdisciplinary Human + AI Research Group at Western MichiganUniversity, together with public and private partners, aim to address a critical shortage in
take a 2-credit technical communica on course, TCM 36000, and o en co-enrolled in sec ons with other engineering majors. In reviewing three academic years of BME student enrollment in the required technical communica on course (Fall 2016 through Spring 2020 of TCM 36000 enrollment), our program found that nearly one-third (32%) of our students enrolled in TCM 36000 in their nal year. This resulted in students taking technical communica on courses concurrently with their two-semester capstone experience and a er 200- and 300-level BME coursework that involves team-based and individual designft ti
demonstrate mastery, significantly lowering the stakes ofany individual attempt. Efforts have manifested at every level, up to and including entire mastery-basedprograms.In this work, the five-year-long reinvention of a mechanical engineering computer applications course isexamined as it was transformed from traditional to flipped to competency-based, navigating the onsetof COVID along the way. In the most recent iteration, the course involves a framework of repeatableassessments across an array of outcomes, including both traditional exam format assessment as well asmore involved project-based assessments, a set of video modules, and a group project. The rationalesfor and lessons learned from this journey are explored, along with student comments
graduates with theknowledge, skills, and attributes needed in their workplace, and they want faculty whounderstand and respond to the changing needs of the workplace.” For academia, industry arefrequent financial donors, however industry can also play many different roles including: asmembers of research consortia; affiliate members of programs; advisors through mechanismslike industrial advisory boards; hosts of student internships/co-op programs; instructors or guestlecturers; and sponsors and/or stakeholders for design projects (especially capstone designprojects) [1].Focussing on partnerships in the realm of teaching (as opposed to research), there are severalexamples of graduate degrees both developed with industry, and developed specifically
construction management (CM) courses are often challenging due to different learningstyles. Students are expected to generate three-dimensional (3D) models by mentally visualizingall project components and supporting task sequences. Students with little or no practicalexperience find such exercises challenging, spending unnecessary time developing and scheduling3D digital models. This research investigates 4D implementation based on an Industry-Academiccollaboration in the classroom. 4D allows connecting schedule activities with an industry-provided3D model to use data to understand the project timeline and build a building during the constructionphase.Furthermore, a real-time construction schedule with all the project components to visualize a
Paper ID #36738Work in Progress: Aligning a Professional DevelopmentProgram with Industry NeedsAudeen W. Fentiman (Crowley Family Professor in Engineering Education) Audeen Fentiman is the Crowley Family Professor in Engineering Education at Purdue University and principal investigator for an NSF-sponsored project to develop, deploy and evaluate online instructional modules in model-based systems engineering. She spent more than a decade in industry and 25 years as a Nuclear Engineering faculty member before transferring to Engineering Education.John W. Sutherland (Chair)Daniel DelaurentisKerrie A Douglas (Assistant
, the Entrepreneurial Mindset, and pedagogies including Inquiry-Based Learning, Project-Based Learning, and Active Learning. He serves the Grainger College of Engineering at UIUC as an Entrepreneurial Mindset Fellow for the Academy of Excellence in Engineering Education.Marcia Pool (Assist. Dir. for Education and Teaching Assoc. Prof.) Marcia Pool is the Assistant Director for Education at the Cancer Center at Illinois and a Teaching Associate Professor in Bioengineering. She holds a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering and has served for thirteen years as teaching faculty/staff in bioengineering and six years in departmental/institute educational administration. She focuses on identifying and evaluating mechanisms to enhance
school student concerning what the high school student might gain in engineering (Q2: Whatwould you tell them that they will gain?, Table 1)). This event highlights some of the value of the senior design capstone course and certainly theuse of an FG or similar reflection activities in the course. Students became aware of growth inthemselves at a conscious and at a group/team level in a way that likely consolidated the reality ofthe changes they experienced. They discuss changes with each other consciously, and then theydiscussed ways that they demonstrated these changes in their courses and typified them moststrongly in senior design. As well, because they had the experience of working on projects together,they were able to validate the growth
Nations General Assembly, 2010), which is acompelling guiding principle for engineering projects related to water (See also Wyndham andHarris, 2014). Finally, it should be noted that whereas human rights approaches could differ intheir conceptualization, some common principles can be distinguished; these include universality,the interdependence of rights, accountability, participation, non-discrimination, and empowerment(Sano & Hansen, 2006). All such principles are well-aligned with the principles of engineering forhuman rights, presented in the next section.Previous efforts to Incorporate Human Rights into Engineering Education The discussion of Human Rights in the context of engineering has been increasing in thepast decade. A
from around the world, and I associate that project with EM because we looked at user needs and conducted interviews with community members and professionals to both make connections and get more information on the problem. other courses My senior capstone because it was really open ended and we had to define the problem; My architecture project was similar to the EM. We had to walk around outside ... to analyze the city and just be out of the traditional classroom. We had to work in a group and figure out a way in order to make it better. This is similar because we are
distribution. Dr. Natarajarathinam has chaired 91 graduate capstone projects, and several undergraduate capstone projects, and has served on two master’s committees. Dr. Natarajarathinam was chosen as of the “40 under 40” faculty by the American Society of Engineering Educations, Prism Magazine in 2018.Sharon Lynn ChuMathew Kuttolamadom (Associate Professor) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com ‘All Together Now’ - Integrating Horizontal Skills in Career Technical Education Classes with Making and Micromanufacturing Osazuwa Okundaye 1 , Malini