over 6 years. The students would attend a differentexperience every weekend and conclude the yearly experience with a capstone project. Ouruniversity partnered with RBTV for one weekend workshop experience. The program wasintended to be an in-person event but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this program wasconducted synchronously through Zoom virtual meetings. Our university is well known for“hands-on” learning, and we decided to keep the experience hands-on even if it had to be virtual.Students participated in STEM-related hands-on projects, connecting them to real lifeapplications and boosting students' interests in different STEM disciplines. The programrepresents part of our university’s ongoing efforts to interest young women in STEM.The
, Introduction to Structures for Architecture Students, Post-Tension Design, Building Failures and Forensic Techniques and the 5th-Year Senior Thesis ( a year-long capstone experience). Creating an interaction between students in his courses and industry practitioners / mentors is one of his signature activities. In recognition of this focus, Professor Parfitt has been awarded multiple outstanding advising, teaching, and student advocate awards including being named a Penn State Teaching Fellow at the University level. Working in industry both before and during his time as an educator, Parfitt has over 40 years of experience in structural design, architectural systems and building science applications, and forensic engineering
the future we will be developing, piloting, and implementing our 4th and final module onSoftware Engineering and Games. This module carries 3 main themes across its learning activitiesincluding software engineering processes (prototyping, testing, teamwork), human computerinteraction (HCI) (usability), and ethics (accessibility, security, etc). To situate this this lesson in ameaningful and engaging context, we explore both casual, collaborative games as well as seriousgames, or games with a purpose. These lessons will build on each other and students will end themodule with a final capstone project that incorporates many of the learning objectives they’veexperienced earlier in the course. This unit also capitalizes on videos and guest
,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
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
to measure the effectiveness of “generic” writing center tutors on the technicalwriting skills of senior-level Mechanical Engineering Technology students. A set of nineteenstudent analysis reports selected from a capstone design course were used as the source of thedata. The reports were assessed both before and after a tutoring session using a version of theAAC&U VALUE rubric and a voice-development-style-diction method developed by theauthors. By both methods, the improvements in student writing from before the tutoring sessionto afterwards were marginal at best, with some measures even showing a decrease inperformance. The sole exception was that a significant increase in hedging, boosting, andattitude words appeared in the students
sustainability [3]. Given the NSPE Code of Ethics areconsistent with ABET outcomes, NSPE has been referenced as one such framework for teachingengineering ethics [4]. Engineering ethics is most frequently taught as (1) individual philosophy courses, (2)brief discussions in connection with well-known cases of engineering failure, or (3) moduleswhich extend across multiple class sessions (e.g., capstone design) [5-6]. Independent of thevenue, Colby and Sullivan [4] note the lack of active learning utilized in engineering ethicseducation. Escape rooms are one active learning teaching strategy increasingly being used inengineering education in which a group solves a series of puzzles in a set amount of time to‘win’ [7]. The gamification of learning
teach applied mathematics supplemented withcomputational tools for engineering applications. Embedding authentic and contextual learningopportunities throughout the degree programmes supported by industry and communitypartnerships provides catalysts for embedding EDI values. Interdisciplinary capstone engineeringdesign projects and the choice of an IEP Minor, an interdisciplinary area of study, allows studentto personalize their undergraduate studies. For more information about the IEP, see thesereferences [3, 4, 5].University of San Diego (USD)Students earn a BS/BA in Engineering. The BA comes from the significant amount of liberal artscourses that students take by completing the university’s core curriculum. Students takefoundational courses
course, and literatureproves the effectiveness of XR technology in laboratory courses, construction engineeringprojects, and other courses. Therefore, it is recommended that instructors optimize XRtechnology for their courses.In this paper, the instructors implemented XR technology in senior-level capstone projectcourses. At the University of Connecticut, the project course spans two semesters. Students forma team with three to four students and work with a faculty advisor and an industry mentor tocomplete a professional capstone project. Students complete their proposal in the first semesterand develop their final deliverables during the second semester. Final deliverables include theproject outcome, alternatives, and a report and
ways that structuraland normative power relations tend to be reproduced [13-16]. In this paper, we investigate aresearch question: • How and over what/whom do faculty engaged in departmental change efforts express agency in this process, with attention to structural, cultural, normative, and interpersonal power relations?Our aim is to characterize hallmarks of consequential agency in change-makers’ talk. This studybrings together efforts from three NSF EEC-funded projects representing five grants, drawingtogether methods and theories across these projects.Theoretical frameworkWe bring together theory on framing agency and intersectional power to support our study aims.First, an intersectional approach to understanding power
senior design capstones were also significantly affected by the pandemic as virtualcommunication, reduced technology access, and social distancing became part of the equation.Goldberg (2020) explained in his senior design course that, “if the lack of prototyping resourcesprevents completion and delivery of the final prototype, we may need to be flexible and modifythe scope of individual projects and course deliverables”[5]. No access to campus facilities suchas laboratories prompted some universities, for example the University of Virginia, to useresources like gamified virtual lab simulations “to enhance student experience and create a moreengaging and effective learning environment” in addition to providing asynchronous material fora
institutions should supportbased on the existing problem [5].The existing gap between academia and industry has enormous impacts on reducing the chanceof employment for engineering graduates [6]. Many scholars discuss the importance of thedesign skills industry and state that universities should pay more attention to capstone designprojects in their curriculum [7]. Capstone design projects give students the chance to work onreal-world projects, strengthening and linking the information gained during their studies topractical concepts [8].This paper aims to determine the most demanded skills of a graduate in electrical and computerengineering by identifying the curriculum needs based on the skills required by professionalengineers with at least ten
teaching note, 63 peer-reviewed conference proceedings, and was the keynote speaker at the food banks Conference. She works with the Texas Education Agency (TEA) in developing innovative Career and Technical Education (CTE) courses in logistics and 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.Michael Johnson Dr. Michael D. Johnson is a professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. He also serves as the
such as printing orientation, infill density, and infill pattern on the mechanicalproperties of the commonly used polylactide (PLA) and its Tough version. Figure 1 PCE Vertical Test Stand (left) and Tinus Olsen Charpy Machine (right).MethodsTwo ET senior design students were assigned to work on this project. The senior design classesare capstone courses where students utilize their cumulative engineering knowledge towards areal-life project through research and experimentation. They come in a sequence of two 3-creditclasses in 2 competitive semesters (Senior Design I & Senior Design II). ASTM standards werefirst researched to determine specimen size and dimensions for the tests performed. Tensile andCharpy impact tests were
Project (full-time research, no classes) Fall 2: two graduate classes, Practicum Project Spring 2: two graduate classes, CapstoneThe Practicum Rotation allows students to spend one month each in three different researchlabs/groups, with the goal of identifying the one research lab/group where students want tocomplete their Practicum Project. This three-semester Practicum Project offers students theopportunity to work collaboratively with faculty and other students as they gain deep experiencein the challenges of working with messy, real-world data in an application area related to theirundergraduate studies in STEM. The Capstone is a graduate course that allows students tosynthesize what they have learned and prepares them for success
students expressedfrustration at being unable to finish the projects they had begun in the Spring of 2020. A first-year student expresses that their instructors terminated the course project at spring break: So, I remember being in the middle of our project in [the first-year design class] when we went online and then they just scrapped the project kind of.For capstone projects, the students and faculty adapted projects to fit the evolving pandemicrestrictions as one participant notes about their experience. And honestly, the biggest thing is Capstone, just Capstone, not being able to do things in- person or the labs. I mean, I think we can sort of, but I think most teams that are seniors made the realization that it
Describeminimum- activity: activity: activity:depth orhigherexperienceSecond- Describe Describe Describeminimum activity: activity: activity:depth orhigherexperiencea. Undergraduate ResearchEach grand challenge scholar is required to assist in solving the engineering grand challengesthat our world faces. They must complete a Capstone experience and take advantage of one ormore of the following opportunities that are available to them through our institution: 1. Engage in undergraduate research experience in an approved team or individual research or design project with a university faculty
after a course or a project although this has mostly been donethrough indirect assessments such as self-report surveys [5, 9, 11-15]. There are a variety ofdifferent surveys that have been shown to address EM in undergraduate students, one of which iscalled the Engineering Student Entrepreneurial Mindset Assessment (ESEMA) [16], which hasbeen shown to have both validity and reliability [17].Due to the nature of most EM studies, survey data is often only gathered for one class level suchas during the first year or senior year [4, 6, 8, 18-20]. Various studies have led to the inferencethat EM in students grows throughout their college curriculum [9, 13, 18, 21-22], though veryfew studies have been done that actually measure longitudinal
core values. CEIA 2006 Cincinnati Proceedings. Dallas: CEIA.Stwalley III, R. M. (2016). Professional career skills in senior capstone design. ASEE Capstone Conference - Columbus. Washington, DC: ASEE. Retrieved from http://capstonedesigncommunity.org/sites/default/files/proceedings_papers/0022.pdfStwalley III, R. M. (2017). Assessing improvement and professional career skill in senior capstone design through course data. International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy 7(3), 130-146. doi:10.3991/ijepv7i3.7390Utesch, M. C. (2016). A successful approach to study skills: Go4C's projects strengthen teamwork. International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy, 6(1), 35-43. doi:10.3991
studentsalready bring to class (laptops, tablets, smartphones, etc.) and the Nearpod or Top Hat learningapplications to provide instruction that can be delivered in-person or online, both synchronouslyand asynchronously. Examples include multiple different activities that encourage activelearning and student engagement. The sessions are scaffolded so that students learn moreadvanced concepts as they go from First-Year Seminars to Capstone Design Projects, all whilemaintaining the learning outcomes set forth by the Association for College and ResearchLibraries (ACRL) Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education and theAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). Successes, failures, andmodifications to the model are
, cornerstone design experiences, or senior capstones. Some professional skills thatare acquired through these ABET accredited courses are: the abilities to design a technology-based product orservice, to address a real-world problem, and to communicate effectively. The forced transition to online educationdue to the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the fact that higher education students need more self-regulatedlearning (SRL) skills to engage in effective time management, prioritize their tasks, watch lectures, and completeassignments. Most literature concerning self-regulated learning has not acknowledged the underpinnings of howdesign pedagogy and the studio culture can play significant roles in achieving these important skills in engineeringdesign. As
of Ottawa, Ontario. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com The role of students’ grit & goal orientation in predicting their academic success in authentic learning environmentsAbstractThe recent trend of opening makerspaces on-campus in engineering schools is encouragingeducators to integrate making projects and activities to the engineering curricula. Makingprojects and activities offer engineering educators an opportunity to situate their students inauthentic learning experiences. This article explores the impact of two non-cognitive measures,grit and goal orientation, over and beyond a student’s Big-Five
are two constructs that directly influence choices: (1) expectation of success, whichis the belief in your likeliness to succeed in a task and is related to competence and (2) taskvalues, which is your desire to engage in a task. Task values includes four components:attainment value (alignment with sense of self), intrinsic value (interest or enjoyment), utilityvalue (usefulness), and cost value (expense) [15] - [16]. Expectancy-value theory hasdemonstrated utility in understanding faculty motivation related to teaching capstone design [17]and engaging in the research-practice cycle [18]. The latter study found expectancy of success,cost value, and utility were salient motivation factors for faculty members to transformengineering education
A. Middlebrooks Award from the Geo-Institute, Collingwood Prize from ASCE, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, U.S. Society of Dams Scholarship, and Dwight D. Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship twice. Dr. Ajmera has delivered over 20 invited presentations. As an Assistant Professor, she has supervised over 100 high school, community college, undergraduate and graduate students on various research projects. She serves as President of the North Dakota Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers and a Councilor in the Engineering Division of the Council on Undergraduate Research and serves as their representative for the National Conferences on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) Oversight
imagination. The abilityto bring more “hands-on” activities to the class and training rooms will be an immense asset tostudents and practicing engineers.The use of this VR environment will be applied to SEAONC trainees and students in the seniordesign or capstone project course series. For the student version of this VR application, it will becomparable to the professional training series. Students will be allowed to navigate the VRenvironment to review the damage done to the building. They will be asked to identify evidenceof damage (e.g. cracks) and potential reasons for this damage (e.g. shear forces). After they gatherall this data, they will be asked to determine whether the building should or should not beaccessible to the occupants. After this
Paper ID #37500Revisions and Analysis of Transfer Pathway in First-YearEngineeringJennifer Lovely (Dr) BS UK, MS UK, PhD KSUMatthew Sleep (Lecturer) Matthew Sleep is an Associate Professor Educator at the University of Cincinnati. Previously he has held roles as Associate Professor at Oregon Tech and Lecturer at the University of Kentucky. Matthew currently instructs geotechnical engineering courses as well as capstone design. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Revisions and Analysis of Transfer Pathways in
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
together provideleadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks,and meet objectives5a: Collectively provide leadership, with each member having a well-defined team role.5b: Create and sustain a collaborative and inclusive team environment where each member could make a meaningful contribution to the team’s goals.5c: Plan tasks as a team and organized team activities towards the completion of a project.5d: Establish goals as a team and evaluated if objectives were met.The University of Mount Union’s general education curriculum is referred to as the IntegrativeCore (IC). The IC is composed of a first-year seminar, four foundations courses, two junior levelexplorations courses, and a capstone course for
discusses the lessons learned when operating in the hybrid mode and makesrecommendations for hybrid REU implementation, if needed in the future. Following the patternof prior analysis, a program model is also presented for potential use by other sites in the futurebefore concluding with a discussion of the broader impacts of REU site operations across thethree types of operation.2. BackgroundAn overview of prior work which lays the foundation for the analysis conducted herein ispresented in this section. Prior work related to project-based and experiential learning isreviewed as well as specific examples of prior work in cybersecurity.Undergraduate research programs are designed to immerse students in a research environment toallow them to see if
Powered by www.slayte.comBringing it down from the ivory tower: Translating Engineering- for-Community-Development (ECD) graduate student researchinto community engagement and undergraduate student learningAbstractThe goal of this paper is to show how graduate engineering students working on Engineering-for-Community-Development (ECD) projects and theses 1) acquire socio-technical educationthat prepares them to critically engage with community development (formation); 2) propose totranslate their academic scholarship into formats and language that lead to effective engagementand appropriation by the communities they want to serve (translation); and, from this translation,3) extend their scholarship into curricular opportunities for undergraduate