programs in the US include a capstonesenior design experience, the level of training that the students receive in the product design anddevelopment process can vary considerably between programs. In some cases, students learn theproduct design process in parallel with their capstone senior design project. In others, there areone or more previous courses that focus on teaching different phases of the product design anddevelopment process. Also, there are other factors that impact student learning such as variationsin the design process favored by each faculty member supervising a capstone senior designproject, the specific design process presented and the terminology used in different productdesign textbooks, and the product design textbook
led electrospinning to find applications in variousbiomedical applications such as tissue engineering and drug delivery [1, 2]. However, severalparameters can greatly affect the production quality of fibers, such as concentration of the polymersolution, voltage, feed rate, and ambient conditions [3]. Controlling the manufacturing ofelectrospun fibers presented a unique engineering problem that could integrate concepts frommultiple bioengineering courses including biomechanics, circuits, computer aided design (CAD),thermodynamics, and biomaterials into a single engineering design project with real-worldapplications. This project served as the basis for a new junior-level design course that will betterprepare students for their senior capstone
produce an idea for a project and thengather a group of other students to bring that idea into fruition. One group chose to create a newtype of challenge-style running blade that would be more affordable to children. Two individualsfrom this group graduated from a TCU and continued to an RU to receive a bachelor’s degree inbiomedical engineering and are employed at their respective TCUs. This perspective brought lightto the inclusion of Native Americans. Together, the entire group learned of various resources thatboth TCUs and RUs have. One of the recent TCU graduates now serves as an instructor ofadvanced manufacturing at their TCU alma mater and informed the group of an opportunity toutilize the impressive array of equipment found there. Due to
sensors to data analysis and insight enabled by dashboards, [Midwestern]University designed and implemented a graduate course in partnership with local industries. Thiscourse has the dual purpose of training the next generation of manufacturing professionals and inthe process supporting regional companies in addressing problems that could be solved with IoTor AI innovations. The goal of this study is to describe how the course was organized anddelivered following design principles of Experiential Learning Theory, and as outcomes of theapproach, we provide a description of the projects the students implemented within the regionalmanufacturing companies.2. Pedagogical FrameworkKolb's Experiential Learning Theory (ELT) [4], [5] was used as an
]that specifically engaged middle school students in learning about fossils and the science of paleontology,researchers from the University of Florida and St. Mary’s College of Maryland designed a year-long teacherPD experience. The Shark AI project leverages middle school students’ interest in fossil shark teeth toexplore ML concepts. Sharks captivate public interest, as evidenced by the popular Shark Weekprogramming on the Discovery Channel [3]. Fossil shark teeth also have a simplistic morphology that variesby species and dietary preference, providing the ideal basis for developing and testing ML models thatcategorize objects using 2-dimensional images.The state of Florida is known for the ability to easily find fossil shark teeth along
hegde@pitt.eduABSTRACTThis paper presents the development and teaching of a university level course for college seniors andgraduate students on Frugal Engineering and Value Analysis. We developed and offered the course toboth business and engineering students. Here, we present the need for teaching frugal engineering in anengineering curriculum. Value Methodology or Value Engineering, along with Quality Engineering, arekey components of frugal engineering. “Wicked” problems and their challenges are also presented inthis course, along with wicked problem-solving strategies. While the concepts behind Value Engineeringwere developed in the 1940s and frequently applied in industrial, manufacturing, construction, anddefense projects, they are rarely
, and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, USA. She joined Pur- due University Northwest in 1994 after three years of industrial experience. Dr. Zhou has more than 38 years of experience in the areas of computational fluid dynamics (CFD), combustion, energy, multiphase reacting flows, and air pollution control. She is on the cutting edge in the integration of computer simu- lation and virtual reality visualization for solving real world problems. Dr. Zhou has conducted a large number of funded research projects totaling over $25 million and collaborated with many experts from over 140 organizations including academia, K-12 schools, national laboratories, and various industries (e.g
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana in 1990 and 1999, respectively. He taught at The United States Military Academy during his 25 year military career. After retiring form the military he has taught at the University of Texas at Tyler and The Citadel, where he was the Dean of Engineering for 10 years.Dr. Nahid Vesali, P.E., Pennsylvania State University Dr. Nahid Vesali is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Leadership and Program Management (ELPM) in the School of Engineering (SOE) at The Citadel. She joined the program in Aug 2020. She teaches project management, technical planning ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 From Need Assessment to Accreditation
person and remotely is to usean online virtual environment [6]. This project combines Internet accessible written materials,videos, and a virtual industrial control system (ICS). All materials are available free of chargeand the virtual ICS can be downloaded and run locally or used as cloud hosted service.The training scenarios included in this project have successfully been taught to high schoolstudents, two-year college students, four-year college students and professionals currentlyworking in advanced manufacturing organizations. The training has been delivered as remoteindependent learning and in a traditional instructor led lecture format. Collected assessment datahas shown that students’ knowledge of the learning outcomes has increased
. Coupled with a boat, or other aquatic vehicles, that can travel faster than the flowprovided by the scooter, even more energy could be created by this turbine. For now, however, theturbine we created has successfully conveyed our idea and could be used and modified in the futureto fully realize our idea for this device.The SeaVolt turbine was created as a final project for a project-based learning first-yearengineering course that followed a model of experiential learning. Experiential learning stressesthe importance of student-led experience rather than textbook memorization. Throughout thecreation of the turbine, we conducted our own research and tests, seeking guidance from theProfessor or our peers as needed. While aiding in the enrichment of
contributions in developing hybrid 3D bioprinting process, antimicrobial implantable devices, lab-on-a-chip, and fouling- resistant water filtration systems. He is also leading a cross-institutional education project at TTU focusing on transformative pedagogical strategies for biomedical innovation to catalyze the interdisciplinary col- laboration between engineering students and medical students. To date, Dr. Tan has published over 50 refereed research papers and 2 book chapters. He has secured over $1.2 million in federal grants including the NSF CAREER Award. He is the faculty advisor of the IISE student chapter at TTU.Sampa HalderDr. Luke LeFebvre, University of Kentucky Luke LeFebvre (PhD, Wayne State University, 2010
Sustainable Energy Research Group at ISU. Dr. Jo is an honors graduate of PuAllison Antink-Meyer, Illinois State University Allison Antink-Meyer is a pre-college science and engineering educator at Illinois State University.Dr. Matthew Aldeman, Illinois State University Matt Aldeman is an Associate Professor of Technology at Illinois State University, where he teaches in the Renewable Energy and Engineering Technology programs. Matt joined the Technology department faculty after working at the Illinois State University Center for Renewable Energy for over five years. Previously, he worked at General Electric as a wind site manager at the Grand Ridge and Rail Splitter wind projects. Matt’s experience also includes service
skills needed for responding innovatively and responsibly to today’s challenges. Her technical background in electrical and com- puter engineering and experience in industry coupled with her teaching experience in computing and human-centered design have informed her scholarship, which centers on advancing how engineers design concepts and products that are both innovative and aligned to actual needs through empathic formation.Alissa Burkholder Murphy, Johns Hopkins University Prof. Alissa Burkholder Murphy: Alissa is the founder and director of the Multidisciplinary Design Pro- gram at Johns Hopkins, where engineering students from various disciplines collaborate to tackle design challenges with project partners in
circuits from scratch throughprototyping, soldering surface mount electronic components, testing and troubleshooting, calibration andanalyzing error in measurement and propagation of uncertainty. In addition, students will utilize dataacquisition and analog to digital conversion techniques with Arduino microcontrollers and custom shieldsto read and save data collected during the trip to an SD card. Among many other skills, students will learnand practice teamwork skills, project management, planning, cost analysis, risk management, failureanalysis, project documentation, as well as professional reporting and presentation. Along with theselearning outcomes, students will analyze the collected data and compare results to theoretical values,when
Paper ID #36784The Role of K-12 Teachers as Agents for Change (RTP)Mrs. Christina Anlynette Alston, Rice University Christina works as the Associate Director for Equitable Research, Evaluation, and Grant Development at the Rice Office of STEM Engagement (R-STEM) to broaden the aim of Rice University K-12 programs to promote asset-based equitable settings for underrepresented and marginalized populations within STEM and to educate Houston-area secondary science teachers in the use of inquiry- and project-based ways for teaching science and engineering ideas. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Texas A&M
Paper ID #37944A Challenge-Based Specialization Diploma on Structural Health Monitoringfor Civil Engineering and Architecture ProgramsSaul E. Crespo, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico Bachelor in Civil Engineering with a Master of Science in Structural Engineering and PhD candidate in Structural Engineering. From April 2011 to July 2017 he served as Senior Researcher of the ”Structural Health Monitoring” group of the Mexican Institute of Transportation, directing and collaborating in mon- itoring and structural prognosis projects applied to special highway bridges, transportation infrastructure, historical monuments and
Texas A&M, worked in in- dustry settings to develop various biomedical technologies, ranging from acute neonatal care to long-term space exploration.Dr. Joanna Tsenn, Texas A&M University Joanna Tsenn is an Assistant Professor of Instruction in the J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University. She earned her B.S. from the University of Texas at Austin and her Ph.D. from Texas A&M University. She coordinates the mechanical engineering senior capstone design projects and teaches senior design lectures and studios. Her research interests include engineering education and engineering design methodology.Dr. Shadi Balawi, Texas A&M University Dr. Balawi is an
included C programming of the MCU, and custom PCB design.Hardware knowledge of MCU was also provided as part of the curriculum. Students alsolearned to integrate input-output circuits on the PCB. Even though main requirement atour university was for integrating VLSI chips, projects using commercially available chipswere also assigned.MCU based system design courses are offered at several universities. Our course was oneof the few that integrated PCB design with MCU-based system design to build systemsusing custom and commercially available VLSI chips. This course can be especially usefulfor hobbyists, future entrepreneurs, and researchers.2 BackgroundMCU based systems connect to the outside world via sensors and actuators. The MCUreads inputs
©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Broadening Participation in Computing & Artificial Intelligence at a Hispanic-serving Community CollegeThe rapid pace with which advances in computing are being made in recent years has resulted inan increasing need for a competent computing workforce. Yet, the rate at which postsecondarystudents are choosing to pursue computing disciplines is lagging, creating a deficit of computingprofessionals. This project, funded by the NSF DUE/HSI Program, is focused on developingartificial intelligence (AI) courses and an interdisciplinary certificate that will expose all collegestudents to AI while building capacity for the development of a four-year degree in applied
EducationAbstract—Women and minortized groups share a common sense of belonging or, moreaccurately, lack of a sense of belonging in STEM, which exacerbates their underrepresentation inSTEM education and careers. Furthermore, an abundance of literature demonstrates that thisshared lack of belonging negatively influences their academic performance and persistence. Inengineering education specifically, research indicates that a lack of belonging contributes toundergraduate student attrition regardless of gender and race/ethnicity.Therefore, we proposed a project entitled “Promoviendo el Éxito Estudiantil a través de unSistema de Apoyo (PromESA): Promoting Student Success through a Social, Academic, andInstitutional Support System in Engineering Education
. degrees in mechanical engineering from Rice University. Among his research interests is Engineering Education.Dr. Karen Lozano, The University of Texas, Rio Grande ValleyDr. Javier A. OrtegaDr. Eleazar Marquez, The University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley Eleazar Marquez is a Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas Grande Valley. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 The Freshman Year Innovator Experience (FYIE): Bridging the URM Gap in STEMThe project focuses on increasing “effective STEM education and broadening participation” inunderrepresented minority (URM) STEM students at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley(UTRGV) to
techniques, sustainability of the built environment and more specifically, Building Information Modeling (BIM) workflows for enhanced quality control and labor time utilization for coordinated MEP and specialty trade equipment, from design-to-install, in retrofit environments. Before joining Wentworth, Dr. Cribbs served as a Principal at Green Ideas Building Science Consultants, based in Phoenix where he regularly engaged in BIM workflows for de- sign/constructability/operations analysis, reporting and review with the full spectrum of project stakehold- ers. He has also taught both undergraduate and graduate level courses in design, construction management and Building Information Modeling at Arizona State University and
work and have to be achieved in one shot after preparation, e.g.,interviews. In this course, one midterm examination was conducted, with an option to retake theexam once. One final examination was conducted with no retake opportunities. Study guideswere provided for each exam and a class lecture session was dedicated to reviewing materialsprior to the exams. The questions were designed such that 70% of the questions test corenetworking knowledge that anyone who passes the course should be able to answer, 15% of thequestions require proficiency in core topics, 10% of the questions require critical thinking, and thelast 5% of the questions show excellence.Project was a way for students to demonstrate deeper understanding of concepts. A project
potential for OER to improve student learning outcomes, informed our intention to bringstudents into designing OER.This paper describes the design and implementation of our model for the collaborativedevelopment of OER that intentionally integrates undergraduate student perspectives. Situated ina U.S. Department of Education grant-funded interdisciplinary, cross-college project creatingOER in the form of three robotics textbooks. We focus on the work of the Collaborative DesignTeam, composed of undergraduate students from project partner institutions, a graduate ResearchAssistant, and a faculty member from engineering education. Specifically, we share the processof elevating and incorporating undergraduate student voices into the design of OER
, Lessons Learned from a PandemicAbstractThis evidence-based paper describes the process of implementing and evaluating a flippedclassroom approach, in conjunction with a project-based learning methodology, in a remoteCornerstone Engineering course and how it was kept in the face-to-face return. In the first year,cornerstone engineering courses are taught mainly using project-based learning. Thismethodology allows students to develop teamwork and communication skills and promotescritical thinking allowing students to solve real-world problems. Traditionally, project-basedlearning courses are taught face-to-face. Due to COVID-19, educational institutions were forcedto move from face-to-face teaching to remote teaching and learning. In this new
focus on the economic, environmental, and social impact ofadvanced materials and processes. In this course, groups of five students collaborate on amaterials-focused sustainability project addressing specific United Nations SustainableDevelopment Goals (UN SDG). The goal of the course is to provide a team environment inwhich each student can gain an understanding of key aspects of sustainability in materialsdevelopment and engineering design, and apply relevant analysis methodologies such as lifecycle assessments, techno-economic analysis, and eco-properties audits. Students use AnsysGranta Edupack to visualize and understand the economic and environmental impacts of theirproject to identify trade-offs in sustainable engineering decision-making
graduate TAs the why (i.e., theoreticalknowledge) and the how (i.e., actionable strategies and skills) of equitable pedagogy, such asdesigning learning objectives and rubrics or discussing critical pedagogy and culturallyresponsive teaching. See Appendix A1 for an overview of weekly topics and learning objectives.Final Project: A final project allowed course participants to tie their conceptual understandingto practice [1]. Each participant chose a personally meaningful pedagogical project, such asmentoring a summer undergraduate student or preparing to instruct a future class and designed aplan for effectively and equitably carrying out their role utilizing skills learned in the course. SeeAppendix A3 for more details about the final
, this course also fulfills another requirement in a student’s engineering major. For instance, a sustainability-themed economics class would meet the requirement for the sustainability designation and also count for the engineering economics requirement. c) A sustainability-related practical experience, such as an internship, a research experience, or a capstone design project. Typically, this requirement bears no credit load although it could be fulfilled within an engineering student’s four-credit design class. d) A one-semester-hour engineering Sustainability Analysis course, ENGR 384, which serves as an introduction to such topics as life cycle assessment, risk and
California and B.S. in Electronics and Communication Engineering from India.Dr. Pramod Abichandani, New Jersey Institute of TechnologyMs. Heydi L. Dominguez, New Jersey Institute of Technology Heydi Dominguez is a fourth-year undergraduate student pursuing her Bachelorˆa C™s Degree in Me- chanical Engineering and minoring in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Heydi is a first generation college student who isCraig IaboniKevin Alexander Nino ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Using the ARCS Model of Motivation to design 9-12 CS CurriculumAbstractThis ongoing project provides an overview on the use of the Attention, Relevance,Confidence
andimplemented in a Materials and Processes course.In this instructor-designed project, students manufactured pure aluminum tensilespecimens using sand casting followed by cold rolling. The specimens were tested to findthe effects of cold rolling on hardness and tensile strength. The students calculated theamount of aluminum required for the casting, estimated the solidification time of thecasting with Chvorinov's rule, and completed most aspects of the specimen casting,rolling, preparation, and property testing processes. The final deliverable of theexperiment was a professional quality laboratory report comparing and analyzing severalmechanical properties. Students’ cold forming and sand casting-related learningoutcomes achievement versus their