. Finally, a list ofsuggested supporting classes and training is provided for other institutions interested inestablishing such a laboratory.1) Introduction: Lawrence Technological University (LTU) established a Li-ion cell assembly and testingresearch laboratory in collaboration with Intecells, Inc., a start-up Li-ion battery equipmentprocessing company. This collaboration started in November of 2019, and continued into 2023.This laboratory is an active on-campus research laboratory, and is currently not used foracademic activities. No classes are taught at this time in this lab. Formal education classes maybe possible with this laboratory in the future as additional funding is secured. However, limitedfunding does not currently permit this
Engineering.Dr. Daniel Cha, University of Delaware Dr. Daniel K. Cha is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at University of Delaware. He has over 30 years of academic and industrial research experience in the area of environ- mental biological processes. Most of his research has focused on microbial degradation of environmental contaminants in natural and engineered systems, and sustainable solutions to wastewater treatment. Dr. Cha received his Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley. Prior to joining University of Delaware, Dr. Cha also worked as a consulting engineer for an environmental consulting firm and an assistant engineer at a wastewater
from OSU in Electrical and Computer Engineering with research focus in integrated nonlinear optics. His engineering education research interests include Teaching Assistants (TAs), first-year engineering, systematic literature reviews, personality theory, and instrument validation. As a TA he has taught first- year engineering for 10 years. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 GIFTS: Exploration Activities for Just-in-Time Learning in a First-Year Engineering Robotics Design-Build Project Abstract This GIFTS paper will provide an example of how Just-in-Time (JIT) learning can be used as a technique in a first-year
opportunities ofengineering students are also constantly evolving [3]. Nowadays, engineering students arepursuing careers in more diversified areas that possess fluid work structures, and that requireengineers that are quick to adapt to change and effective at facilitating multidisciplinarycollaborations [3], [5], [10]. In this context, communication and teamwork are critical to thesuccess of early career engineers; these capabilities are a fundamental aspect of career growthand an integral trait of leadership [4], [10]–[12]. The ability to communicate effectively, todemonstrate teaming skills, and to work in dynamic teams is increasingly important, and must beconsidered a priority in engineering programs as they try to better prepare students for
Reform and Research Activity. She obtained a Ph.D. in English Literature from Chiba University in 2002. Her current main research interests are: 1) how including humanities courses in an engineering education curriculum can help students to gain flexibility, and an appreciation of equity, and a greater richness of ideas; 2) finding and solving the systematic issues impacting the effectiveness of engineering education, specifically in the context of project-based learnings; and 3) assessing the impact of interdisciplinary engi- neering project-based learnings. Below are her recent presentations at international conferences: WERA 2022, APAIE 2022, IIAI DSIR 2021, IIAI DSIR 2020, WERA 2019. She obtained the Outstanding Paper
Quality Based on Team that could be useful for training Chinese engineers Spirit Training. Research in Higher working in the global context Engineering Education, (6), 103-108. Duan Guijiang, & Xu Shixin. (2012). Reported experience of an instructional team in the Improving students' teamwork ability by program Manufacturing Management Information reforming a capstone design course. Systems in reforming a mandatory capstone design course Research in Higher Engineering by integrating various team training tools and modules and Education, (1), 132-137. teamwork assessments Wan Baikun, Li Qing, Yang Chunmei, & Reported a course reform project in a biomedical
Engineering Leadership Development Program.David’s main course, Model Based Systems Engineering, is also now officially sponsored by Boeing.David has also received multiple recognitions for his educational work from the Obama White House Of-fice of Science and Technology Policy and was an invited guest for the official start to the National Weekof Making and the CS4ALL initiatives. David also led the broader impacts video game creation for theNSF Expeditions in Computing Grant on Computational Sustainability and is the head faculty advisor forCornell Cup Robotics and Cornell University Sustainable Design (CUSD), which is commonly Cornell’slargest and most diverse student project team. David was also a screenwriter for Walt Disney
a strategy in which an expert provides the necessarysupport for a learner to accomplish a specific task, differentiated according to the learner’sability and situation. As the learner obtains more independence, the expert’s support is graduallydiminished. Typically, scaffolding is part of teaching strategy implemented at different levels ofinstruction (a task, a syllabus, a curriculum). But what we observed in MHR Lab occurredspontaneously and without formal planning or instructional design. We call this type ofinstructional strategy an “organically occurring scaffolding” and discuss it in more details in aseparate publication [37].Peer-to-peer learningPeer-to-peer learning, understood as partnering with more experienced lab members
and practices. The preliminary findings revealed that manydeveloped resources and curricula focused on secondary education, specifically middle school.However, recently there has been an increase in curriculum development for primary education.IntroductionArtificial Intelligence (AI) has gained significant attention in recent years across all sectors andfields [1]. In the past, AI was traditionally limited to industry. However, the integration ofengineering and computer science (CS) in pre-college education has led AI to emerge as the nextimperative topic in K-12 education [1], [2], [3]. With new technologies emerging rapidly, such asAlexa and Tesla’s self-driving cars, students must understand these tools and their utilizationstarting in
, we provide an overview of the BEADLE curriculum, and report onthe results of its evaluation using a remotely accessible FPGA lab. Additionally, we highlight thevarious features integrated into the remote lab platform, aimed at enhancing students'understanding of the curriculum content.IntroductionThe COVID-19 pandemic highlighted equity challenges for engineering students in remotelearning, including limited access to suitable hardware and stable internet connections.Innovative solutions were needed to offer lab-based courses with strong learning outcomes to allstudents. Providing remote access to hardware was a cost-effective alternative to shippinglaboratory kits worldwide and allowed for global access to a small number of
onfindings from the literature in mathematics that suggested revisiting fundamental mathematicalconcepts and reinforcing them throughout the curriculum [10]. Thought was also given to thefact that while students may understand the math, they might not see how it is applied in a givencontext, or the approximations and assumptions they are required to make to solve a certainproblem [11,12]. An intervention such as the one to be developed here, was suggested (but notexplored) in the literature as a potential tool for remedying these problems [13,14].In this work-in-progress paper we present the results of an emergent think aloud interviewprotocol [15-17] that examines student ability to transfer knowledge and the barriers they face indoing so while
Paper ID #40012Is this a good engineering activity? Helping K-12 teachers implementquality activities in their classroomsDr. Stacy K. Firth Stacy K. Firth is an Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Utah. In her role, she focuses on Engineering education in grades K-12 and undergradu- ate education. She has developed an inclusive curriculum for a year-long Engineering exploration and projects course that is now taught in 57 Utah high schools. She also developed and provides professional development workshops for Elementary and Secondary science educators to support
Editor for Engineering Studies, and Executive Committee Member of the International Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum. Dr. Zhu’s research interests include global and international engineering education, engineering ethics, engineering cultures, and ethics and policy of computing technologies and robotics.Dr. Scott Streiner, University of Pittsburgh Scott Streiner is an Assistant Professor in the Industrial Engineering Department, teaches in the First-Year Engineering Program and works in the Engineering Education Research Center (EERC) in the Swanson School of Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. Scott has received funding through NSF to conduct research on the impact of game-based learning on
existing courses, it is challenging to embed the NER contentsinto the courses. Many industry experts highlight the significance of knowing NER for powersystem studies as below. “…it is helpful if they had some background knowledge of the national electricity rules(NER) because the integration of new generators needs to be compliant with the NER.Specifically, section 5.2.5 of the NER...if the curriculum aligns to background on it, this willgive the students a better understanding of how the project is assessed in the energy sector,and the compliances need to be proven…” “…if the students are given an insight into the NER, that would be useful…” “…there was an introduction to the national electricity market organized by AEMO, whichdo help me
. Wire Stripper (1) 7. Knife (2) 10. 12 ft Tape Measure 4. Solder Wick (1)Table 1: Parts lists for BLIMP student and teacher kits. Lists with vendor links available at [5].CurriculumAs described in [1], the original curriculum developed for this program consisted of three structuralengineering lessons, three aero/hydrodynamics lessons, two biologically inspired propulsionlessons, one lesson on system design and integration, and one lesson on swarm dynamics andagent-based modeling. The developed curriculum utilized components of the BLIMP kit, or theBLIMPs themselves, to teach students about fish and robots, from how they are built to how theymove. Content was aligned to Next Generation Science Standards [6] and
environmental andsocial performance together with economic viability. The challenge is to reduce this powerfulabstract concept into a rigorous educational framework, with clear-cut methods, tools, and metrics,so it can be integrated into engineering curricula and practiced by professionals. The UnitedNations defines sustainability in terms of development that meets the needs of the present withoutcompromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. This requires a mutuallyoptimal usage of natural, societal, and economic resources. Sustainability education necessitatesthe use of unconventional approaches as against the traditional lecture-based style. Someinstitutions have tried to develop a sustainability curriculum using the
professor of engineering and a professor ofcommunication, working in tandem to provide comprehensive, industry-reflective designexperience to students over the course of a year. In the course students work in teams to deliverprogress reports and presentations on a design they formulate and build at facilities available oncampus. Their progress presentations and reports are modeled after those seen in industry.In Fall of 2021 two of this paper’s authors sought to mirror this paired instruction in the students’first year. They created a “cornerstone” course by combining an early curriculum CAD designcourse, EGR 201, with a technical writing course, COM 221 [1]. The two courses werescheduled back to back on MWF, which created a 2 hour and 40-minute
to integrate AI into existing courses. 2. Adapt previously developed and tested AI courses from University of Florida for use in a credit-granting AI program at MDC. 3. Create interdisciplinary courses that make an AI certificate available and relevant to all MDC students. 4. Establish multiple student entry points into AI for traditional students and existing professionals. The project seeks to meet students where they “are”: geographically, economically, and academically. 5. Provide support mechanisms that engage and encourage underrepresented minorities students to study AI.Findings from the Project’s Evaluation and Research TeamsThe project’s evaluation team found that faculty and staff reported
scope of this paper is naturally limited due to the focus on only one cohort for eachcourse (the fall 2022 semester). As these changes continue in further instances of the courses, welook forward to comparing multiple cohorts before and after said changes. We will also be able toconfirm if the increased retention rate is maintained. Future work includes further integration offocused team-development and story-driven learning in other courses in the curriculum andassessment of the impact of compounding engagement in EML.Conclusion Teams are not only an integral part of modern engineering, but they also support students’entrepreneurial mindset by providing a space to engage with the 3Cs collaboratively. Similarly,story-driven learning
programdirector worked with faculty from each department to develop an integrated, scaffoldedcurriculum that was delivered by the two graduate teaching fellows per department as part of thecore undergraduate curriculum. The thrust of the program was to incorporate teaching andlearning of context-specific communication, exemplified by the communication-in-the-disciplines (CID) (Dannels, 2001) approach that positions the standards of professionalcommunication within the norms of engineering work. Collaboration occurred in at least onerequired course for each engineering student from Freshman through Senior year. The coursestypically included a team design project, thus necessitating some instruction on teamcommunication, oral presentations, writing, and
hardware fundamentals. To create the curriculum, the project team is designing anddeveloping a set of games played collaboratively using a field-programmable gate array (FPGA)board. Other components, such as switches to input data, LED arrays, and seven-segmentdisplays, are also being added to the output, as depicted in Fig. 1. The primary goal is to enablean engaging, thought-provoking, and synergistic learning of the hardware aspects of computingfor students from any engineering major. Each curricular module addresses a differentfundamental concept of computing hardware, and collectively the modules provide a "peekinside the box" to construct an accurate perspective of what components constitute a modernelectronic system and why. The PICABOO
endeavor.More details about courses in this curriculum are available in additional publications [13-17],including a deeper discussion about this specific course [18].Course ContextPrior to running the course, we studied the university’s Energy Master Plan (EMP), learned aboutthe current state of solar energy on campus, and identified four potential new solar projects. Theuniversity currently has a ~1.2 MW photovoltaic (PV) solar system that provides ~7% of theenergy consumed on campus. While a good start, this contribution is low considering theuniversity’s location in Southern California; there is an opportunity to greatly increase campusreliance on solar energy, and the university has committed to reaching carbon neutrality by 2035.The course was
the new curriculum on student understanding of social justice and students’ perceptionof the relevance of social justice to the profession. Student evaluations and written reflectionswere also examined to gauge how students perceived the integration of social justice into anintroductory engineering course. Survey results indicate that student awareness of the relevanceof social justice to the engineering profession increased over the course of the quarter. Inaddition, findings indicate an increase in understanding of social justice concepts along with anincrease in ability to identify social injustice. As seen through course evaluations and writtenreflections, student response to the course has been positive and most students are receptive
development, and engineering education. Through these research topics, Raissa has been publishing papers for peer-reviewed journal and conference pro- ceedings. Also, she is part of Dr. Siyuan Song’s research lab, the Safety Automation and Visualization Environment (SAVE) Laboratory, which integrates technologies and education themes to improve build- ing performance and safety engineering.Dr. Siyuan Song, The University of Alabama Dr. Siyuan Song is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental engineering at the University of Alabama. Her research interests include Occupational Safety and Health, Training and Workforce Development, Engineering Education, Building Information Modeling
. Theresearch objective of this study is to extend and contribute to the literature by showing howentrepreneurially minded interdisciplinary learning experiences can be integrated into atechnical-heavy engineering course to optimize student learning.6.2 Summary of Main TakeawayThe main takeaways from this study can be summarized as follows:1. This study provides an example computer engineering course curriculum that responds to the industry demands on engineering graduates to have a better application of professional and soft skills.2. This study supports ABET learning outcomes. The proposed model can be used to assess ABET criteria 3 learning outcomes 3 and 5.3. This study investigated a research project implemented in a non-design course, which
computing. This paper discusses the summer program and curriculum, culturally-responsive teaching strategies deployed, student learning outcomes, and perceptions of culturalresponsiveness assessed in the Females are Cyber Starssummer programs.IntroductionMeeting the future cybersecurity challenges requires the United States to utilize all of its availableworkforce talents. There is a shortage of nearly three million cybersecurity professionals and staff. Almost60% of organizations report that they are at an extreme or moderate cyber risk due to the high staff shortage[1]. Although women are a significant resource pool, historically the technology industry has done a poorjob recruiting women in
(PPI) Dr. Farid Breidi joined the School of Engineering Technology at Purdue University as an Assistant Profes- sor in Aug 2020. Farid received his B.E. in Mechanical Engineering degree from the American University of Beirut in 2010, his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2012, and his Ph.D. in Agricultural and Biological Engineering from Purdue University in 2016. The primary focus of Farid’s research is modeling and design of fluid power and mechanical systems. He is interested in integrating machine learning and data analytics to improve the efficiency and performance of conventional and digital fluid power systems.Peter Soudah ©American
rote learning because students can rapidly useknowledge to solve an issue at hand while internalizing the minimal amount of essential andrelevant information. Because they do not have to repeat the same material in several areas,integrated content also frees up students' time to study new information. This improves thinkingspeed and turns the brain into a programming machine rather than making learning dull. Apartfrom obtaining engagement for learners’ interdisciplinary integration has some advantages forinstructors as well. Teachers are familiar with interdisciplinary information in their subject areas,making it simple to synthesize and condense knowledge into primary ideas that are distinct fromone another and are easy to visualize
can result in a lack ofreinforcement in learning and poor development of communication skills. Given the challengeshighlighted above, there exists a clear need for more curricular based, college-level STEAM-integrated coursework and interventions to expose engineering students to cross-disciplinaryproblems, further inculcating innovation and creativity development within the collegeexperience.1.3 Proposed SolutionHere, in this exploratory work, we examine the effect of an entrepreneurially mindset-focused,bioinspired STEAM-based intervention in a core curriculum, mid-level bioengineering course onphysiology. By targeting students in a mid-level course, we offer an opportunity for students toapply STEAM-based experiential learning in a
-2022, winning the Reid Miller Teaching Excellence Award in 2022.David Lin, Washington State University David Lin is an Associate Professor with a joint appointment in the Voiland School of Chemical Engi- neering and Bioengineering and Department of Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience at Washington State University, Pullman, WA. His teaching interests are in Bioinstrumentation, Biomechanics, Control Systems, and Physiology. His research interests are in the Biomechanics of the musculosketal systems and multi-scale physiology of muscle contraction. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Work in Progress: A Themed Problem-Learning Redesign of