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Education; National Academy of Engineering and National ResearchCouncil, Engineering in K-12 Education: Understanding the Status and Improving the Prospects. The NationalAcademies Press: Washington, D.C., 2009.6. Yasar, S.; Baker, D.; Robinson-Kurpius, S.; Krause, S.; Roberts, C., Development of a survey to assess K-12 teachers’ perceptions of engineers and familiarity with teaching design, engineering, technology. Journal ofEngineering Education 2006, 95, (3), 205-216.7. Bailey, R.; Szabo, Z., Assessing engineering design process knowledge. International Journal ofEngineering Education 2006, 22, (3), 508-518.8. Bailey, R., Comparative study of undergraduate and practicing engineer knowledge of the roles of problemdefinition
AC 2010-1098: COURSE-RELATED ACTIVITIES FOR MECHANICALVIBRATION IN THE ABSENCE OF A FORMAL LABORATORYB. Sridhara, Middle Tennessee State University Dr. B. S. Sridhara is a professor in the Department of Engineering Technology at Middle Tennessee State University. He received his B.S.M.E. and M.S.M.E. degrees from Bangalore University and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. He received his M.S.M.E. and Ph. D. degrees from Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, and Auburn University, Alabama. Dr. Sridhara has published several peer-reviewed articles in the areas of Acoustics, Vibration, finite element methods, and Engineering Education
linked-list simulator.(The names of the students have been changed to preserve their privacy.) Figure 10. Using a form to collect answers to in-class exercisesWhen a student is called to the board towork a problem in a traditionalclassroom, (s)he is often asked to showthe steps in a derivation. The sameeffect can be achieved with a form,where successive questions ask whathappens during successive steps. Figure11 shows a form for collecting thisinformation, and Figure 12 presents theassociated spreadsheet.Note that the last question asks studentswhich row of the classroom they aresitting in. I use this question in myclasses to spot areas of the classroomwhere students are not engaged, and alsoto facilitate competitions among rows
ideas.Bibliography1. Adams, R. (2001). Cognitive processes in iterative design behavior. Dissertation: University ofWashington.2. Adams, R., & C. J. Atman. (1999). Cognitive processes in iterative design behavior. Proceedings ofthe Annual Frontiers in Education Conference, November, San Juan.3. Adams, R. S., & C. J. Atman. (2000). Characterizing Engineering Student Design Processes: AnIllustration of Iteration. Proceedings of the Annual Conference for the American Society ofEngineering Education, June, Charlotte, NC.4. Adams, R. S. (2002). Understanding design iteration: Representations from an empirical study. In D.Durling & J. Shackleton (Eds), Common Ground: Proceedings of the Design Research SocietyInternational Conference at Brunel
and Strategic Projects, College of Engineering, Montana State University and draftpaper reviewers for the 2010 ASEE Annual Conference.Bibliography1. Petersen, A.K., Reynolds, J.H., and Ng, L.W.T. (2008) The Attitude of Civil Engineering Students Towards Health and Safety Risk Management: a Case Study. European Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 33, Nos. 5-6:499-510.2. Andi. (2008) Construction workers perceptions toward safety culture. Civil Engineering Dimension 10.1: 1-6.3. Choudhry, R., Fang, D., and Mohamed, S. (2009) Closure of: Developing a Model of Construction Safety Culture. Journal of Management in Engineering, Vol. 24, No. 1: 45-47.4. National Construction Agenda (2008) For Occupational Safety and Health Research and
AC 2010-1286: BREAKING BARRIERS: PATHWAYS TO GRADUATION FORUNDERREPRESENTED TALENTCarol Gattis, University of Arkansas Dr. Carol Gattis is the Associate Dean for the Honors College and an Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Arkansas. She has 17 years of experience in the areas of student recruitment, retention and diversity and has published and presented extensively on these topics. Dr. Gattis is the PI on the NSF S-STEM grant and oversees all aspects of the ECAP program.Todd Shields, University of Arkansas Dr. Todd Shields is professor of political science and director of the Diane D. Blair Center of Southern Politics and Society. His areas of research
a specific time increases their commitment to attend. ≠ Develop an online sign in process to better monitor program utilization. ≠ Develop a privacy policy so users are aware of session recording options.Bibliography1. Avison, D., Baskerville, R., & Myers, M. (2001). Controlling Action Research Projects. Information Technology & People, 14(1), 28-45.2. Bloom, B. S. (1984). The search for methods of group instruction as effective as one-to-one tutoring. Educational Leadership, 41(8), 4.3. Bork, A. (2000). Learning technology. Educause Review, 35(1), 74-81.4. Chang, S. L. (2004). The roles of mentors in electronic learning environments. AACE Journal, 12(3), 331-342.5. Elden, M., & Chisholm, R. F. (1993
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, acknowledging that Spanish has not only the potential, but the need ofbecoming one of the official languages of engineering education research. As wisely stated byRey-Rocha and Martín-Sempere, “although we cannot forget that Science is an eminentlyinternational activity, whose results have to be necessarily disseminated amongst theinternational community, we can neither miss the point of its national [local or regional]utility”20 and need for dissemination.Bibliography1. Haghighi, K.; Smith, K. A.; Olds, B. M.; Fortenberry, N.; Bond, S., The time is now: Are we ready for our role? Journal of Engineering Education 2008, 97 (2), 119-121.2. Lohmann, J.; De Graaff, E. In Advancing the global capacity for engineering education research
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shear walls, and architectural requirements, such as ceiling type and interstitial space.Each trade initially routes their system to their own advantage. This includes decreasing overalllength, routing close to support points, choosing prime locations for major components, andlocating system runs to facilitate the construction needs of their own trade.During coordination meetings, the participating student work groups compare preliminary routingfor their systems to identify and resolve conflicts. They also decide which trade(s) will revise theirdesign and submit requests for information (RFI) regarding problems that require an engineeringresolution. Deliverables of the project include the following: the building information model,coordinated
from the current injections. The paper documentedthe educational benefits the project provided to the undergraduate researcher. These benefitsincluded enhanced laboratory, problem solving, and communication skills. This project alsofound that having a member of a class take part in an undergraduate research project couldengage other members of classes and attract future students to research projects.Bibliography1. Louis Robert Nerone, “Analysis and Design of a Self-Oscillating Class E Balast for Compact Florescent Lamps”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 48, No. 1, February 2001, pp. 151-160.2. M. A. Shafi, R. A. McMahon, S. Weier, “Investigation of Losses in Commercially Available Self-Resonant Ballasts for
needed to solve a single problem while keeping in mind the manydiffering objectives of the overall project [1]. A multidisciplinary approach to engineering designis valuable in that it asks that students make certain that, “…advances in performance,…technology, or discipline(s), must be much more highly integrated than in the past” [2]. TheFreshman Engineering course at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore is designed to exposestudents to challenging problems that require them to gain experience and increase theirknowledge outside of their normal field of expertise while practicing decision making skillsnecessary to stay on time and on budget.Engaging students within the engineering design principlesStudents in the Spring 2009 Engineering
image and video coding.Siew Koay, Prairie View A&M University Dr. S. T. Koay is currently professor at Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Prairie View A&M University. His current research interests are analytical modeling for spatial tracking of mobile objects for real time applications, statistical signal processing, modeling and simulation.Yonggao Yang, Prairie View A&M University Yonggao Yang is an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science at Prairie View A&M University in Texas. He joined the CS Department at PVAMU as an Assistant Professor in August 2002 immediately upon receiving a Ph.D. degree in Information Technology & Computer
particular,we are looking for a better motivator to attract students who are struggling and help them in away that they feel more directly addresses their problems.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under award0757020 (DUE). Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation (NSF).Bibliography[1] T. J. Cortina. An introduction to computer science for non-majors using principles of computation. In SIGCSE’07: Proceedings of the 38th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education, pages 218–222, New
S A N D S Comments A S D1. The idea is highly creative.2. The idea could lead to a broadly applicable product.3. The idea could serve as a catalyst for furtherideas/products.4. The problem does not respond to a clearly identified need.5. The proposed project fits the problem for which it wascreated.6. The problem description clearly communicates its purpose.7. The problem description appears incomplete.8. The idea shows evidence of careful thought and planning.9. The idea is not very easy to understand.Mark an "X" in ONE category below that best describes Commentsthe idea proposed for the project:10a.The idea is a truly new product
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corresponding increasein understanding and achievement 2, 3. In most cases, they remain dedicated courses, oftenfulfilling university communications requirements.The University of C___’s S____ School of Engineering has decided on a slightlydifferent approach, in order to ensure that students are gaining the propercommunications skills. While engineering students are still required to take theuniversity-mandated technical communications course, students are also given instructionin communications in their first year of study, as part of an engineering design course.This method ensures not only that students are exposed to proper technicalcommunications skills from the start of their engineering careers, but that communicationis seen as an integral part
signals at2.1Mb/s. [20]. The Bluetooth USB Adapter supports the Microsoft Service Pack 2 Bluetoothstack.Java Software Platform for NXT Page 15.1155.4The NXT needs to have a firmware installed in order to be usable. The default firmware andsoftware, NXT-G, are adequate for normal users. However, for greater flexibility, an alternatefirmware and software system for the NXT, called leJOS NXJ, was adopted for the project. Itinterfaces with the NXT hardware and allows users to program in Java. The PC laptop usedleJOS JVM (Java Virtual Machine) under a Linux operating system. An open source integrateddevelopment environment (IDE) suitable for leJOS NXJ
) based onthe ABET criteria for the Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering6 (BSME) and since ourinstitution, under the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), is utilizing Academic QualityImprovement Program (AQIP) as part of its institutional accreditation, Understanding by Design(UbD) techniques were incorporated in the course development. Page 15.133.2Development of a class using UbD7 philosophy is very similar to the manner in which engineersapproach problems to develop viable solutions. Goal(s) are established for the class through aprocess similar in concept to identifying criteria and constraints, exterior and interior, relating tothe
. (Note that no data areavailable for Exercise 12 or for survey item number one for Exercise 9.)Survey Statements1. This exercise was an appropriate use of class time.2. This exercise had a clear learning objective.3. This exercise was successful in meeting its associated learning objective(s).4. I recommend DISCONTINUING the use of this exercise in future semesters.*5. Please provide any additional comments you may have regarding this exercise:6. This exercise was an effective learning tool.*** “Discontinuing” was listed in all capital letters for exercises 3 through 11.** This survey item was only posed for exercises 7 through 11.Table 2: Statements for surveys administered to students following completion of each exercise.Analysis indicates
lighting (primarily electricity usage). Figure 1 is a visuallyeye-catching illustration to open a presentation on energy. This figure, as well as many of theillustrations in this paper, was taken from the U. S. DOE Energy Information Administration(EIA) document, Annual Energy Report 20081. Every June, the EIA issues a detailed reportcataloging the energy usage of the previous year. The yearly issue thus provides an easy way toupdate energy usage and statistics. The current and previous editions of the Annual EnergyReport (AER) are available at www.eia.doe.gov/aer.An irrefutable fact is that the developed countries (the United States, Japan, the UnitedKingdom….) use more energy per capita than the less-developed countries (Mexico,Indonesia
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. 5 General Description You will develop a robotic system that carries a student s backpack that is expected to contain a laptop computer and several textbooks and notebooks. The robot will follow the student as s/he walks on the campus. When the student reaches a classroom building s/he will either lock the robot in a university-provided locker or carry the robot to class. The robot must be able to navigate on flat and inclined paved surfaces at a reasonable walking speed (up to 4 mph). The robot must be able to have enough on-board power to operate for at least two hours without recharging. Students should be able to recharge the robot by plugging the robot into a wall power outlet. Each team must develop a
in regards to utilization of LMS products and studentengagement.As Kuh et al. (2001)6 discovered “...it appears that the further away from campus (walkingdistance, driving distance) the less likely a student is to take advantage of the educationalresources the institution provides” (p.5). It is up to administrators, IT professionals andinstructors to engage those urban, commuter students and provide them with the sameopportunities their fellow on campus colleagues can access.Bibliography1. Carliner, S. (2004.) An overview of online learning (2nd Ed.) Amherst, MA: HRD Press.2. Harasim, L. (1989). On-Line Education: A New Domain. In Mason, R., and Kaye. A (Eds.), Mindweave: Communication, Computers and Distance Education. (pp.50-62
engineers andmanagers. The experience has been a Win-Win scenario for the students and the Industrypartner. The students have the opportunity to work on a practical design project and to interactwith outside engineers. The companies also have the ability to work directly with some of ourbrightest and most capable students, providing them an opportunity to identify potential newhires.Bibliography1. Dym, C. L., A. M. Agogino, O. Eris, D. D. Frey, and L. J. Leifer. (2005). “Engineering Design Thinking,Teaching, and Learning.” Journal of Engineering Education, 94(1): 103- 120.2. Dutson, A. J., R. H. Todd, S. P. Magleby and C. D. Sorenson. (1997) “A Review of Literature on TeachingDesign through Project-Oriented Capstone Courses,” Journal of Engineering
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