BRIGE grant), advancing problem based learning methodologies (NSF CCLI grant), assessing student learning, as well as understanding and integrating complex problem solving in undergraduate engineering education (NSF CAREER grant). Her other research interests lie in cardiovascular fluid mechanics, sustainability research, and K-12 engineering outreach.Eric Pappas, James Madison University ERIC PAPPAS is an associate professor in the School of Engineering and the Department of Integrated Science and Technology at James Madison University. Page 15.1082.1© American Society for Engineering
AC 2010-990: ENGINEERING ONLINE GATEWAY SYSTEM - ENSURING ANDEVALUATING STUDENT LEARNING THROUGH AUTOMATED, MILESTONEEXAMSMarcial Lapp, University of Michigan Marcial Lapp is a graduate student in the Industrial and Operations Engineering Department at the University of Michigan. His research interests lie in modeling and solving large-scale optimization problems focused on the transportation and logistics industries, as well as improving undergraduate engineering education through innovative teaching technology. He holds a Masters and a Bachelors degree in Computer Science from the University of Michigan. His email is .Jeffrey Ringenberg, University of Michigan Jeff Ringenberg is a
teachingin the laboratory more interesting2 and engaging3. Furthermore, sensor science helps preparestudents with a foundation of instrumentation technology for the measurement and control ofindustrial processes4. Despite the above efforts to produce a prevailing culture of sensingscience, the vast majority of engineering students very rarely have access to a large number ofreal-world sensors within the classrooms. A lack of effective ways to incorporate large-scalesensor data into engineering curricula retards students’ development of problem solving skills in Page 15.1059.2a real-world contexts.In this paper, we propose a new approach to
programs, where she coordinated student courses as well as parent information sessions. Her research interests include students' perceptions of their learning experience as and how to promote students' learning who show giftedness in the Engineering and Technology areas. Page 15.423.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Development of Parents’ Engineering Awareness Survey (PEAS) According to the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior FrameworkAbstractWith increased interest in promoting engineering as a field of study and career pathway to bothcollege and pre-college student, it is important to
AC 2010-59: UNDERSTANDING COOPERATIVE EDUCATION ANDINTERNSHIPS: THE INFLUENCE ON ENGINEERING STUDENTS’ PROBLEMSOLVING SKILLSAlexander Yin, Pennsylvania State University Alexander C. Yin recently completed his PhD. in Higher Education and the Master's in Applied Statistics at Penn State with a minor in Educational Psychology. Prior to his graduate studies at Penn State, Alex earned his B.S. and M.S. in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology Page 15.1296.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Understanding Cooperative Education and Internships: The
and while adecrease was seen in the results the students were able to feel successful with a complex lesson.One aspect that may improve the numbers would be the available class time to complete theactivity; many students may have been able to complete all three activities if they had been ableto have more time. While developing and implementing this activity a lot was revealed about how to makemath, science, technology, and engineering exciting to high school students. This lesson requiredthat a very complicated engineering research topic be made accessible to high school students.The biggest lesson learned was how critical it was to understand the students’ prior knowledge.Across the two years and fifteen implementations of this
CSEM scholarships to help complete their undergraduate degrees. ≠ A dually-listed graduate/ undergraduate course in LabView was developed as a direct result of the JagBot project. ≠ Three Master’s students either completed or will soon complete theses directly related to JagBot. Two of the three students have been accepted into Ph.D. programs, one at the University of Utah, one at the Georgia Institute of Technology. ≠ Three senior design projects were completed and successfully defended. ≠ The University as a whole has received favorable publicity from the JagBot project. ≠ The JagBot has been featured in Engineering Open House presentations, Computer and
materials for middle school outreach based on service learning using engineering design principles. His current research interests are focused on the development of micro and nano biodevices and technologies for personalized medicine, bioinspired nanoscale engineering strategies for bioresponsive and biomimetic hybrid materials and biohybrid devices for diagnostic and therapeutic medical device applications. He also serves on various scientific review panels and advisory panels, as well as, a consultant to the medical device and diagnostic industry.Susan Haag, Arizona State University Susan Haag, Arizona State University Susan Haag, Ph.D., is Director of Research and Evaluation for
and real clients washighly rated.5 Areas that the Cal Poly students felt needed improvement were the balance oflecture time versus work time, conflicting professor directions, unclear submittal requirementsand difficulty in scheduling team work outside of the class hours. As the class continues tomature the learning experience for the students will continue to improve setting the students on apositive course towards Integrated Project Delivery.Bibliography1 “Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs,” Effective for Evaluations During the 2009-2010 AccreditationCycle, Engineering Accreditation Commission, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, ABET, Inc.,Baltimore, Maryland, 2009.2 A Guide to the Project Management Body of
Page 15.1165.2goal of enhancing science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education byreinforcing technical content and illustrating the interconnections between disciplines such asmath and chemistry. We seek to answer the following research questions: How do teachers develop as scientific researchers when immersed in a research project? How well do they understand the research process after participation in this experience? What role do their mentors serve in their development as scientific researchers?Development of technical and scientific expertise and an understanding of the nature of scienceare desired professional development experiences for teachers1 and for emerging scientists2. Wehypothesized that our data would
AC 2010-1470: INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL TRAINING ENVIRONMENT WITHWEB-CAMERA FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING EDUCATIONHassan Rajaei, Bowling Green State UniversityArsen Gasparyan, Bowling Green State University Page 15.790.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Interactive Virtual Training Environment with Web-Camera for Science and Engineering EducationAbstractWeb-based interactive environments exhibit impressive potentials for educational purposes.Web-based simulation (WBS) offers such a surrounding. Numerous courses in science andengineering can employ WBS techniques to explain and demonstrate complex concepts forstudents through a simple and
,preparation for global workforcesIntroduction We live in an era with unprecedented changes due to dramatic advances in technology onmany fronts. The explosive growth in computing and communication has revolutionized the waywe work and live. Increasingly, both engineering and business work forces are becoming morediverse with teams working with global foci. The forces of globalization, demographics, andtechnological advances are changing the role of both the engineering and the businesscommunities in society,1 identifying a significant challenge in the way universities address thediverse professions, university education, and associated university student assessmentprocesses
the drill.In general the presence of books and computers indicate the student’s viewscientists/engineers as educated and actively seeking knowledge as part of their work.Several stories included trips to the library as part of the problem solving strategies,essentially bulking up in knowledge weapons, to prepare for the final conflict with theantagonist in the story. In most stories this conflict was literally a physical fight. Some ofthe antagonists used their technology to indirectly attack the protagonist as is seen in thestory in Figure 7, but all of the main characters fought one another. This may be a resultof the language used by the instructors when the “elements of a good story” was taught.The students were asked to build conflict
AC 2010-226: A HOLISTIC APPROACH FOR STUDENT ASSESSMENT INPROJECT-BASED MULTIDISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING CAPSTONE DESIGNMark Steiner, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteJunichi Kanai, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteRichard Alben, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteLester Gerhardt, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteCheng Hsu, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Page 15.42.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 A Holistic Approach for Student Assessment in Project-based Multidisciplinary Engineering Capstone DesignAbstractA capstone design course involves multiple variables and complexities which make its teachingconspicuously challenging1,2; e.g., sponsors
Mathematical Society 1985, 32 (3), 477-479.6. Sodhi, M. S.; Son, B. G., ASP, The Art And Science Of Practice: Skills Employers Want from Operations Research Graduates. Interfaces 2008, 38 (2), 140-146.7. Thamhain, H., Leading Technology-Based Project Teams. Engineering Management Journal 2004, 16 (2), 35-42.8. Burke, C. S.; Stagl, K. C.; Klein, C.; Goodwin, G. F.; Salas, E.; Halpin, S. M., What Type of Leadership Behaviors Are Functional in Teams? A Meta-Analysis. Leadership Quarterly 2006, 17 (3), 288-307.9. Oh, K.; Kim, Y.; Lee, J., An Empirical Study of Communication Patterns, Leadership Styles, and Subordinate Satisfaction In R&D Project Teams In Korea. Journal Of Engineering And Technology
AC 2010-2228: GREEN TOURISM PROJECT AS PART OF SMART URBANGROWTH CLASSWilliam Roper, George Mason University Dr. Roper is a professor at George Mason University. He is a Founding Director & President of Rivers of the World Foundation and a Sr. Advisor to the consulting firm of Dawson & Associates. He joined George Mason after serving as Professor and Chairman of the Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering at George Washington University. During that time he also served as Sr. Science and Technology Advisor to the NGA. Prior to this position he was the director of the U.S. Army Geospatial Center in Alexandria, VA and earlier Dir. of the Corps of Engineers world-wide civil
AC 2010-190: REGRESSION MODELS FOR PREDICTING STUDENT ACADEMICPERFORMANCE IN AN ENGINEERING DYNAMICS COURSEShaobo Huang, Utah State University Shaobo Huang is a PhD in Engineering Education student in the Department of Engineering and Technology Education in the College of Engineering at Utah State University (USU). With BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering, her area of interest focuses on the predictive modeling of student academic performance and problem solving skills in engineering courses. She is a recipient of the USU Presidential Fellowship.Ning Fang, Utah State University Ning Fang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering and Technology Education in the
AC 2010-2278: FROM BRAINSTORMING TO C-SKETCH TO PRINCIPLES OFHISTORICAL INNOVATORS: IDEATION TECHNIQUES TO ENHANCESTUDENT CREATIVITYChristina White, Columbia UniversityAustin Talley, University of Texas, AustinDaniel Jensen, United States Air Force AcademyKristin Wood, George Washington UniversityAndy Szmerekovsky, US Air Force AcademyRichard Crawford, University of Texas at Austin Page 15.602.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 From Brainstorming to C-Sketch to Principles of Historical Innovators: Ideation Techniques to Enhance Student CreativityAbstractThe heart and soul of engineering is innovation and our ability to improve the human
County Public Schools (FCPS) located in Fairfax County, Virginia administers six highschool Career and Technical Education Academies, centers within existing high schools, whichoffer advanced technical and specialized courses that successfully integrate career and academicpreparation. Chantilly High School Academy is the largest of the six academies and is anembedded part-day magnet academy for student enrollment from multiple schools in the FCPSdivision.As a dynamic learning environment, Chantilly Academy’s mission is to offer specialized career-oriented electives, in two concentration areas: Engineering & Scientific Technology and Health& Human Services. Students gain professional experience, verified credit, professionallicensure
numbers of women and traditionally underrepresented groups); 2. Better support those enrolled in engineering programs; 3. Encourage greater numbers of students who complete engineering degrees to enter engineering professionsThe APS addresses the following fundamental research questions: ≠ SKILLS: How do students’ engineering skills and knowledge develop and/or change over time? How do the technological and mathematical fluencies of engineering students compare with those found in professional engineering settings? ≠ IDENTITY: How do these students come to identify themselves as engineers? How do students’ appreciation, confidence, and commitment to engineering change as they navigate their education? How
faculty leading the course. For example, in the most recentversion of the course taught in Norway and Sweden, the objectives were: 1. Develop an understanding of how sustainable engineering can be applied to solve modern problems related to energy supply, residential construction, and transportation. 2. Understand the limitations of technology and how today’s engineering solutions can become tomorrow’s societal problems; 3. Develop an historic perspective on the development of Scandinavia; 4. Understand how traditions, customs, and culture impact engineering projects; 5. Understand how projects in one country can be affected by policies, laws, and customs of other countries
AC 2010-263: ENHANCING ENGINEERING STUDENTS’ KNOWLEDGE OFINFORMATION LITERACY AND ETHICS THROUGH AN INTERACTIVEONLINE LEARNING MODULEYuejin Xu, Murray State University Yuejin Xu is an assistant professor of psychology, Murray State University, Murray, KY. His research interests include 1) Learning, teaching, and teacher education, 2) Motivation, critical thinking and decision making processes, and 3) Effect and implementation of technology in the classroom.Lili Dong, Cleveland State University Lili Dong received the M.S.E.E. from Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics, and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, China and the Ph. D. degree in Electrical Engineering
develop abilities in critical thinking, problem solving, written and oral communication, quantitative analysis, leadership and teamwork, ethics and values awareness, and information technology b. The student will acquire a strong background in applied mathematics with an emphasis on computational methods c. The student will acquire a foundation in physics, computing tools and engineering science necessary to understand how each relates to realistic applications in at least one science application area d. The student will be exposed to computational applications in the sciences and engineering. The student will learn how to synthesize the mathematics, computing, physics, and engineering to
AC 2010-1696: ACTIVE LEARNING STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE LEARNING INA CIVIL ENGINEERING GRADUATE VIBRATIONS COURSELuciana Barroso, Texas A&M University Page 15.120.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Active Learning Strategies to Enhance Learning in a Civil Engineering Graduate Vibrations CourseAbstractThis paper presents a first-semester graduate level course in structural dynamics that utilizesactive learning as a mechanism to address 1) higher expectations of learning, 2) varying levels oracademic background and preparation, and 3) diverse cultural backgrounds. Active learningstrategies used include cooperative learning, both
forthem if and when they receive their first “C”.Another group of students, the technology admirers, are quite determined to major in engineering as theyhave great expectations of all the “cool” things they will do in engineering. The problem these studentsfind with some engineering programs is the lack of engineering in the first year; these students may beimpatient and expect to start working with engineering projects as soon as they start their program. Formany students in this group, the necessary freshman classes in math and sciences will be intolerable andthe result may be transferring out of engineering.In order to address these issues, many engineering schools around the nation are modifying their curriculato include at least one
the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Center at Anne Arundel Community College (AACC). Rich has extensive experience in a variety of STEM disciplines, STEM program development and articulation, instructional technology, grant work, teacher development, on-line instruction, and educational research. He has a B.S degree in Chemical Engineering, a M.S. degree in Physics, and a Ph.D. in Science Education.Wesley Lawson, University of Maryland DR. WESLEY LAWSON is a tenured full-professor and Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Maryland at College Park, Maryland. Wes has experience in high
. O’Connell, D. O’Hanlon, J. Spollen. 2006.Integrating Engineering and Biology – The Final Frontier. UNACOMA Vision Award, EurAgEng/CIGRconference, Bonn, Germany, Sept 6, 2006.5. Medaris, K. 2009. Hands-on Projects May be Best Way to Teach Engineering and Technology Concepts.Imperial Valley News. Yuma, Arizona, USA. 28 January 2009.6. Oakley, B., R. M. Felder, R. Brent, and I. Elhajj. 2004. Turning student groups into effective teams. Journal ofStudent Centered Learning 2(1): 9-34.7. Robson, M. 2002. Problem-Solving in Groups (3rd Ed.). Gower, Aldershot, UK.8. Savin-Baden, M. 2004. Understanding the impact of assessment on students in problem-based learning
AC 2010-1810: AN UPDATE ON THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN UNIVERSITYOF HARTFORD AND HERAT UNIVERSITY TO BOOST ENGINEERINGEDUCATIONMohammad Saleh Keshawarz, University of HartfordMirGhulam BarizHosaini, Herat University in Western AfghanistanAlnajjar Hisham, University of Hartford Page 15.176.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 An Update on the Partnership BetweenUniversity of Hartford and Herat University to Boost Engineering EducationAbstractIn 2007, the University of Hartford College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture, inWest Hartford, Connecticut began a partnership with the Faculty of Engineering at
William Smith Colleges from 1997-1999, and then served for three years as Senior Director of Research and Evaluation at PowerUP, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding technology access and providing youth development resources for underserved youth.Maria Terrell, Cornell University Math Dept. Page 15.185.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Applications and Confidence Inventories for Assessing Curricular Change in Introductory Engineering Mathematics InstructionAbstractThis project stems from a collaborative effort by engineering and mathematics faculty at aresearch
AC 2010-2161: A CASE STUDY APPROACH TO TEACHING AIRCRAFTPERFORMANCE: REVERSE ENGINEERING THE SR-71 BLACKBIRDBrian German, Georgia Tech Brian German is an assistant professor in the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His research interests are in the areas of systems integration and optimization, aircraft conceptual design, and engineering education. Page 15.10.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 A Case Study Approach to Teaching Aircraft Performance: Reverse Engineering the SR-71 BlackbirdAbstractThis paper