villagers preserve forest by using peanut shell as cooking fuel,assess their need of fresh water, and evaluate the road conditions.Through this trip, the teams achieved the planned goal to help the people in need by usingtheir engineering background. Meanwhile, they also learned a lot: 1. Engineering truly can affect people’s lives even in a remote region. 2. The best technology is not necessary the state-of-art technology, but the one suitable for the settings and meet the needs. 3. The engineering solution is subject to the working constraints, especially the local infrastructure. 4. Available budget is often the top priority to make or break a project, especially an engineering project. 5. To make a project
withspecial skills in science, technology, engineering and mathematics," and that "the STEM gap willincrease significantly in the future." Many universities across the US strive to produce sufficientengineering graduates. Therefore, recruitment and retention of students to STEM fields,particularly engineering, is a major priority. A second, more specific goal is to improverecruitment and retention of underrepresented groups including women and ethnic minorities inengineering. Women and ethnic minorities are significantly underrepresented in engineering.Successful implementation of the plans to enhance the commitment of students to the field of Page
of reflective questions for the course project focused on the learning done inteams and the team process: Lab 5 Reflection 1: How has your group worked together toward developing a complete understanding of your subsystem? How did individual team members contribute to this understanding? Lab 5 Reflection 2: Did your group have any “false starts” or begin down a path only to have to turn back when conducting research for your program? Describe in detail what happened. For example, what specific decision led you to the “false start”? If not, why do you think your team was able to progress so smoothly? Give a specific example. Lab 5 Reflection 3: In the process of learning about your subsystem and planning your program, what problems did your
background is typically provided, andthe students have an opportunity to ask questions. Several municipal representatives may attendthis meeting - in addition to the primary contact (e.g., town administrator), several interestedmunicipal stakeholders (e.g., police chief, fire chief, planning director) attend as well. Thecollection of personnel provides unique insight for the students. Table 1 Community Meeting Schedule for Northeastern University Transportation Capstone over a 14 Week Semester Presentation Type Jan March April Formal Informal (week 3 of the (week 7 of the (week 12 of
. Labs using hardware are equallygood, maybe even better, but that takes more time for the students to implement and debug. Ithink Multisim is the best choice.”Conclusions and Future WorkAssessment data from electric circuits classes of on-line, non-traditional, applied engineeringstudents show a 10-30% increase in students’ satisfaction with their learning, the teacher, coursecontent, and technology when remote laboratory experiments using ELVIS equipment was used.Assessment data from digital circuit design classes in computer engineering using Multisimshow a 28-48% increase in these areas. Further horizontal integration of these remotelaboratories in other Applied Engineering classes is planned, with additional vertical integrationwithin the
The students detail all of the background history surrounding the electronic project on which they plan to work. Costing and Scheduling The students provide a detailed development plan that lists all of the costs involved in developing the project, as well as deadlines throughout the projects development. Project Development* The "Project Development" section is common to all of the four phases included in the PBDS. Engineering Calculations Phase After being qualified for funding for the project, the students complete
) acknowledge theimportance of music in society, (3) participate in service projects within the department, (4)connect to successful STEM alumni, (5) explore opportunities for participation in music-relatedstudent leadership positions, and (6) utilize the study tables provided by the departmental serviceorganizations in which many STEM students are members. Future work related to this modelalong with plans for engaging diverse students is presented along with suggestions for replicatingthis model on other campuses.IntroductionAccording to the U.S. Department of Labor, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics(STEM)-related occupations make up 15 of the 20 fastest growing occupations.1 Among theseinclude fields such as information technology
Objectives (PEO 3). The gap for each team is then Page 23.785.4determined and planned environmental sustainability activities are designed and monitored to theend of the term.At the end of the course, using the same criteria, targets, and rubrics the final assessments forenvironmental sustainability performance is conducted. These assessments are performed usingdirect methods, based on the final project report of each team.Environmental Topics Integration Assessment and ResultsTo help in assessing the achievement of the outcomes and objectives a Performance Indexrelating to environmental sustainability performance is developed for every team in the
––kids who’d give their eye teeth to be whereyou are right now? Page 23.794.7 Max then left, fully expecting Bryan to dump the used coolant. As Bryan stares at thedrum, he ponders his options. What options do you think he has? What do you think he shoulddo? First identify the responsibilities of Bryan, Max, and Bryan’s employer. (Scenario byMichael Pritchard)Scenario #2: Conflict of Interest Beth I. Beam is a civil engineer at the federal General Services Administration (GSA). Inthe next month, GSA plans to let an engineering design contract for a new federal building to oneof three firms, whichever appears to be most capable of
Accelerator, Page 23.810.6 ability to create a four-bar linkage that serves as a steering system, ability to take into consideration many factors related to design and use them for overall planning, and ability to organize and work in teams.Formative assessment such as interactive class discussion, exit survey, and oral presentationwere used. The following table showed some of the survey results. RC Car Design Project – Q & A Worksheet Instructions: The answers to the questions below are intended as starting point for discussion and will not be graded
standards in an implicit way [6].Providing PPDs during problem solving process enables a direct comparison andencourages students to focus on generating a general plan or sequence of principleapplications that can be followed in order to solve the problem. Compare-and-contraststrategy highlights similarities and differences between two diagrams. Successfulapplications of this strategy include training students in writing [22] and reading [23]. It canhelp students cognitively perform the act of classification, distinguish between types ofideas, and facilitate the formation and attainment of conceptual and metacognitiveknowledge [24]. It can also support students making connections by “identifying andlearning key concepts and networks of information
, Television, and Film at the University of ______ come and guest lecture to the graduate students about the basics of filmmaking. This hour-long seminar may have helped increase the quality of the video, although it is also possible that the student improved based upon the written feedback they received. During the next semester, the author plans to schedule the
left something out of the equation. We have failed to askthe students what they think and what they see as important in their own working lives. Thispaper starts to delve into the issue of student opinions and the wealth of information that studentscan offer to help us provide better materials for them to be successful in the world of work.The first element in the equation looks at a means to give students something to research in theirfirst co-ops and internships – the work report. Details of what the student must find on the jobthat will help him or her formulate a plan for their future will be provided. The work reportforms the basis for carrying on a conversation with students on what they find useful in theworkplace. It also allows the
Engineering Planning and Design, Vol. 1. Wiley, NewYork, 1975.Appendix 1: Solar Power EFFECT – Decision WorksheetA highway rest-stop between Battle Mountain, NV and Winnemucca, NV is being upgraded toinclude restroom facilities and vending machines. Because of its remote location, electricity isnot available from ‘the grid’, and solar power is being explored as an alternative.Driving Question: How much will it cost to install a solar power system at the renovated rest-stop?Supporting Questions Draw a sketch depicting the system as it operates at the highway rest stop. Label the system components. List the factors that will determine the size of system components What information would you need to gather in order to provide a
that the author originally planned to askthem in their individual test. The author planned for the next slightly higher level conceptexercise, which is elaborated below.Concept group test 2 (moderate)If the following grid (Figure 3b) is available to solve unsteady state one-dimensional laminarflow equation, can you write discretized algebraic equivalent? If intervals of ‘y’ and ‘t’ andkinematic viscosity are known, can you find out velocities at points (2,2) and (3,3)? How manyequations that you will need to calculate velocity at point (2,2) if only V0= 3 ft/s is known at theentrance, y=0?Summary of student groups response:As this was open book test, it was relatively easy for all the groups to provide the followingequation
Page 23.383.5during the school year and between the formal workshops.Professional Learning Community (PLC): Three levels of professional learning communitieswere initiated to ensure teacher-participants have maximum levels of support throughout andbeyond the project. First, at least 2 teachers from different STEM content areas represent eachschool. This is the first level of support; each individual teacher-team interacts and collaboratesface-to-face on a daily basis. Second, each school is paired with a partner school in a nearbydistrict to create a more intimate, yet larger level of collaboration. These paired groups include 4-6 teachers and plan meetings with each other outside of the larger PD workshop and academyschedule. The school pairs
approach suggestedby Polya in How to Solve It8. Polya boils problem solving down to four simple steps thatprovide an algorithm to approaching any type of complex problem. These are: 1) understand theproblem; 2) devise a plan; 3) carry out the plan; and 4) look back and evaluate your results andprocess. The emphasis on evaluating progress against goal is helpful, in particular, for lessexperienced students when dealing with larger-scale problems. However, students still haveissues with evaluating the correctness, or reasonableness of their answers, often because theyhave not developed the often estimation- based skills necessary to support the development ofmathematical intuition, which would guide their judgment. Consequently, we knew we needed
Infrastructure Research Group (IRG). She also completed a teaching certificate and was actively involved with the Center for the En- hancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL) at Georgia Tech. Her academic interests focus on two primary areas of sustainable transportation: (1) community-based design and planning and (2) strategic planning and policy development. Dr. Barrella is also interested in investigating how to best integrate these research interests into classroom and project experiences for her students.Mr. Thomas A. Wall, Georgia Institute of TechnologyDr. Caroline R. Noyes, Georgia Institute of TechnologyDr. Michael O. Rodgers, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Michael Rodgers is a research professor in the Georgia
instructionalmethods and pedagogical frameworks in the FEE curriculum. Another important outcome will bethe formation of a FEECI Development Team, a strong community of faculty, trained in the useof the FEECI and dedicated to improving FEE instruction.ProcedureThe planned approach to achieve the objectives of this project is as follows.1. Form an FEECI Development Team – a group of faculty members from 10 universities who have taught FEE courses for multiple years;2. Conduct an online Delphi study of the FEECI Development Team to identify concepts in FEE courses that are critical but prone to misconception among students;3. Conduct student interviews and brainstorming sessions to generate a list similar to that developed in stage # 2;4. Reconcile
Teaching (CFAT), and the 2011 ASEE National Outstanding Teaching Award.Dr. Ali Yalcin, University of South Florida Prof. Ali Yalcin received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Rutgers University, New Brunswick New Jersey in 1995, 1997 and 2000. He is currently an Associate Pro- fessor at the University of South Florida, Industrial and Management Systems Engineering Department, and an Associate Faculty member of the Center for Urban Transportation Research. His research interests include systems modeling, analysis and control, production planning and control, information systems, data analysis and decision support in healthcare, and engineering education research. His work has
theireducation in graduate programs or pursue research opportunities report feeling more confident in theirability to work with fellow graduate students and colleagues from other parts of the world. “I plan on going to graduate school and pursuing a career in scientific research, which will require me to collaborate with members of the scientific community from all across the world. Pavlis has taught me how to better communicate with other people, no matter where they're from.” (B2) “I am going into the research field, where international collaboration has become increasingly essential over the years, so I look forward to applying the cross-cultural communication skills I learned through my international
design problem and their plans for future work. The attention to specific wordsand their consequences forces students to clarify their thinking about their problem as they revisetheir statements.Example: Mid-term status reports and claims assignmentThe following example demonstrates how one team used mid-term status reports and claimsassignment to make a good design decision. The goal of the team’s project was to design apressurized tank, for use by veterinarians at Shedd Aquarium. The veterinarians will use thetank, similar in function to hyperbaric chambers used for treating decompression sickness inscuba divers, to experiment with a novel approach to treating Gas Bubble Disease in sea horses.During their status report presentation, one
assessment of theeffectiveness of the national workshop, and the future plans to sustain the network.Introduction: Penn State’s Engineering Ambassador Program Penn State established an Engineering Ambassador Program in 2009 with anoutreach mission by employing the marketing lessons from the National Academy ofEngineering’s Changing the Conversation through the partial support from the National Page 23.495.2Science Foundation (http://www.engr.psu.edu/ambassadors/index.html). After havinglearned advanced presentation skills and the messages of Changing the Conversation,select undergraduate engineering students, mostly females, traveled to high
engineeringconcepts to explain to students. The undergraduates also gained leadership, management,and communication skills from building and presenting lesson plans. Each year at Gannon University since 2008, an average of 66 middle schoolstudents have participated in the “Mechanical Engineering Day.”13 The ASME StudentChapter, the SWE Student Chapter, and the Mechanical Engineering faculty at GannonUniversity have hosted the event. Again, the feedback from the participatingundergraduate students showed an improvement in leadership, communication, andteamwork skills. In addition to these skills, Gannon reported that their students were alsoexposed to executing a project with budget and time limitations. The students gainedthese skills from working in
accomplish the formation of an entrepreneurial culture at Mississippi State Uni- versity. Nelson is also the director of the Entrepreneurship Program in the College of Engineering at Mississippi State University. He implemented the Entrepreneurship program at MSU in March 2001 to establish relations and invite entrepreneurial leaders and experts to Seminar Series. He mentors students involved in the program, plans and executes Project Teams, and markets the program to students. He advises the Entrepreneurship Club and the Engineering Toastmasters Club. From July 1999 to March 2001, Nelson was the chief operating officer at Deka Medical Inc. in Columbus, Miss. In this role, he was responsible for manufacturing operations
requested.The questions were grouped into 3 categories. The first group of questions were designed todetermine the student’s self-assessed belief in the importance of sustainability to themselves, thecountry and industry. The second group of questions was designed to determine the student’sself-assessed knowledge of engineering job functions as well as their how sustainability might fitinto their future career plans. Finally, the third group of questions was designed to determine thestudent’s self-assessed knowledge of key concepts in sustainability. The assessment questionsare illustrated in Figure 5 and the results are given in Figures 6 – 8. The demographics of theassessment included 22 chemical, 4 mechanical and 1 biosystems and agricultural
c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 A Power Systems Protection Teaching Laboratory for Undergraduate and Graduate Power Engineering EducationAbstractThe Electrical & Computer Engineering faculty at Portland State University has redesigned itsBS- and MS-level electrical engineering power systems programs. This paper focuses on thedevelopment of a new education laboratory for the redesigned 400/500-level power systemprotection course. Specifically, we discuss the educational goals of the laboratory, thecurriculum presented during the inaugural offering of the course, results from student surveysand our plans for refining the curriculum and expanding the laboratory.IntroductionMotivated by the growing
eightEE students. The grading for the projects is a collaborative effort with input from the facultymentor, project sponsor, and lead instructor with three milestone presentations each semester.In the previous five years, 63 projects have been initiated. In order to frame and demonstrate thecomplexity and varied nature of the addressed problems, several are highlighted as follows: (1)LED Lighting System to Assist Prostate Cancer Treatment. Brachy therapy treats cancerousprostate tissue by implanting radioactive seeds into the prostate. A student team developed adisposable light-emitting diode (LED) lighting system and software to connect a physiciantreatment plan to seed implantation. A second team improved the design by making the systemwireless
respondents on the preference of covering recenttechnology or the entire history of technology combined with the desire for modularity suggeststhe possibility of developing a sequence of two or three chronologically-based courses.Therefore, the authors intend to work with their association to develop a business model that willenable such a course to be planned and delivered. A critical component of the business plan willbe the development of metrics (besides such obvious ones of number of institutions that sign onand number of students to take the course) to assess the efficacy of the course. In fact, a coursedelivered to multiple institutions has the potential to provide a test bed for the assumedimportance of history in engineering education, since
-ETAC oral, and graphical communication … criterion (f) Assessment Scores/ Performance: Excellent 0-1 , Good1-2, Average2-3, Below Average3-4, Failing4-5 *New indirect assessment method started beginning from spring 2009 The final and important phase of assessing Student Outcomes is to identify the generaland specific concerns and issues in student learning (outcomes), and to suggest appropriaterecommendations to correct the concerns, where needed. These corrective actions and plans areindicated for each criterion and for the selected course as shown in table 6 for student outcome f