experiences, learning communities,writing-intensive courses, collaborative assignments and projects, undergraduate research,diversity/global learning, service learning/community-based learning, internships, and capstonecourses and projects.7 Another study published by the California State University Chancellor'sOffice shows that "Participation in high-impact practices has been shown to improve both learningand persistence for all students, but especially for the historically underserved."8 This study alsoindicates that participation in more than one high-impact practice increases the benefits for thesestudents. Other specific strategies that have been proven effective in improving student outcomesfor minority students include mentoring programs,9,10
Paper ID #9475Probing the Inverted Classroom: A Controlled Study of Teaching and Learn-ing Outcomes in Undergraduate Engineering and MathematicsDr. Nancy K Lape, Harvey Mudd CollegeDr. Rachel Levy, Harvey Mudd College Rachel Levy is an associate Professor of Mathematics at Harvey Mudd College. She has an MA in Instructional Design from UNC-CH and a MA/PhD in Applied Mathematics from NCSU. In addition to mathematics, she regularly teaches first-year writing. She serves on the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Education Committee, as Editor-in-chief of SIURO, SIAM Undergraduate Research Online, and
). A problem with this approachis that due to the timeline of the course, the course ends up focusing more on the develop-ment than on the testing part (the author reports that 55% of the time is spent developingwhile only 33% of the time is spent testing, and the remaining 12% is spent writing a shortreflection paper).There have also been experiences using “real-world” (industrial) software under test in test-ing courses8, as a mean to effectively teach students how to test real software. The majorrisks of this approach are confidentiality and technical support on software that is under de-velopment by others. Garousi8 states that this approach requires and leads to strong academ-ia-industry partnerships, but points out that it is necessary
equation, you write it down and memorise it whereas with biology, it’s with the body and you can get a bit more involved with it. You can bet into it a bit more. Emily. 16 years. School 1.Of the 20 interviewees, only three preferred physics to the other sciences: I chose physics because I am good at it and I really enjoy it. Maths the same. Chemistry because I might need it for the university course I want to do and classics because I really enjoy the lessons. But I enjoy physics the most. I find it really interesting, especially the space topic. And I find it the easiest as well
cumbersome, one student (14%) thought it was very cumbersome and57% had no problem submitting handwritten homework. For those that did have problems, itwas because they did not have a smartphone or scanner available to them at all times since some Page 24.86.9also were on vacation. One student had some trouble because he had a broken arm and had tohave his mother write out his assignments. All of the students (100%) noted the professor wasflexible and accommodating regarding this issue.Students were required to take their tests online in the Blackboard LMS and enter final answersonly. This test was timed to ensure academic honesty. Immediately
students. Specifically, this literature review seeks to answer the followingresearch questions: 1. What is known about the experiences and educational outcomes of engineering transfer students? 2. What opportunities exist for further scholarship to increase understanding of transfer student pathways to engineering degrees?Scope/Method To find peer reviewed articles on engineering transfer students, a search was performedusing Engineering Village, an interface designed to simultaneously search three engineeringdatabases: Compendex, Inspec, and National Technical Information Service (NTIS). Combined,the databases index: 1.) more than 5,000 engineering journals; 2.) journal articles, conferencepapers, books, dissertations
the score criteria. Students had to be reminded bi-weekly that theywere allowed, and encouraged, to discuss the topic with their peers prior to answering a clickerquestion.For the weekly team-based learning activities, students chose to stay in the same group of three forthe whole semester, with some minor shifting of groups. The instructor allowed students to startthe activity whenever a group of three students naturally synthesized. Therefore, students wouldgravitate towards pods with one or two students already present so they could start the assign-ment early. In this study we did not keep track of the group development, but this is something tomonitor in the future. The team-based learning activities were generally well received
11 11 Total Number of Awards 21 37 41 41Building Academic CapitalInsufficient academic support is another barrier to student success. To help overcome thisbarrier, Cañada College has developed a number of academic support programs for STEMstudents including tutoring, Academic Excellence Workshops, study groups, peer instruction,and research internship opportunities. Many of these support services have been previouslydeveloped through the MESA Program. Other programs were developed through grant-fundedprojects that led to the creation of Cañada College's STEM Center, a campus hub for all STEM-related programs, activities, and support services. The STEM Center provides
Prepare progress reports; interview graduate students; (3) Summarize -Describe the principal findings of the project present findings to mentors and both the technical -List the attributes of a successful graduate student peers; offer feedback on and experiential improving the program; co- aspects of the -Describe a typical workday for a graduate student author technical papers and research -Write an effective technical paper or report reports; prepare research posters; experience
groups (as fictitious companies) to respond to theRFP with the ECE students acting as internal liaisons to aid the CE students in their proposaldevelopment. The ECE students were required to generate estimates of quarterly operating andmaintenance expenses for the data center and were given a trajectory of expected benefits fromthe data center over its 10-year expected lifecycle. After the CE groups submitted the proposals,the ECE students were then tasked with generating quarterly pro forma cash flow statements foreach proposal. The proposal cash flows were compared using incremental rate of return analysisto determine which proposal was the best from an engineering economic perspective. Finally,each ECE student was required to write a
, is tainted by prevalent acts that are considered unethical,” adding that it is “tainted byillegal acts”2.As a part of the effort to curb unethical behavior, the mandate of construction related accreditingbodies have instituted requirements for literacy of ethics in the curriculum. The AmericanCouncil for Construction Education (ACCE) requires ethics integration in constructioncurriculum (at least 1 semester hour). The ACCE also states: In addition, oral presentation, business writing, and ethics must be integrated throughout the construction-specific curriculum. Example courses in this division include: Human relations, psychology, sociology, social science, literature, history, philosophy, art, language, political
. Therefore, workerswere requested to develop work procedures and checklists for their activities on a daily andweekly basis, where there were none. Similarly, supervisors were to develop weekly andmonthly checklists for their work centers, where none existed. Where complex work areasexisted, standard procedure for cleaning was required so as to ensure consistency. Theprocedures and checklists were reviewed by peers and 6S team members for safety issues.Corrections and changes were made where necessary and appropriate. Where appropriate, safetychecklists were also prepared. These documentations helped to provide information for thecontinued monitoring and improvement hoped for.Sustain PhaseSustaining and improving on the gains of 6S is a real
, she is writing her thesis in Engineering Education, specifically from a Learning Styles perspective. In the summer of 2013, Cyndy interned with the Walt Disney Company in the Workforce Management Department. As an intern, she was able to create a Variance Analysis Tool to monitor workload forecasting for the Walt Disney World resort.Miss Jennifer Louise Mines, The Pennsylvania State University Jennifer is a 2013 graduate of The Pennsylvania State University with a Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering. Her Master’s thesis examined undergraduate student satisfaction regarding Industrial Engi- neering education. Jennifer received her Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and certification in Secondary Education at
. Toearn credit as an implementer, each teacher must reflect on lessons learned in the classroom andshare with peers. Some teachers report that this is the most valuable step in learning to use IEI—taking the time for meaningful reflection, and developing conclusions from their own teachingthat represent value to other teachers pursuing inquiry learning techniques: “Overall, this course has become much more beneficial to me as a teaching practitionerover the past few days in reflection than I would have imagined. The workshop was hands-onand informative, the presentations and feedback sessions brought more “realness” to theapplication and the learning process of the inquiry activities, and the reflections especially, haveforced me to dig
MATLAB17, VASP18, ABAQUS19, LAMMPS20, OVITO21, OpenGL22, Xmgrace23 and others5 Online model Discuss Intuitive user interface for using Calibration Models, such as the calibration Plasticity-Damage model24 , MultiStage Fatigue model25 , and tools Thermoplastic model26. Microstructure Image Analyzer for Material Charaterization8.6 Basic Discuss Basic Unix/Linux commands. Working with the PBSworks27 computation software job resource manager for submitting jobs to cluster environments skills (HPC systems). Compiling and writing shell scripts, Examples :interactive jobs, batch jobsIn the beginning of the module (see Table 2
October-November-December Substantive/Progressive Learning Tasks (SMART goals – Specific, Measureable, Attainable, Realistic and Timely) In this unit: Students will listen, read, and write about how their actions can help others by using grade level standards for writing. Students will apply Cornell three column note taking. Students will develop an understanding of S.T.E.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) by using mathematics and technology. Students will apply creative computing and Scratch, through sample projects and hands-on experiences Students will explore the arts by creating projects that include elements of music, design, drawing
weekly instructor meetings, peer evaluations, pre-post skill evaluationsurveys, and university required course evaluations. Actual assessments used were not providedin description.A Model for a Biomedical Engineering Senior Design Capstone Course, with Assessment Toolsto Satisfy ABET “Soft Skills” – Stevens Institute of TechnologyHazelwood, Valdevit, & Ritter (2010) described a two semester course sequence at StevensInstitute of Technology that enabled students to work with a physician to address real worldclinical unmet needs and develop basic product development and project management skillswhile working in small teams of 3 or 4. Students were guided through exercises to assessclinical and market needs, technical feasibility, the
Paper ID #8959Design Heuristics: An Evidence-Based tool to improve innovationDr. Seda Yilmaz, Iowa State University Dr. Yilmaz is an Assistant Professor of Industrial Design who teaches design studios and lecture courses on developing creativity and research skills. For her research, she investigates design approaches and ideation, creative processes, and cross-disciplinary design team dynamics. She is the author of more than 20 peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings. She also serves on review, advisory, and scientific boards of various journals and conferences. Her current research focuses on identifying
, construction management,and structures. This group of professional engineers has been donating their time and efforts to help in thecapstone design courses and help the program in aspects such as the response to the support survey for theProgram Educational Objectives. As well, this group of people serves for guidance and as evaluators forthe final work.The capstone design experience lasts a full year. The project commences with a meeting betweenstudents, practicing engineers and the instructors and a site visit. The project ends with a report and oralpresentation. This provides students with a proposal writing experience and clarifies the project for thestudent team and the client.Progress reports are due over the semester. These reports include
integrated in various ways: reflection journals, portfolio reflection, endof course meta-learning, peer assisted learning session, online reflections, and team reflections.While the authors note the dedication to reflective activities, they also note opportunities to moresystematically incorporate reflection into undergraduate engineering education.In earlier work on reflection in engineering, Turns, Newstetter, Allen, and Mistree report on thedesign of the “Reflective Learner”: an electronic system to support students in the writing oflearning essays.35 They argued that “learning essays can help students expand and enhancelessons that they are learning from design experiences” (p. 1).35 The learning essays aredescribed as short and structured with
Paper ID #8808Investigating impacts on the ideation flexibility of engineersDr. Seda Yilmaz, Iowa State University is an Assistant Professor of Industrial Design who teaches design studios and lecture courses on devel- oping creativity and research skills. For her research, she investigates design approaches and ideation, ethnography in design, foundations of innovation, creative processes, and cross-disciplinary design team dynamics. She is the author of more than 20 peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings. She also serves on review, advisory, and scientific boards of various journals and conferences. Her
electrical engineering, electronics and computerengineering, or system design, etc.. First we focus on the word objectives and criteria and ask thestudent to write a paragraph stating the objectives, principles, and the decisive factors to reachthe stated objectives. The second step is conceptualization and laying down the foundation forhow to achieve the stated objectives. The students are encouraged to draw a block diagramshowing different components of the system they want to design. A set of questions are posed tostudents to further understand the task at hand. These are typical questions:• What are the input signals to system and, what are their characteristics and magnitudes?• Do the inputs require signal conditioning?• Do the inputs
Engineering course forfirst semester freshman at George Washington University. Herein is described the planning andimplementation of the course, the student feedback, and the lessons learned.II. Curriculum DesignIn planning for the course, a review of what peer universities were attempting was conducted. Alist published by INCOSE in July 2013 of the Systems Engineering programs was used to deriveprograms for undergraduate students. Several universities were contacted from the INCOSE list,Table 1 represents the information obtained from these universities on methodologies. Inaddition to the responses below, 6 universities reported that they did not have an introduction toSystems Engineering course. The list is by no means comprehensive but gives a
Paper ID #9382A thematic analysis on critical thinking in engineering undergraduatesMiss Amy Elizabeth Bumbaco, University of Florida Amy Bumbaco is a PhD candidate in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at University of Florida, USA. She is working on engineering education research as her focus. Her current research interests include first year engineering education, critical thinking, qualitative methodologies, and peer review. She received her BS in Materials Science and Engineering at Virginia Tech. She founded an ASEE student chapter at University of Florida and is currently an officer of the
-course heldduring the program. SHWYF offers two sessions for students entering grades 8-11th and 4-7th. Page 24.438.4TTU provides a high school outreach program in Brazil comprised of a full-English curriculum,consisting of American high school courses such as literature, writing, history, economics,government and public speaking10. As the program expands, students travel to the United Statesfor a three week summer experience that includes enrollment in mini-courses administered bythe SHWYF program. Brazilian students range from grades 9th-12th with a majority being firsttime visitors to the United States.Table 1: Number of students attending
, structural equations modeling, meta-analysis, research methods, and statistical analysis. He sits on the editorial board for Journal of Business and Psychology and the Journal of Computerized Adaptive Testing. Since 1989, he has published over 80 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters and conference presentations. Prior to joining the faculty at IIT, he spent several years as a consultant, research scientist, and psychometrician. Dr. Mead received his Ph.D. in psychology from University of Illinois-Urbana in 2000 with a concentration on I/O psychology and a minor concentration on quantitative psychology.Dr. James Kemp Ellington, Illinois Institute of Technology Dr. Kemp Ellington is an assistant professor in the
Paper ID #9042Prof. Ram Pendyala, Arizona State University Ram M. Pendyala is a Professor of Transportation Systems in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment at Arizona State University. His expertise lies in the study of human activity-travel behavior, sustainable mobility strategies, public transportation systems, and the land use, travel, energy, and air quality impacts of a wide range of transportation policies and technologies. Dr. Pendyala has conducted more than $5 million in sponsored research and published nearly 100 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. He serves on the editorial boards of a number of journals including Transporta- tion, Transport Reviews, Journal of
found that students are more likely to beretained and graduate if they have a supportive peer group, social involvement, a good attitudetoward engineering, and pre-college analytical skills1-4. The Engineering Ambassador Programaims to provide retention and more engineering graduates through all of these means. It does soby creating a community of engineering students who work together to recruit high schoolstudents to the field of engineering by providing them with awareness of engineeringopportunities, academic advice, and analytical skills through hands-on activities. This programalso benefits the ambassadors as it engages them in a learning community experience, which isknown to provide their participants with practical competence, personal
number of local companies in the areas of CAD/CAM, CNC machining, and process development/improvement. Dr. El-Mounayri is a member of ASME, ASEE, and SME. He has published over 75 technical papers in renowned peer-reviewed journals and technical conferences in his Page 24.697.1 field and gave presentations at various national and international conferences.Dr. Kody Varahramyan, IUPUI c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Paper ID #10093Dr. Kody Varahramyan received his Ph.D. in Electrical
. Dr. Thole has published over 180 peer-reviewed archival journal and conference papers and advised over 50 theses and dissertations. She founded the Experimental and Computational Convection Laboratory (ExCCL) which is a Pratt and Whitney Center of Excellence for heat transfer. She is a Fellow of ASME and serves as the Chair of the Board of Directors for the International Gas Turbine Institute, as the Chair of the ASME - ME Department Head Executive Committee, as a member of the Vision 2030 Committee, and as the Chair of ASME’s Committee on Honors. She has been recognized by the U.S. White House Champion of Change for recruitment efforts in STEM and by Penn State’s Rosemary Schraer Mentoring Award.Ms. Melissa