Paper ID #9040An Implementation of Electronic Laboratory Notebooks (ELN) Using a Learn-ing Management System Platform in an Undergraduate Experimental Engi-neering CourseDr. Mary Cardenas, Harvey Mudd College Dr. Cardenas earned her B.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering from Iowa State Engineering. She joined Rock- etdyne as a propulsion engineer and worked on the Space Shuttle Main Engines, Atlas Engine, and the X-30 propulsion system. Dr. Cardenas received her M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Environmental and Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara, studying the transport and fate of PCBs and sediments in the
Engineering ProActive Network.14 Greger, J., 2012, Are they talking about us?, in.15 Apted, M., 1999, The World Is Not Enough.16 Scott, R., 2012, Prometheus.17 Sulkin, A., Wild, W., 2013, Dads.18 Linehan, G., 2006, The IT Crowd.19 Day, F., 2007, The Guild.20 Davis, J., 2005, Criminal Minds.21 Graham, S., Latulipe, C., 2003, CS girls rock: sparking interest in computer science and debunking the stereotypes, in SIGCSE Bull. 35, 322-326.22 Cohoon, J. M., 2002, Recruiting and retaining women in undergraduate computing majors, in ACM SIGCSE Bulletin 34, 48-52.23 Barker, L. J., Garvin-Doxas, K., Roberts, E., 2005, What can computer science learn from a fine arts approach to teaching?, in ACM SIGCSE Bulletin 37, 421-425.24
Paper ID #8668A Classification Scheme for ”Introduction to Engineering” Courses: DefiningFirst-Year Courses Based on Descriptions, Outcomes and AssessmentDr. Kenneth Reid, Ohio Northern University Ken Reid is the Director of Engineering Education, Director of First-Year Engineering and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Ohio Northern University. He was the seventh person in the U.S. to receive a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University. He is active in engineering within K-12, serving on the TSA Boards of Directors and over 10 years on the IEEE-USA Precollege Education Committee. He was awarded
Paper ID #9083Introducing an Instructional Model for ”Flipped Engineering Classrooms”-Part (II): How Do Group Discussions Foster Meaningful Learning?Dr. Jia-Ling Lin, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Dr. Jia-Ling Lin is a research scientist in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathemat- ics) Education Center at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. Her research is centered in areas of teaching and learning in engineering and physics. In particular, she focuses on establishing and examin- ing instructional models that facilitate problem solving and deep learning in physics and engineering for
: 0.4Conclusions:The results of this study show that the Mini-Golf design project meets all of the learningobjectives in the minds of students including collaboration with peers, Excel, statistics, andtechnical communication. It is noteworthy that there is a measureable difference in student’sself-reported feelings of comfort with working with their peers. Specifically, two metricsshowed statistically significant improvements related to peer relationships including: (1) thelearning objective metric: To establish a solid relationship with engineering class peers andwork collaboratively and (2) How comfortable to you feel with your class peers? And while astudent’s individual sense of belonging can be evaluated by other metrics as well, this ismeaningful to the
Paper ID #10543The Influence of Internship Participation on Construction Industry HiringProfessionals When Selecting New Hires and Determining Starting Salariesfor Construction Engineering GraduatesDr. Kathleen M Short, University of the District of Columbia- CC, Workforce Development and LifelongLearning Kathleen Short earned a PhD in Environmental Design and Planning and a Master of Science in Build- ing/Construction Science and Management from Virginia Tech. She also earned a Bachelor of Social Work from Concord University. She is currently the Project Director for the Construction Academy and the Hospitality Academy in the
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,engineering).” Not all teachers were comfortable with integrating STEM learning with other disciplines;P5 noted that the degree of integrated learning depended on the individual faculty member’s interest andcomfort level in STEM. Several principals mentioned standardized test scores and achievement measurescoring in response to this question. Three of the six principals brought up inquiry based learning intheir responses. For example, P2 indicated that the BrickLab™/SySTEMic solution project “Seems tohelp students really understand what they are doing (and transfer knowledge);” while P1 noted, “Withall the basic skills that are being taught in elementary, adding inquiry to it is a ‘mind shift,’ requiringreflection, time and coaching.”Support STEM
Paper ID #8492Analysis of the Impact of Participation in a Summer Bridge Program onMathematics Course Performance by First-Semester Engineering StudentsDr. John R. Reisel, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Dr. John R. Reisel is an associate professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee (UWM). He serves as associate director of the Center for Alternative Fuels, and co-director of the Energy Conversion Efficiency Lab. In addition to research into engineering education, his research efforts focus on combustion and energy utilization. Dr. Reisel was a 2005 recipient of the UWM Dis- tinguished
capabilities of students tosolve practical problems similar to the real world problems. Similar to efforts made by others,this project also provides undergraduate engineering students at the Drexel University with acourse that exposes them to real world applications and customers. It must be kept in mind thatthe industries who have partnered with academia have expressed that they should be activelyinvolved in university’s activities5 for the benefit of both parties. Therefore, an iterative dialoguebetween the industry and LBSA and students at Drexel University is emphasized throughout theproject.The remainder of the paper is divided in four sections. The first section describes the universitycourse taught to undergraduate students in the Mechanical
they learn fromthe textbook and what they are expected to do in the actual Civil Engineering field.Additionally, those students who were taking the lab course simultaneously found this courseextremely helpful because they had more exposure to the use of the knowledge.A more formal presentation of the qualitative feedback will be included in a subsequent journalpaper. The results from this study also suggest that students who are self-regulated, keep theirgoals in mind, know what they are doing and why they are doing it, feel competent to do whatthey are supposed to do, and do their work as expected will do well in the class. The implicationsof these findings suggest the importance of motivation, self-regulation, and self-efficacy in
can soon find thevalue—and absolute importance—of selecting a single independent variable at a time in thequest to best develop a solution to their problem. This combination of rigor and discipline withina largely self-taught and self-directed simulation model is critical in helping students recognizethe paths that engineers follow in pursuing the answers to infrastructural, environmental, andsocietal problems. C. Promotes engineering habits of mind. Inquiry science, as adapted by IEI and WIT, pursues the following process:7 1. Has or obtains background information 2. States a problem and/or asks a question 3. Develops a testable hypothesis 4. Develops methods to test (establishes variables) and then tests
, surveillance, bullet tracking and RF exploitation. She has received numerous Navy awards for her efforts in research. Ms. Deckard is also an instructor in physics and math at local colleges and universities. Currently, Ms. Deckard is active in creating a culture of STEM excitement through enabling Department of Defense scientists and engineers to reach out to the local K-12 community. Ms. Deckard also works closely with colleges and universities to promote more science and technology advancement. Ms. Deckard is a strong advocate for inspiring females to pursue science and engineering degrees and is active in the local Society of Women Engineers section.Mr. David Quarfoot, SDSU/UCSD David Quarfoot is currently a doctoral
Paper ID #10316Developing Curriculum For Introducing CyberSecurity To K-12 StudentsMr. Brandon Gregory Morton, Drexel University (Eng.) Brandon Morton is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at Drexel University. He received his B.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in 2009 and his M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Drexel University in 2011. He was an NSF GK-12 fellow from 2011 to 2014. Currently he is researching methods for detecting influence between musical artists.Prof. Youngmoo Kim, Drexel UniversityMatthew Nester VanKouwenbergMr. Chris Lehmann, Science Leadership
Paper ID #8977Impact of a 5-Week Collegiate Level Residential STEM Summer Program onSecondary School Students (research to practice)Dr. Benjamin Reed Campbell, Robert Morris University Ben Campbell holds a BS in physics and MS in electrical engineering from Penn State and a PhD in en- gineering from Robert Morris University. For the first decade of his career, he worked as a laser engineer at the Penn State Electro-Optics Center. In 2011 he joined Robert Morris University as an Assistant Pro- fessor of Engineering. Since 2005, Dr. Campbell has served as faculty for the Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Sciences (a
Paper ID #10450Roads, Rails and Race Cars: a STEM Educational Program for 4th-12thGrade StudentsMs. Cynthia Marie Baker, University of Nebraska, Lincoln - Mid American Transportation Center Cynthia Baker is the Educational Programs Coordinator for the Mid-America and Nebraska Transporta- tion Centers. She is a Ph.D. student/Doctoral Candidate at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the Educational Psychology Department.Dr. Laurence R Rilett P.E., University of Nebraska, Lincoln Dr. Laurence R. Rilett is a Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering and the inaugural holder of the Keith W. Klaasmeyer Chair in
Paper ID #8852Using ROVs to Teach a Blended STEM CurriculumDr. Geoff Wright, Brigham Young University Dr. Geoffrey A. Wright is a professor of technology and engineering education in the College of Engi- neering and Technology at Brigham Young University.Kip Hacking Page 24.1342.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Using ROVs to Teach a Blended STEM Curriculum Geoffrey A. Wright Ph.D. Technology and
in the context of rural Haiti, and also through the related efforts to provide technical education and training to community members (capacity building). Personal Remark from Joann Rodríguez: My work with the GREAT IDEA project is the best professional and personal opportunity of my life. We, as engineering students, need courses and research experiences focused in the development of skills to work with and for the community. Engineers should work to solve problems in the simplest way and always keep in mind what the user really needs, rather than the creation of new products to make the user depend on it. For example, with the IBSF, the basic need of safe water can be provided without sophisticated technology and
the National Academyof Engineering as well as the interdisciplinary nature of engineering. Students were introducedto the design process, and faculty came into the class to talk about their research with twothoughts in mind. The first was to talk about the different kinds of engineers who work on thesame research projects and to identify the role of each major. The second was to address howthey use the design process in their research. Faculty interactions occurred both through labtours and through classroom presentations. The final project for the course was to incorporatethe design concepts discussed in class by designing a new technology that would help solve asmall and focused piece of a grand challenge of their choice. At the
assumptions of faith and divinity, their association with religious traditions raise ahost of issues most educators are not prepared or willing to deal with. A second challenge is thatthese contemplative practices require extensive first-hand experience before an educator is ableor ready to share them with students. This makes the solution not scalable, since it is not realisticto assume that mass numbers of technology and engineering educators will take up and sustainmindfulness meditation practice. Barbezat and Bush (2013) also point out a third and relatedchallenge: That, by nature of their introspective and spiritual nature, contemplative practicesmight raise complex questions about the nature of the mind and self that most educators are
creation and in an ethical context of society.Notable throughout is the concentration on big picture ideas. There was very little discussionabout material in engineering or sustainability education that causes problems or issues, butmuch more discussion on the framing of sustainability in the first place, the structural positioningof sustainability thought within the existing educational and academic paradigms (or, often, incontrast to the existing paradigms) of science and engineering, and the relationships ofsustainability (an, in fact, science) to values, ethics, and epistemology.The comments had an almost-universal anti-reductionist current. Several posts pointed out theneed to move beyond traditional reductionist approaches and frames of mind
Paper ID #8568Use of Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning for Introduction to Mate-rialsDr. Elliot P. Douglas, University of Florida Elliot P. Douglas is Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Dean’s Fellow for Engi- neering Education, and Distinguished Teaching Scholar at the University of Florida. He conducts research in the areas of engineering problem-solving, critical thinking, active learning, and qualitative methodolo- gies.Prof. Timothy M Raymond, Bucknell UniversityDr. Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University Cindy K. Waters is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical
be emulated in school, even with the capital cost expenditure Page 24.936.2 made by schools in order to obtain and maintain laboratory environments that reflect the modern industrial facility [2]. 2. From the students’ side there is no additional cost involved as the project is fully sponsored by Mazak. 3. Mazak benefits from this program by the opportunity of their employees interact with highly academically trained students, fully dedicated to experimental initiatives.According to Todd et al. [3], it is essential to keep in mind that industry is an important customerof engineering education. Ignoring this
Paper ID #9705Evidence for the Effectiveness of a Grand Challenge-based Framework forContextual LearningDr. Lisa Huettel, Duke University Dr. Lisa G. Huettel is an associate professor of the practice in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University where she also serves as associate chair and director of Undergraduate Studies for the department. She received a B.S. in Engineering Science from Harvard University and earned her M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Duke University. Her research interests are focused on engineering education, curriculum and laboratory development, and
Paper ID #9282Optimizing Summer ExternshipsMajor Hans J. Thomas P.E., U.S. Military Academy Hans Thomas is a Major in the US Army, and is currently an Instructor in the Civil & Mechanical Engi- neering Department at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. He has his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the United States Military Academy (2002), his Master of Science in Engineering Management from Missouri Science & Technology (2008) and his Master of Sci- ence in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the University of Washington (2012). His teaching focus is thermodynamics, fluid
, they were quite cognizantthat things had changed since they took up teaching, and current professional engineers couldprovide insight into the modern approaches used in practice. Industry advisory boards, employersurveys, and consulting subject matter experts are a few examples of this type of informationsharing.In this same vein, during my days in industry, I have found that many practicing engineers lookto academia as early adopters of the latest and greatest methodologies and technologies. Manyengineers view the academics with a sense that they are the ones doing truly advanced researchthat is out of the grasp of the more practically minded industry engineers. For many, the primaryexposure to professors, or PhD’s in general was during their
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design. Hence, if engineering students would have a project which wouldinvolve scanning their own bodies and developing a sizing system, not only that they would learnmore about reverse engineering, but they would learn about technologies which are used in otherindustries which involve products with complex surfaces such as automotive, aerospace anddefense. Figure 1: Application of 3D body scanners in fashion industry14 Mass Customization and Personalization Mass customization manufacturing systems are designed to enable personal approach toproducts and services15. They have to be designed carefully with real customer needs in mind,with not too many options which customers might sometimes find overwhelming
Paper ID #9478Improvements through the Second Year Research Experiences for TeachersProgramProf. Tolga Kaya, Central Michigan University Dr. Tolga Kaya currently holds a joint Assistant Professor position in the School of Engineering and Technology and the Science of Advanced Materials program at Central Michigan University (CMU). Prior to joining CMU, Dr. Kaya was a post-doctorate associate at Yale University (2007-2010), a research and teaching assistant at ITU (1999-2007), a consultant at Brightwell Corp. (2007), Istanbul, a senior VLSI analog design engineer and project coordinator at Microelectronics R&D Company
and achievement are defined as follows. By achievement wemean learning the body of knowledge and skills associated with introductory solid mechanics(including statics). Self-efficacy refers to the state of mind that allows a student to move aheadthrough the inevitable obstacles and failures that are part of the learning of a difficult body ofknowledge and skill 2,3,6. The required course in mechanics is often the student’s first encounterwith genuine engineering concepts and problems. Unlike physics, the problems are “real world,”complex situations where the first task is often clearing away irrelevant clutter to see anidealization of the structure to be analyzed. Within a short period of time, engineering studentsare expected to make