Paper ID #10284Using Curriculum-Integrated Engineering Modules to Improve Understand-ing of Math and Science Content and STEM Attitudes in Middle Grade Stu-dentsJessica M Harlan, University of South Alabama Jessica M. Harlan is a PhD student in Instructional Design and Development at the University of South Alabama (USA). She is currently working with the USA evaluation team for the Engaging Youth through Engineering middle school engineering module program. Prior to her work at USA, Jessica was a train- ing officer for the Office of Research at the University of California, Davis. She continues to work as an instructional
FreshmanChemical Engineering course at the State University of New York-Stony Brook,4 has yieldedpositive assessment results. This work has resulted in the development of classroom problems,laboratory experiments and demonstrations that can be used throughout the undergraduateengineering curriculum and for K-12 outreach. The results have been disseminated throughASEE conference papers, the ASEE Chemical Engineering Division – CHED Summer Schoolfor Faculty.5 Problem sets developed through this work appear in undergraduate engineeringtextbooks.6Particulate systems can be found in more than 90% of pharmaceutical and chemical processes.6Laboratory experiments and demonstrations that include particulate systems is an excellent wayto integrate particle
becontroversial. We learned that we experience very little push back from students. Presentingsustainability in the context of the engineering profession lends it credibility. For example, thesustainability focus in the NAE Grand Engineering Challenges certainly shows that sustainabilityis now mainstream engineering. Without calling attention to sustainability, we incorporateapplications of sustainability in a way that conveys to our students that sustainability is obviouslyand without controversy part of engineering.Sustainability is just one way to achieve multidisciplinarity in engineering and we use otherthemes as well. We use design as an integrating idea in our curriculum, building up students’ability to do design. We stress community engagement as
- neering and a Masters degree in Advanced Digital Communication Systems from Aristotle University in Thessaloniki, Greece, Katerina Bagiati was in 2008 one of the first graduate students to join the pioneer School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. In 2011 she acquired her Doctorate in Engineer- ing Education, and is currently working as a post-doctoral associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Dr. Bagiati’s research interests are in the areas of developmental engineering, early engineering, STEM curriculum development, and teacher trainingProf. Sanjay E. Sarma, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
could later be used in their K-12 classrooms. Theassociated pedagogy of open-ended design challenges in meaningful context and the iterativeengineering design cycle are also part of the curriculum. Hands-on engineering design activities are tobe integrated into four of the six existing science courses for Liberal Studies majors. The initialengineering experience is presented in the physical science course focused on forces, motion, andenergy. The emphasis of this initial activity is an introduction to the engineering design processthrough an in-class parachute activity titled “Medical Mission Drop,” adapted from an Engineering isElementary (EIE) module.Intro to Engineering Pre-activity: On a large Post-it® sheet, teams create and draw a "user
Paper ID #9710Nature-Inspired Design: A PictureSTEM Project Curriculum Module (Cur-riculum Exchange)Dr. Tamara J Moore, Purdue University Tamara J. Moore, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Dr. Moore’s research is centered on the integration of STEM concepts in K-12 and higher education mathe- matics, science, and engineering classrooms in order to help students make connections among the STEM disciplines and achieve deep understanding. Her research agenda focuses on defining STEM integration and investigating its power for student learning. She is creating and testing
-12 Engineering Research and Learning (INSPIRE) and a member of the educational team for the Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN). Page 24.270.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Changes in Elementary Students’ Engineering Knowledge Over Two Years of Integrated Science Instruction (Research to Practice) Strand: Engineering across the K-12 curriculum: Integration with the Arts, Social Studies, Science, and the Common CoreIntroductionIn part due to an increased global demand for engineers
because it fails to value ways ofknowing outside positivist empiricism.Biesta26 further argues that Dewey’s theory of knowing can provide an alternative epistemologyfor education research, because it is not based on a dualism between mind and materiality.Instead of separating the self from the knowable world, Dewey conceived an action-theoreticalframework in which ways of knowing are active – they are ways of doing. Biesta notes that forDewey, knowledge is not prescriptive, and research would not dictate practice: “no conclusion ofscientific research can be converted into an immediate rule of educational art” (19).29 Reflexivity(a practice of reflection that is critical of its own power relations) requires integrating knowledgewith reflection and
Marietta Energy Systems, and later GE Superabrasives. Cindy is active in assessment and accreditation activities at MSOE and has been exploring ways to include on-line education in her classes.Mr. James R. Kieselburg II, Grohmann Museum at Milwaukee School of Engineering Director and Curator, Grohmann Museum at Milwaukee School of Engineering Adjunct Professor, Visual Design, Milwaukee School of Engineering Page 24.784.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Integration of Art and Engineering: Creating Connections between Engineering Curricula and an Art
knowledge have been the basis to build the sets of Knowledge and Skills andgenerate the frame to get both individual and ideal profiles. Additionally, these sources are beingused in a larger project whose objective is to represent the Electrical Engineering curriculum ofUniversidad Nacional de Colombia through ontologies.The three sources of knowledge are: • The Conceive, Design, Implement and Operate (CDIO) Syllabus. • Technical knowledge. • Electrical Engineering curriculum of Universidad Nacional de Colombia.CDIOCDIO is an initiative from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and other universities,whose goal is to integrate technical knowledge with some expected characteristics that a studentshould possess when he or she
learned in offering the modules in a course is presented, and the paper ends with aconclusion section summarizing the project’s results.Curriculum Essentials and Topics SelectionSecurity of embedded systems as a subject of an undergraduate course has not been studied thatmuch in the literature, so there are no specific examples to follow. There are some bookpublications,2-4 but they address a different type of audience than college students, so bydefinition are not designed for instruction or teaching related courses. If there are any existingeducational publications, they are scarce and hard to find. With this in mind, designing a related curriculum constitutes a challenge. Specifically, sincecomputer security is such a broad area, involving a
. Page 24.229.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Biassociation for the Entrepreneurial Engineering CurriculumAbstractDespite the apparent benefits of fostering creativity, the question largely remains at how todevelop and deliver a curriculum that can stimulate such innovative thinking. Several modelshave developed on an attempt to ground creative thinking and its usage such as schema theoryfrom Bartlett, Johansson’s Medici Effect, Koestler’s biassociation or Tom Kelley’s faces ofinnovation. While the first three focused more on the structure and processes of innovation,Kelley’s work took a more personal approach, defining several characters that play differentroles in the creative process
positive interdependence is essential to collaboration. They definepositive interdependence as an individual’s recognition that their own goals can only be achievedif people they are cooperating with also achieve their goals in the collaborative endeavor. Thus, to help engineering students learn to collaborate effectively, educators must helpthem to (1) realize that their personal method of learning is not the only means to insight; (2)learn to respect alternative learning methods used by others; and (3) integrate new methods oflearning into the collaboration12. Advocates of collaborative learning recommend that instructorscreate scaffolds that offer students cognitive prompts for processes and models that supportinteractions between the
and construction management, sustainable design and construction, building information modeling, project management practices, and engineering educational research methods. He is an active member of ASCE and ASEE. Page 24.459.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Effectiveness of Green-BIM Teaching Method in Construction Education Curriculum Jin-Lee Kim Department of Civil Engineering & Construction Engineering Management California State University at Long
completed in 2013 andhas already been reported in detail.2“The results from multiple universities and multiple course offerings demonstrate that failurecase studies can be used to provide indirect, quantitative assessment of multiple student learningobjectives. Several outcomes that constitute the professional component of the curriculum maybe assessed in this way.The strongest results were for student outcomes (f) an understanding of professional and ethicalresponsibility, (h) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineeringsolutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context, (i) a recognition of the needfor, and an ability to engage in life-long learning, and (j) a knowledge of contemporary issues.Although
Paper ID #9558Innovation in Construction: New Course Development Within a Construc-tion Management CurriculumMr. J. William White AIA, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis J. William White AIA is a lecturer with the Construction Engineering Management Technology program within the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology in Indianapolis. He is a registered architect who has more than 23 years of varied construction industry experience. Mr. White has undergraduate degrees from Indiana University and Ball State University and a masters degree from Purdue University Indianapolis. He is an active member
Paper ID #10682Utilizing Concept Maps to Improve Engineering Course Curriculum in Teach-ing MechanicsRuben Pierre-Antoine, Stanford University Ruben is a senior undergraduate student at Stanford University studying Management Science & Engi- neering. He joined the Designing Education Lab in the winter of 2013. He has always had a passion for education and enjoys the integration of entrepreneurship into a curriculum. Ruben loves to play sports, videogames, and eat at new restaurants. He also explores entrepreneurship in his free time.Dr. Sheri D. Sheppard, Stanford University Sheri D. Sheppard, Ph.D., P.E., is professor
addition to Dr’ Striebig’s engineering work, he is also a published freelance photographer who has works with local and international NGOs. Dr. Striebig was the founding editor of the Journal of Engineering for Sustainable Development and an assistant editor for the Journal of Green Building.Dr. Maria Papadakis, James Madison UniversityDr. Adebayo Ogundipe, James Madison University Adebayo Ogundipe is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering at James Madison Uni- versity (JMU). His research is on developing tools and protocols for assessing sustainable engineering designs using life-cycle assessment and industrial ecology methods. Dr. Ogundipe’s prior work includes DOD funded research on assessing the
they were interested in professional development to integrate theircurrent engineering curriculum with mathematics. Seventy one percent of respondents said theywould find an organizational tool helpful for planning integrated lessons for their students.A second survey was e-mailed to 1262 teachers who had participated in previous EiE workshops.Of those e-mailed, only 97 participants responded. The results for this survey are depicted inFigure 1. Teachers' Reported Most Useful Supports One-on-one support with engineering Online resources to better teach engineering PD support to integrate EiE with language arts PD support to integrate EiE with science PD support to integrate engineering with math
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
markets in Ecuador, the fishermen need a small container tocook the fish in so they can be sold for the greatest profit (Year 2 – Cooker Container Problem).This curriculum is presented to take place over two years, but it can be taught as one large unit. Year 1 – Ice/Freezer ProblemThis unit uses context integration for almost every lesson, but overall, the unit has contentintegration as engineering, science, and mathematics objectives were all present. This unit keepsthe engineering design context at the center of the students’ attention throughout; however, theterms “engineering” or “engineering design” are not generally present. The lesson plans tend touse “challenge” or “problem” instead. Table 4 provides an overview of the lessons
Figure 4 – Sample Class DeliverablesConclusionCurriculum mapping can be a worthwhile exercise uniting the faculty and informing eachinstructor on the other elements of the curriculum he or she is not directly involved with. Withthe rapidly progressing state of the construction industry and the incorporation of new methods,techniques, materials, and approaches to managing the construction project, such an exercisebecome necessary on a regular basis (no more than 5-year intervals) to ensure that the program isup-to-date and is meeting the learning objectives for students and expectations of the industry.Faculty involvement and buy-in are integral factors for the success of the implementation of themapping process. Individual faculty preferences
Approach for Engineering Curriculum Integration in Capstone Design Courses,” International Journal of Engineering Education, 14(3), 197-203, 1998.6. Ana Vila-Parrish, Dianne Raubenheimer, “Integrating Project Management & Lean-Six Sigma Methodologies in an Industrial Engineering Capstone Course,” Proceedings of the 2012 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.7. John Lamancusa, Jens Jorgensen, Jose Zayas-Castro, Julie Ratner, “THE LEARNING FACTORY – A new approach to integrating design and manufacturing into engineering curricula,” Proceedings of the 1995 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.8. R.S. Sawhney, S. Maleki, J.H. Wilck, P
Paper ID #9986Examination of Integrated STEM Curricula as a Means Toward Quality K-12 Engineering Education (Research to Practice)Mr. Aran W Glancy, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Aran W. Glancy is a Ph.D. Candidate in STEM Education with an emphasis in Mathematics Education at the University of Minnesota. He is a former high school mathematics and physics teacher, and he has experience both using and teaching a variety of educational technologies. His research interests include mathematical modeling, computational thinking, and STEM integration. Specifically, he is interested in the ways in which integrating
to sales, marketing and general management. He founded the School of Engineering at the University of St. Thomas, and teaches and publishes in the areas of materials engineering, innovation, strategy, technology transfer, leadership and engineering education. His current focus is on webinars and workshops on leader- ship for engineers in industry and academia. Bennett is a member of numerous scientific and professional societies, is an ABET program evaluator and commissioner. He has a wide variety of academic publica- tions, and is co-author with Elaine Millam of the 2012 McGraw-Hill book Leadership for Engineers: The Magic of Mindset.Mr. Mark J. Stratton, SME Mark Stratton is the Education Relations Manager
Paper ID #10060The Development of an Instrument for Assessing Individual Ethical Decision-making in Project-based Design Teams: Integrating Quantitative and Quali-tative MethodsQin Zhu, Purdue University Qin Zhu is a PhD student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. His main re- search interests include global/comparative/international engineering education, engineering education policy, and engineering ethics. He received his BS degree in material sciences and engineering and first PhD degree in philosophy of science and technology (engineering ethics) both from Dalian University of Technology
architectural design, energy, lighting, building code are learned differently and in differentstage of the curriculum. In this paper, our objective is to combine both the architectural aspects, as well asthe building code requirements in different phases. Very few works have been developed to address theapplication of the building code during the design process. John Ruskin (2011) described process step-by-step.In this paper our objective is describe the integration of the building code into architecture design process. Page 24.1231.3A comprehensive case will be presented.ASEE Annual Conference, 2014 2. Methodology: 2.1. Conceptual
truly integrate science, technology, engineering and mathematics learning in the classroom. She is an experienced science educa- tor having lead for years the development of informal curriculum and programs for the Science Centers in Alabama and Louisiana. She is highly experienced in curriculum development, writing, training and im- plementation. She has lead teacher development programs, as well as conducted pilot engineering design lessons in the classrooms. She works closely with STEM teachers in the 60,000 students Mobile County Public School System and has the reputation as a teacher leader and change agent. Her work with K-12 students, teachers and education administrators is gaining attention and respect
position of my new course as an elective that still lives on the edges of the curriculum.Discussing efforts to bring a broader range of skills into engineering curriculum – like design,teamwork, interdisciplinary, and global competencies – Miller even goes so far as to argue that“developing independent new courses in these topics that are separate from the technical coresubjects in engineering is not likely to provide an effective mechanism of integration. Instead, ifthe new subjects are not viewed by students (and faculty) as an integral part of learning tobecome an engineer, they are not likely to be taken as seriously.”17 Following a similar line ofreasoning, Downey adds: “Elective courses supporting the international education of engineersfall
emerging societal changes is not surprising in that higher education plays asupporting role in the preparation of talent and knowledge which is central to scientific Page 24.471.2innovation. Therefore, higher education, in turn, cannot adopt a reactive posture and mustalways seek innovation within itself through the content and style of instruction with which itreaches out to newer generations. The creation of the computational and experimental (ComEx)studios is a good example of an innovative learning assistance tool developed to ensure that themechanical engineering curriculum provides a flexible and enduring preparation for theirprofessional