offer insight to where student incorrectly incorporate information into their schema, andcommunicate the concepts that students fail to integrate into their schema.11The curriculum at the institution is structured such that junior level (third year) students take thefluid mechanics and heat transfer course in the spring, and the follow fall enroll in a unitoperations laboratory. This factor may or may not have influences student’s interview resultsfrom the study, but it was consistent for both the group that received handsIn addition to understanding how schemas are affected, this two-year study also aims to followup on a previous study that conducted interviews of students who had previously taken a fluid
configurations. HOMER was originallydeveloped at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), United States. A commercialversion has been developed, upgraded and distributed by HOMER Energy, LCC and is used bythe authors as teaching aid for our renewable energy course. It can be used to design, analyze andmodel micro-power and hybrid power system’s configurations with various energy resources foreconomics and sizing to determine the optimal combination of them to meet the load demandand the user requirements. Figure 1 shows the basic architecture of this software package. Itshows the calculation result of the number of cases of different renewable energy sources underweather conditions, load demands, capacity ranges, fuel costs, and carbon emission
Paper ID #9520I Should Not be Expected to Teach English!...ButMr. Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University Craig Gunn is the Director of the Communication Program in the Department of Mechanical Engineer- ing at Michigan State University. He integrates communication skill activity into all courses within the mechanical Engineering program. He is editor of the CEED Newsbriefs and has co-authored numerous textbooks, including - Engineering Your Future.Mr. Pavel M. Polunin, Michigan State University Pavel Polunin is a Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering Department at Michigan State University. He obtained his M.S. in
also follow theproject based approach in teaching leadership to engineering students ((Khattak et al., 2012).Penn State’s (USA) Engineering Leadership Development Minor (EDLM) is a slightly differentmodel than any project based leadership model used in laboratories. The EDLM Model requiresstudents to take multiple courses in leadership focusing on core leadership qualities, globalleadership qualities, and 21st century leadership qualities (Schuhmann, 2011). Similarly,Babucia, Craig, and Connor (2012) discuss MIT satellite development program projects whichprovide students with the leadership education through a project based approach. The MITprogram is a three-term class focusing on engineering topics and developed for implementationat
assistant professor of architecture at Syracuse University in New York. Page 24.670.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Home Experiments: EarthBag Construction as Teaching Tool in RwandaThis paper investigates the meanings of home and field in architectural and engineering designsin international development. Academic research in the humanities and science disciplines tendsto situate the home and the field opposite of research activities. The home is a stable andcontrolled laboratory for analyses and theorization while the field is where raw
Paper ID #10616Hands-On Method for Teaching Design of Mechanical Components CourseDr. Harold L. Stalford, University of Oklahoma Prof. Harold Stalford received M.S. (1966) and Ph.D.(1970) in Mechanical Engineering from the Uni- versity of California, Berkeley, California and B.S.(1965) from Oklahoma State University. After being on the faculties at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and at the Georgia Institute of technology, he served as the Director of the School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering 1995-2000 Director and continues on as Professor since 1995. Dr. Stalford has spent two
Paper ID #10272A Teaching Model for Teaching Deaf/Hard of-hearing and Hearing Studentswith Course Accessibility and Real World Product DesignMr. Gary W Behm, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST) Gary Behm is an Assistant Professor of the Engineering Studies department and Director of the Center on Access Technology Innovation Laboratory at RIT/NTID. He is a deaf engineer who retired from IBM after serving for 30 years. He received his BS from RIT and his MS from Lehigh University. His last assignment with IBM was an Advanced Process Control project manager. He managed team members in delivering the next generation
. Student testing was extremely valuable in identifyingactivities that needed improvement and items in the manual that needed revision . Based on theirfeedback, several changes were implemented to further promote discovery learning. Testing withformer students is highly encouraged for anyone developing new laboratory experiments. The revised experiments are being implemented with students in the “Design of MachineElements” course in the Spring 2014. Feedback from students and teaching assistants has con-firmed the value of the experiments in engaging students in the analysis and design of mechani-cal springs. Students became familiar with different types of springs, experimentally determinedparameters of springs, analyzed and designed springs
the Global Supply Chain Laboratory at Texas A&M University, where she conducts applied research and industry projects in the area of global distribution, best practices in distribution profitability, distributor value added services, and within industry Consortia. Dr. Rodriguez Silva is the Director of the Talent Incubator Program where she educates and train students for project development and execution. Also, she coordinates the Global Distribution Study Abroad Program designated to teach students on how to conduct business in the international arena. Dr. Rodriguez Silva has contributed with recognized international institutions on supply chain man- agement and participated on the implementation of
competitive advantage through manufacturing planning, strategy, quality, and control; (d) manufacturing systems design: ability to analyze, synthesize, and control manufacturing operations using statistical methods; and (e) manufacturing laboratory or facility experience: ability to measure manufacturing process variables and develop technical inferences about the process.The Four Pillars of Manufacturing Engineering ModelThe Four Pillars of Manufacturing Engineering model4 represents a professional perspective onthe outcomes from a manufacturing program11. These group curricular areas by industry needs,as seen in Figure 1. Each of the four pillars represents a major area for
Paper ID #9892Promoting Research-Based Instruction in Statics and Dynamics: A VirtualCommunity of PracticeDr. Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University Brian P. Self obtained his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Engineering Mechanics from Virginia Tech, and his Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the University of Utah. He worked in the Air Force Research Laboratories before teaching at the U.S. Air Force Academy for seven years. Brian has taught in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo since 2006. During the 2011-2012 academic year he participated in a professor exchange, teaching at the
Paper ID #10411Evaluation of Impact of Web-based Activities on Mechanics Achievement andSelf-EfficacyProf. Sarah L. Billington, Stanford University Sarah Billington is Professor and Associate Chair of the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineer- ing at Stanford University. Her research group focuses on sustainable, durable construction materials and their application to structures and construction. She teaches an undergraduate class on introductory solid mechanics as well as graduate courses in structural concrete behavior and design. Most recently she has initiated a engineering education research project on
]. Despite what is known about Millenniallearners, however, traditional laboratory courses tend to fall short of addressing effectiveteaching methods recommended for millennial student learning[1-4]. Page 24.940.2II. Case-studies teaching method Step-by-step laboratories for the 21st century learner are relatively ineffective, providelimited student critical thinking, and often leaves little to no impact on student learning andcontent retention[5-11]. Examples of methods to reform laboratory experiences include the use of“story” based historical cases, vignettes, dramatizations, thematic narratives, and dialogues inchemistry and physics
] Gassert, John D., et al. "Cross-Disciplinary Biomedical Engineering Laboratories and Assessment of their Impact on Student Learning." American Society for Engineering Education. American Society for Engineering Education, 2011.[4] Sturm, Bob L., and Jerry D. Gibson. "Signals and Systems using MATLAB: an integrated suite of applications for exploring and teaching media signal processing." Frontiers in Education, 2005. FIE'05. Proceedings 35th Annual Conference. IEEE, 2005.[5] Thiagarajan, Jayaraman, J, et al. “On the use of LabVIEW in signals and systems”, Proceedings of ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2009.[6] Simoni, Mario, M. Aburdene, and F. Fayyaz. "Analog-Circuit-Based Activities to Improve Introductory
Paper ID #9411Development and Implementation of Interactive Virtual Laboratories to HelpStudents Learn Threshold Concepts in Thermodynamics – Year 1Dr. Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University Milo Koretsky is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Oregon State University. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from UC San Diego and his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley, all in Chemical Engineering. He currently has research activity in areas related engineering education and is interested in integrating technology into effective educational practices and in promoting the use of higher-level cognitive skills in engineering problem
Engineering Education, 2014 An Implementation of Electronic Laboratory Notebooks (ELN) Using a Course Management System Platform in an Undergraduate Experimental Engineering CourseAbstractExperimental Engineering at Harvey Mudd College is a sophomore-level, semester-long course,involving multiple experiments covering a number of engineering disciplines. The primarypurpose of the course is to teach basic instrumentation and measurement techniques; good labnotebook practice; technical report writing; analysis and presentation of data; the usage ofexperimental results for engineering design purposes; and the beginnings of professionalpractice. During the 2011-2012 academic year, we implemented a transition from
assignment, which must be completed during theassigned laboratory time, is a subset of or is closely related to the week’s project. The project iscompleted outside of the normal laboratory meeting time and the total weekly assignment is dueSunday midnight. Friday afternoon office hours are held in the lab and are well attended.Each of the weekly assignments has baseline requirements and optional challenges; thechallenges are intended to provide a deeper level of understanding and are used for bonus points.It should be noted that those who complete the challenges rarely need the extra points! Studentswho meet the challenges, demonstrate good debugging skills and submit high quality reports anddocumentation are invited to serve as (paid) teaching
stay ontask longer then before, thus increasing grit.Previous Work The value of experiments, laboratory exercises, and other hands-on experiences inundergraduate engineering education is well established through Kolb’s Experiential LearningCycle theory. The use of rapid prototyping machines and more expensive 3D printers aidingvisualization in engineering graphics courses, teaching additive manufacturing methods inmanufacturing courses, and building of prototypes in engineering design courses are welldocumented in the literature.Kolb’s Experiential Learning Cycle theory1 claims that regardless of the learning style, a studentlearns most efficiently if he/she follows a cycle consisting of four steps (axes): experiencing(concrete
Paper ID #8403A Practical Educational Fatigue Testing MachineProf. Bijan Sepahpour, The College of New Jersey Bijan Sepahpour is a registered Professional Engineer and Professor of Mechanical Engineering. He is currently serving as the chairman of the ME department at TCNJ. He is actively involved in the generation of design-oriented exercises and development of laboratory apparatus and experiments in the areas of mechanics of materials and dynamics of machinery for undergraduate engineering programs. Professor Sepahpour did his undergraduate studies at TCNJ and has advanced degrees from New Jersey Institute of
Paper ID #10633Ultra Low-Cost Software-Defined Radio: A Mobile Studio for Teaching Dig-ital Signal ProcessingDr. Cory J. Prust, Milwaukee School of Engineering Dr. Cory Prust is Assistant Professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). He earned his BSEE degree from MSOE in 2001 and his Ph.D. from Purdue University in 2006. Prior to joining MSOE in 2009, he was a Technical Staff member at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. He teaches courses in the signal processing and embedded systems areas.Dr. Steven Holland, Milwaukee School of Engineering Steven S. Holland (M ’13
point of view of the instructor this is time consuming; however, bycreating online homework instructors can improve students’ learning. Students can access andsolve the homework at their best time and learn from the feedback provided by each homeworkproblem.Significant efforts to improve signal processing education can be found in literature.12, 13, 14Some of these efforts include the assessment of different teaching strategies such as problembased learning that are intended to help students learn the material.6 Other efforts include theincorporation of hands-on or laboratory experiments to the course to help students learn fromreal world experiments.12,13,15 In addition, we can find efforts to improve signal processing wherethey use online
Paper ID #9623Effective Educational Methods for Teaching Assistants in a First-Year Engi-neering MATLAB R Coursejoshua jude heegKyle Flenar, University of CincinnatiJordan Alexander RossMr. Taylor Okel, University of Cincinnati Taylor Okel is a Computer Engineering major at the University of Cincinnati. A sophomore at the time of this paper, he had already worked on another research paper, while maintaining a high grade point average and managing to stay active in the community through service projects.Mr. Tejas Abhijit Deshpande, University of Cincinnati Sophomore at the University of CincinnatiDr. Gregory Warren Bucks
Paper ID #9826Using K’nex to Teach Large Scale Structures to Architects and ConstructionStudentsDr. Allen C Estes, California Polytechnic State University Allen C. Estes is a Professor and Head for the Architectural Engineering Department at California Poly- technic State University in San Luis Obispo. Until January 2007, Dr. Estes was the Director of the Civil Engineering Program at the United States Military Academy (USMA). He is a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia. Al Estes received a B.S. degree from USMA in1978, M.S. degrees in Structural Engineering and in Construction Management from Stanford University
Paper ID #8889Haptic Abilities and Their Impact on Teaching and Learning in the STEMFieldsDr. Nancy E. Study, Pennsylvania State University, ErieMr. Robert Edwards, Pennsylvania State University, Erie Bob Edwards has a BS in mechanical engineering from Rochester Institure of Technology and a MS in mechanical engineering from Gannon University. He is currently a Lecturer of Engineering at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. He teaches in the Mechanical Engineering Technology department. His primary teaching interests are in the fluid and thermal sciences, and teaches Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer. Additionally, he
Savage, R., Chen, K., & Vanasupa L. (2007). Equipping undergraduate engineers for success in the 21st Century. Journal of STEM Education Innovations and Research, 8(3), 15-27.35 Saunders, F. C. & Gale, A. W. (2012). Digital or didactic: Using learning technology to confront the challenge of large cohort teaching. British Journal of Educational Technology, 43(6), 847-858.36 Savasci, F. & Berlin, D. F. (2012). Science teacher beliefs and classroom practice related to constructivism in different school settings. Journal of Science Teacher Education, 23(1), 65-86.37 Schkoda, R. F., Schweisinger, T. A., & Wagner, J. R. (2012). An improved undergraduate mechanical engineering laboratory structure and curriculum
researchare free; two are commercial standalone tools. This prevents students from viewing the vul-nerabilities as a whole problem. We think this could be useful for a course that is focused onsecurity testing but not for an introductory course on software testing.Garousi7 presents open modern software testing laboratory courseware that is similar to theone we report in this paper, but he uses several tools and SUTs. One of his findings is thattesting educators should align the choices of SUTs and tools with the ultimate goal of thecourse at hand, the type of students, and the time and resources available to the students inthe course.Other forays into improving the teaching of software testing have been reported. For in-stance, Cowling5 describes how
- 4), 25-36.6. Barnes, L. B., Christensen, C. R., & Hansen, A. J. (1994). Teaching and the case method: Text, cases, and readings, Harvard Business Press.7. Hoag, K., Lillie, J., & Hoppe, R. (2005). Piloting case-based instruction in a didactic clinical immunology course, Clinical Laboratory Science 18(4), 2005, 213-220.8. Richard, L. G., Gorman, M. E., Scherer, W. T., & Landel, R. D. (1995). Promoting active learning with cases and instructional modules, Journal of Engineering Education, 84, 375-381.9. Raju, P. K., & Sankar, C. S. (1999). Teaching Real‐World Issues through Case Studies, Journal of Engineering Education, 88(4), 501-508.10. MIT Engineering Leadership Program. What is Engineering Leadership
Paper ID #10497Initial Investigation of Analytic Hierarchy Process to Teach Creativity in De-sign and EngineeringDr. Jennifer Grimsley Michaeli P.E., Old Dominion University Dr. Jennifer G. Michaeli is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology of Old Dominion University (ODU). She received her PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Old Dominion University, her MSc in Ocean Systems Management from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and her BSc in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from Webb Institute. Prior to her arrival to ODU, Dr. Michaeli spent over a decade of service in the Department
Paper ID #9136Research Institutions’ Teaching Imperative: Rising to the Commitment ofService-Learning in Engineering EducationDr. Bowa George Tucker, University of Massachusetts, Lowell Bowa George Tucker, Ed.D. is a Senior Research Associate for the National Science Foundation funded Engineering Faculty Engagement in Learning through Service, and Engineering for the Common Good in the College of Engineering at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. His received his doctorate from the University of Massachusetts, Boston in Higher Education Administration in 2010. His dis- sertation research produced a rigorous
effects of major disruptions on the supply chain. He serves as Teaching Assistant for the STFS course.Mr. Hai Fu, University of Kentucky Hai Fu is currently a PhD student in Brazing and Heat Exchanger Research Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Kentucky. He received his master’s degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China and bachelor’s degree from Southeast Uni- versity, Nanjing, China. Prior to his PhD study, he worked in Shanghai Intel Asia-Pacific R&D Ltd. as a thermal engineer for one and a half years. He also studied in the University of Cincinnati for his PhD for two years before transferring to the University of Kentucky to continue his PhD