. ODU is uniquely positioned to support these goals aims due to its strategiclocation in the southeastern Virginia, home of the largest naval base and third largest volumeport on the U.S. east coast. The region hosts the largest concentration of ship repair andmaintenance industries in the U.S. This academic program is designed to attract brightstudents early, engage them in a multi-disciplinary, marine-related engineering andtechnology curriculum, provide project-based learning and internship experiences that areboth exciting and relevant to ensure student retention, and produce highly employablegraduates to the marine industry. One of the new courses developed under ODU’s marineengineering and technology undergraduate program is an
learning, and provide realism to students’ learning7,8.Despite these advantages, the use of cases in engineering undergraduate curriculum has beenlimited due to faculty’s lack of understanding in effectively linking cases to other course’smaterials5,9. To highlight some of the challenges and lessons learned, the author team used casesin a course that taught engineering leadership to undergraduates. These cases explore andengage student’s interpretations of the definition of engineering leadership as a repertoire of“exemplary attitudes, behaviors, and skills necessary for an engineer to be an effective leader”10.The course described is a core class engineering undergraduates are required to take to earn aminor in Engineering Leadership in the
Paper ID #9532Unleashing Student Creativity with Digital Design PatternsDr. Miguel Bazdresch, Rochester Institute of Technology Miguel Bazdresch (mxbiee@rit.edu) obtained his PhD in Electronic Communications from the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications, in France, in 2004. He worked for several years designing digital integrated circuits for the telecommunications industry. After teaching at ITESO University, in Mexico, from 2005 to 2012, he came to the Electronics, Computers and Telecommunications Engineering Technology Department at the Rochester Institute of Technology, where he is an Assistant Professor
– typically superintendents, project managers and/or project engineers – inevitably occurs. Additionally, the student organization frequently attends national conferences. The industry exposure at these events is particularly valuable as students not only socially interact with industry leaders but may actually acquire job leads. The CEMT program is also working to increasingly integrate its industry advisory board (IAB) with the student organization’s activities through the development of an IAB speaking program. Special guests from the industry are often invited to speak. Presentations by former students who are currently working in the industry are particularly popular. The SSC also serves as an opportunity
teaching methods into our online classes and tomake continuous comparisons of student behavior and student success between the distance andon-campus student groups. It also provided us with the opportunity to learn about and toincorporate effective online learning practice into our face-to-face instruction. Through thefollowing case studies we attempt to chronicle our experiences and to look for lessons that can beinstructive to other faculty and that can guide our future endeavors. We respectfully acknowledgethat others with considerable experience in online teaching have established recommended bestpractices; those practices may be better supported and/or refined by any insights gleaned throughour case studies. An example of best practices for
Integrated Graduate Research Team in a Complex Interdisciplinary Domain: Preliminary Findings. In: SEFI Annual Conference: Global Engineering Recognition, Sustainability and Mobility. Lisbon, Portugal; 2011:303–307.17. The Design-Based Research Collective. Design-based research: An emerging paradigm for educational inquiry. Educ Res. 2003;32(1):5–8. Page 24.1087.1318. Roco M, Bainbridge W. Converging technologies for improving human performance: Integrating from the nanoscale. J Nanoparticle Res. 2002;4:281–295.19. Borrego M, Cutler S. Constructive alignment of interdisciplinary graduate curriculum in
in environmental engineering. She is also active in K-12 STEM initiatives. Page 24.105.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 A standards-based tool for middle school teachers to engage students in STEM fields (Research-to-Practice) Strand: K-12 Engineering Resources: Best Practices in Curriculum Design!Middle school teachers play an instrumental role in promoting student interest in science andengineering fields. Studies have shown that engaging students early on can inspire students topursue degrees in STEM fields for higher education. This work
Paper ID #9177Creating an Infrastructure Education Community of PracticeDr. Philip J. Parker P.E., University of Wisconsin, PlattevilleDr. Carol Haden, Magnolia Consulting, LLC Carol Haden is s Senior Evaluator with Magnolia Consulting, LLC. She holds a doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis on program evaluation from Northern Arizona University. Dr. Haden has extensive experience in the evaluation of formal STEM education projects across the K-20 spectrum and the evaluation of informal STEM Education and Public Outreach (E/PO) programs. She has designed and implemented evaluations of programs
Paper ID #10699Designing, Building, and Testing an Autonomous Search and Rescue Robot— An Undergraduate Applied Research ExperienceZachary Cody Hazelwood Cody Hazelwood is currently a software developer at the Alpha High Theft Solutions division of Check- point Systems. He received the B.S. degree in Professional Computer Science from Middle Tennessee State University in May 2013. He currently does freelance projects involving mobile software develop- ment, microcontroller applications, and electronics. He enjoys learning about and testing ways to improve people’s lives with technology.Dr. Saleh M. Sbenaty, Middle Tennessee
oriented and integrates severaldisciplines” when talking about benefits of robotics curriculum in STEM classrooms. Wedewardet al.6 do not directly mention the systematic nature of robotics in education while stating thattheir robot kit provides “a basis of studies in math, physics and computer programming”.Nordstrom et al.1 emphasize the multidisciplinary nature of robotics that “makes it a natural toolfor science and engineering education at many levels”. Weinberg et al.7 consider the possibilityand the growing popularity of using robotics in all disciplines including liberal arts studies, thushighlighting the systematic nature of robotics.An after-workshop questionnaire was employed in this study to obtain student perceptions andinterests in
-on labs remain tremendously importantin the technology curriculum, which is based on Dewey’s experiential learning theory. The basicpremise of this theory is that students learn as a result of doing or experiencing things in theworld, and learning occurs when mental activity is suffused with physical activity. 3 Theprofessional success of a technologist is directly related to her/his ability to transfer knowledgegained in the academic environment to real-world situations. Acquisition of manipulative skillsis only possible through the use of real instruments and real experimental data. Therefore, toenhance student learning, the technology curriculum must integrate the effective characteristicsof both computer simulations and hands-on lab
Paper ID #8962Using Case Study Research as an Active Learning Tool for Demonstrating theAbility to Function on Multidisciplinary TeamsDr. Wayne Lu, University of Portland Wayne Lu received his B.S.E.E. degree from Chung-Cheng Institute of Technology, Tauyuan, Taiwan in 1973 and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma in 1981 and 1989, respectively. He is a member of IEEE and ASEE. He has been a faculty at the University of Portland since 1988 and currently an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering. His areas of interest include embedded systems design, digital
Paper ID #10239Graduate students help to create a discovery-based and cooperative learningexperience about clean energy for high school students (curriculum exchange)Mr. Justin Michael Hutchison, University of Illinois Justin Hutchison, M.S., is currently a doctoral student in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Uni- versity of Illinois. He is treasurer of the local student chapter of American Society for Engineering Edu- cation (ASEE) and a coordinator for graduate student outreach in the Civil and Environmental Graduate Student Professional Development Program. Mr. Hutchison is a National Science Foundation Graduate
both focused writing instruction as well as integrated writingin the discipline (WID) (Petraglia, 1995). In fact, there are many arguments for including writingacross the engineering curriculum, and throughout an engineer’s education. First, it is proposedthat technical writing is best learned in the context of the technical material being communicated(Buzzi, Grimes, & Rolls, 2012). When writing is only addressed in a communications course, itperpetuates the myth that writing is not an important part of actual engineering. The inclusion ofwriting in technical courses stresses the importance of writing to developing engineers andencourages them to develop the necessary proficiency desired by employers. Second, proficiencyin technical
, 2014 Analysis of historical student performance data in an introductory continuous time signals and systems classI. IntroductionIt is a widespread and common occurrence that students experience a high-level of difficultywith the introductory continuous-time signals and systems (CTSS) course in an undergraduateelectrical and computer engineering (ECE) curriculum. While the experience is common, thereis not much quantitative data that verifies and describes the challenges to learning that studentsface. As a result, instructors are forced to wonder if the problem is due to insufficient studentpreparation and effort or if there is some pedagogical change that will solve the problem.Engineering educators have devoted
that makes a good point), or as a form of entertainment, as manymusic courses, for example, may be viewed as by students and by engineering faculty. On thecontrary, HSS must be “integrated in the curriculum as branches with all the weight that othersubjects have” (Ibid.). The justification for this claim is that although it is “possible to profitfrom technology without understanding anything about it [just as] it is quite possible to live a lifewithout any real understanding” (Ibid.), and while we can survive as human beings in either case,the former is not a characteristic acceptable in an engineer, just as the latter is not a characteristicof an educated human being. The key point here, stated more explicitly in a number of otherarticles
Paper ID #10689A Preliminary Analysis of the Impact of Geotechnical Concept Tools (GCT)Integrated into a Civil Engineering ClassroomDr. Kimberly Warren, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Dr. Kimberly Warren is an Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte who specializes in the field of Geotechnical Engineering, a discipline of Civil Engineering. She holds her Civil Engineering degrees from Virginia Tech and North Carolina State University. Her disciplinary re- search involves the use of geosynthetic materials (polymeric materials) incorporated into Civil Engineer- ing Structures including
bachelor’s curriculum that had not been comprehensivelyupdated in ten years, the time was right.The co-terminal program was crafted to appeal to students as they considered various institutionsfor transfer or from high school. An opt-out approach was chosen such that students would beconsidered master’s-seeking students from their freshman or transfer year and would declareeither the BS or the BS/MS in the spring of their third year. With a 3.0 GPA cutoff, the facultyfelt this would function as an incentive for students to focus on their academics earlier and moreearnestly in their first few years. It has the added benefit of marketing the profession’s intendedacademic credential, a graduate degree, directly to students entering college for the
, including their capacity-building and school partner- ship programs. She coordinates the Integrated Teaching and Learning Program’s NSF-funded TEAMS Program (Tomorrow’s Engineers. . . creAte. iMagine. Succeed.) which engages more than 2,200 K-12 students in engineering throughout the academic year and summer months. She is also a contributing curriculum writer and editor for the TeachEngineering digital library, also an NSF-funded project. Janet holds a master’s degree in Information and Learning Technology from the University of Colorado Denver and a bachelor’s in Communication from the University of Colorado Boulder.Prof. Derek T Reamon, University of Colorado, Boulder
student have been involvedin the development of the nail polish module. Additionally, the bell module has been critiqued byfaculty in the education department of researching university. Finally, it was shown that the wayscience is taught must change to allow students to relate the abstract concepts to real lifeexamples. This can be accomplished by providing our science educators with more resources tofacilitate the integration of more hands-on activities in the curriculum. The Electric Bell module Page 24.835.8can serve as model to create, develop and implement more tunable educational modules.Bibliography[1] Almaguer, A. J., et al. "Building
has a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech and received a Master’s of Civil Engineering and an Ed.D. in Technology Education from N.C. State University. He specializes in developing and integrating project-based activities into the K-12 classroom that incorporate engineering and STEM learning concepts as well as providing professional development for K-12 teachers.Dr. Frank M. Bowman, University of North Dakota Dr. Frank Bowman is Associate Professor, Tom Owens Fellow, and Associate Chair in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of North Dakota. He holds a Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology and a B.S from Brigham Young University, both in Chemical Engineering. His research
internship at Kellogg’s, where she designed processes for applyingfrosting to one of their products. She helped create a cookie processing activity where studentswork in teams to create uniform cookies with many other student contributors. While the presentations and activities developed by the Ambassadors are still in use bythe College of Engineering, it has been difficult replicating the same enthusiasm that the studentsdemonstrated when the activities were first developed. They also did the minimum required toreceive the book stipend and were not reliable when it came to prolonged activities such asEngineering Day and Engineering Week at the University of Utah. The Ambassadors haveplayed an integral role in the development of activities and
students[13, 15, 16]. Yet the paperspresenting how to develop ECE curriculum concentrated renewable energy lab activities are hardto find. Therefore, we took the approach to develop our own lab activities to match with thelecture content while try to utilize the existing lab equipment as much as we could. The labactivities were developed gradually throughout the years while the course was offering. Thestudents enrolled in this course have been contributing to the design, purchasing and fabricatinglab test benches as well.The lab activities are integrated parts of the course that focuses on “how to integrate differenttypes of renewable energy into electric power system and the impact on the electric powersystem. The course also stresses the
learner. To Rogers, experiential learning is equivalent topersonal change and growth and affirms that learning is facilitated when: (1) the studentparticipates completely in the learning process and has control over its nature and direction, (2) itis primarily based upon direct confrontation with practical, social, personal or research problems,and (3) self-evaluation is the principal method of assessing progress or success1. David Kolb(1939) described experiential learning as an integrative process of concrete experience, reflectiveobservation, abstract conceptualization, and active experimentation. In summary, Experientiallearning theory defines learning as "the process whereby knowledge is created through thetransformation of experience
Engineering Education, 2014 Viewing student engineering through the lens of "engineering moments":An interpretive case study of 7th grade students with language-based learning disabilities (Research-to-Practice, Engineering Across K-12 Curriculum)AbstractThough there is a growing consensus that engineering instruction should be incorporated intoUnited States K-12 classrooms,1,2,3,4 little research has focused on what student engineeringlooks like in these classroom setting. Topics for investigation include how students understandengineering tasks, which behaviors can be viewed as age-appropriate engineering, and howstudents may coordinate these behaviors to create a coherent engineering process. In
. Page 24.1251.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 The use of metacognitive writing-to-learn prompts in an engineering statics class to improve student understanding and performanceIntroductionWriting-across-the-curriculum initiatives tend to focus on the idea of using writing as a means todeepen student understanding of concepts and rhetorical practices in the discipline.1, 2, 3 It iscommon practice in these programs to integrate as much writing as possible in differentdisciplinary contexts.4, 5 , 6 The supposition is that writing naturally enhances learning in most, ifnot all, learning spaces. This notion dates back to Janet Emig’s classic
, 2014, includelengthening the course from 2.5 hours per week to 4 hours per week, utilizing more traditionallecture, incorporating class discussions, adding student created supplementary video content inthe essence of classroom flipping3, and integrating an overarching humanitarian theme to allassignments in an effort to support the liberal arts goals of the university. Page 24.170.2Introduction/MotivationThis course design was motivated by many problems with the existing programming course, butfocused on addressing three issues:(a) the course being offered outside of an engineering department,(b) the extreme variability in the rate at which the
Paper ID #9622ENGR 102 for High School: An Introduction to Engineering, AP type coursetaught in high schools by high school teachersMs. J. Jill Rogers, University of Arizona J. Jill Rogers is the program coordinator for ENGR 102 HS at the University of Arizona. ENGR 102 HS is an AP type, college level, introductory engineering course offered to high school students. Over the years Jill has developed K-12 science summer camps, conducted K-12 educational research, developed engineering curriculum for formal and informal education venues, and developed robotics outreach pro- grams for children’s museums and K-12 schools
Paper ID #10328Live Energy: US Faculty Co-Author an Electronic Textbook to Deliver theMost Up-to-date and Relevant Content in Energy and SustainabilityDr. Christine Ehlig-Economides, Texas A&M University Dr. Ehlig-Economides has been full professor of petroleum engineering at Texas A&M University in the Albert B. Stevens endowed chair since 2004. Before that she worked for Schlumberger for 20 years in well test design and interpretation, integrated reservoir characterization, modern well construction design, and well stimulation. She has worked in more than 30 countries and authored more than 60 papers. Dr. Ehlig
. Page 24.1318.16 8. E. Keenan and A. Steele, Developing a Pedagogical Infrastructure for Teaching Globally Distributed Software Development, In Collaborative Teaching of Globally Distributed Software Development - Community Building Workshop (CTGDSD), May 23, 2011.9. P. Gloor, M. Paasivaara, C. Lassenius, D. Schoder, K. Fischbach and C. Miller, Teaching a Global Project Course: Experiences and Lessons Learned, In Collaborative Teaching of Globally Distributed Software Development - Community Building Workshop (CTGDSD), May 23, 2011.10. M. Richey, F. Zender, D.P. Schrage, G. Jensen, B. McPherson, J. Fehr, M.M. Symmonds and D.E. French, An Innovative Approach to an Integrated Design and Manufacturing Multi- Site “Cloud