, in2000’s decade, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has developed a program tomotivate female high school students to pursue engineering [28]. However, these programs,although achieving relative success, involved students with a pre-existing interest in engineering-related careers. Also, these programs contained a very low part of female population of highschool in the U.S. [28].Similarly, the governments of other countries have recognized the importance of increasinginterest in the field of engineering and have developed policies to motivate women to work in thefield. For example, in March 2002, the Norwegian government passed legislation requiring that40 percent of the executive board of director members should be women by the year
function model was developed. 0.71 ⋅ e −0.58⋅s G p ( s) = 4 ⋅ s +1 Page 25.388.5It is a typical first order plus dead-time process model.Proportional-Integral (PI) Controller TuningOnce the process model was developed, tuning parameters were calculated using a number ofmethods1 and the system performance was evaluated as shown in Fig. 6. This figure shows theresponse of the control system when a temperature setpoint change of 10F was
educating future professionals with engineering principles integrated with practical experience. Twelve programs in the United States offer four-year bachelor degrees in general Engineering Technology (1). General Engineering Technology degree programs offer an interdisciplinary platform. In addition, many discipline specific engineering technology degrees are offered at the bachelor‟s level. For example, ninety-four ABET accredited programs offer bachelor degrees in Electrical Engineering Technology in the U.S.A. Similarly, sixty-six and six ABET accredited bachelor degree programs are offered in Mechanical Engineering Technology and Industrial Engineering Technology in the United States, respectively (1). A graduate program in
% Page 25.190.8Figure 1 “Did you use the workshop information and ideas in your course(s)?” How were workshop ideas and information used? Faculty who said they used workshop ideas andinformation were asked to indicate how. The response frequencies varied by workshop type and arelisted in Table 4. The conference workshop attendees reported adding new classroom activities(19 responses) and sharing workshop information/ideas with colleagues (11 responses) mostfrequently. Many participants also said they expected to use other ideas from these workshops intheir future teaching (18 responses). The curriculum design workshop was designed to help withcourse and program
to determine the oral presentation grade. Near the completion of the course, the attributes and characteristics sheets originally prepared and submitted by each student, but now including all of the comments from their group members evaluating the student‟s performance as PM, are complied and given back to the students. Therefore, at the conclusion of the course, students have a clear record of their individual performance as PMs as measured against their own initial list of the attributes and characteristics of a ‘good’ PM. This seems to be an extremely effective summary document as part of this approach to introducing, stressing and measuring project management performance.Student Reflections
Total 248 (64%) 138 (36%) 386Figure 2 shows the population breakdown by major. Students could report multiple majors, thusthe total count here is greater than our population total. 70 60 50 Number of Students 40 30 20 10 0 om e Ch cal al r S er
assist with this goal, students were encouraged, early in the term, to discover reallife examples of mechanisms with an aim to promote curiosity and foster interest in learning.Throughout the term, a design project was introduced which required students not only to applyfundamentals of kinematics and dynamics, but also to exercise skills in teamwork, collaborativelearning and communication. A student survey was conducted at the end of the course and theefficacy of the approach was assessed.IntroductionThe University of British Columbia‟s Okanagan campus was established in 2005 in Kelowna,British Columbia. The School of Engineering offers three undergraduate programs: CivilEngineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. In 2010
Session. ASEE 2011 Annual Conference & Exposition. Vancouver, B.C. Alfano, Ph.D., K., Ama, S., Karnes, V., Temple, G. (July 26 -‐29, 2011). Presentation: CREATE/TIME's Collaboration to Develop a Wind Turbine Technology Curriculum Throught DACUM & Gap Analysis. HI-‐TEC -‐ High Impact Technology Exchange Conference. San Francisco, CA. Galisky, J., Wold, T. (July 26 – 29, 2011). High School Curriculum for Renewable Energy. HI-‐TEC -‐ High Impact Technology Exchange Conference. San Francisco, CA. Alfano, Ph.D., K. (September 30 -‐ October 5, 2011). Panelist/Presentation on Energy. STEMtech -‐ Learn & Earn Conference. Indianapolis, IN. Alfano
AC 2012-2979: CRITICAL THINKING: A PEDAGOGICAL INSTRUMENTFOR NEW ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE EDUCATORSDr. Robert M. Brooks, Temple University Robert Brooks is an Associate Professor of civil engineering at Temple University. He is a Fellow of ASCE. His research interests are engineering education, civil engineering materials, and transportation engineering.Jyothsna K. S., Jyothsna K. S., Department of English, St. Joseph’s College, Bangalore, secured a Gold Medal for the highest aggregate marks in the Post Graduate English Literature course at St. Joseph’s College (au- tonomous). K. S. has been working for the Department of English, St. Joseph’s College for almost two years now, teaching both undergraduate and
conditioning circuits, and a micro-controller were usedfor data acquisition, Modbus communication, and controlling of the motor or light bulbs.As an effort to continually improve our education program, the effectiveness of the courseprojects will be quantitatively and qualitatively monitored through student and faculty surveys,feedback from former students, and results of examinations. These results will be shared withother educators in a future publication.References1. Arthur, J. H. and Sexton, M. R., “Labview Application: Energy Laboratory Upgrade,” Proceedings of ASEE Annual Conference, 2002.2. Akinwale, O., Kehinde, L., Ayodele,K. P., Jubril, A. M., Jonah,O. P., Ilori, S., and Chen, X., “A Labview-Based On-Line Robotic Arm for Students
543 4.42manage the materials for each lesson.The facilitators described what in theactivities students are likely to strugglewith (either conceptually or with 546 4.37manipulating the materials) and how toaddress these when implementing theunit.The facilitators shared how to lead thevarious activities in the unit(s), including 545 4.48questioning throughout the activity(before, during, and after). Page 25.503.12I was given opportunities to consider and 543
incorporated into the rubric.Finally, a total pool of 1,058 references (journal articles, conference proceedings, and books)were collected, and each study was read and evaluated using the evaluation rubric, focusing onthe description of authenticity or authentic experience and the principles included (along with arating of the reviewer‟s confidence in the findings).Identifying ResearchWe are interested in the design of authenticity in K-12 STEM curricula, and theconceptualization and embodiments of authenticity. Therefore, we searched for the literatureusing two sets of keywords. One set is “authenticity” and “authentic”. The other set includes“integrity”, “realistic”, “genuine”, and “legitimate”, which are synonyms of “authentic” in thedomain of
reasoning to exploreself-efficacy.Self-Efficacy and Self-RegulationThe lack of progress in retaining women and minorities in engineering is partially due tostudents’ self-efficacy. Self-efficacy refers to a person’s belief that s/he is capable of takingaction to achieve a certain goal, such as completion of a college degree. Self-efficacy is formedby a person’s mastery experiences (previous success leads a person to believe s/he is capable ofcompleting a similar task), vicarious experiences (when a person sees someone else completing atask and believes s/he could do the same), social persuasions (supportive people in a person’s lifesuch as teachers, family, or mentors), and physiological reactions to a task (anxiety, etc.).Self-efficacy relates to
⎟ ⎝ ⎠ ⎝ ⎠0 = m& (hi − he ) or hi = he Page 25.228.7 • • • ∑T Qj + m(si − se) ) + σ cvdScv = dt j j• • •m(si − s e ) + σ cv = 0 or s e = si + σ cv • mWe have noticed that many students write the equation for the first law of
Identified During Idea GenerationStrategy Description I. Reduce usage To reduce the usage of any energy-consuming device(s). This could be using the devices less often, turning them to a lower power setting, offering fewer devices, or reducing the amount a device needs to be used without changing its efficiency. Solutions ranged from turning off half of the lights to using personal fans instead of AC. II. Increase To replace current energy-consuming devices with those that will be similarly effective but efficiency use less energy. Common examples include replacing incandescent light bulbs with energy- efficient bulbs such as CFL or LED
, South Africa, May, 2007):2344-2357. 2. Watson, G., Gallagher, K. (2005). “Managing for Results”. 2nd ed. London: Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. 3. Schaffner, S., R. (2010). “An Examination of Communication Skills in Construction: Their Significance to Leadership”. Master of Science Thesis, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 4. Hoezen, M., Reymen, I., Dewulf, G. (2006). “The Problem of Communication in Construction.” (paper presented at the CIB W96 Adaptables Conference, Eindhoven, Netherlands, July 3-5, 2006). 5. Dainty, A., Moore, D., and Murray, M. (2006). Communication in Construction; Theory and Practice. London & New York: Taylor and Francis, 2006. 6. Eilenberg, I. (2002
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comprised of two primary systems, a mobile vehicle and remote controlstation. Each system is further broken down into subordinate systems.1. Mobile Vehicle Page 25.397.4The mobile vehicle is a tracked vehicle running a number of sensors and sensor systems toaccomplish the primary task of locating the desired item(s), moving to the item(s) location,providing verification methods of the item(s), and transmitting the item’(s) location back to thecontrol station. a. Drive SystemThe drive system is broken down into two identical halves, one for the port side and one for thestarboard side. Each side operates completely independently of the other
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decrease and hencerotor current and rotor frequency will decrease. Less rotor-current results in a lesser rotorelectromagnetic field. It is therefore impossible, for the rotor to rotate at the speed of the rotatingstator field. Slip is defined as the difference between the rotor speed and stator field speed, andis called synchronous speed. S = (NS - NR ) / NS (11) f r = S*f s = S*f (12) T = K*φ* IR* Cos (θR) (13) P.F.= Cos (θR) = tan-1 ( (f* S*Lr)/Rr) (14)Figure 8 displays the torque-speed characteristic curve of a typical Squirrel Cage Induction
guided discovery approach posits that any subject can be taught effectively in someintellectually honest form to any child at any stage of development. A constructivist approach tolearning and teaching is based on the notion that learners construct their own knowledge ratherthan knowledge being transferred into learners‟ brains.8-10 Learners‟ construction of knowledgeis based on their past knowledge, the timeliness of new knowledge, and the learner‟s ability tounderstand the connections. This process forces learners to either modify existing knowledge ordevelop new knowledge. Learning experiences based on constructivism are reflected in popularinstructional strategies such as inquiry based learning11-12, problem based learning (PBL) 13-14
Technology (ETEC), with at least 50 sustainingenrollments of 200+ students in fall 2010 according to ASEE data. On the other hand, since the1980’s only about 14 institutions have created master’s degrees in ETEC. Some M.S. programshave evolved from Master of Science in Technology (M.S.T.) or Master of Technology (M.T.)versions. One fundamental question posed in the debate is whether ETEC curricula rise to thenecessary scientific rigor of traditional M.S. degrees. This paper asserts that the M.S. in ETECshould stand on equal footing with M.S. programs in any other field and particularly inengineering when viewed from the perspective of (i) the scientific level of graduate ETECcourses; (ii) the roles that ETEC graduates perform in the engineering
. The Behavior latent variable is defined by the DISC instrument as a measurement model,where the four manifest variables Dominance (D), Influence (I), Steadiness (S), and Compliance(C) are depicted in Figure 3 [18] [19]. D I BEHAVIOR S C Figure 3. Hypothesized KEEN-TTI DISC Measurement ModelIn a similar fashion the Motivation and Skills latent variables are described by specific manifestvariables derived from TTI questionnaire items. The Motivation latent model is described by sixmanifest variables: Theoretical (TH), Aesthetic (AE
Research We reviewed a total of 13 studies for the second component of our critical analysis.First, we reviewed classic retention studies by Astin 4,29 and Tinto 30, which have been frequentlycited as germinal research linking the construct of social engagement to college student retentionand/or academic success. Nora et al.’s study6 was reviewed as an example of more recentempirical investigations using an extensive national dataset. Next, we analyzed 10 empiricalstudies that examined relationships between peer-oriented social engagement and measures ofcollege student adjustment/persistence (e.g., retention, GPA, other persistence measures) inengineering education. We specified four criteria for the inclusion of a study in our review: a
has always been believed that if there is a “fit”between the learner‟s preferred teaching style and method of instruction, the outcome wouldbe happier and more academically successful learners, although research often fails to sustainthis theory6 . As observed from the reviewed literature, one of the main problems inassociating the magnitude of data to successful learning is that knowledge is augmenting at anexponential rate7, 5. If teaching concentrates merely on content and opportunities to developmeta-cognitive strategies are limited, alumni will experience significant difficulty keeping up-to-date with their respective disciplines5. Whilst joining in with the debate, Kolb8 saw learningas a cyclical process comprising of a series of
graduation rate, assuming continuous enrollment).Ohland et. al. [4] present an extensive analysis of retention measures and studenteducational experiences at the undergraduate level. This paper uses the large, multi-institution dataset MIDFIELD (Multiple-Institution Database for InvestigatingEngineering Longitudinal Development) which contains records of over 75,000 studentsin engineering during the years of 1988 through 1998. Ohland and his colleagues [4, 7]determined that eight-semester persistence is highly predictive of six-year graduationrates. But, using eight-semester persistence can underreport the persistence of women tograduation. In general, it is shown that paths of persistence are nonlinear, gendered andracialized, so that it‟s
onReflections. Some quotes on the personal impact of filling in Meta Reflection on Reflections areshown below. Some quotes include:Wrap-up on Points of Interest: Across a semester what was the impact of Interest Points on your attitude & interest?"Relating things to my daily life helps me to retain info better"Wrap-up on Muddiest Points:Did your responses to Muddiest Points help you identify your issues on content andconcepts?"The muddiest point helped me realize what I may not be aware of"Did discussing Muddy Point(s) at the start of next class help your understanding (or not)?"Questions other people asked helped because, many times they were questions I didn't think toask"Wrap-up on Learning Points: Did your responses on Learning Points help you
and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) face different barriers to implement sustainablepractices. Some of the major barriers were consolidated by Natarajan & Wyrick (2011)6. The Page 25.579.3major barriers were finance, lack of expertise, lack of information, and company culture.Similarly there were factors that motivated firms towards better environmental practices. Themajor motivators were legislation, owner(s) perspective, customer demands, and internal drive.SMEs struggle with understanding environmental sustainability due to the lack of people withsustainability education in their organization. In addition an owner or a group of owners
time. The technologies included in the broader definition also follow the commonpatterns of adoption and diffusion. Page 25.746.2A technology forecast includes the study of historic data to identify one of several commontechnology diffusion or substitution trends. Patterns to be identified include constant percentagerates of change (so-called “Moore‟s Laws”), logistic growth, logistic substitution, performanceenvelopes, lead/lag (precursor) relationships, anthropological invariants and other phenomena.QTF projections have proven accurate in predicting technological and social change in thousandsof applications as diverse as consumer electronics
Page 25.1251.7delivery and teaching pedagogy. Evaluation results show positive learning experiences.Future work includes more pilot-testing in biomedical engineering courses.AcknowledgmentPartial support for this work was provided by the National Science Foundation's Course,Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) program under Award No. 0837584. Anyopinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are thoseof the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.Bibliography1. Y. Guo, S. Zhang, H. Man, and A. Ritter, “A Case Study on Pill-Sized Robot in Gastro-Intestinal Tract to Teach Robot Programming and Navigation”, Proceedings of ASEE Annual Conference and