Paper ID #13315Exploring the role of institutional climate in preparing engineering doctoralstudents for academic careersDr. Alexandra Emelina Coso, Georgia Institute of Technology Alexandra Coso is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Georgia Tech’s Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning. She completed her Ph.D. in 2014 in Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Tech. Prior to her time at Georgia Tech, she received her B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from MIT and her M.S. in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia. Her research interests include graduate student experiences in engineering programs, engineering
experiences.Dr. Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech Marie C. Paretti is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she co- directs the Virginia Tech Engineering Communications Center (VTECC). Her research focuses on com- munication in engineering design, interdisciplinary communication and collaboration, design education, and gender in engineering. She was awarded a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to study expert teaching in capstone design courses, and is co-PI on numerous NSF grants exploring com- munication, design, and identity in engineering. Drawing on theories of situated learning and identity development, her work includes studies on the teaching and learning of communication
Paper ID #11690A Cross-Sectional Study of Engineering Student Perceptions and ExperiencesRelated to Global ReadinessDr. Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Dr. Sarah Zappe is Research Associate and Director of Assessment and Instructional Support in the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education at Penn State. She holds a doctoral degree in educational psychology emphasizing applied measurement and testing. In her position, Sarah is responsible for developing instructional support programs for faculty, providing evaluation support for educational proposals and projects, and working
Paper ID #11398Design, Implementation and Evaluation of an Online Team and Activity-Based Introduction to Engineering CourseDr. Benjamin Emery Mertz, Arizona State University Dr. Benjamin Mertz received his Ph. D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Notre Dame in 2010 and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in 2005. He is currently a part of a lecturer team at Arizona State University that focuses on the first-year engineering experience, including developing and teaching the Introduction to Engineering course. He also teaches Thermo-Fluids and High Speed Aerodynamics for the
Paper ID #12088Engineering practitioners in PhD programs: Who are they and why do theyreturn?Ms. Erika Mosyjowski, University of Michigan Erika Mosyjowski is a PhD student in the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education at the University of Michigan. She also earned a Master’s in Higher Education at Michigan and a Bachelor’s in Psychology and Sociology from Case Western Reserve University. Before pursuing a PhD, Erika had a dual appointment in UM’s College of Engineering working in student affairs and as a research associate. While grounded in the field of higher education, her research interests include
Paper ID #12151Just-in-Time Support: An Evidence-Based Academic-Student Affairs Part-nership to Enable Engineering Student SuccessDr. Edward J. Berger, Purdue University Edward Berger is currently an Associate Professor of Engineering Education and Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University, having joined Purdue in August 2014. Prior to that, he was the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Virginia, where this initiative took place.Mrs. Lisa Lampe, University of Virginia Lisa Lampe is the Director of Undergraduate Success in the University of
Paper ID #11993Tools for Transformation – How Engineering Education benefits from inter-active e-learning and the HumanitiesDr. Katarina Larsen, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology Katarina Larsen, researcher at KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. Experience from teaching and course development in Engineering Education at Masters level and graduate courses level in areas of Organizational Studies. Ongoing research interests includes studies of institutional change, science and innovation policy, and sustainability in engineering education.Mr. Johan Gustav G¨ardebo, KTH Royal Institute of Technology Johan G¨ardebo
Paper ID #12246Understanding a New Paradigm for Engineering Science Education UsingKnowledge about Student LearningDr. Donald E. Richards, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. Richards is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and teaches in the area of thermal-fluid sciences. He earned his mechanical engineering degrees at Kansas State Uni- versity (BS), Iowa State University (MS), and The Ohio State University (PhD). Prior to joining Rose- Hulman in 1988, he was on the faculty at The Ohio State University. In 1998, he joined Kenneth Wark as co-author of Thermodynamics (6th Ed
Creative Solving Processes. MS Thesis, Center for Studies in Creativity, State University College at Buffalo.19. Isaksen, S.G. and Pershyn, G. (1994). Understanding natural creative process using the KAI. KAI International 3(5).20. Gardner, H. (2011). Creating Minds: An Anatomy of Creativity Seen Through the Lives of Freud, Einstein, Picasso, Stravitsky, Eliot, Graham and Gandhi. New York: Basic Books, 1993.21. Herman, N. (1988), The Creative Brain, Lake Lure. NC: Brain Books.22. Klukken, P. G., Parsons, J. R., and Columbus, P. J. (1997). The creative experience in engineering practice: Implications for engineering education. Journal of Engineering Education 86(2), 133-138.23. McGraw, D. (2004). Expanding the mind. ASEE Prism 13
different idea generationmethod. Since all idea sections were conducted at the same time, four different faculty memberstaught each section. All the faculty members teaching idea generation had prior experience inteaching the engineering design process. Within the idea sections, teams of four students wereformed which are referred as ‘concept teams’ throughout the paper. The students worked withtheir concept teams in the idea sections for the duration of the study. The ‘project team’ refers tothe actual senior design project teams to avoid confusion with ‘concept team’.Idea Generation MethodsThe ideation methods that were covered in this study were brainstorming, collaborativesketching, mind-maps, morph matrix, design by analogy, TRIZ, bio-inspired
Paper ID #12099Mini-Design Projects in Capstone: Initial Design Experiences to EnhanceStudents’ Implementation of Design MethodologyMajor Cory A Cooper, United States Air Force Academy Major Cory Cooper is currently an Assistant Professor of Systems Engineering and Capstone Coordinator at the US Air Force Academy (USAFA) in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He holds a PhD an MSc in Systems Engineering from the Technical University of Delft and the Air Force Institute of Technology respectively. He has held various developmental engineering and program management positions in the US Air Force, to include Deputy Director for
, and drawattention to the lack of local design epistemologies in humanitarian engineering scholarship andpractice.I argue that as students, teachers, and researchers, we equate the minds of those who occupyeconomic and social margins with the possession of marginal intellect when we set out to help oraid them without recognizing the validity of and valorizing their ways of knowing. I providethree exemplar grassroots practices of seeking feedback, perceiving needs and problems, andorganizing instrumental assistance and cooperation. Learning how members of socially andeconomically marginalized communities apply their minds, mouths, hands and feet to solvelocally occurring problems may help us interrogate our scholarly, pedagogical, and
: And for me I learned a lot about just if you set your mind to something, you can do it. I mean, I didn’t really know too much about cars in general before I started this project. I feel like I learned a whole bunch about cars just through the other team members. And then, beyond that, like I just knew that going into the engineering field now that I feel totally comfortable that I can do the job that they expect me to do. And so, I think it’s helped out a lot that way. [Focus Group, LP1] You know, I think at the beginning of the semester I was definitely like, I don't know if I'm ready to graduate, I don't know if I'm ready for this, but I think just going through, you know, senior design, just
Paper ID #13922Ta-Da! You’re a design thinker! Validating the DesignShop as a Modelfor Teaching Design Thinking to Non-Designers and Achieving Systemic Re-Design in the Education SystemMs. Jessica Asly Artiles, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Jessica A. Artiles: Mechanical Engineer, Masters of Science Candidate in the Technology and Policy Pro- gram, Masters of Science Candidate in the Mechanical Engineering Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, jartiles@mit.eduMiss Katherine E LeVine, Wellesley College Katherine LeVine has been working to improve education during her four years at Wellesley College
Initiatives,” includedspeakers from The Gatsby Charitable Trust and The Kavli Foundation, both private foundationssupporting neuroscience research, as well as researchers from the United States and Japan whodescribed their contributions toward the BRAIN Initiative and the Brain/MINDS project,respectively. The panelists described funding priorities and international efforts to understandthe fundamental mechanisms of the brain.STEM Policy ActivitiesAlthough my sabbatical goal included attendance at meetings and workshops related tobiomedical engineering policy, the opportunity arose to participate in activities related toScience, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) policy issues.I served as the AIMBE representative for a workshop held by the
Paper ID #11935Using Design Process Timelines to Teach Design: Implementing Research Re-sultsDr. Cynthia J. Atman, University of Washington Cynthia J. Atman is the founding director of the Center for Engineering Learning & Teaching (CELT), a professor in Human Centered Design & Engineering, and the inaugural holder of the Mitchell T. & Lella Blanche Bowie Endowed Chair at the University of Washington. Dr. Atman is co-director of the newly-formed Consortium for Promoting Reflection in Engineering Education (CPREE), funded by a $4.4 million grant from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust. She was
encouraging When a peer gives you feedback on your writing, it is common to feel a little defensive, especially when you have put a lot of hard work into a piece of writing. However, try to hear feedback with an open mind. You and your peers are all trying to do the same thing: become better engineers. As you read your peer’s paper, remember how this might feel. Be encouraging. You have nothing to lose and they have everything to gain from your encouragement. Remember to comment on aspects of their paper that are strong at the same time as you are suggesting areas of improvement. Write
expectations for engineering graduates to design effective solutions to globalproblems have never been higher3, 4, 5. A wide variety of engineering design methodologies andsupporting tools exist, including TRIZ6, 7, axiomatic design8, mind-mapping7,9, andbrainstorming10, all of which help engineers apply their engineering knowledge to the solution ofcomplex, system-level problems and find the optimal solution to meet multiple requirements11, 12.Recently, engineering design has shifted to a user-centered focus, incorporating principles fromthe field of human-computer interactions13, 14. Within this shift, design thinking has emerged as astrong methodology that encourages user-centered design and the creation of innovativesolutions to complex problems15
Spring 2014 semester is likely due to the move to electronic surveying methods, whichdecreased the student response rate and in the minds of many faculty at our institution, skewedresponses to the negative, based upon the opinion that those students who had a bad experiencewere more likely to take the time to respond. Page 26.184.9On the positive side, the course has also been very well received by members of the department’sIndustrial Advisory Board and company interviewers. Students have discovered that discussingthe course with potential employers and even bringing their Stirling Engine to interviews to beparticularly impactful. One instance
Paper ID #12650Engineering Education meets Human-Computer Interaction (HCI): Explor-ing how the work on ”probes” can guide the design of reflection activitiesMania Orand, University of Washington Mania Orand is a researcher in the field of Human Computer Interaction at the University of Washington. Her research interests are on using reflection in designing web and mobile technologies, user experience, and digital media.Dr. Brook Sattler, University of Washington Dr. Sattler is a Research Scientist for the Center for Engineering Learning & Teaching (CELT) and a Multi-Campus Coordinator for the Consortium to Promote
Paper ID #11163Looking back: A Student Review and History of AerosPACE – a Multi-University, Multi-Disciplinary, Distributed, Industry-University Capstone ProjectMrs. Larissa Cannon, Brigham Young University Larissa Cannon participated in AerosPACE for her Senior Capstone project. She has since graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Brigham Young University and is currently working in the aerospace industry. Her undergraduate experience included three internships at Pratt & Whitney and one internship at ATK. She is the co-author of two published papers and has four years experience of
the educa- tional success of students. She has taught at the undergraduate and graduate level, re-imagining traditional pedagogical practices and engaging students in intra- and intergroup dialogue.Dr. Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan Shanna Daly is an Assistant Research Scientist and Adjunct Assistant Professor in Engineering Education in at the University of Michigan. She has a B.E. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Dayton (2003) and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University (2008). Her research focuses on strategies for design innovations through divergent and convergent thinking as well as through deep needs and community assessments using design ethnography, and translating
Paper ID #13320The Faculty Ulysses ContractProf. Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University Joe Tranquillo is an Associate Professor of Biomedical and Electrical Engineering at Bucknell University. Joe was the founder and inaugural chair of the Biomedical Engineering Society Undergraduate Research Track, and co-founder of the KEEN Winter Interdisciplinary Design Experience. He currently serves as the Chair of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Biomedical Engineering Divi- sion (BED), the co-director of the Institute for Leadership in Technology and Management (ILTM) and is co-editor of the Morgan and
Paper ID #11638Exploring the Effects of Problem Framing on Solution Shifts: A Case StudyMs. Samuelina M. Wright, University of Michigan Samuelina Wright is a senior in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan. She has worked in design and ideation research for over a year. Her focus has been on quantifying the diversity of so- lution sets, studying design problem framing, and exploring paradigm relatedness. She is interested in engineering education, which is where her passion for teaching and her technical background in engineer- ing overlap. As an engineering designer herself, she is interested in
Universityresearchers and students to promote the “engineering habits of mind” and provide students withopportunities to practice engineering problem solving in a college engineering laboratory as theybuild their STEM identity.IntroductionDuke University’s High School Bioscience and Engineering camps have employed our modelduring four 2-week sessions over the summers of 2013 and 2014. Each session had between 26and 40 high school-aged students that were either over-night or day campers. Currently,enrollment is open to all applicants with no conditions, though the activities and model designmay be adapted towards experiences with targeted enrollments (i.e. gender, ethnicity, etc). Thecurrent cost of this particular camp is around $200/day for residential
cause failed hatches, altered hatch time, and birth defects. However, many ofthe students failed to refer to this requirement at various design stages (average score: 2.73 out of4). While one cannot conclude from these results that those students conducted experiments Page 26.1163.9unethically during the project, it does necessitate the need to remind the students to keepprofession ethics in mind throughout their daily engineering practice.Examining the objectives/outcomes assessment results helps to identify opportunities to improvethe project in the future. For example, the students did not think the project helped them withthermal dynamics
Paper ID #11738Interactive Panel on Perspectives and Practical Skills for Men as Advocatesfor Gender EquityDr. Lawrence J. Genalo, Iowa State University Dr. Genalo is a University Professor and Associate Chair of the Materials Science and Engineering Department at Iowa State University. He is a Fellow of ASEE and has run the NSF Grantees Poster Session for nearly 20 years. He is a former chair of DELOS and the Freshman Programs Constituent Committee (the year before it became a Division).Dr. Roger A. Green, North Dakota State University Roger Green received the B.S. degree in electrical and computer engineering and the
come to the engineer’s mind, one is to use apotentiometer and the other is to use a decade resistor box. If the engineer uses one side of thepotentiometer and the center of it, he/she now has a continuously adjustable resistor or an analogvariable resistor. However, if the engineer uses a decade resistor box (has several resistors in onebox) he/she has a discrete adjustable resistor or a digital variable resistor.2.2. Examples for Explaining the Concept of Under-Sampling The following examples provide an introduction to under-sampling and aliasing. Theexamples range from entertainment to driving. These examples cover time-domain sampling.2.2.1. TV Sampling Did you know that the shows you watch on TV are not continuous-time signals
Paper ID #12617Transformation of STEM to STEAM – How a traditionally run STEM campsuccessfully incorporated the ARTS into its framework resulting in a success-ful STEAM Camp (Work in Progress)Dr. Arthur D. Kney, Lafayette College Arthur D. Kney received his doctorate of philosophy (Ph.D.) in Environmental Engineering from Lehigh University in 1999 and his professional engineering license in 2007. He is currently serving as an As- sociate Professor and Department Head in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Lafayette College. Throughout Kney’s career he has been active in the community, at the local, state
Paper ID #13323Development of a Low-Cost, Low-Voltage Three-Phase Power Synthesizer forUse in Motor and Systems ExperimentsMs. Kathleen Teresa McGuire Kathleen T. McGuire is a senior electrical engineering major at the University of San Diego. She is graduating in May and has plans to work for Freescale Semiconductor in Austin, Texas starting this summer. She is part of several engineering honors societies such as Tau Beta Pi and Tau Eta Nu, as well as several other clubs on campus. She is interested in semiconductors and embedded systems.Ms. Jessica Urbano Jessica L. Urbano is a Spring 2015 graduate of the University of