engineering education (TEE)component of the program. Three main goals for the curricula are: (1) to immerse learners in challengingand stimulating classrooms where reliance in memorization, as normally done in the Dominicanclassrooms, is discouraged and the focus is instead on critical thinking, creativity, discovering engineeringand technology, and building collaborative (and leadership) skills. (2) Motivate the learners' curiosity andinstill in the young minds interest for learning. As previously stated, the Dominican classroomsconsistently discourage curiosity, creativity, and inquiry. (3) Improve understanding of the nature ofscience, engineering, and technology to widen the horizons, motivate students to pursue studies in STEMfields, and
Instructor Implements Project-Based Learning 1. Introduction & Objectives In the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Manitoba, Canada, a novice instructor with more than a decade of industry experience in consulting engineering practice re-designed a third-year structural engineering design course around a project- based instructional method. The impetus for changing the course was twofold: his own industry experience that drove his desire to educate students with the engineering knowledge and skills, and foster in them the engineering mind-set to succeed in industry; as well as the fact that the structural course that he was charged with teaching had
from failure and redesign,providing the students with opportunities to think like engineers (e.g., use engineering habits-of-mind and engineering tools and processes), and exposing students what engineering is and whatengineers do at work. Figure 1 shows item II, engineering design. Each item in the STEM-ICA is rated on a 5-point scale from 0 to 4 (0: not present, 1:weak, 2: adequate, 3: good, 4: excellent). Yes/No questions help the reviewers to respond to theitem. Yes/No questions were included since the items included several indicators. For example,as shown in table two engineering design includes several indicators (e.g., re-design, habits ofmind). Yes/No questions help the reviewers better understand the items and their
Paper ID #11667A View From The High School/Two Year College Partnership Interface: OurBest Practices Employed In Engineering And Technology EducationMr. Dave Galley, Collin College Dave Galley (MSEE, MBA, BSEE) serves as the Director of Engineering for Collin College. Recently, based on his work and that of the Collin College faculty in STEM education, the Collin College Engineer- ing and Technology Department won the coveted 2014 Tech Titans of the Future University Level Award from the DFW Metroplex Technology Business Council (MTBC). In addition, through his work in higher education, he was selected to receive the
of educators and educational researchers who are exploring how to integrate science, mathematics and engineering within authentic school contexts and researching the nature of the resultant student learningMike Ryan, Georgia Institute of Technology Mike Ryan is research faculty at the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing (CEISMC). Mike has expertise in the design and use of project- based learning (PBL) to facilitate standards-based learning. - Mike is the Co-PI for the NSF-funded project Science Learning Integrating Design, Engineering and Robotics (SLIDER), overseeing curriculum design, teacher learning and research strategy. The project
assign students a B if they simply complete the assignment and then I assign higher grades based on a loose definition in my mind of the “thoughtfulness” of the reflection. Since the interview I have been wondering if this is an appropriate metric for grading and whether I should grade the reflections at all. It would be wonderful to remove the extrinsic motivation of grades from the equation and have students reflect simply from the desire to improve themselves as people and as engineers. However, I worry that many students will not put the energy and thought into reflections if there is not a grade attached to it. Perhaps I will have to experiment with this in the future. Adam Carberry, Arizona State University
-comprehension, and ethnic identity on theother hand. Fostering the development of mankind, modern technology, and globalcommunication requires an open mind and cross-cultural communicational competence. Thisis especially true for engineers. Labor and academic mobility is one of the key factors inglobal scientific and technological development. As a tool of the Bologna Process, mobilityestablishes the basis for a system of education and for an efficient global labor market. Academic mobility: Approaches and Methodology There is substantial research on the formation and development of university students’academic mobility [2]. Various definitions of the term show different aspects of academicmobility as a phenomenon. Globalization in
course size either does or does not affect course grades, the researchers leftthis question unanswered in the literature. In order to address this question, we opened thequestion to present the answers to the community at large. While the topic of engineering grades remains an important one to our community,[2-9] itcould be easily argued that the subject of the effect of class size on grades is even moreuniversally debated – both outside [10-13] and within the sphere of higher education.[14, 15] Somestudies actually shirk the question of the effect of class size on grades altogether and opt to probeclass size’s effect on teacher evaluations![16] More general and historically-minded reviews of thesubject in higher education are beyond the
difficulty in writing items for the ICAP framework was designing items thatcould be used across all STEM disciplines. The item writers hoped that if the SCAEI couldmeasure across science, engineering, and mathematics classrooms, it could begin to describedifferences between STEM classrooms in terms of how students self-perceive the frequency ofclassroom activities. However, given the diverse disciplinary focuses across the STEMdisciplines, it was a challenge to ensure that all discipline specific habits of mind were addressedby the SCAEI. To address this challenge, the item writers had collective disciplinary expertise inscience, engineering, and mathematics.Methods to Initially Assess the SCAEIIt is important to note that instrument development
Engineering Accreditation Commission, available at www.abet.org (accessed 12 November 2011). 10. Davis, M. (2010), “Assessing technical communication within engineering contexts”, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication 53 (1), pp. 33-45. 11. Reave, L. (2004), “Technical communication instruction in engineering schools: A survey of top-ranked Page 26.787.9 U.S. and Canadian programs”, Journal of Business and Technical Communication, Vol. 18, pp. 452-90. 12. Felder, R.M. (2008), “A whole new mind for a flat world”, in MacLennan, J. (Ed.), Readings for Technical Communication, Oxford University Press, Don Mills
accommodates sophisticated knowledgebeliefs. Furthermore, epistemologies also vary across national and cultural contexts,33 suggestingthat global competency requires understanding that others have different epistemologies. Theconstruct of global competency is clearly epistemological, but exact relationships between thetwo have not yet been investigated.Empirical Inspiration for Theoretical ExplorationSince 2011, we have been conducting interviews with twenty-seven current and former civilengineering students at a public university in the United States. Participants were students fromtheir sophomore year of university through their first year as practicing engineers. The study wasnot originally designed with global competency in mind: its salience for
application of individual research methods [5; 17].With these characteristics of the field of engineering education research in mind, the goal at theoutset of this project was to build on an initial theoretical understanding of research quality withthe view to developing a quality framework that reflects the practices of engineering educationresearchers. This goal was to be achieved through two streams (see below) of integrated datagathering and educational workshops and the qualitative analysis of the data using iterativecoding methods of constant comparison [19; 20; 21; 22; 23]. Page 26.303.2 Stream A: In-depth longitudinal workshops
Paper ID #11898An Analysis of Engaged Thought through the Lens of Undergraduate Re-searchNathan Hicks, University of Florida Nathan Hicks is a Materials Science and Engineering graduate research assistant at the University of Florida working under Dr. Elliot P. Douglas.Dr. Elliot P. Douglas, University of Florida Elliot P. Douglas is Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Dean’s Fellow for Engi- neering Education, and Distinguished Teaching Scholar at the University of Florida. His research interests are in the areas of active learning pedagogies, problem-solving, critical thinking, diversity in
Paper ID #12186Concepts in roundabout resources: A comparison between academic andpractical text using content analysisLauren Suzanne WallaceFloraliza Bornilla Bornasal, Oregon State University Floraliza B. Bornasal is a doctoral candidate in the School of Civil and Construction Engineering at Oregon State University. Her research explores engineering practice and learning in workplace contexts. She received her bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Saint Martin’s University and her master’s degree in civil engineering - with a focus in transportation - at Oregon State University. Address: School of Civil and
Paper ID #14366Integration of Simulation Tools in Manufacturing Processes CourseShawn Waterman Page 26.1003.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015Group Dynamics and Project Management in EcoCAR 3 Shawn Waterman Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Patrick Currier Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University John Longshore Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Page 26.1003.2 Group Dynamics and Project Management in EcoCAR
Entrepreneurship and Design Faculty.” Journal of Engineering Entreprenuership. 4(1). 20133. Atman, C.J., Kilgore, D., and McKenna, A. “Characterizing design learning: A mixed- methods study of engineering designers’ use of language.” Journal of Engineering Education, 97(3): 309-326. 2008.X. Appendices Appendix A An overview of the 2014 DeFINE Program can be viewed at this video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvtsjW23k6c. Appendix B An example Mindmeister Mind-Map documenting the 4 P’s tool utilized during the Summer 2014 DeFINE Program can be seen below: Page 26.1514.14Figure B-1: A fully expanded view of an example
: letters, technical reports, etc. j. Use modern techniques, skills and modern engineering tools k. Use computing technology l. Recognize the need for and engage in life-long learning6. How can we improve OSU’s Capstone Program in preparing students for their professional career?7. How can we improve OSU’s Capstone Program experience for sponsors?8. Any other suggestions or comments? Page 26.958.18 Table A-2: Industry Sponsor Open-ended Survey ResultsHow can we improve OSU's Capstone Program in preparing students for their professionalcareer?Open their mind and provide more opportunities on industry experienceMore
from animaginative, creative mind-space, done outside the confines of established engineering educationcurricular activities.4-6 Making has a do-it-yourself ethos and is historically rooted in efforts likePopular Mechanics magazine who demystified everyday stuff for hobbyists and the Whole EarthCatalog: Access to Tools7 who surveyed everyday tools for the counterculture movement of the1960s. Additional real-world touchstones are the growth of Radio Shack stores and the 1980stelevision program MacGyver where the lead character would resolve each episode’spredicament by fashioning an escape plan out of found objects.8 Technology and sharing ofinformation via the Internet has greatly increased the ability for smaller communities with
Paper ID #12648A Virtual Company-based Integrated Learning Methodology to Produce In-dustry Ready GraduateDr. Samuel H. Huang, University of Cincinnati Samuel H. Huang is Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of Intelligent Systems Labora- tory at the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, the University of Cincinnati. He was previously Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Toledo (1998 – 2001) and Systems Engineer at EDS/Unigraphics (1996 – 1997, now Siemens PLM Software). He received the B.S. degree in Instrument Engineering from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P. R
provided by the QEP (Quality Enhancement Plan) Program thatincludes questions modeled on items from the NSSE (National Survey of Student Engagement).The NSSE items also relates to critical thinking, real-world problem solving, teamwork, andservice to the community and profession.Background Page 26.443.2Creating challenging minds in Innovation, Leadership, and Techno-entrepreneurship has beengaining attention in the 21st century’s engineering and business teaching and practices. Manyhigher educational systems have developed degree programs, minors, certificates, andconcentrations to provide solutions to the need of today’s market demands. In
Paper ID #11891A First-Year Attrition Survey: Why Do They Say They Are Still Leaving?Mr. Jeff Johnson, LeTourneau University Jeff Johnson is an Assistant Professor at LeTourneau University. He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering Technology from LeTourneau in 1994 then proceeded to spend 16 years in industry focusing on machine and civil design as well as project management. In 2010 he began his teaching career at his alma mater to share his experiences with engineering and technology students. He earned a masters in Engineering Project Management from Eastern Michigan University in 2014. He is currently a co-PI on
document all my work in this way was different than any other class I had been in before so it was a hard adjustment.EPICS teaches a user-centered design approach that is consistent with the goals of EWB-USA.The course structure allowed students to learn a framework and reflect on how that approachapplied to their project work. Several students identified the user-centered approach in theirreflections on their learning. This semester was an extremely useful experience in the social aspect of my understanding of engineering. Working with our project partners in Uganda and developing a solution with cultural aspects in mind has helped me to develop a much more broad scope of mu cultural understanding. Working with
Material for Teaching Control Engineering." Proceedings of the 8th International Modelica Conference. Ed. by Christoph Clauß. Dresden, Germany: Linköping University Electronic Press. 2011.7. PsiTek, “Subconcious Programming for Maximum Results” CMG Archives, http://campbellmgold.com.8. Bargh, John A., and Ezequiel Morsella. "The unconscious mind." Perspectives on psychological science 3.1, 2008, 73-79.9. Felder, Richard M., and Eunice R. Henriques. "Learning and teaching styles in foreign and second language education." Foreign Language Annals 28.1 1995, 21-31. Page 26.1592.15
Paper ID #12784Preparing Students for the Advanced Manufacturing Environment throughRobotics, Mechatronics and Automation TrainingDr. Ana M. Djuric, Wayne State University Dr. Ana Djuric received Dipl.-Ing. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Belgrade, Serbia, focusing in Control Systems, the M.A.Sc. degree in Industrial and Manufacturing Systems En- gineering from University of Windsor, Canada in the area of Industrial Robotics, and a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Windsor, Canada in the area of Reconfigurable Robotics. Prior to her arrival at WSU, Dr. Djuric worked in the
attendees at a two-year and four-year assessment meeting concluded, “articulationagreements are necessary, but not sufficient, for seamless transfers of community collegestudents”.1 Instead, institutions must collaborate to enact effective and sustainable transferprogramming.ApproachWith these limitations and recommendations in mind, the College of Engineering teamed with Page 26.296.6the College of Education at NC State to develop initiatives targeting and leveraging NC CC’srole within North Carolina communities. The central objectives were to increase the awarenessand understanding of engineering among North Carolina residents and develop a
need to attract top talent from all over the world willing towork hard in applied research to get new patents, publish scientific papers and create wealth forthe supporting companies. With all these objectives in mind a group of five companies foundedthe Industrial Consortium to Foster Applied Research in Mexico in February 2008. UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIP THE SYNERGY THAT MAY CHANGE THE INDUSTRIAL FUTURE It is well known that most of the top engineering students receive good work offers fromleading companies at the time of their bachelor graduation, but a few of them reject these offers,as they are willing to pursue graduate studies. These students are not attracted by just a goodsalary
. Confidence with learning engineering 3.8 1. I have less trouble learning mathematics and engineering concepts than other subjects. 3.6 2. When I have difficulties in learning mathematics and engineering, I know I can handle them. 4.0 3*. I have a mathematical mind. 4.2 4*. It takes me less time to understand applied mathematics than my peers. 3.5 5*. I sometimes feel myself able to easily learn new engineering and mathematics concepts. 3.9 6. I enjoy trying to solve new engineering and mathematics problems
students in traditional disciplines, such as engineeringand education.The future of the field of engineering education depends on the development of new researchers,teachers, and scholars; therefore, the training of current graduate students is of particular interest.Preparing graduate students to become members of the field of engineering education dependsgreatly on the socialization experiences they participate in. Learning about the research in asituated context 5,6 and within a community of practice has been shown to be successful 7.There have been a number of efforts that have this goal of socialization of graduate students intothe field of engineering education in mind. For example, conferences such as the AmericanSociety for Engineering
1 Enjoyed current program 1 Page 26.566.9 14 What did you like about the EDGE program? The Math and Engineering aspect 5 Learning new material/information 4 Group collaboration/Group competitions/Working with like-minded students 3 No Answer 3 Friday Trips
interests are focused on the mechanical behavior of material, especially fatigue and fracture, as well as the mechanical design process. Professor Wilson is active in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, as a Section Chair, The Society of Automotive Engineers, as a Faculty Adviser to the Baja SAE team. He is also active in the American Society for Engineering Education, as the Mechanical Engineering Division chair and Materials Division chair. He has participated in a number of outreach efforts, such as Odyssey of the Mind, Lego League and the Governors School on Emerging Technologies. He is a Mechanical Engineering program evaluator for the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for