Paper ID #13816Online Statics: Teaching the Masses in the New FrontierProf. Carisa H Ramming P.E., Oklahoma State University Carisa Ramming is a graduate of Oklahoma State University where she obtained degrees in Architec- tural Engineering and Civil Engineering Construction Management. She worked in industry for six years as licensed engineer and structural consultant for Wallace Engineering in Tulsa, OK before returning to Oklahoma State as a visiting faculty member in the School of Architecture. In 2009, Professor Ram- ming joined the faculty full time as an assistant professor of architectural engineering. Since that
c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Providing Deep, Foundational Learning in an Introductory Energy Systems & Sustainability Course Paul J. Weber and Joseph P. Moening School of Engineering & Technology Lake Superior State University Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, 49783, USA Email: pweber@lssu.edu, jmoening@lssu.eduAbstractAn understanding of current energy issues is becoming increasingly important, given that energyinfluences many aspects of modern life. It was with this in mind that a new course entitledEnergy Systems & Sustainability was developed. This
Paper ID #13090Maker: 3D Printer from Scratch Made with e-WasteWilliam Sarkis Babikian, Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology William Babikian is a full-time undergraduate student in the Mechatronics Engineering program at Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology. He has experience in applied robotics and automation in assem- bly lines. His general interests include computer programming, engineering product designing, and pure mathematics.Terry K Beesoon, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology I am a student fourth year student enrolled in a bachelor of science program for mechatronics engineering at
of Calculus.Dr. Eliud Quintero, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM) PhD in Innovative Education by the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM). Degree in Mathematics by UANL, in Monterrey, Mexico. Interested in research areas such as educational technology for the learning of mathematics, teaching - learning of calculus, visualization, analysis of multimodal production of signs.Prof. Pablo Guillermo Ramirez, Tecnologico de Monterrey Professor of Electrical Engineering department, Engineering School at Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mon- terrey Campus. His research and development areas are: Virtual and Augmented Reality, Physical In- terfaces and Electronic Systems, Human Computer Interaction
reduce water waste in farming; 2. The sub-system should use power from green energy; 3. The sub-system should be able to operate in real-time, and remotely without human intervention; 4. Economics should be kept in mind to keep parts and configuration costs as low as possible; 5. The design should be tailored to the type of crops being grown and the landscape; 6. Weather conditions are to be taken into consideration.Pertinent Engineering Standards: IEEE STD 100-1984 data communication protocols; Use of IEEE 802.15 communication Page 26.454.13
Paper ID #13115How Misconceptions Might be Repaired through Inquiry Based ActivitiesMs. Gina Cristina Adam, University of California, Santa Barbara Gina C. Adam is pursuing her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and a M.A. in Teaching and Learning at University of California, Santa Barbara. Her main research interest is conceptual understanding in engi- neering education. Additionally, she helped as a graduate student researcher in two large scale engineering education projects, one related to developing a taxonomy for the field supervised by Dr. Cynthia Finelli at University of Michigan and one on pioneers in
Paper ID #11769Developing and Advancing a Cyberinfrastructure to Gain Insights into Re-search Investments: An Organizing Research FrameworkDr. Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus Ann F. McKenna is a Professor in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering and Director of The Poly- technic School at Arizona State University. Prior to joining ASU she served as a program director at the National Science Foundation in the Division of Undergraduate Education, and was on the faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Segal Design Institute at Northwestern University. Dr. McKenna received her
a member of the educational team for the Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN).Dr. Johannes Strobel, Texas A&M University Dr. Johannes Strobel is Director, Educational Outreach Programs and Associate Professor, Engineering & Education at Texas A&M, College Station. He received his M.Ed. and Ph.D. in Information Science & Learning Technologies from the University of Missouri. His research/teaching focuses on engineering as an innovation in pK-12 education, policy of STEM education, how to support teachers and students’ academic achievements through engineering, engineering ’habits of mind’ and empathy and care in engi- neering. He has published more than 140 journal articles and
Paper ID #12048The Power and Politics of STEM Research Design: Saving the ”Small N”Prof. Amy E. Slaton, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.) Amy E. Slaton is a Professor of History at Drexel University. She write on issues of identity in STEM education and labor, and is the author of Race, Rigor and Selectivity in U.S. Engineering: The History of an Occupational Color Line .Prof. Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette Alice Pawley is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering Education and an affiliate faculty member in the Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies Program and the Division of
Paper ID #13987Design, Development, and Implementation of Instructional Module Develop-ment System (IMODS)Dr. Srividya Kona Bansal, Arizona State University Srividya Bansal joined Arizona State University in Fall 2010 as Assistant Professor. Prior to joining ASU she was a Visiting Assistant Professor at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. She also worked in the industry for 5 years as a Software Engineer at SAP Labs India and Tyler Technologies in Plano, TX. Her primary research focuses on semantics-based approaches for Big Data Integration, Web service description, discovery & composition, and tools for outcome
used within the course.These preliminary studies indicate the promise in purposeful inclusion of disciplinary literacy practiceswith engineering classrooms to support core content ideas, and sketch out a few possible model practicesand tools for use in classroom settings by instructors. These activities build sense making, reflectivepractice and engineering habits of mind within materials science courses, and show promise in helpingstudents to move from a novice level of understanding towards expertise through the use of writing,speaking and communicating.References1. McConachie, S. M., & Petrosky, A. R. (2009). Content matters: A disciplinary literacy approach toimproving student learning. John Wiley & Sons.2. Shanahan, T., &
Paper ID #12160Enhancing TA Grading of Technical Writing: A Look Back to Better Under-stand the FutureDr. Krista M. Kecskemety, Ohio State University Krista Kecskemety is a Senior Lecturer in the Engineering Education Innovation Center at The Ohio State University. Krista received her B.S. in Aerospace Engineering at The Ohio State University in 2006 and received her M.S. from Ohio State in 2007. In 2012, Krista completed her Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering at Ohio State. Her engineering education research interests include investigating first-year engineering student experiences, faculty experiences, and the connection
Paper ID #11806Constructionist Learning for Environmentally Responsible Product DesignProf. Kyoung-Yun Kim, Wayne State University Dr. Kyoung-Yun Kim is an associate professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Wayne State University, where he directs the Computational Intelligence and Design Informatics (CInDI) Laboratory. Dr. Kim’s research focuses on design science; design informatics; semantic assembly design; transformative product design; product life-cycle modeling; design and manufacturing of soft products. Dr. Kim has received external funding from several U.S. federal agencies including NSF
Paper ID #11519Improving Image Quality of a Color Infrared Digital Camera mounted on aSmall UAV Platform: An Iterative Active Learning ExperienceMr. Christopher E Hartman, University of Maryland, Eastern ShoreDr. Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore Dr. Abhijit Nagchaudhuri is currently a Professor in the Department of Engineering and Aviation Sciences at University of Maryland Eastern Shore. He is a member American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME), American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and, American Society for Agricultural and Biological Engineers(ASABE) and is actively involved in
mind at least one incident that is not recorded in this blog. She Page 26.1326.5had encountered one of the high school students at the grocery store, and stopped to talk to her.The student initially seemed surprised to see her there, but quickly entered into a discussion offavorite flavors of ice cream before going on to briefly talk about her plans for the summervacation before her last year of high school.Practical Applications of Class MaterialAs an engineer with a very practical orientation, the author-researcher tends to view knowledgethrough a very practical lens, asking the question, “What can I do with this?” This was, therefore,an
of emotional intelligence in construction management programs and the construction industry. Page 26.1645.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Use of “First Semester Education” to identify and tackle the transitional challenges faced by Indian Graduate Students in the Construction departmentAbstract:Over the past several decades there has been a major influx of international graduate studentsinto the United States from many countries, especially from India. Though possessing anundergraduate degree from India, many Indian
Paper ID #12976Improving Students’ Technical Writing Skills: Abstracts in Introductory SolidMechanicsKai Jun Chew, Stanford University Designing Education Lab Kai Jun (KJ) Chew is a second year Master student majoring in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. Born and raised in Malaysia, KJ received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Southern California (USC). Though he did not have a specific concentration at his undergraduate level, he is interested in working in the field of solid mechanics and engineering education. He has been working on improving students’ technical
. Page 26.1731.13References 1. Kaplan, M., Silver, N., Lavaque-Manty, D., & Meizlish, D. (2013). Using reflection and metacognition to improve student learning: Across the disciplines, across the academy. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing. 2. Bransford, J., A. Brown, and R. Cocking. How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience and School. Washington, D.C.: Commission on Behavioral and Social Science and Education, National Research Council. 2000. 3. Consortium to Promote Reflection in Engineering Education, http://depts.washington.edu/celtweb/cpree/, accessed 02.01.2015 4. Mosteller, F. (1989). The “muddiest point” in lecture as a feedback device. On Teaching and Learning: The Journal of the
Paper ID #12661STEM Majors’ Cognitive Calculus Ability to Sketch a Function GraphDr. Emre Tokgoz, Quinnipiac University Emre Tokgoz is currently an Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering at Quinnipiac University. He completed a Ph.D. in Mathematics and a Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Oklahoma. His pedagogical research interest includes technology and calculus education of STEM majors. He worked on an IRB approved pedagogical study to observe undergraduate and graduate mathe- matics and engineering students’ calculus and technology knowledge in 2011. His other research interests
these examples, bearing in mind the initial differences in their programmingproficiency. Their use was still found stimulating.Rationale for the study – The context of mathematics in engineering educationDesigning engineering education with mathematics and physics in the first two years of theprogram is not a law of nature. 4 It can hardly be argued that abstract mathematics is taught in theinitial stages of programs for pedagogical reasons. Rather, such a design reflects a Tayloristicview of industrial production transferred to education where context-free bits and pieces aredispensed by specialists to be assembled to a coherent whole in the end. 5 Most engineeringteachers claim that they need to build on a ”solid” mathematics and science base
rotatespecific roles had more interdisciplinary learning than those who did not, but that students alsotended to work across roles even after roles were specifically assigned.9 Prince et al. note the useof assigned roles in teams, but do not specify which roles they used in freshman courses.10With these theories and observations in mind, we endeavor to explore the effects of student roleassignment, role rotation, and a draft writing requirement on the performance of student teams ina first-year engineering course. This framework of assigned roles provides a way ofevenly distributing the work between teammates, to prevent group conflict and address studentsthat do not fully contribute to the group activities. Other literature provides guidelines on how
Paper ID #13499Nanotechnology Courses for General EducationProf. James E Morris, Portland State University Jim is a Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering at Portland State University, Oregon, USA, with B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Physics from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. He has served as Department Chair at both SUNY-Binghamton and PSU, and was the founding Director of Binghamton’s Institute for Research in Electronics Packaging. Jim has held multiple visiting faculty positions around the world, notably as a Royal
Paper ID #11158Increasing Student and Faculty Participation and Student Learning in an Un-dergraduate STEM Summer Research Program in a Government Institutionthrough a Higher Education PartnershipDr. Mary Yvonne Lanzerotti, Augsburg College Dr. Lanzerotti received her A.B. from Harvard College, M. Phil. from University of Cambridge (U.K.), and her Ph.D. from Cornell University, all in physics. She is an Assistant Professor of Physics at Augsburg College, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Previously she was a faculty member in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright
valley and broaden the use of evidence-based practices in engineering classrooms. In the majority of cases, these efforts are focused on particular interventions, e.g. encouraging instructors to incorporate in-class group problem solving or to use a particular technology tool3. While the particular intervention may prove useful for some instructors and some courses, it is not always chosen with the needs or challenges of the instructor in mind. We argue that efforts to broaden use of innovative instructional techniques can be more successful when faculty have ownership of how change is implemented in their classes (rather than having strategies mandated). Higher education faculty members do have significant autonomy in their teaching, and we
need for time consuming andexpensive manual balancing procedures and equipment. Therm-Omega-Tech is a majorsupporter for Sam Houston State University (SHSU) whose goal is to extend academic studiesfor future engineering technology students. A group of engineering technology students andresidence life office staff have been challenged with a multi-year instrumentation project. Thestudy started in May 2012 and continues to challenge young minds after multiple phases of theproject have been completed. Students were given multiple tasks to install circuit solver TRVvalves in university dorms to test the valves. The first task was to work with an engineering firmto learn the required design work. After approval of the design work, students worked
“Troubleshooting” in engineering education?Here, responses of design students to Questions 1, 2, and 3 are summarized. Based on the responses toQuestion 1, where the importance of design is similarly recognized at the beginning and the end of thesemester, the respondents change their mind, regarding the importance of the teaching of troubleshootingwithin design courses. Regarding the Question 3 survey, we notice a progress in term of understanding ofthe difference between two aspects of problem solving: design and troubleshooting. Page 26.1032.11ASEE Annual Conference, 2015 Question 3 80
Paper ID #12705A Theoretical Basis for In-Class DemonstrationsProf. Eric Bell, Triton College, Ret. A graduate and postgraduate of University of Illinois at Chicago, formerly a professor at Triton College in engineering and computer science, now retired. Postgraduate studies in education also at University of Illinois at Chicago. Page 26.125.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 A Theoretical Basis for In-Class Demonstrations
pose challenge to traditional college diplomas. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Available from http://chronicle.com/article/Badges-Earned-Online-Pose/130241/8 Darling-Hammond, L., Barron, B., Pearson, P., Schoenfeld, A., Stage, F., Zimmerman, T., Cervetti, G., & Tilson, J. (2008). Powerful learning: What we know about teaching for understanding. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.9 Rugarcia, A., Felder, R., Woods, D., & Stice, J. (2000). The future of engineering education. Part 1. A vision for a new century. Chemical Engineering Education, 34(1), 16-2610 Felder, R. (2006). A whole new mind for a flat world. Available from http://www.che.ufl.edu/cee/11 Litzinger, T
Paper ID #11440Knowledge Transfer of Evidence-Based Instructional Practices in FacultyCommunities of PracticeDr. Kari L. Jordan, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona BeachDr. James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona BeachSarah Anne WilliamsDr. Heidi M Steinhauer, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona BeachDr. Timothy A Wilson, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona BeachDr. Douglas Holton, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach Page 26.1051.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015
Paper ID #11444An Integrated Teaching Methodology for Manufacturing ProcessesDr. Ergin Erdem, Robert Morris University Ergin Erdem is an assistant professor of Department of Engineering at Robert Morris University. Dr. Er- dem holds BS and MS degrees in industrial engineering from Middle East Technical University, Turkey and a PhD in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering from North Dakota State University He has previ- ously worked as a lecturer and research associate at Atilim University and North Dakota State University. His research interests include; modeling for facility planning, genetic algorithms, education of