15.4 46.0tenured/tenure-track facultyOnce women enter an engineering program, they are likely to complete the degree, whichhighlights the importance of recruitment4. For example, Huang, et al.5 reported that female Page 26.1315.3students “were more likely than male students to complete an S&E [Science and Engineering]degree and less likely to switch to a non-S&E program." This experience is the same atVillanova University with the retention and four-year graduation rate being the same for bothmen and women. Over the past five years, the four-year graduation rate within Civil
STEAM-inspired interdisciplinary studio course. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference. Atlanta, GA.6. McCord, R., Hixson, C., Ingram, E. L., & McNair, L. D. (2014). Graduate student and faculty member: An exploration of career and personal decisions. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference. Indianapolis, IN.7. Delamont, S. (2007). Arguments against auto-ethnography. In British Educational Research Association Annual Conference (Vol. 5, p. 8).8. Holt, N. L. (2008). Representation, legitimation, and autoethnography: An autoethnographic writing story. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 2(1), 18-28.9. Ellis, C., Adams, T
array of scenarios related to many different engineering fields. Each of themmore directly relates to a certain field and as a result, handled by a higher degree of interest fromthe participants majoring in that particular field. Although the cases are assigned to the groups,the groups have the liberty of choosing their own. Usually, however, they do approach thecoordinator to get his/her blessing for the proposed alternative case(s).The specific requirements set in the universal outline of the assignment are primarily there toprovide guidance for a comprehensive analysis. The outline of this exercise is enclosed in theappendices for your review. Each of the discipline-specific groups meets outside the seminartime to discuss, plan, and address
were administered during the semester and incorporated “big-picture” conceptquestions in addition to traditional, numerical mechanics problems. Throughout the semester,instant feedback “clicker questions” in multiple choice or short answer format were utilized toreview material, assess student understanding and prepare for the concept questions on theexams. Because exam solutions are released each year, matched exam questions with previous,non-SAIL formatted years are not feasible. However, the topic(s) and goal for each problemalong with the average problem score will be tabulated and compared across years to identify ifany patterns exist.A variety of non-exam assessments were also administered in collaboration with the University’sCenter for
step towards further instructional advancement by establishing acomprehensive data-driven approach to achieve student development outcomes needed toprepare graduates to meet the escalating challenges of professional practice.References1. The Vision for Civil Engineering in 2025, American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, VA, June 2006.2. Achieving the Vision for Civil Engineering in 2025: A Roadmap for the Profession, American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, VA, Aug. 2009.3. Graham, Ruth, (2012), The One Less Traveled By: The Road to Lasting, Systemic Change in Engineering Education, Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 101, No. 4, pp. 596–600.4. Crismond, David P., and Robin S. Adams, (2012), The Informed Design
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should consider using a genre-based approach to integrating writing into engineeringcurriculum if they are concerned with the integration of students into real, actual engineeringcommunities of practice.Acknowledgement The project presented in this paper was funded by the Old Dominion University’s QualityEnhancement Plan (QEP): as Interdisciplinary Writing (IDW) Project “Student Writing in theSTEM Disciplines: A Faculty Learning Community”19.References 1. Lang, J. D., Cruse, S.,McVey, F. D., & McMasters, J. (1999). Industry expectations of new engineers: A survey to assist curriculum designers. Journal of Engineering Education,88, 43-51. 2. Reave, L. (1999). Technical communication instruction in engineering schools: A
-relateddesigns and/or design change(s) and the intended environmental impact. In Class B, the majorityof design suggestions (78%) discussed changes to product materials, either by substituting morerecyclable, recycled, renewable, bio-degradable, less toxic, or more durable materials or byexpending a smaller amount of materials. The intent of these changes most often affected end-of-life issues (e.g., reducing the carbon footprint or producing less waste). In Class B, 50% ofdesign changes addressed one (i.e., changing the material or reducing the number of productparts), 38% indicated two, and only 12% considering three or more modifications. One third ofClass B students discussed one product lifecycle stage, another third discussed two, and 12%mentioned
+ gz2 = a constant (1)Where: P: the pressure of the fluid (Pa, PSI) ρ: the density of fluid (Kg/m3, lbm/ft3 ) v: the velocity of the fluid relative to the airfoil (m/s, ft/s) g: the magnitude of acceleration for body (m/s2, ft/s2) z: the height at that point (m, ft) The subscripts 1 and 2 represent different points along the same streamline of fluid flow.When a car turns, a force must accelerate the car towards the center of the turn.AERODYNAMIC OVERVIEWThere are many different aerodynamic effects taking place on a car at different locations. For somelocations the car is producing lift while others the car is experiencing down-force. Figure 1, shows a
Aims: Assessement of a University Capstone Course.," The Journal of General Education, vol. 53, no. 3/4, pp. 275-287, 2004.[5] T. Bailey, J. C. Calcagno, D. Jenkins, T. Leinbach and G. Kienzl, "Is Student-Right-to-Know All You Should Know? An Analysis of Community College Graduation Rates," Research in Higher Education, pp. 491-519, 2006.[6] R. W. Marx, P. C. Blumenfeld, J. S. Krajcik and E. Soloway, "Enacting Project-Based Science," The Elementary School Journal, vol. 97, no. 4, pp. 341-358, 1997.[7] M. Sadat-Hossieny and M. Torres, "NKU-Mazak Corp. Joint Senior Project Program," in 21st ASEE Annual Conference, Indianapolis, 2014
STEM transfer students exist. Programs such as summer bridge programs, mentoring,tutoring, learning communities, and other activities are fairly common at the undergraduate levelin STEM fields, and many of these programs have historically been funded by NSF STEP and S-STEM programs. Few systematic studies of interventions have been conducted, however. Localassessment data, typically published in conference papers and reports, support the efficacy of theseinterventions; however, no systematic reviews of the considerable literature have been found. Tosignificantly and positively impact representation of Hispanic scientists and engineers, we need acomprehensive synthesis to (a) develop patterns of successes and failures of Hispanic STEMtransfer
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Page 26.863.11environment to the Chinese higher education system.References: 1. Zeng, F., Liu, C. and Zhang, X., 2009, “A collaborative curriculum development to improve Chinese student learning outcomes,” Proceedings of the 2009 Annual Conference of American Society of Engineering Education. 2. Blust, R. and Patterson, M., 2007, “Integrating Chinese students into undergraduate engineering technology education,” Proceedings of the 2007 Annual Conference of American Society of Engineering Education. 3. Raper, S. and Murray, S., 2007, “Encouraging lifelong learning for engineering management undergraduates”, Proceedings of the 2007 Annual Conference of American Society of Engineering
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, an undergraduate Mechanical EngineeringTechnology student at Georgia Southern University for his assistance in developing an initialversion of the VIs for the first example included in the paper. This was done in spring of 2009. Asdiscussed in the paper, the initial version was prepared in a form not accessible over the web.Bibliography1. Navaee, S., “Computing and Programming with LabVIEW,” Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2004.2. Navaee, S., “Student Academic Development through Prescribed Undergraduate Projects,” Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, 2008.3. Navaee. S., “A Developed Toolkit for Analysis of Large Deflections of Beams,” Proceedings of the ASME
manufacturing devices were introduced. Why? Why are they so successful? 3. Name as many materials as you can that are used in additive manufacturing. 4. An assembly of five parts is needed. What material (ABS or PLA) would you choose and why to 3D print the parts? 5. When a part fails to print or fails to print properly what may be the cause(s)?PSoC 4 questions are the following. 1. What does the abbreviation PSoC stand for? 2. What processor architecture does the PSoC 4 use and what number of bits is it? 3. To blink an LED on an output pin, what two ways can an output pin be configured on a PSoC 4? 4. Describe the differences between an Arduino Uno and PSoC 4? 5. Why would
instruction in the 1900’s. This instructional pedagogy isbased only on the lower levels of Blooms Taxonomy and often leaves little to no impact on thehigher levels of student learning and retention of material. Literature suggests that traditionallecturing and laboratories which emphasize rote memorization are relatively ineffective whencompared to interactive learning techniques7-9. However, instructors tend to teach using the sameteaching methods employed by their former teachers which consist of formal lectures and “step-by-step” laboratories8, 10, 11.Case studies have been proven to increase student motivation, their ability to apply criticalthinking skills, and can help students integrate concepts learned in the course for problem-solving skills
potential corrective action(s) that will be agreed upon by consensus. 6. For subsequent evaluation cycles: a. If the value of the metric exceeds the established threshold value, then no action is necessary, b. If the value of the metric exceeds the threshold value for three consecutive evaluations, the department will consider increasing the threshold value.Evaluation RubricThe CEE departmental faculty have established evaluation metrics for the assessment of theachievement of the outcomes for each of the eleven SOs. These metrics include a multitude ofsurvey results, laboratory and course rubrics, class assignments, interviews, and results from theFundamentals of Engineering (FE
in meeting the challenges associated with preparing students to succeed in aglobal economy1. In other words, our current education practices lack instruction on how toincorporate the customers’ needs into a technical solution. To accomplish this and ensure theU.S.’s economic competitiveness, known effective pedagogies must be integrated with anentrepreneurial mindset. This mindset will take engineering education beyond providing studentsjust a technical background, but will develop innovative thinkers who consider the value to thecustomer in their solutions. Page 26.69.2Although many colleges offer courses focusing on innovation and
. Thisdemonstrated the improvement in the students’ performance level. Furthermore, all theinstructional tools that were developed and implemented in this hybrid classroom environmentwere also presented and discussed in this paper.IntroductionRecent studies have called for major pedagogical reforms to improve the quality of engineeringeducation by incorporative more active teaching styles1. Modern teaching styles apply student-centered learning techniques to effectively improve the quality of the learning process2,3.However, in today's tightly packed engineering curriculum, the amount of lecture time thatfaculty can afford to allocate to such active learning activities is very limited. In the early 2000’s,the notion of flipping the classroom started to
32 Exclude on studies not for college courses 88 Exclude on mechatronics not used for Project Based Learning (PBL) 191 Include on absence of Exclude code(s) 156MappingThe purpose of this phase was to allow us “to describe the nature of [the] field of research”relative to mechatronic projects in first-year engineering and technology courses3. This processinvolved sorting the remaining included articles into appropriate themes manifested in theliterature. These themes were identified with a set of defined parent- and corresponding child-codes. The specific codes used were based on
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teaching gas turbine based power engines to undergraduate studentsseem to be effective and engaging.In this course, I also use active learning method. In this teaching methodology, unlike traditionalmethods, students are not just passive listeners. Before each session, students are assigned asection of the textbook. They must read the assigned section and come to class prepared. In thebeginning of each class, there is a quiz related to the assigned reading. Then, there is discussionon the questions in the quiz. During this discussion, the concept related to the topic(s) of the dayis reviewed. Depending on the topic, there may be a numerical problem(s) that is attempted bythe students and instructor. Finally, the class is concluded by a quiz
orientation.Recruitment of participants was additionally conducted using the Louis Stokes Alliance forMinority Participation (LSAMP) program at Boise State, through personal interaction, email andthe LSAMP website.The second major recruitment strategy is focused on continuing students and occurs followingend of spring and fall semester, after running a “DFW” report (students who receive a grade ofD, F or W) on STEM students in Intermediate Algebra (IntAlg), College Algebra (ColAlg),Trigonometry (Trig) or Calculus I (CalcI). These are invited to receive an ALEKS license overwinter or summer break. One final and recent method of recruitment has been more directive,being linked as a requirement for incoming students who qualified for a NSF S-STEMscholarship. Nine
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the beginning of classes and make repairs as needed. Continue designing homework assignments and in-class exercises that incorporate use of the PLC kits to enhance experiential learning.AcknowledgementsThis material was supported by the National Science Foundation’s Transforming UndergraduateEducation in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (TUES) Program (Award no.1246072). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation.Bibliography[1] Groover, M.P., Automation, Production Systems, and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing (2nd ed.), Prentice Hall, 2001, p. 9.[2] Hsieh, S. and Hsieh
by a gift from the Intel Corporation through their UniversityProgram Office.References 1. David Goldman, “Hacker hits on U.S. power and nuclear targets spiked in 2012,” CNN Money, WWW, found at http://money.cnn.com/2013/01/09/technology/security/infrastructure-cyberattacks/index.html, retrieved Jan 2015, Jan 2013. 2. David E. Sanger and Eric Schmitt, “Rise Is Seen in Cyberattacks Targeting U.S. Infrastructure,” The New York Times New York Edition, pp. A8, July 27, 2012. 3. Cárdenas, A. A., Amin, S., Lin, Z.-S., Huang, Y.-L., Huang, C.-Y. and Sastry, S., “Attacks Against Process Control Systems: Risk Assessment, Detection, and Response,” ACM Symposium on Information Computer and Communications Security, pp
experience and education to maximize theirpotential. Interest in similar studies have been noted throughout the BIG group as they arecurious to measure the benefits of the educations they have provided to their employees. Thepromotion of education at Red Ball Oxygen is observed to have produced employees thatprovide consistently large contributions of work, have the respect of their peers and are creative,trusted and continuously improving the company. BibliographyCooper, D. R., Schindler, P. S., & Sun, J. (2006). Business research methods.Lee, H. L., Padmanabhan, V., & Whang, S. (2004). Information distortion in a supply chain: the bullwhip effect. Management Science, 50(12_supplement), 1875-1886.Pattie, M., Benson, G. S., &