traditional, with lowcommitment to research and development. Internally, there have been difficulties incommunicating the project goals and orientations. The project seems huge and with a not clearset of priorities. Finally, hallways and informal talks mention that faculty leaders are seen asbelonging to a clique close to the top administration, which risks the wide adoption of theprogram.The Clover 2030 Engineering Strategy: A joint venture between UC and UTFSMNew Engineering for 2030 has been the opportunity that UC-Engineering was expecting tovalidate its efforts to create world-class education in Chile. Along CORFO' s intention totransform Chilean engineering schools towards national competitiveness and productivity, UC-Engineering had already
selected from VECTERS as seedsof conversation among faculty members. Discourse about not only the strategy but the specificsof value, expectation, and cost, are anticipated to enrich dialogue. This type of deeper discussionwill hopefully aid instructors in developing introspection regarding their own beliefs andperceived obstacles of implementation.AcknowledgmentThe authors gratefully acknowledge support of this work by the National Science Foundationunder Grant No. 1524527References 1. Branford, J. D., & Donovan, S. M. (2005). How students learn: history, mathematics, and science in the classroom. National AcademiesPress, Washington. 2. Sawada, D., Piburn, M. D., Judson, E., Turley, J., Falconer, K., Benford, R., & Bloom, I
emphasized the ease ofholding the device, while the team on the right focused on miniaturization, using figure 2’s PCB.While both these groups used non-inverting buffer amplifiers for signal conditioning, others usedlevel-shifted inverting op-amp circuits.Student feedback is positive, with students valuing the project highly for its contribution to theirunderstanding. Student performance (as assessed via overall grades) has remained stable throughthe introduction of this project. Work is ongoing to determine the impact of this course moreprecisely, and to determine the best sequence of lecture content to complement the project.[1] Sheppard, S. D. and Jenison, R. (1997). “Freshman engineering design experiences: An or-ganizational framework
describes reflection activities implemented in twobioengineering courses for the development of specific leadership competencies. The poster willinclude preliminary assessment data on the activities. Bibliography 1. Ambrose, S. A. (2013). Undergraduate engineering curriculum: The ultimate design challenge. The Bridge: Linking Engineering and Society, 43(2).2. Ambrose, S. A., Bridges, M. W., DiPietro, M., Lovett, M. C., & Norman, M. K. (2010). How Learning Works. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.3. Kaplan, M., Silver, N., LaVaque-Manty, D., & Meizlish, D. (Eds.). (2013). Using Metacognition and Reflection to Improve Student Learning. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing.4. Seemiller, C. (2014). The Student
Paper ID #14976Transforming the Culture of Internship Experiences through Social LearningCommunitiesDr. Lisa Massi, University of Central Florida Dr. Lisa Massi is the Director of Operations Analysis for Accreditation, Assessment, & Data Adminis- tration in the College of Engineering & Computer Science at the University of Central Florida. She is Co-PI of two NSF-funded S-STEM grants and program evaluator for two NSF-funded REU programs. Her research interests include factors that impact student persistence and career development in the STEM fields.Ms. Jenna Christie-Tabron, University of Central Florida Ms
: Lessons Learned From Community College Transfer Scholarship Recipients AbstractWith funding from the National Science Foundation’s S-STEM grant program, the ECASE(Engaging the Community to Achieve Success in Engineering) Scholarship at Seattle PacificUniversity (SPU) has targeted transfer students from urban and rural community colleges in theregion. For the past nine years, this program has provided scholarship and other support funds toassist these transfer students in obtaining a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering.The goal of the ECASE Scholarship is to provide pathways for financially needy, academicallytalented transfer students to thrive in the university environment, enter the workforce as well-trained
Paper ID #15181Improving a Flipped Electromechanical Energy Conversion CourseThomas E. McDermott, University of Pittsburgh Thomas E. McDermott is an Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh, with over 30 years of industrial experience in consulting and software development. His research interests include electric power distribution systems, renewable energy, power electronics, electromagnetics, and circuit simulation. Tom is a registered professional engineer in Pennsylvania and an IEEE Fellow. He has a B. S. and M. Eng. in Electric Power from Rensselaer, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Virginia
week. The topics/activities foreach week and their type classification(s) are listed in Table 1. In this table, classifications A-Cwere developed by the authors to describe teaching approaches used in the DBE course thatrange from fully deductive to a combination of deductive/ inductive; D-G are based on theinquiry classification scheme proposed in Tafoya et al.7 and expanded by Staver and Bay8; andH-L are drawn from a comprehensive review of inductive teaching approaches assembled byPrince and Felder5. In general the classifications are listed left to right in Table 1 ranging fromdeductive to increasingly self-directed, inquiry-based methods. The remainder of this section willdefine each classification in the context of the DBE course.Table 1
assessments from faculty, experiments they perform, and client corrections. Theassessments from faculty are often based on intuition and wisdom which allow them to predictwith some success the outcomes of the experiments the students perform. Regardless of thepredictions of the faculty and the students, the actual outcome of the experiments dictate nextsteps. Either the design works, or it does not. If it does not, which is most often the case, at thispoint in the semester there is little to no time for recovery. Finally, as a design comes togetherthe client(s) may provide feedback that the students did not appropriately frame the problem (i.e.the design is doing what was asked, but this is not what is needed) or that the design teammisinterpreted
countsas flexibility, while also better evaluating interventions designed to improve flexibility.References1. Yilmaz, S., Daly, S. R., Jablokow, K. W., Silk, E. M. & Rosenberg, M. N. Investigating impacts on the ideation flexibility of engineers. (2014).2. Kirton, M. J. Adaption-Innovation in the Context of Diversity and Change. (Routledge: London, UK, 2011).3. Valle, S. & Vázquez-Bustelo, D. Concurrent engineering performance: Incremental versus radical innovation. International Journal of Production Economics 119 (1), 136–148, doi:10.1016/j.ijpe.2009.02.002 (2009).4. Ettlie, J. E., Bridges, W. P. & O’Keefe, R. D. Organization strategy and structural differences for radical versus incremental innovation
, interactive activities and assignments.In summary, although there are universally favored resources, there are differencesdepending on course type and assignment category (learning concept vs.programming/software assignment). Therefore, it is important to determine and developthe most appropriate resource for the student need.AcknowledgementsThe authors acknowledge the support of this work from NSF Grant #1226325.References[1] Krause, S., Baker, D., Carberry, A., Alford, T., Ankeny, C., Brooks, B., Gibbons, B. (n.d.). The Impact of Two-way Formative Feedback and Web-enabled Resources on Student Resource Use and Performance in Materials Courses. 2015 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition Proceedings.[2] Pego, J. (2013). Peer
Development, 8(1), 22-41.3) Skaggs, P. (2010). Ethnography in product design-looking for compensatory behaviors. Journal of Management and Marketing Research, 3, 1.4) Kelley, T. (2007). The art of innovation: Lessons in creativity from IDEO, America's leading design firm. Crown Business.5) Schrage, M. (2013). Serious play: How the world's best companies simulate to innovate. Harvard Business Press.6) Cardella, M. E., Atman, C. J., Turns, J., & Adams, R. S. (2008). Students with differing design processes as freshmen: Case studies on change. International Journal of Engineering Education, 24(2), 246. 7) Lande, M., & Leifer, L. (2009). Prototyping to learn: Characterizing engineering students’ prototyping activities and
any credence or acknowledge it. We’rehere to do a job.” However, she stated that at times she felt like she was “back in the 1980’s.”However, another faculty member said that she had not felt either advantaged or disadvantagedfor being a woman in engineering. Finally, an associate professor in a different department alsoreported a strong amount of support from both male and female colleagues at ResearchUniversity I. Yet, she described a “systemic bias” during her graduate and postdoctoral careerthat caused some of her female peers to decide not to seek a faculty position. She recalled, “I hada lot of friends who wanted to be faculty and they just got tired. They got tired of constantlyfighting.” At Research University III, women faculty
Institute of Technology Amy R. Pritchett is the Davis S. Lewis Associate Professor in the Georgia Tech School of Aerospace Engineering c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Creating and Validating a Model to Support Aerospace Engineering Students’ Coordination of Knowledge about a DesignIntroductionAs a general field, design symbolizes the "conception and realisation of new things".1 However,engineering design differs from other design areas (e.g. graphic, industrial, and software design) in theenhanced complexity involved with clarifying and defining engineering products. Engineering designcan also be defined as a structured approach to developing, validating, and
.’s fourteen leadership competenciesinclude2: initiative (assess risk and take initiative to create a vision/course of action), decision-making (make data-informed and risk-informed decisions about your course of action),responsibility and urgency to deliver (commitment to on-time deliverables), resourcefulness (getthe job done with passion, discipline, intensity and flexibility), ethical actions and integrity(courageously adhere to ethical standards), trust and loyalty (instil trust in your team byempowering members), courage (face difficult actions head-on), vision (create compellingimages of the future), realizing the vision (design processes to move from abstraction toimplementation), inquiry (listen to others and recognize that their
interested in assessing studentunderstanding of a particular lecture or class session, it would be best to give it during the lastfew minutes of class time. However, if the goal of the instructor is to assess studentunderstanding of a reading or other homework assignment, the minute paper could be givenduring the first few minutes of a class period.The minute paper is typically structured in the form of two short questions such as: “What wasthe most important thing you learned during our class session today?” and “What importantquestion(s) remain uppermost in your mind as we ended our class session today?” It isrecommended that the students’ answers remain anonymous in order for them to feelcomfortable to share their true understanding (or
performance,capacity planning, supply chain, inventory management, forecasting, operations planning andscheduling, and resource planning etc., which are all closely related with the daily operations ofenterprises.The Course Learning Objectives (CLOs) are as follows: • Describe operations management and how it applies to project management engineering. • Analyze the role of behavior and communication in operations management. • Apply problem identification and problem-solving processes. • Determine the appropriate operations management tool(s) to be used during the problem-solving process. • Design and develop a process including comparison of methodologies to maintain and manage a process. • Determine the appropriate
Purdue University Calumet. In August 1986 he joined the department of electrical and computer engineering at IUPUI where he is now professor and Associate Chair of the department. His research interests include solid state devices, applied superconducting, electromagnetics, VLSI design, and engineering education. He published more than 175 papers in these areas. He received plenty of grants and contracts from Government and industry. He is a senior member of IEEE and Professional Engineer registered in the State of IndianaLauren Christopher, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IUPUI Dr. Lauren Christopher attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she received her S. B. and S. M. in Electrical Engineering
operate at higher efficiency during the duration of theraces. Based on the desired speed of the bike in race track, shaft rpm of pump and motor wasdetermined as function of time. Table 1 shows the bike speed, corresponding track length, shaftrpm and its duration. The data is used to calculate a Speed Factor (S) at each pump and motorspeed as fraction of total race time. ti Si … (1) TWhere, Si = Speed Factor ti = Duration of a specific speed T= Completion time of race.For each wheel velocity, the corresponding shaft speed is calculated based on wheel rpm andgear ratio. In the
://chairacademy.com/conference/2007/papers/best_practices_for_supporting_adjunct_faculty.pdf15 Kezar & Maxey (2015). Ibid.16 Lyons (2007). Ibid.17 Sorcinelli, M., and Aitken, N. (1995). Improving teaching: Academic leaders and faculty developers as partners.In W. Wright, W.McKeachie, and B. Hofer (Eds.), Teaching improvement practices: Successful strategies for highereducation. Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing Co.18 Pulford, S., Ruzycki, N., Finelli, C., Hahn, L., and Thorsen, D. (2015, June). Making value for faculty: Learningcommunities in engineering faculty development. Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference andExposition, Seattle, Washington. 10.18260/p.2446519 Sirum, K. L. and Madigan, D. (2010). Assessing how science faculty
., R. H. Todd, S. P. Magleby, and C. D. Sorensen, “A Review of Literature on Teaching Engineering Design Through Project-Oriented Capstone Courses,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 86, no. 1, pp. 17-28, 1997.4. Noble, J. S., “An Approach for Engineering Curriculum Integration in Capstone Design Courses,” Int. J. Engng. Ed., vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 197-203, 1998.5. Chandrasekaran, S., A. Stojcevski, G. Littlefair, and M. Joordens, “Learning through Projects in Engineering Education,” in Proc. 40th SEFI Annual Conference, 2012.6. Wu, J. J., C. H. Kuo, W. W. Lin, S. H. Liu, and Y. H. Chen, Development of a New Creativity Test for Use with Students in Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan: Ministry of Education, 1998.7. Torrance, E
few or no sessions in hopes to encourage higherattendance in future semesters. Contradictory to the authors and SIs original assumptions, there remains a good value forexam review sessions. This is particularly evident in students who cannot or do not attend SIsessions on a regular basis. However, incorporation of better active learnings strategies in largegroup settings and more training for SIs geared towards large group settings is likely necessary.This may include requesting rooms that can be tailored to breaking up large groups into smallerones (9, 10, 11). Similarly, further encouragement for students to attend regular sessions is vital forthe program to have a larger impact.References[1] E. Kokkelenberg, M. Dillon, and S
Retention Rates," in ASEE Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas, 2012.[3] K. Brinkley, F. Rankins, S. Clinton and R. Hargraves, "Keeping Up With Tecnology: Transitioning Summer Bridge to a Virtual Classroom," in ASEE Annual Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2014.[4] W. Lee, C. Wade and C. Amelink, "Examining the Transition to Engineering: A Mulit- Case Study of Six Deiverse Summer Bridge Program Participants," in ASEE Annual Conference, Indianapolis Indiana, 2014.[5] President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, "Engage to Excel: Producing One Million Additional College Graduates with Degrees in Science, Technology and Mathematics," Washington, DC, 2012.[6] UNC Board of Governors, "Our Time
2090-XXLF-X330B IAM 2094-AC16-M03-S AM1 2094-AM03-S AM2 2094-AM03-S AM3 2094-AM03-S Motor Cable Motor Feedback Cable Feedback connector Servo Motor MPL series servo Motor MPL-430P-MJ24AA Eye Vision Checking System Cognex Vision checking System 5100C HMI Panel view 1000 plus Table 2 List of Components for Trainer Panel2. Electrical LayoutAfter the Mechanical design it is needed to identify the I/O of the components which are mountedon the panel. The next
toinvestigate what could have gone “wrong” and “why”. This practice truly allowed students toexperience the entire scientific process from solid theoretical reasoning obtained from virtuallaboratories, to designing their own activities, to initial observations, and to follow-on activitiesbased on the results of earlier activities. As a consequence, combined virtual and physical hands-on activities greatly helped students to explore inquiry-based organic solar cell projects withenhanced reasoning, problem solving, and communication skills. Overall, students not onlyenjoyed this course but also appreciated the importance of collaborative learning.AcknowledgementThis work is supported by NSF TUES (1244707, 1244079) and NSF S-STEM SoLEAP program(1355678
mechanical engineering from BUET (Dhaka). His interest includes computer applications in curriculum, MCAE, mechanics, fluid power, and instrumentation & control. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Ohio and affiliated with ASME, ASEE, SME and TAP. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Development of a 3D Printer and CNC Milling Desktop Machine for Manufacturing LabsAbstract Nowadays most users of personal machines, or even industrial applications, have specificmachine(s) for prototyping and for machining. But the steep increase in demand of machines forpersonal use, and the fact that those machines provide either one of the two
Paper ID #14650Ten Ways to Improve Learning Physics as Part of an Engineering CourseProf. Rodrigo Cutri P.E., Instituto Mau´a de Tecnologia Cutri holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from Maua Institute of Technology (2001), MSc (2004) and Ph.D. (2007) in Electrical Engineering - University of S˜ao Paulo. He is currently Titular Professor of Maua Institute of Technology, Professor of the University Center Foundation Santo Andr´e, and consultant - Tecap Electrical Industry Ltda. He has experience in Electrical Engineering with emphasis on Industrial Electronics and Engineering Education, acting on the following topics
, fuel cells, plastics, and engineering education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 A New Way to Help Students Improve 3-D VisualizationAbstractThere is ample evidence that instruction in spatial visualization skills is effective in improvingoutcomes for engineering students. Research conducted since the early 1990’s has proven thatspatial visualization practice and training leads to better grades in engineering graphics and inmost other engineering coursework. Other studies demonstrate that improved 3D visualizationskills improve retention and graduation rates in general and, in particular, the retention andgraduation rates of underrepresented groups in the field of engineering.The
felt that the length of the videos were: 0% 50% 50% 0% 0% Perhaps a 5 minute limit If different professors were involved in the video grading process collaboration for improving the process might help;In what way(s) could video grading beimproved to make it more useful for you? I have no suggestions at this time. In a course like Software Req+Specs, video grading is nice to have, but actually seems it might be more trouble than it's worth. There's no product after labs that we need to demonstrate, just a report