program evaluation, and coordinates the Research and Evaluation Laboratory (REL) in the College of Education at UTEP. He is an expert on educational research with an emphasis on quantitative methods and the application of univariate and multivariate statistical procedures, measurement issues across diverse populations, educational assessment, and eval- uation of educational programs. He has served on over 87 doctoral dissertation committees; published more than 45 refereed research articles; and presented at more than 100 international, national and re- gional research conferences. Some of his more general research areas of interest include teacher and student’s self-efficacy and motivation research, reading and
graduate level interns. The cohort has an average age of 27 years and 4.7 yearsof work experience and an average of 72% male/28% female, 75% US/25% international.The core course in leadership includes modules and labs to practice and attain mastery in each ofthe 14 leadership capabilities. Through the Challenge Project, the student’s workplace acts asan experiential laboratory to observe and use these capabilities in a real-world setting andthrough assignments deepen their understanding and appreciation of leadership.4 Research Objective and MethodsThe objective of this report is to assess the improvement of skills specifically addressed througha series of assignments and exercises in developing a personal and professional network.The
professionalcompetencies in comparison to studying in a conventional engineering curriculum.Wei Xue7 introduced a hands-on, project-based experiential learning module into a course onmicro-and nanotechnologies for mechanical engineering students. This module was combinedwith the existing theoretical course structure and the laboratory activities were designed tointegrate textbook theoretical principles with real fabrication and characterization processes. Thishands-on experience enabled the students to obtain a better comprehension of the classroomprinciples. Based upon student feedback obtained via surveys, it was learned that theintroduction of this experiential, design-oriented module was very effective in helping studentsunderstand concepts related to micro
and design philosophies, beams, slabs, columns, walls, footings) Geology; index properties and soil classifications; phase relations, air-water-solid; laboratory and field tests; effective stress, buoyancy; stability of retaining walls (e.g., active pressure/passive pressure); shear strength; bearing capacity, cohesive andGeotechnical 9 – 14 noncohesive; foundation types (e.g., spread footings, deepEngineering foundations, wall footings, mats); consolidation and differential
Professor and Chair of Materials Science and Engineering at Boise State University. Dr. Callahan received her Ph.D. in Materials Science, M.S. in Metallurgy, and B.S. in Chemical Engi- neering from the University of Connecticut. Her educational research interests include materials science & engineering, freshman engineering programs, math education, and retention and recruitment of STEM majors.Dr. Barry Dupen, Indiana University - Purdue University, Fort Wayne Dr. Dupen is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology at Indiana University – Pur- due University Fort Wayne (IPFW). He has nine years’ experience as a metallurgist, materials engineer, and materials laboratory manager in the automotive
Research Laboratory for Multifunctional Lightweight Structures”, funded by the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (Leader’s Opportunity Fund) and Ontario Research Fund. His research interests include Design and Development of Light-Weight Structures for aerospace, automotive, and nuclear applications, Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of Aerospace and Automotive systems, Multi-scale Simulation of Nano-structured Materials and Composites. He has supervised 18 PhDs, 65 Masters’, and 9 Post Doctoral Fellows. He has also published more than 230 papers, and 6 book chapters. He has been the recipient of many prestigious awards and recognitions such as the Research Fellow of Pratt and Whitney Canada and Fellow of the CSME
College in Victoria, TX. I also spent 20 years at Alcoa - Point Comfort Op- erations where I spent time as a Systems Analyst, Process Control Engineer, and Electrical Engineering and Computer Systems Superintendent. I am a former graduate of the Golden Crescent Alliance for Mi- norities in Engineering (GCAME) and then later returned to chair this organization for 15 years to help others consider engineering as a career.Dr. Mario G. Beruvides P.E., Texas Tech University Dr. Mario G. Beruvides is the AT&T Professor of Industrial Engineering and Director of the Laboratory for Systems Solutions in the Industrial Engineering Department at Texas Tech University. He is a regis- tered professional engineer in the state of
introductory engineering classes where certain students just can’t keep up with the rest of the class. Not everyone is cut out for engineering, not everyone has the natural intelligence, the grit, the academic background necessary for success. Certain students are struggling in this class, especially the students from disadvantaged backgrounds and groups. They ask a lot of questions in office hours, they work slowly, they seem lost in laboratory sessions. If they are struggling so deeply and so early, perhaps they aren’t going to make it. We feel bad for them and would like to help, but aren’t sure how to motivate them or catch them up. Do they need extra office hours? But there’s not time to help
gained utilizing various versions of the Arduino microprocessor will help develop future ultra-low power capstone and embedded processing class projects.- Knowledge gained from the use of the integrated development environment (IDE) software package in this project can be used to create tutorials and labortory exercises for the digital design and the advanced embedded design courses.- System-level designers need to be able to develop hardware driver(s) for targeted hardware platforms. Knowledge gained from developing ultra-small hardware drivers for a specific application will help create advanced laboratory exercises for the system- level design course.IV.F. Future ImprovementsWhile the platform created was successful in
. Sharing known skills- Students who possess certain knowledge or skills (examples: computer skills, laboratory skills, data reduction skills, presentation skills) should be willing to pass it on, and/or share it with their group members. Collaborative Skills- Groups cannot function effectively if members do not have (be willing to learn) or use some needed social skills. These skills include leadership, decision making, trust building, and conflict management. Monitoring Progress- Groups need to discuss amongst themselves whether they are achieving their set goals; they also need to prioritize the scheduled activities, introduce changes if need be, solicit advice and
the results are those of the group (and for the group). Keeping track of the contribution and knowledge gained by each member could be monitored, as well, by either testing each and every student in the group, or by randomly selecting a group member (or members) to be tested and thus proxy for the group. Sharing known skills- Students who possess certain knowledge or skills (examples: computer skills, laboratory skills, data reduction skills, presentation skills) should be willing to pass it on, and/or share it with their group members. Collaborative Skills- Groups cannot function effectively if members do not have (be willing to learn) or use some
behind it. mechanics Task: principles required for analyzing and Students work in 2-5 person groups doing hands -on laboratory solving statics experiments on physical artifacts (Rais-Rohani et al., 2010), matching structures. it up with the appropriate mechanic principles and writing down their entire application process. Students work on the real world engineering problems selected by the professor both inside and outside the classroom in the form of written class assignments. Then presenting it to the relevant groups of students
Associate Editor for IEEE Signal Processing Letters.Ms. Maggie Varga, Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education Maggie Varga, Chief Operating Officer, Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education (SOCHE) Maggie Varga is the COO for the Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education (SOCHE). In this capacity, Maggie leads the SOCHEIntern Program, which employs nearly 300 students annually in co- operation with local government and small businesses, as well as the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) and Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The program provides high impact experiential learning opportunities for students while generating economic bene- fit and enhancing
thatdiffered in a variety of characteristics, including time in their graduate program, focus withinmaterials science engineering, and level of experience with independent laboratory research.Senior graduate students were responsible for facilitating an interdisciplinary research projectand delegating research work tasks to teams of other students. We present findings from a mixedmethods study which evaluates individual and team successes in collaborative multi-institutionaland interdisciplinary research. Implications of this work include helping programs developcompetencies for their graduate students that include “team science” and collaborative skills.I. IntroductionTo solve complex, ill-structured engineering and science problems in an
kind of laboratory work,” while Rebecca Brentspoke about her involvement with engineering teaching workshops: “I think [my contribution] is pretty much out there in the workshop work. … I think I work with people really well one-on-one. I think I have developed a lot of the materials that we use and brought in a lot of ideas. So I’m more of a behind the scenes person than an out there in front person.”Similarly, Michael Pavelich commented: “I hope [my contribution] is to have documented the importance of these learning taxonomies and to take them seriously and understand them fully, and then models of how to implement that kind of thinking in the classroom, and then finally ways of measurement that make sense or that really speak to
time for laboratory and field research which couldlead to scholarly products in the STEM fields. Prior to AY 2003, the scholarly requirement offaculty was significantly lower than it is at the present time. In addition, the ranks of associateand full professors have minimal female representation; at Gannon, tenure does not presumeadvancement in rank. Just as there has been increasing number of advanced degrees awarded tofemales across STEM disciplines, many of the recent hires affected by the increased emphasis onscholarship at Gannon University were female. Some STEM departments had no senior, femalefaculty to serve as mentors (see Table 7) and most full professors had received promotion whenthe university culture placed the majority of its
Undergraduate Curriculum Com- mittee, as well as faculty advisor for several student societies. She is the instructor of several courses in the CBE curriculum including the Material and Energy Balances, junior laboratories and Capstone De- sign courses. She is associated with several professional organizations including the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and American Society of Chemical Engineering Education (ASEE) where she adopts and contributes to innovative pedagogical methods aimed at improving student learning and retention.Victor Law, Program of Organization, Information, and Learning Sciences at University of New Mexico Dr. Victor Law is an Assistant Professor at the University of New Mexico in the
controllers, and successfullypass the class. The observations made on this paper are based on our multiple years ofexperience in teaching the topics as well as several informal discussions with professors in otheruniversities. It appears that some students miss the basic understanding that a controller (whetheranalog or digital) represents a transfer function (in the S-Domain or the Z-Domain) or adifferential/difference equation so that, together with the dynamics of the plant and the rest of thesystem, it allows for desired closed loop behavior.This problem can be partially alleviated during laboratory experiments when students notice thata controller’s transfer function in the S-Domain can be practically implemented using hardware,which includes op
data. Thequantitative data consists of posting statistics (days online, number of posts viewed, number ofcontributions), and results from the affective outcome survey. The survey used was a tailoredversion of the Duke University survey entitled “The Student Opinion about Calculus CoursesSurvey,” developed for the NSF sponsored Project CALC: Calculus as Laboratory Course18,26–28.Qualitative data consists of text-based forum posts and transcripts of audio-recorded one-on-onesemi-structured interviews with the participants.Figure 1. Mixed methods typology: Embedded, concurrent, equal emphasis design informed bytheory. Study Participants. Study participants included a subset of students enrolled in thetreatment calculus sections (Table 3
motivated and talented people to learn how to define and achieve their dreams. Farrokh Mistree holds the L. A. Comp Chair in the School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma. Prior to this position, he was the Associate Chair of the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech – Savannah. He was also the Founding Director of the Systems Realization Laboratory at Georgia Tech. Farrokh’s current research focus is model-based realization of complex systems by managing uncertainty and complexity. The key question he is investigating is what are the principles underlying rapid and robust concept exploration when the analysis models are incomplete and