ideas can help advance curriculum design.Future ResearchFuture research will necessarily need to establish validity and inter-rater reliability of this scoringrubric. Having begun to explore inter-rater reliability, we plan to create a scoring guide to insureobjectivity of rubric scorers. This guide will present examples of children’s illustrations and arationale for thinking about continuum score assignment. Our exploration with mDAET codingprocedures thus far suggests such a guide will help to maintain inter-rate reliability (i.e. helpcoders refrain from interpreting or assuming children’s meaning).Other potential research initiatives might analyze a collection of children’s naïve conceptions ofthe work of an engineer and organize these child
generation IP protocol. Wemeasure IPv6 adoption through eight adoption metrics gleaned from eleven datasets. Datacollection covers a two year period from January 2014 through December 2015.In addition, we address the implications of the sudden uptick in IPv6 adoption, as it continues ona path of accelerated expansion. The long awaited transition from IPv4 to IPv6 has implicationsfor all organizations who will soon be making the change; many of which may not be preparedfor how to systematically approach such an undertaking. Factors such as project planning, IPv6saturation, infrastructure assessment, policy redesign, and network continuity are discussed askey areas that will need to be addressed as organizations begin to adopt IPv6.Key words: IPv6
to answer 0.4% Missing Data 18.1% Total (n=1070) 100.0%The project's institutional sampling plan sought to gather information from a disproportionatelyhigh percentage of Hispanic engineering students and alumni relative to the nationalrepresentation. As shown in Table 2, data collection did meet this objective, as one-third of allrespondents who answered this question identified as Hispanic/Latino (note: this percentagejumps to 41% when missing data were removed). The 18.2% who did not answer this questionwill be filled in following the institutional data merge. Therefore, the data set
integrates requiredcourses with career planning and support, followed by a paid internship with a partner company,completed by final reflection and placement. The net cash outlay for a participant is $4,400 withthe opportunity to earn the equivalent or more during the paid internship. We have developedtwo tracks for the program, one in Innovation and one in Technology. Each track shares severalfoundational courses and has been designed to meet the diverse needs and prior skills of ourtarget population.Courses/core curriculumManufacturing certificate programs are offered at MassBay Community College and are part ofthe engineering department offerings. The college is an open access institution and thecertificate programs do not have prerequisite
requirements, were formulated. Competitions were planned atthe end of each quarter with the goals of having the shortest time for the quadcopter to traversethrough a set course in the Fall quarter and the shortest time for delivering two objects based oncolor and distance recognition in the Winter quarter. We are in the process of developingadditional discipline focused projects to be implemented during the second quarter due tosuggestions from faculty to diversify projects to be more major specific.Course ImplementationSince the course was not required, first-year students were informed and recruited throughpresentations during summer orientations and were enrolled on a self-selecting basis. Studentenrollment increased dramatically since the initial
). In spring 2016, the first cohortcontinued research projects and finalized summer clinical immersion plans while the secondcohort entered laboratories, began research projects, and planned summer experiences.EvaluationTo assess and continuously improve the CSP, the CSP development team works closely with anon-campus engineering education focused group, the Academy for Excellence in EngineeringEducation (AE3). The CSP received start-up funding through UIUC’s College of Engineering’sStrategic Instructional Innovations Program (SIIP) which requires a mid-year and end-of-yearreview by an AE3 panel. As part of the funding, the CSP is assigned a delegate from AE3 who istasked with attending CSP development team meetings and serving as an
an NSF research project.Nicholas Kumia Senior in the Undergraduate Mechatronics Engineering Program at Vaughn College He graduated high school at the age of 16 and has completed the 4-year Mechatronics Program in 3-years. Recently, He co-founded the UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) Club at Vaughn College and has been working as Lead Programmer. He plans to pursue a master’s degree in Computer Science to supplement this expertise in Mechatronics Engineering.Mr. Jonathan R. Zubarriain, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology Jonathan Zubarriain is a senior in the Mechatronics Engineering program at Vaughn College of Aeronau- tics and Technology. He is co-founder of the Vaughn College UAV Club and has held the
University of Glasgow (UoG) and the University of Electronic Science and Technology ofChina are partners in a joint educational programme (JEP) in Electronic and ElectricalEngineering (EEE). The Glasgow College, UESTC in which the JEP in EEE is housed is now in itsthird year of operation. The JEP in EEE has an enrolment of 600 students in the first threeyears of the four year undergraduate programme with a planned enrolment of 960 studentsin steady-state. As part of its mission, the Glasgow College, UESTC has organized severalsummer overseas immersion programmes (OIP) to enable all students in the programme tohave an international experience prior to graduation. One of the OIP is a trip to the UnitedKingdom and Ireland. The students spend a long
for academic success.1. IntroductionWith the increasing demand for a skilled and technically savvy workforce in the United States,addressing retention problems in the first two years of college is a promising and cost-effectivestrategy to address this need. A recent Committee on STEM Education National Science andTechnology Council report Federal Science, Technology, Engineering, And Mathematics(STEM) Education 5-Year Strategic Plan indicates that the United States needs make STEMeducation a priority. To achieve that goal, the Department of Education has committed $4.3billion to encourage states to develop “comprehensive strategies to improve achievement andprovide rigorous curricula in STEM subjects; partner with local STEM institutions
Immersion TripsOur International Programs Office offers various study abroad opportunities, including a 10-daycultural immersion trip offered during the summer between the junior and senior year. Eventhough these trips are short in duration, they offer a high-impact, motivational event in thestudent’s educational experience. We identified students that would be on the same seniorcapstone project teams and planned a cultural immersion trip that would be technically related totheir UAS capstone project. This had three benefits: (1) developing cultural awareness; (2)learning technical information which would aid in their UAS capstone project; and (3) a team-building experience for the capstone team. We tried two different formats for the trips. The
2Technical Elective 2Technical Elective 2Total MXET Core Courses 48Total MXET Focus Area (See Table 7 and 8) 29Total Required Courses 127Emphasis Areas Two different focus areas are presented as viable examples of the breadth of the MXETprogram in supporting multidisciplinary undergraduate experiential learning opportunities. Thefirst focus area planned for implementation will be mechatronics. Based on industry support andstudent interest, once the mechatronics focus area is stood up and operational, the entrepreneurialnew product development focus area will be created. Other focus areas which would
case, allstudents take the discipline-relevant core courses in support of the project they are working on.The students interact as a cohort from start to finish - from general education and math tograduation. However, such an idealized plan is difficult to implement in the face of alreadyestablished pedagogy. Electrical Mechanical Engineering VIP Engineering Senior Design Senior Design Senior VIP Team Member Junior Project Technical Elective Sophomore Project
students the intricacies of business practices and the help themunderstand the tradeoffs between different organizational goals in Supply Chain Management.In the Integrated Systems Engineering department, the undergraduate students take rigorouscourses in linear and non-linear programming as well as simulation modeling as part of theiroperations research core classes. In their junior year, they take a class where many of thesemethods can be applied called Production Planning and Facility Layout. It is this course that isthe subject of the research described in this paper.Today’s industrial systems engineering students do not just go into the traditional manufacturingsector, but also delve into many diverse fields such as healthcare, the airline
approach is not an attempt to abandon the traditional ControlSystems textbooks. Instead they aim to foster a stronger engagement and interest from studentsbefore facing complicated concepts in control systems. Presenting a less aggressive introduction,rather than going straight to formulas and long enunciates, may make students more comfortablewith Control Systems, promoting more self-motivation that can positively affect students’academic achievements.Results of a questionnaire at Florida Atlantic University have shown that students, who wereexposed to the new way of introducing Control Systems concepts, support a more nontraditionalapproach to teaching. We plan to further assess the educational value of the puzzles as related toControl Systems
out.IntroductionEngineering freshmen at Grand Valley State University participate in a two courses sequencedesigned to explore the basic skills of electrical, computer, mechanical, and manufacturingengineering. The courses are EGR 106 - Engineering Design I and EGR 107 - EngineeringDesign II. The courses introduce computer aided design (CAD), computer aided manufacturing(CAM), microcontroller programming, and electrical interfacing. The lectures and laboratoriesare interwoven so that students may use the knowledge to design and build robots in the firstcourse, and create more complicated work in the second course. This paper describes the robotproject used in the first course of the sequence, EGR 106.A course plan for one winter 2015 lecture section is provided in
structure: Firstly, class time is insufficientto cover all the material and for the students to complete assignments with the assistance of theinstructor. Secondly, the tutorials are written in a format which may be confusing and difficult tofollow. In addition, these tutorials provide an emphasis on the tools to construct the CAD models,while dismissing the model planning stage, which is critical for an engineering design. Theauthors have attempted to address these drawbacks. Tutorial videos were created to clearly showthe model construction process from start to finish. One instructor taught the course in the usualmanner but made the tutorial videos available to the students. The second instructor converted theclass to a “flipped” or inverted
creation of a wide variety of objects.Learning Environments Department has embarked on a project to incorporate the Maker Campstrategy into a more formal process that includes creating sessions using learning blockswhich utilize a Project Based Learning (PBL) model at their core. This type ofstrategy could support the hands-on components of a Maker Camp combined with theinstructional strategies of Active and Project Based Learning in a simplified planning tool. Thedesign could then become a template moving forward. Our research explores what impact usingsuch a strategy had on our Tech-E Camp hosted at The University of Texas at El Paso –Undergraduate Learning Center as well as the impact of the technology challenges as theypertained to the
Paper ID #16659International vs. Domestic Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU):A Three-Year Assessment of the Preparation of Students for Global Work-forcesDr. Cheryl Matherly, The University of Tulsa Dr. Cheryl Matherly is Vice Provost for Global Education at The University of Tulsa, where she has responsibility for the strategic leadership of the university’s plan for comprehensive internationalization. Dr. Matherly’ co-directs the NanoJapan program, funded by the National Science Foundation in order to expand international research opportunities for students in STEM fields. She is the recipient of two
type of expertise is increasing at a fast rate.Trying to address the current and future needs of the industry in the areas of digital systemdesign, instructors and members of the Industry Advisory Board of the Electrical and ComputerEngineering Technology Department at Farmingdale State College-SUNY, are in theprocess of restructuring the digital design sequence of courses, placing a strong emphasis inthe study of modern tools, technologies and current industrial practices while considering thecharacteristics of the student population at this school and their educational needs. The resultsof the current restructuring process, challenges presented by the process, “lessons learned”are presented. Plans for the future include more access to “hands
groups of three or four members.Student opinions regarding the space and design of these classrooms were evaluated by paper-based surveys in the Introductory Solid Mechanics course during the Spring 2015 semester.Results are shown in Fig. 5. The results confirmed anecdotal feedback from students andteaching assistants: the classroom was too crowded and the chair arrangement did not facilitate Figure 1: Diagram of classroom layout in active learning configuration.collaborative learning. [11, 29, 32] To address this issue, a new active/flexible learning classroomwas created to host discussion sections for all three introductory mechanics courses.The initial planning of this active learning classroom began in February 2015. The selection
develop the experiment themselves. There were no step-by-step procedures. The lab reports were then used to fulfill the task as targeted to the audiencerather than to report just methods, results, etc.The paper presents details on the both the 2014 and 2015 class structures with exampleassignments and reports. It also compares report grades from previous semesters to the gradesfrom the 2014 and 2015 formats. Results of a student survey and a concept quiz, as well asvarious observations about student performance, pitfalls, and planned modifications are alsoincluded.1. IntroductionOver the past few years, there has been increasing debate over the pros and cons of activelearning in the classroom and many have moved away from the traditional lecture
, describes the project, and connects these concepts to studentlearning and a summary of the outcomes.2 Software engineering foundationSoftware engineering is a vast collection of theory and practice with the goal of producing thehighest-quality software at the lowest cost. It shares many characteristics with traditionalengineering design processes, but for the purposes of this work, the following elements are theemphasis. In particular, this course promotes the Agile methodology, which is supposed toachieve the same results without imposing onerous, administration-heavy overhead.1 Agile is nota substitute for proper planning and execution, however, so this freedom demands discipline,which is generally lacking in students at this stage of their
people learn and use engineering, and cur- rently co-directs the National Center for Cognition and Mathematics Instruction. He is a faculty member for the Latin American School for Education, Cognitive and Neural Sciences. As part of his service to the nation, Dr. Nathan served on the National Academy of Engineering/National Research Council Commit- tee on Integrated STEM Education, and is currently a planning committee member for the Space Studies Board of the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council workshop Sharing the Adventure with the Student: Exploring the Intersections of NASA Space Science and Education. At the University of Wisconsin, Dr. Nathan holds affiliate appointments in the Department of
on Pahl and Beitz as depicted by Dubberly.54 According to this process model, “In principle, the planning and design process proceeds from the planning and clarification of the task, through the identification of the required functions, the elaboration of principle solutions, the construction of modular structures, to the final documentationFig. 1: Engineering design process of the complete product.”.53Many models55 of design
for a personaldevelopment plan; development programs for women leaders, framing said leadershipdevelopment as identity work9; emphasis on factors which contribute to work engagement (e.g.,opportunity for ongoing challenges, novel experiences and continuous learning as well as workmatched to women’s interests and background); and supporting relationships (e.g., mentors andsponsors).Fewer programs and studies appear to be available which specifically address how to preparefemale engineering students for the transition beyond the bachelor’s degree with regard to thepsychological and systemic barriers they will face. Such studies and programs for thispreparation to enter either the workforce or engineering-related graduate programs comprise
engineers with bachelor’s degrees.Applicant Pool:Given the highly focused technical content of the SE M.Eng. program, qualified studentstypically possess undergraduate degrees in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, orArchitectural Engineering. Students with a Math, Physics, or Architecture background may alsobe admitted to the program; however they are required to take a year of undergraduate structuralengineering courses prior to enrollment in the graduate program.Recruitment Challenges:Size of Applicant Pool:While there is an advantage to knowing exactly who you want to recruit for a program, searchingfor students with a narrowly focused background significantly limits the size of the applicantpool. Thus, forming your recruitment plan is
solutions are favored by the authors as they allow for efficient revision and sharingof the notes.The first step in creating skeleton notes requires a thoughtful organization of the subject matteras this is crucial to the success of the notes and ultimately determines how the information willbe delivered to the student. In other words, this planning allows the instructor to create theunified and concise message that is so critical to the success of this method. During this stage,the instructor should assemble a thorough list of all main topics and supporting details to beincluded in the lecture, thus ensuring that none of the relevant topics are omitted from the notes.An inspection of this list of topics and subtopics will reveal that some topics
1 2 Full Professor 11Other quantitative and qualitative data was gathered for this study through a post-class survey. Thesurvey was designed to capture student’s attitudes concerning the use of Active Learning in theMC/MSD class and also to assess the overall student experience. To answer the final question,Instructor B was asked to reflect on his experience of using Active Learning and his plans forfuture implementation.Typical ClassFor the MC/MSD class described here, the student receives four credit units. They meet in 50-minute lecture sections on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday; and a three-hour laboratory sectionon either Tuesday or Thursday of each week. The students in the laboratory sections are
[13] stated “one starts with the end -the desiredresults (goals or standards)- and then drives the curriculum from the evidence of learning(performances) called for by the standards and the teaching needed to equip students to perform”(p. 8). It essentially consists of three phases (1) identifying desired results (2) determiningacceptable evidence and (3) planning learning experiences and instruction. Moreover, thisapproach does not alienate assessment from learning rather considers it to be part of the learningprocess. Hence, the faculty thinks about the resources and experiences along with ways to assessstudent learning.The instructors therefore started the design process with laying down the learning outcomes ofthe course. The course was