of novice teachers’ epistemological framing ofengineering learning and teaching. The inclusion of engineering design at all grade levels in theNext Generation Science Standards calls for efforts to create learning opportunities for teachersto learn to teach engineering. In our research on the role of engineering in elementary teacherpreparation, we ask, what learning goals do new elementary teachers take up when asked to doengineering design themselves, and what learning goals do they establish when setting upengineering design tasks for students?We conducted an interpretive comparative case study with two purposefully selected cases,chosen to unpack contrasting epistemological framing of engineering. Ana and Ben participatedin the same
engineering and technology students.For example, the following constitute a sample of effective practice furthering our students’propensity for, and capability with, technological innovation:Phase 1 Ideation: In an introductory freshman class using creative brainstorming of howtechnological problems are addressed differently in various regions of the world.Phase 2 Development: Implementing a vertically integrated capstone project that teams studentsfrom each year of the baccalaureate program on an industry-based problem. Senior studentsmentor junior ones to develop advanced skills.Phase 3 Realization: Students work with entrepreneurs, for example in the university’stechnology park or incubator, in implementing an innovationInteraction with Context
professional development. ProjectCREATE met or exceeded all of its objectives. The project completed the local, regional,and state curriculum development and approval processes and began offering 30 newengineering/manufacturing/electronics/ information technology associate degree andcertificate programs. These curricula resulted in 105 new courses integrating academicand vocational subject matter with industry skill standards and/or competencies.The CREATE Regional Centers, which evolved out of Project CREATE’s successes,established objectives, activities, outcomes, and timelines designed to target the sevenchief areas of need or goals that the CREATE project identified. These areas includeteacher preparation, high school feeder linkages, articulation
study and the program to glean some more insights.We must repeat the experiment in different settings such as autonomous colleges, affiliated colleges, anddifferent geographies to enhance our understanding of use of the resources. Analyzing use of resources in thecontext of courses, faculty, and their teaching methods can also be helpful. We can also study correlation, ifany, between resources in use and performance at the examination.In general, students and even many faculty members are not sufficiently information literate – they do notknow sources of information and optimum ways to access them. It has to change. In case of students, wehave to integrate information literacy instruction across their engineering curriculum. 5, 6 and 7 This can
hydrologic field measurements. Specialty areas of research and consulting include integrated urban water management, low-impact de- velopment, green infrastructure design, storm water management, flood risk modeling, vulnerabilities and adaptation strategies for urban water systems, and the water-energy nexus. Steve’s research projects have been funded by National Laboratories, EPA, NSF, DOD, DOE, State Departments of Transportation, and Private Industry. His work has resulted in more than 50 authored or co-authored peer-reviewed publi- cations. Dr. Burian currently is an Associate Director of the Global Change and Sustainability Center and the Co-Director of Sustainability Curriculum Development at the University of Utah
from a Student Perspective?AbstractThis paper investigates student perceptions of the relationships between social media,engineering, and leadership. Participants in this study consisted of freshmen engineeringstudents enrolled in a first-semester introduction to engineering course at the University of SouthCarolina. A grounded theory approach was used, in which instructional activities and datacollection processes occurred concurrently, were guided by one another, and developed over thecourse of the study. The phrase “social media engineering leadership” is developed within thispaper to include social media mediated communication within an engineering leadership context.The results of this study suggest that social media engineering
process aremore blurred, and play is encouraged. Thus, though photosculpture was dismissed as beingunable to truly capture aesthetic “beauty” or creative “genius”—fundamental properties ofartistic mastery—3D printing needs only to afford the ability to be “more creative.” In an oddway, the rhetoric of 3D printing, particularly its ability to further galvanize a burgeoning popularcreative movement, may be successful because of its lack of the ontological burden of art. Inother words, because 3D printing does not have to strive to be art, it is free to do educational andcritical work beyond art. We draw out some of the implications of this comparative history fortechnological literacies—both in terms of public engagement with technology and in
power control or fan speed control is required. Students in an instrumentation or controlscourse could use the USB interface to the Arduino to collect data and/or reprogram the Arduino toperform feedback control.Six of the devices with varying sized heat sinks were used in a trial homework assignment in anundergraduate heat transfer course with 75 students in Spring 2015 and in another section of thesame course with 57 students in Winter 2016. At this point, we have no quantitative assessmentdata.OverviewThough laboratory exercises are a standard part of an engineering curriculum, there are a widevariety of ways that labs can be implemented. In recent years a number of simple experimentshave been developed that help to make laboratory
Texas, she has worked with the Department of Mathematics and the Department of Biomedical Engineering on under- graduate student education initiatives. She draws on her experiences in technical recruiting and mathe- matics education to influence her research. Stephanie holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a master’s in educational psychology from the University of Texas at Austin. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Targeted Recruitment of Biomedical Engineering Graduate Students: The Influence of Recruitment Event ChangesAbstractThis paper presents progress on an ongoing study of the effectiveness of the
word groups). The ability to do thisallows writers to see an objective, quantitative structure and logic underneath text sentences—rather than a subjective, qualitative blur. Once a “sentence engineer” is able to see the formulasbeneath sentences, he or she can then also detect and repair common sentence errors, such aspronoun reference errors, which to reconcile, often involves moving terms around in a sentenceequation, so the reader can more easily locate what noun a pronoun replaces, or seen through thelens of math—“solve for X.”Course DesignBenchmark: As an attempt to design the experimental class so that it might viably articulate intothe university’s undergraduate General Education (G.E.) curriculum, I developed my STEMgrammar course so
research and gender and culture in science education. Her research interests include girls’ participation in science and engineering; teacher’s engagement in action research; and science teachers’ integration of the engineering design process to improve science learning.James D. Lehman, Purdue University Dr. James D. Lehman is a Professor of Learning Design and Technology in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and the Director of the Discovery Learning Research Center at Purdue University. He is member of the leadership teams of two current NSF-funded projects, Science Learning through Engineer- ing Design (SLED) and Professional Development for Computer Science (PD4CS). He holds a B.S. and M.S. in biology and
to do STEMoutreach by giving presentations and demonstrations using an interactive humanoid robotthrough community events and school visits.A simple drag-and-drop graphical programming interface called Choregraphe that came with theNao robot made it possible for students without much programming experience to put togethersimple demonstrations. Over the years, different components like music, dance moves,impersonation, simple dialogues, storytelling, interactive games, etc. have been added to acollection of demonstrations which engaged the audients especially the school-aged-children.In the fall semesters of recent years, the Nao outreaches were integrated with the freshmen teamdesign projects conducted in another course: EGR101 Introduction
Thermo-Fluids and High Speed Aerodynamics for the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Depart- ment at ASU. His interests include student pathways and motivations into engineering and developing lab-based curriculum. Recently, he has developed an interest in non-traditional modes of content delivery including online classes and flipped classrooms. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Redesign of the Introduction to Engineering Course and its Impact on Students’ Knowledge and Application of the Engineering Design ProcessAbstractThis evidence-based practice paper describes the changes made to a 2-credit introduction toengineering course at Arizona State University to teach the
Paper ID #15012Revealing Student Misconceptions and Instructor Blind Spots with MuddiestPoint Formative FeedbackDr. Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University Dr. Cindy Waters is an assistant professor in the Mechanical Engineering and she specializes in porous metals for biological and transportation applications, and engineering education. Dr. Waters’ research expertise is in the creation and characterization of metallic foams and porous metals for the future of ap- plications ranging from space exploration to biomedical implants. These metals display a high density to strength ratio and improved ability for
. Necessary as the analytical tools of science and mathematics most certainly are, more important is the development in student and neophyte engineers of sound judgment and an intuitive sense of fitness and adequacy. No matter how vigorously a “science” of design may be pushed, the successful design of real things in a contingent world will always be based more on art than on science. Unquantifiable judgments and choices are the elements that determine the way a design comes together. Engineering design is simply that kind of process. It always has been; it always will be. 2 Ferguson implies that engineering judgment is something informed by mathematics andscience, but states that engineering judgment
Paper ID #15425Touching Water: Exploring Thermodynamic Properties with Clausius AppDr. Smitesh Bakrania, Rowan University Dr. Smitesh Bakrania is an associate professor in Mechanical Engineering at Rowan University. He re- ceived his Ph.D. from University of Michigan in 2008 and his B.S. from Union College in 2003. His research interests include combustion synthesis of nanoparticles and combustion catalysis using nanopar- ticles. He is also involved in developing educational apps for instructional and research purposes.Mr. Austin Carrig, Rowan University I am currently a student at Rowan University studying mechanical
, a state-of-the-art facility for education and research in the areas of automation, control, and automated system integration. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Skill Sets Needed for Industrial Automation CareersIndustrial automation has a profound effect on the way we do work. Across the five majorindustry groups that employ more than 40 percent of all manufacturing employees, nearly threeout of every four plants use advanced manufacturing technology1. A U.S. Census Bureau reportnotes that the yearly exports in the flexible manufacturing category (equivalent to industrialautomation) were $19.44B in 2006, a 10% jump from $17.61B in 2005 2. Monthly exports in theflexible