the results. Each report is limited to one page, and will include a one paragraph executive summary followed by a detailed analysis of the problem. Problem Statements 1. Your customers have specified that a new part you plan to carry must weigh between 95g and 105g. The supplier you generally use says they can provide that part for you. They measure a sample of 40 parts and create a 95% confidence interval on the mean that spans from 97g to 101g. A normal probability plot of the sample confirms the weight of the parts is approximately normally distributed. What should your company do? 2. Your company maintains a fleet of delivery trucks. Fuel cost is a significant expense for the company and your fleet averages 14.9 miles
e. Energy f. Ethics g. Funding h. Government i. People-serving j. Politics k. Pollution l. Public health m. Public safety/Security n. Social impacts o. Teamwork5. CORRECT Non-technical links – Sum the total number of links between technical and non-technical concepts.6. Engineering concepts such as: a. Assessment (e.g., PASER) b. Code of Ethics c. Constructability d. Decision-making e. Design f. Environmental Impact g. Green Infrastructure h. Life cycle costs i. Maintenance j. Materials (see Figure 1) k. Planning l. Resilience Figure 1 - Engineering materials. Note that in this example the student has
into the first-yearIntroduction to Engineering course to provide real world context for a hands-on team baseddesign project. Even though quantitative results show that this incorporation did not seem tohave an impact on students’ motivation, it did increase students’ knowledge about the GrandChallenges and positively impacted students’ interest. Overall, both quantitative and qualitativeresults show that this real world context based on the NAE Grand Challenges has positivelychanged students’ perception of engineers’ roles and the impact of engineering solutions in thesociety, and has effectively helped students better understand the engineering profession andhow to approach real world engineering problems.Future plans for the project include
conducted by Ms. Irvin.19 Dr. Heidi Ries was born in Marion, OH in 1960. She attended Ohio State University where he she obtained a B.S. and M.S. in Physics in 1982 and 1984, respectively. She later went on to complete a Ph.D. in Applied Physics at Old Dominion University in 1987. Following completion of her M.S., she began teaching at Norfolk State University, where she helped organize school-wide assessment plans, establish the Center for Materials Research, and develop the Graduate science program. Leaving Norfolk State for the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), Ries began her current role as Dean for Research, managing and facilitating faculty work, and
with respect to engineering students and instructors. Thisresearch endeavor might as well lead to model the relationship between the usability of LMS forengineering vs. other academic disciplines. It has been detected from the SAM that there are notsufficient research endeavors to understand how usable LMS are with respect to occupationaltraining in corporations. The research has been focusing on usability of LMS in educationalinstitutions, yet corporation e-training has been disregarded. The authors are planning to focus onLMS usability for different types of employees; covering blue collar and white collar employees’trainings. 4. Which LMS types have been investigated mostly?Moodle and Blackboard have been the mostly used LMS in the
micro-gravity on Regolith forover a year on the ISS. T STAR then approached MISL to provide the embedded intelligence system thatwill monitor, control, record, and report all aspects of the experiment during its year-long investigation.Three undergraduate students were assigned to the project which was delivered approximately six weeksafter grant funding was received. NASA plans to have its experiment (STRATA-1) aboard the SpaceX-9launch later this year. This paper provides an overview of the project, the students’ approach totranslating the problem statement into a functional and tested product, the lessons learned from a multi-partner development effort and an update of the project following installation and operation on the ISS.Background
experiences questionnaire: Tentative norms for the fourth edition. Bloomington: Center for Postsecondary Research and Planning, Indiana University. 21. Pascarella, E. T., Cruce, T. M., Wolniak, G. C., & Blaich, C. F. (2004). Do liberal arts colleges really foster good practices in undergraduate education? Journal of College Student Development, 45(1), 57-74.22. Kuh, G. D., & Hu, S. (2001). The effects of student-faculty interaction in the 1990s. The Review of Higher Education, 24(3), 309-332.23. Pike, G. R., & Kuh, G. D. (2005a). First- and second-generation college students: A comparison of their engagement and intellectual development. Journal of Higher Education, 76(3), 276-300.24. Pike, G. R., & Kuh, G. D
Rockett and Geoffrey Herman. Her research is a mixture between understanding defect behavior in solar cells and student learning in Materials Science. Outside of research she helps plan the Girls Learning About Materials (GLAM) summer camp for high school girls at UIUC. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Studying Students' Understanding of Engineering Concepts Through Their Sketches1. IntroductionSketches and other forms of graphical communication are central to both the practice andlearning of engineering1-4. Visual representations play a critical role in helping students learnengineering concepts, socialize them into the engineering discipline, and
Project/Problem Based 2.35* R = .271 F = 4.84** Courses R2 = .074With Longevity:Interest Robotics -2.06* R = .172 F = 4.25* R2 = .030All (n= 142) Organization -What it Takes 3.33*** Use Resources 2.022* R = .322 8.09*** R2 = .102All (n= 98) Plan Ahead CW -2.39* R
Engineering Technology Bendel State University Bendel State Nigeria. Au-gust 1981-August 1984 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (Science & Engineering Research Council Award)Mechanical & Aeronautical Departments Queen Mary College, Imperial College University of London,United Kingdom.INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE (Summaries) August 1974- 1983 Co-ops & Internships & EmploymentShell-BP International Oil Company Waterloo, London, United Kingdom. August 1997- date Consultant(Distance Learning Strategic Planning) Peninsula Technikon Cape Town South Africa. October 1990-2003 Research Scientist (Low NOx Jet Engine Designs) General Electric/CSU Ohio. October 2002-2008Research Scientist (Automated Inspection Systems) Ford Glass Company/CAU/GIT Memphis
enrollees based on attributes of applicants selectedfrom 2009 to 2015 admission applications; and quantitative and qualitative observations of theprogram’s domestic applicants, admits, visitors, and enrollees based on post-admissionrecruitment event attendance from 2011 to 2015. The observations and descriptive analysis givespecial attention to student groups of interest including URMs, low SES, and Top 20 students.Finally, practical strategies and plans for future improvements are discussed.Application data from domestic applicants (N=802), admits (N= 230), visitors (N=207), andenrollees (N=111) in the doctoral program from 2009 to 2015 were analyzed. Internationalstudents were not included in the analysis for two reasons. First, only a small
graduate assistant in the Academic Success Center, working specifically with the Supplemental Instruction program. Prior to attending Iowa State University, Jennifer received a Bachelor of Arts in Government from Centre College.Mr. Alec James Knight, Iowa State University Alec Knight is a first-year Master’s student in the Student Affairs program at Iowa State University. He is a Graduate Assistant in the International Students and Scholars Office, tasked with planning International Student Orientation. He is a graduate of Grinnell College, where he received a BA in German with a Concentration in Linguistics. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016Racial microaggressions within the
were trying to build, and paid greater attention to input constraints and the usage ofrelevant equipment. More importantly, they are more critical of every step of the experiment. Asample of the laboratory write-up on the DOE submitted by one student is given in theAppendix. In conclusion, a simple and straight forward way to implement DOE exercises in thefreshmen level course titled Circuit I is the right approach to instill critical thinking for hands-onexperience. In addition, it is the right place, based on student aptitude and attitude, to work ontheir own engineering circuit design process. With this success, we plan to implement DOEexercises with different levels of emphasis in advanced courses as well.V ConclusionsIn this paper, a
ADAGE25 ) to track specific meaningful behaviors such as thenumber of times a player clicks the query button for objects (information gathering to define theproblem and plan) or to capture the rapid acceleration of object placement that could indicate the“aha moment” of insight in discovering the solution and quickly implementing. By pairing suchdata with think-aloud interviews, we can corroborate or refute such coding in order to exploremetacognitive activity in problem solving. That is, through such procedures we hope to not onlyobserve and document specific strategies being used, or to hear the participant claim to use suchstrategies, but to see if and when both happen together.InterviewsThe semi-structured interviews were designed to get a
and/or sciences completed Pre-requisite classes completed Attendance at all internship No overall GPA requirements Writing intensive designation meetings - Oct, Feb, & May Preliminary evaluation – Training plan Application packet completed & submitted by April 1st Industry Supervisor & Student Weekly summary reports Midterm & Final evaluations – Repeatable for credit Summary
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fact had questions after completing the learningmodules might have put the students in an uncomfortable position. Likewise, the cookie-cutterassignment instructions were not part of the learning modules, because the intention was tochallenge students and evoke their creativity, rather than dispatch the exact requirements for anexcellence performance. So, bringing some uncertainty and messiness to learning was by design;the flipped format was a process to ensure that, in the end, student struggles are simply a part oflearning.Productive learning in class. The students agreed that online modules, integrated self-evaluationexercises and a follow-up graded quiz prior to in-class time helped to plan for and anticipate in-class sessions before they
, Art Education, andLandscape Architecture. Finally, Marshall[10] discusses a course that integrates students fromEngineering, Architecture, and Urban Planning. These and similar courses certainly emphasizediversity of student population, but the students involved often contribute in their area ofexpertise. Whether this leads to a meaningful integration of disciplines depends on the leadersand participants of the courses.In contrast to the courses described above, the intent of the course described in this paper is todevelop a liberal arts course that appeals to engineering students without necessarily beingrestricted to any specific enrollment ratios. Engineers are a target audience for two reasons.First, as previously noted, is that these
globally connected education". The Deakin Universitystrategic direction is achieved in part by delivering a quality online engineering program. Ourgoal is that online program will provide online students with a premium learning experienceequal to that of on-campus students. The freshman residential school is a gateway for the first-year engineering on-campus/online students where the students could interact with each other,working as teams through collaborative learning. Some pedagogical characteristics of onlineeducation at Deakin University are: 1. The inspiration of an educational organization in planning, preparation and delivery of material for on-campus/online collaboration among students. 2. Provision of teacher-student and
students from their labs or thelabs of their colleagues. At this time, graduate student volunteers who previously volunteered arecontacted and invited to participate. Past volunteers are also asked to suggest names of othergraduate students who may be interested in volunteering. Ideally, this results in a group of four tosix dedicated graduate student volunteers who will work together to plan the outreach event. Onthe first day of the conference, the conference organizers also make an announcement asking foradditional volunteers. Graduate students who volunteer the day of the event take on a smallerrole of escorting students between sessions or helping with the design and build activity. A set ofprofessional volunteers is required for a Faculty
planned. Issues that arenot able to be resolved are assumed, perhaps implicitly, to remain intractable due to lack ofsufficient resources, failure to engage needed actors, or the inability (as of yet) to articulate avalid solution path. The role of the change agent is that of an engineer or manager.In contrast Theory B views issues as tensions between portions of the system and/or multipleactors that represent a dynamic equilibrium within the system. This equilibrium is the state ofthe system as it currently exists and the state in turn is defined by the existence of tensions. Thetensions do not exist by design, rather they arise almost coincidentally from rational ordefensible positions taken by actors or organizational units within the system
York: Basic Books.26. Quental, D., C. Reidsema, and L. Kavanagh. Fostering ownership of learning in engineering education. in 25th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education: Engineering the Knowledge Economy: Collaboration, Engagement & Employability. 2014. School of Engineering & Advanced Technology, Massey University.27. Milner-Bolotin, M., The effects of topic choice in project-based instruction on undergraduate physical science students' interest, ownership, and motivation. 2001, The University of Texas at Austin.28. Downie, M. and P. Moore, Closing the Gap: Schools Forge a Bridge to Community--In California: Comprehensive Services and Realistic Planning
to which universitythey should collaborate with for their innovation project, relevance of a university tothe project should be put into priority over its research capacity (or its reputation).3.2.2. The University’s Game. A university, in order to maximize its payoff, need tolink to the correct firm (or innovation project) that allows the university to exploitits research capacity and support for students the most. The available variables for auniversity to plan the utilization of its research capacity are: (1) A firm’s investmentfor its innovation project M ; (2) The intensity of university’s engagement to theinnovation project β.Claim 4. The increase of the investment M in an innovation project increases theuniversity’s payoff ΠU from the
% Viewing Angles 11% None 8% Not Enough Interactions 8% Video Audio 8% Pictures Text Small 6% More Animations 3%For the upcoming immersive study, Razer Hydra controllers will be used, and this should greatlyimprove the movement and interaction controls. Other negative comments included theinformation icons being hard to find or confusing. Future plans to address this includeeliminating some of the icons and having students directly interact with scene objects. Very fewstudents
asreports from the National Research Council and the National Science Foundation), websites,scholarly articles, and popular media to understand how NGSS fits within common culturalconstructions of the purposes and goals of science and engineering education.FindingsThe Appendix D case study designed to assist teachers of “economically disadvantaged students”is presented as a vignette. This means that it is not a full transcript of the associated videofootage that the authors viewed for comparative purposes. The vignette summarizes oneteacher's lesson plans that NGSS presents as exemplary for its attention to student “culture,”“sense of place,” and “funds of knowledge.” The vignette specifically calls out several instances,which allege to embody the
understanding of the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic,environmental, and societal context, recognizing the need to work with others across nationalboundaries and societal sectors, and instilling a desire to learn more about the complex dynamicsof climate change are some of the significant outcomes of this short exercise. The fact that thecomputer simulation supporting the World Energy Exercise is also used to support high-leveldecision-making about climate change and energy policy, also drives home its relevance to aninternationally important societal issue. Although the exercise requires significant planning andapproximately two and a half hours of class time, its impact is significant as evidenced by thedata provided above.Eighty
customers or industries, thetechnologies in the toolbox are applicable for each of the planned portfolio projects.The technology toolbox itself put requirements on employee skills. An assessment of theavailable employee skills at the company should be conducted in order to define the gap andanalyse future requirements for the personnel. Hiring recent graduates, who already haveknowledge in the technology, can then close the gap. In order to assure that the students willhave the necessary knowledge the company should establish the contact to these studentsalready before their graduation. Thus in case of Big Data solutions in the company’s portfolioand graph database technologies in the technology toolbox, the company might realize a needin a group
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graduation.Tracey…has had a lifelong interest in electronics which led him to study engineering and toeventually be a lead participant in SPU’s robotics club. Tracey has a learning disability which isan impediment and necessitates that he set aside more time for assignments than his peers. Hehas learned to compensate, however, and is making solid progress toward his engineering degree.He plans to attend an engineering conference this year or next to make more connections withother engineers in robotics. His path has been a bit jagged, but he expects to graduate a yearfrom now.Discussion – lessons learnedAs the vignettes illustrate, ECASE students can have significant financial need, significant family responsibilities, limited effective study habits, and