for laboratory activities deemed “scary” ordangerous by teachers because they required the use equipment the teachers feared or were unfamiliarwith, e.g., blowtorch, acid, etc. Anecdotal reports by the teachers credit the program with changing theirteaching practice. These results were not uniformly distributed among the teacher participants. Datacollected during this period was insufficient to demonstrate that the program led to the perceived changesin teacher practice, and it did not indicate what changes the teachers made. At this point in the programthe primary focus of the data collection was teacher and student learning. Measuring changes in teacherinstructional practices was of secondary interest. The overwhelming anecdotal data
engineering courses. Examples of the extremes (levels 1 and 5) were given for responders’ guidance. To what extent do learning environments in your curriculum foster sharing of ideas, exploring concepts and working collaboratively? To what extent do you feel comfortable sharing ideas, discussing beliefs, and expressing incomplete or incorrect ideas in the learning environment? How is discrimination and harassment in the classroom environment dealt with if it occurs? How are different experiences and levels of confidence with laboratory work addressed in your courses?We then asked more specifically about particular types of diversity. While University ofWashington’s PACE study (2011) included some
propertraining on these devices to draw employment opportunities back to this country. By providing astate-of-the-art learning environment, technicians and technologists can become morecompetitive within the workplace. The project will help community colleges and 2- and 4-yearuniversity-based technical programs to update curricula to meet the expectations of industry bysupplying qualified technicians and technologists who have extensive hands-on experience withcurrent design tools. By developing a curriculum that includes hands-on re-configurableelectronics laboratories, we will be able to provide students in these programs state-of-the-arttraining tools that match the expectations of industry.FPGAsFPGAs were created approximately 15 years ago by the
technology. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017Work Experience Requirement and Expectation of Construction Management Students in ACCE-Accredited Construction Management ProgramsAbstractUndergraduate construction management programs are designed to provide students withconstruction technology and business management related academic preparation for entry careersinto the construction industry. Classroom and laboratory instruction are the major pedagogicalstyles employed, with practical experience gained through student internships on actualconstruction related projects. This study stems from the need to define the quantity and nature ofskills students should acquire through an internship
postdoctoral studies at Emory Univer- sity as a Distinguished CCNE Fellow and NIH K99 Postdoctoral Fellow. Dr. Smith’s research interests include nanomaterial engineering, single-molecule imaging, and cancer biology. He teaches undergradu- ate and graduate courses in Bioengineering and is the Associate Head of Undergraduate Programs.Prof. Dallas R Trinkle , University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Dallas R. Trinkle is an associate professor in Materials Science and Engineering at Univ. Illinois, Urbana- Champaign. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from Ohio State University in 2003. Following his time as a National Research Council postdoctoral researcher at the Air Force Research Laboratory, he joined the faculty of the
Arthur Chlebowski received his M.S. and Ph.D. from the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University in 2009 and 2012 respectively, where he worked towards the development and integra- tion of an implantable pressure monitoring device for Glaucoma. He then went on to work at the Jackson Laboratory in the Simon John Lab, continuing his research as a post doc and research scientist. In 2014, he took a position at the University of Southern Indiana in the engineering department, slightly switching his focus to external monitoring devices. He has taught upper level and lower level courses regarding engineering, including the programs introductory freshman design course.David J. Ellert PE, University of Southern
during group activities vary each week. In-classExplorations and case studies present students with challenging context-rich problems thatrequire teamwork, communication, and time management. The weekly laboratory exercise is anintegral part of our curriculum. Over the course of the semester, students conduct nine laboratoryexperiments that emphasize experimental design. For each one, a guided inquiry portionintroduces the experimental setting under standard conditions. Students then discuss the baselinedata and choose a question to investigate. An experimental design is developed, critiqued by aTA, adjustments are made, and the experiment is carried out. Because our classroom and lab areintegrated, the spirit of discovery carries over from labs
turbine that will rotate along the vertical axis to capturebi-directional flow patterns. With the financial support from the Department of Energy (DOE),and other support from the National Renewable Energy Laboratories, and the University ofMinnesota’s St. Anthony’s Falls Laboratory, Verdant Power was able to design and testcomposite blades (improving from the generation 4 model) as well as optimize the new rotordesign. Figure 6 illustrates the dimensional comparison between the generation 4 and generation5 turbines. Both generation 4 and 5 designs includes patented technologies. 14Figure 6: KHPS Turbine comparison.Ocean Renewable Power CompanyCorporate Leadership Ocean Renewable Power Company’s (ORPC) headquarters is based out of Portland
,” International Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 32, no. 5, pp. 2134–2150, 2016.[10] D. E. Bolanakis, E. Glavas, and G. A. Evangelakis, “An Integrated Microcontroller-based Tutoring System for a Computer Architecture Laboratory Course,” International Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 23, no. 4, p. 785, 2007.[11] R. T. Castles, T. Zephirin, V. K. Lohani, and P. Kachroo, “Design and implementation of a mechatronics learning module in a large first-semester engineering course,” Education, IEEE Transactions on, vol. 53, no. 3, pp. 445–454, 2010.[12] W. K. Durfee, “Mechatronics for the masses: a hands-on project for a large, introductory design class,” International Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 593
interactions Ability to customize 3D virtual environments (such as lecture halls, laboratory spaces, virtual instrumentation, etc.) based on the course topics Ability to create and import relevant 3D models into the virtual space Programmatic control of 3D objects to develop interactive simulations (with or without a physics engine)The virtual world technology in this study supported many activities, including special topicslectures and demonstrations on robotics, virtual discussion sessions involving 3D models ofmicrocontrollers, virtual office hours and mentoring, and a virtual poster session. The virtualposter session allowed teams of students to present work that was shared in a 3D environmentwith other students in
Challengecompetency, hands on project/research, involves completion of some experience in a researchsetting related to the scholar’s challenge. This could include laboratory work, collection of dataor surveys, investigations into potential solutions for their Grand Challenge, etc. The secondcompetency is interdisciplinary curriculum, wherein the student is encouraged to take coursesoutside of their specific discipline. Entrepreneurship, the third competency, aims to developstudent’s skills in working with investors, business plans, and market analyses that are just ascrucial as the engineering technical solution. The GCSP Global dimension, the fourthcompetency, aims to develop students’ global perspectives and assist in their understanding ofthe global and
, electrical insulation parts, and rubber gloves12,13.Hot dipping activity resource requirements are vinyl plastisol, metal mandrel molds, and anappropriate oven. A convection countertop oven can be used to instead of a laboratory oven if itsinternal height is sufficient to allow mandrels to hang as they heat, nominally at least 6 inches(150 mm)14. The required heating temperature for vinyl plastisol is 400 ᵒF so the oven should beable to reach a temperature of at least 450 ᵒF. The vinyl plastisol can be dyed to different colorsby adding colorant if desired.The hot dip process must be completed in a well-ventilated area. To prepare for the hot dipprocess, mandrels preheat in the oven while students stir the vinyl plastisol dispersion thoroughlyto
Engineering’s Engineering Education Research Center at the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to joining the University of Pittsburgh, he was a science educator at Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS). Dr. Spiegel also served as Director of Research & Development for a multimedia development company and as founding Director of the Center for Integrating Research & Learning (CIRL) at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University. Under Dr. Spiegel’s leadership, the CIRL matured into a thriving Center recognized as one of the leading National Science Foundation Laboratories for activities to pro- mote science, mathematics, and technology (STEM) education. While at Florida State University
by such factors as education, participation in professional societiesand licensure. The program must also demonstrate the faculty have sufficient authority to ensureproper guidance of the program. Both of these can be demonstrated using the Hoshin Kanrimatrix by adding rows/columns intersecting the faculty rowsFigure 4: Hoshin Kanri Matrix for Criteria 2 - 6Criterion 7: Facilities ISO 9001:2015 states “The organization shall determine, provide and maintain theinfrastructure necessary for the operation of its processes to achieve conformity of products andservices”. [8] If you replace infrastructure with “classrooms, offices, laboratories, and associatedequipment” and conformity of products and services with “attainment of student
justify more faculty. One measure of department productivity is the number of students takingclasses from that department. A university core course can greatly boost a department’sproductivity in this area.ResourcesIn addition to faculty, other resources are needed for the course. Based on current models, it ishighly desirable to include a laboratory component in the course. For that, money will be neededfor equipment, supplies, and, unless the class is small, assistants in the lab. Additional labtechnicians may be needed; hopefully, undergraduate students could be hired as lab assistants. Ifthe course is either another elective option or is replacing another course in the core, adequateclassroom and lab space should be available.MaterialsPeople
. 2017) and a Masters of Science in Computer Science (Dec. 2018). He is currently an RPI Engineering Ambassador and is participating in research with Professor Agung Julius from the RPI ECSE department as well as research with the Worldwide Computing Laboratory group (https://wcl.cs.rpi.edu/) directed by Professor Carlos Varela. He has also worked as an engineering intern for Sikorsky Aircraft (Summer 2015, Summer 2016).Timothy Andrew Spafford, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Timothy Spafford is a fourth year student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, pursuing both a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and a M.B.A. At RPI he is involved in the Engineering Ambassador program, where he is a student ambassador as well as a
., graduate teaching assistants, mixedundergraduate/graduate courses, research seminars and presentations, undergraduate researchopportunities in a graduate laboratory). Unfortunately, not all colleges have a graduate programthat provides these same opportunities. As a prime example, Wentworth Institute of Technologyis an undergraduate-centric college, without a day-time graduate program or on-campus graduatestudents. This likely puts the undergraduate students at a disadvantage, as they are not exposed toa graduate community; as well as decreasing the overall interest in graduate school, as studentseither don’t know it is an option, or don’t understand what they will be doing in graduate schooland why and when it matters for career success.A team of
tofeel where the tension was”. “I learned how to apply it to real life rather than memorizing it for anexam”.Introduction and BackgroundConventional engineering lectures are structured to present students with theory pertaining to aspecific scientific principle, followed by examples and practice problems. Once the students arepresented with the theory, their knowledge is usually reinforced with a laboratory experiment onthe material. This approach focuses on having students remember information for laterapplication. The issue with this approach is that students begin to think in terms of set test cases.If they are presented with a problem, they attempt to relate it to an example they have seen beforeand approach the solution in the same manner
. He has been active in the technology application research and teaching training courses for the local industries and technology application centerMr. Nestor Escobales P.E., Old Dominion University Mr. Escobales is a licensed professional engineer (PE) with 18 years of progressive structural engineering experience in the US. Mr. Escobales expertise is in the area of pre-engineered metal buildings (PEMB), low rise building construction, and forensic engineering. Mr. Escobales is a graduate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and is currently serving as the Civil Engineering Technology Program Director at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA. He is also the Materials Laboratory Direc- tor
investigations such as designing and testing of propulsion systems including design and development of pilot testing facility, mechanical instrumentation, and industrial applications of aircraft engines. Also, in the past 10 years she gained experience in teaching ME and ET courses in both quality control and quality assurance areas as well as in thermal-fluid, energy conversion and mechanical areas from various levels of instruction and addressed to a broad spectrum of students, from freshmen to seniors, from high school graduates to adult learners. She also has extended experience in curriculum development. Dr Husanu developed laboratory activities for Measurement and Instrumentation course as well as for quality control
experience through an appliedapproach (theory-to-practice) with sustainable transportation. The program parallels theengineering challenge of designing plug-in electric vehicles on a 1/10 scale. Students arechallenged to design efficient battery powered vehicles and solar charging station torecharge the vehicle’s batteries.Introduction Existing literature emphasizes the importance of hands-on learning. Nersessianbelieves hands-on experiences constitute the core of science learning (Ma and Nickerson,2006). Most recently, Bigler and Hanegan (2011) have found that allowing students touse equipment for DNA extraction and gel electrophoresis in a biotechnology classimproved students' content knowledge. The use of laboratories in enhancing courses
Paper ID #18020Highlighting and Examining the Importance of Authentic Industry Examplesin a Workforce Development Certificate ProgramDr. Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University Dr. Michael D. Johnson is an associate professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and In- dustrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. Prior to joining the faculty at Texas A&M, he was a senior product development engineer at the 3M Corporate Research Laboratory in St. Paul, Minnesota. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University and his S.M. and Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of
Ph.D. degree from the University of California at Berkeley. He has previously held industrial positions as a Researcher at the Hitachi America Semiconductor Research Laboratory (San Jose, California), and Compiler Developer at Kuck & Associates (Champaign, Illinois). He has held a visiting research position at the US Air Force Research Laboratory (Rome, New York). He is a Fellow of the IEEE. He has been a Nokia Distinguished Lecturer (Finland) and Fulbright Specialist (Austria and Germany). He has received the NSF Career Award (USA).Andrew Elby, University of Maryland, College Park Andrew Elby’s work focuses on student and teacher epistemologies and how they couple to other cognitive machinery and help to drive
junior-level courses have a peer tutor assigned to them. The peer tutor is responsiblefor holding office hours in our conference/student room to offer advice to students working ontheir homework assignments. Tutors often organize problem solving sessions or review sessionsbefore midterm or final examinations.Students organize their own study groups. We believe that this is a direct result of thecommunity we have strived to create in the department. We have an open lab policy: studentscan study in the laboratories if no class is being offered there. We encourage students to work ontheir assignments together. We believe that collaboration is a key to successful learning. Becausestudents are admitted directly into the department, they never compete
. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 A Capstone Project: Assessment of Energy Savings from Retuning of Air HandlersAbstractOne of the best ways to reduce operating costs for buildings is to reduce energy consumption.Energy is used to run equipment in classrooms and laboratories, provide area lighting and hotwater, but heating and cooling typically account for the largest energy use in a building.Facilities Management at Western Carolina University (WCU) maintains over 300 air handlingunits (AHUs) covering almost 3.1 million square feet. These AHUs provide heating and coolingand operate continuously while their respective building is occupied. Some newer AHUs havevariable frequency drives (VFDs
education sector, mostly in terms of quantity rather than quality(Tarnoff & Lawson, 2009). The new Afghan National Unity Government, with the cooperationand assistance of the international community, recently renewed its commitment to furtherreconstruct and develop the country’s infrastructure and its central governing institutions. Thiscommitment includes the implementation of basic reform programs, and engineering educationhas an important role to play in this regard. Unfortunately, the current Afghan engineeringeducation system faces several challenges and is unable to address not only the needs of theinternational job market but its own job market needs as well. Outdatedcurricula, limited facilities for performing practical and laboratory
Paper ID #19405Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Programs: Multidisciplinary Projectswith Homes in Any DisciplineProf. Behnaam Aazhang, Rice University Behnaam Aazhang received his B.S. (with highest honors), M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1981, 1983, and 1986, re- spectively. From 1981 to 1985, he was a Research Assistant in the Coordinated Science Laboratory, University of Illinois. In August 1985, he joined the faculty of Rice University, Houston, Texas, where he is now the J.S. Abercrombie Professor in the Department of Electrical
curricula, and the role of non-cognitive and affective factors in student academic outcomes and overall success.Prof. Bedrich Benes Ph.D., Purdue University, West Lafayette Bedrich Benes is a professor of Computer Graphics Technology at Purdue University and a director of the High Performance Computer Graphics Laboratory. His area of research is in computer graphics, geometric modeling, procedural and inverse procedural modeling and simulation of natural phenomena. He has published over 100 research papers in the field. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Identifying Affordances of Physical Manipulatives Tools for the Design of Visuo-haptic
ILTs. In the context of engineering education, the body of research has focusedon introducing developed computing systems or technology, such as virtual laboratories [9-10],e-learning [11], and interactive learning tools [12], as interactive educational tools. However, weknow little about how students’ individual personal traits leverage the effect of such tools,especially concerning the tools’ psychological, attitudinal, and behavioral effects. Thus, thisstudy will fill this gap in the literature in engineering education.2. Roles of Interactive Learning Tools in Engineering EducationStudents usually perform much better when they actively engage in their learning process,evaluate what they are learning, and regulate their own learning path
effectiveness of laboratory classes. Nick holds a BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering and has experience as an engineering practitioner and as an adjunct instructor at the community-college and research-university level.Mr. Nimit Patel, McKinsey & Company Nimit Patel is a Data Analyst with McKinsey & Company, at their Knowledge Center in Waltham. He completed his Master of Science in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University in December 2016. During this period, he also worked as a Data Analytics Research Assistant with the Engineering Education Department and as Vice President - Industry Committee, INFORMS at Purdue University. He completed his Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering from Sardar