this assignment.”Many students acknowledged and appreciated the importance of MATLAB as an essential toolfor ECE and the need for gaining or improving MATLAB use and programming familiarity andexpertise for students and engineers: “I like what you are trying to do with this project because Ido believe that it will be important for all of us to be familiar with MATLAB at some pointbefore we start our careers. I think it was a good call making the assignment extra credit becausemost of us have very little understanding with MATLAB in the first place.” And another studentwrote, “I personally think that the Matlab project was a great idea as in industry I used Matlab allof the time.”Some students confirmed that MATLAB exercises helped them develop
existence of a fixed hardware itself. As avivid example, students can receive the direct feeling how to build a complex project fromscratch. Simple or complex, students are strongly encouraged to launch the building of their ownsuit by following the same way, or any other engineering project. The second is the diversity of its functions. As mentioned above, in the current version of thesuit, engineering topics involved span from CAD design and 3D printing to microprocessor andmicrocomputer system design, image processing, sensor and signal processing, wirelesscommunication, etc. And more new functions can be easily integrated into the suit system. Another important aspect involved in the suit development is the career development
skilled workforce for thewind energy industry. This will lead to more wind energy production, which will lessen the needfor burning fossil fuel and decrease CO2 and other pollutant emissions. It also focuses onimproving technology education in general. Through dissemination efforts, such an innovativeapproach may be expanded and adopted by other community colleges in wind energy educationand other programs. The simulator and associated teaching techniques may be later adapted forother technician fields. Finally, the developers hope to inspire K-12 students into STEMeducation. Through outreach efforts, K-12 students will be excited and motivated to pursuecourses and careers in wind energy and other STEM fields.Potential ReplicabilityOne of the
economies. He received the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Early Career Award in 2009. He is co-editor of the Cambridge Handbook of Engineering Education Research (CHEER) published by Cam- bridge University Press, New York, NY. Dr. Johri earned his Ph.D. in Learning Sciences and Technology Design at Stanford University and a B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering at Delhi College of Engineering.Prof. Huzefa RangwalaDr. Jaime Lester, George Mason University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Retention and Persistence among STEM Students: A Comparison of Direct Admit and Transfer Students across Engineering and ScienceAbstractImproving student retention in particular science
Engineer in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Mr. Sweeney began his career as a Quality Engineer for Lord Corpo- ration. He worked there eleven years with the last eight years being as a Product Designer of vibration control products. He joined the faculty at Penn State Behrend in 1996 where he teaches a variety of engi- neering mechanics courses. His research interests are materials testing, industrial statistics, and vibration analysis. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Gage Capability Case Study in a Quality Control Course Shannon Sweeney, P.E. Associate Professor of Engineering
Engineering Careers for Male and Female Students. Proceedings of the 2011 Frontiers in Education National Conference.10 Tonso, K. L. (2006). Student Engineers and Engineer Identity: Campus Engineer Identities as Figured World, 1( 2):273–307.11 Chinn, C. A., Buckland, L. A. and Samarapungavan, A. (2011). Expanding the Dimensions of Epistemic Cognition: Arguments from Philosophy and Psychology,” Educ. Psychol. 46(3):141–167.12 Creswell, J. W., and Vicki L. Plano Clark. (2007). Designing and conducting mixed methods research. Sage Publications.13 Faber, C., Vargas, P., and Benson, L. (2016a). Engineering Students' Epistemic Cognition in a Research Environment. International Journal of Engineering Education, 32(6): 2487– 2500.)14 Faber, C
Paper ID #17821Rethinking the Macroscopic Presentation of the Second Law of Thermody-namicsDr. Indranil Brahma, Bucknell University Doctor Brahma is an associate professor of mechanical engineering at Bucknell University. His primary research focus is data enabled modeling. Prior to his academic career he worked for about eight years in the automotive industry. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 1 Rethinking the Macroscopic Presentation of the Second Law of 2 Thermodynamics 3 Abstract: The classical macroscopic presentation of the second law of
,’no matter where they live, what educational path they pursue, or which field they choose towork.”10 This understanding paired with shocking data regarding the lagging achievement of USstudents in STEM, resulted in a major overhaul of educational science standards that ultimatelyled to the development of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).11 The NGSS includeengineering and technology as learning goals and focus on the impact that engineering can haveon humans.11-13 However, many K-12 teachers do not have a good understanding of engineeringpractices, applications or careers.4, 14 Furthermore, most undergraduate teacher educationprograms do not include engineering concepts or engineering design practices in theircurriculum.14-16 As
phase. SOLTs will serve as stand-alone tools and tutorials within theinteractive experience. Students may start by watching one or more SOLTs or jump straight intothe interactive experience and use the SOLTs as supports when needed.This project has the potential to increase learning for DHH students in statistics, increase thenumber of DHH students who continue to pursue statistics or other STEM disciplines, andcontribute to diversity within STEM workforce careers. Other learners may also benefit fromvisual representation of complex concepts. It is estimated that 65% of the population are visuallearners, as are half of all students in special education programs. The potential for the broaderapplication of SOLTs and interactive experiences in
curriculum2. The Master of Science in Technologyprogram at Purdue University Northwest has followed this suggestion. Faculty, through theirindustry contacts, place students in internships before graduation. Many of these students arethen hired in the respective business or industry because of the internships. On their assessmentreport of a cohort-based Master’s degree in Technology, Latif and Dyrenfurth3 reported that therequired directed project work enhanced student’ knowledge and skills at their workplace andalso a large number of students reported career growth after graduation. In other studies, theauthors emphasized on the value of Master’s projects and internships, especially for thosestudents with no or minimal industrial experience, in
learning of different disciplines, increasetechnological literacy, and boost student interest towards engineering (National Academy ofEngineering, 2009). In line with that, in 2009 the National Academy of Engineering (NAE 2009)released a document emphasizing three critical areas for pre-college engineering education:teaching engineering design, incorporating effective methods such as “computational methods”for developing different content knowledge skills, and promoting engineering habits of mind.Therefore, developing computational thinking is helpful in learning and strengthening pre-college engineering.Additionally, due to the growth of engineering-related careers, many current K-12 students willend up working in fields that involve computing
preconceptions ofthe problem. This study needs to be repeated to overcome some of the study’s currentlimitations. However, the preliminary results do suggest that this approach could be useful tohelp new college students understand the integrative nature of engineering and gain a betterperception of the profession.ReferencesBowen, E., Prior, J., Lloyd, S., Thomas, S., & Newman-Ford, L. (2007). Engineering moreengineers—bridging the mathematics and careers advice gap. Engineering Education, 2(1),23- 32. doi: 10.11120/ened.2007.02010023English, L. D., Hudson, P. B., & Dawes, L. A. (2011, January). Middle school students'perceptions of engineering. In STEM in Education Conference: Science, Technology,Engineering and Mathematics in Education
serve low-income and minority children at a greater rate thanthe general population and provides an opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students andpeople of color to serve as mentors [1]. OST-based programs provide services to 15% of thenational school-aged population which is 24% African American, 21% Hispanic, and 16% ofNative Americans; a total of 61% for URMs [2,3,4]. According to the Learning in Informal andFormal Environments Center (LIFE), children only spend 81.5% of their waking hours outside ofthe formal education environment [5,6]. From an outcomes standpoint, OST programs have beenfound to improve students’ attitudes toward STEM classes, increase interest in STEM careers,and boost academic achievement. As encouraging as this
aided the engineering students in terminology andunderstanding in the clinical setting and the medical students in looking at the clinical settingwith a different problem-solving “lens”.An IRB approved survey was used to gain student/Scholar self-reported effect on the theirattainment of program and ABET outcomes and objectives, level of interest in bioengineeringfields, and likelihood to pursue bioengineering graduate studies or careers. Answers to surveyquestions were measured with a point system ranging from 1-6 with 1=Strongly Disagree,2=Disagree, 3=Somewhat Disagree, 4=Somewhat Agree, 5=Agree, 6=Strongly Agree. Thesame survey was given to the students on the first and last days of the program as pre and postassessments. Average and
students discover opportunities and solve problems with design. She is the co-instructor of the Clinical Immersion program in the Department of BioEngineering. Susan balances teaching with her professional career as a design researcher, consultant and strategist.Dr. Miiri Kotche, University of Illinois, Chicago Miiri Kotche is a Clinical Associate Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and currently serves as Director of the Medical Accelerator for Devices Laboratory (MAD Lab) at the UIC Innovation Center. Prior to joining the faculty at UIC, she worked in new product development for medical devices, telecommunications and consumer products. She co-teaches both bioengineering
STEMmajor.15–17 In this study, we explore the confidence of undecided engineering students in theirchoice of engineering major by investigating the impacts of student attitudes and confidencetowards first-year math, science, and engineering courses. The impact on their retention duringtheir first semester is also investigated.At Colorado State University, an average retention rate for freshman engineering students fromthe fall to spring semesters is 55.0% (Table 1). Freshman students just starting their collegeeducation can be uncertain about what they would like to study and how those areas of study willimpact their future career path. Even students who choose to study engineering are faced withthe question of what specific engineering major to
, undergraduate students will be exposed toapplications of IoT in the context of core and elective ECE courses, thus enabling them to bebetter prepared for careers in a world that is more “connected” now, than ever before. Thisinitiative will also support undergraduate research in IoT, thus affording students an opportunityto gain a deeper understanding of the subject, in a real-world context. The proposed curriculumframework would support learning outcomes that transcend a basic understanding of concepts,and aim towards the application of acquired skills in designing, building and deploying IoTdevices for a variety of applications. Unlike most other ECE programs, our department offersstudents, beginning in their freshman year, a curriculum that is rich
the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts at Arizona State University. Marvyn’s research interest include Latino/a Career Development and Multicultural Counseling Competencies. For instance, his research examines environmental and socio-cognitive variables associated with academic attainment among Latino/as in higher education.Wen Huang, Arizona State University PhD. student, Engineering Education Systems and Design (PhD) The Polytechnic School Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering Arizona State UniversityDr. Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University Ann F. McKenna is a Professor in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering and Director of The Poly- technic School at Arizona State University. Prior to joining
Paper ID #18126Case Studies Under Your Nose: Using Campus Projects as Case Studies forEngineering EconomyAimee T Ulstad P.E., Ohio State University Aimee Ulstad, P.E is an Associate Professor of Practice in the Integrated Systems Engineering Department at The Ohio State University. Prior to joining the faculty at Ohio State, Aimee was an industry professional in various field in engineering for over 30 years. Aimee received her degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Masters in Business Administration from Ohio State. She began her career as a packaging equipment engineer at Procter and Gamble, then moved to Anheuser-Busch
an educational psychologist, studying motivation among pre-service teachers and college faculty members. Along with teaching pre-service teachers, she is the project manager for the STEAM project, a First in the World grant project, funded by the US Department of Education. She works for the Center for Instructional of Excellence at Purdue University.Dr. Mark French, Purdue University Mark French started his career as a civilian aerospace engineer for the US Air Force after getting a BS in Aerospace and Ocean Engineering at VA Tech. While working for the Air Force, he did an MS and a PhD at the University of Dayton. His dissertation was on the design of aeroelastically scaled wind tunnel models. After 10 years
Paper ID #18768IR Sensing Integrated with a Single Board Computer for Development andDemonstration of Autonomous Vehicle FollowingDr. H. Bryan Riley, Ohio University Dr. H. Bryan Riley, who joined Ohio University in 2010, has taught courses in signal processing, electrical communication systems, EE capstone design, electric machines, adaptive signal processing, and hybrid and electric vehicles. Riley, who spent his early career in the automotive industry, has managed multi- disciplined and global engineering teams responsible for introducing advanced electronic features on production passenger vehicles such as
Beta Pi. His research on passive radon-resistant new residential building construction was adapted in HB1647 building code of Florida Legislature. Najafi is a member of numerous professional societies and has served on many committees and programs, and continuously attends and presents refereed papers at international, national, and local professional meetings and conferences. Lastly, Najafi attends courses, seminars and workshops, and has developed courses, videos and software packages during his career. His areas of specialization include transportation planning and management, legal aspects, construction contract administration, and public works.Miss Sarah Rajkumari Jayasekaran
demonstrated how knowledge will generalize whenit is taught in multiple contexts [3,9]. This lead to the premise that exposing students to basic constructsof programming across multiple programming languages could lead to an increase in their abilities andconfidence to engage in complex problem solving contexts involving computational modeling. Thispremise lead to identifying two to three programming languages to develop students’ programming skillsinvolving interesting engineering contexts to support learning and interest in engineering as a career. Python was selected as the first programming language for students for several reasons. First,Python can be used for a wide range of applications including numerical modeling, database
Paper ID #17745A Pharmacokinetic Simulation-Based Module to Introduce Mass Balancesand Chemical Engineering Design Concepts to Engineering FreshmenGrace Katherine Harrell, Oklahoma State University Graduate of Oklahoma State University class of 2016 with a degree in chemical engineering. Currently pursuing a career in software engineering at Quorum Business Solutions in Dallas, TX.Ms. Alexandra Nicole McPeak, Oklahoma State University In 2016, Alexandra McPeak earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Oklahoma State University. She is currently employed by International Paper at their Valliant, OK Mill. Her current role is in
accumulate a broad range ofskills.MetricsEngineering design self-efficacy: We previously measured engineering self-concept (self-association with engineering) as a psychological construct, and found that it did not change overthe course of a single semester, and possibly not even over the course of an entire career [16].Thus, in the intervention year we instead measured self-efficacy – self-perceived ability orwillingness to engage in engineering – using the 36-item “Engineering design self-efficacyinstrument” [17] – that is, whether students believe they will be: 1. Able, and 2. Motivated to engage in engineering design tasks, whether they feel they will be 3. Successful in doing so, and how 4. Apprehensive they would be in
Paper ID #17844William and Mary. Prior to is academic career Dr. Dean was Director of Operations and Business De-velopment for Clark-Smith Associates, P.C., and served as an Electrician in the US Navy aboard the USSSouth Carolina and the USS Enterprise. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017Active Duty Training for Support of Navy’s Additive Manufacturing StrategyAbstract Additive manufacturing has recently gained the attention of multiple stakeholders, includingthose in the advanced manufacturing industry, research and government labs, academia, and theNavy community. Various efforts within the Navy focus on studying the best way for parts to bebuilt and repaired for marine and naval vessels. Rapid
that this project may go on to aid the university, our robotics program, and people inthe autism community has made it more meaningful than other projects we’ve been involvedwith in our regular engineering coursework. Our lab regularly hosts local school groups andprospective student visits, and when we demonstrate our project we invariably receive a positivereaction from the students and their parents. Seeing the robot in action inspires the studentvisitors to consider engineering as a future career path, while the parents appreciate theapplication of our engineering knowledge to address a real-world problem that has no clear-cutsolution. We have been able to see first hand how our engineering work can impact and improvepeople’s lives in a
country. Faculty from both universities collaborated to develop the prompts outlined inTable 1. The faculty discussed what the students at both universities were covering or hadalready covered at that point in the termTable 1Discussion PromptsTopic PromptIntroductions Introduce yourself to the other students. Please mention your major, year, and career goals. Explain what interests you in the areas of green energy and why?Green Energy Systems Do you see any potential implementation of green
class.In order to underscore the explicit connections between spatial skills and other undergraduateengineering courses, careers and industries, a team based research project was introduced in Fall2016. The reasoning behind this addition was to encourage students to look more deeply at someclass, field, or hobby they were interested in, and explore the connections between that topic andspatial thinking. The students then report their findings to their classmates in the form of a finalteam project presentation. Less formally, the hope was that students who had this deeperunderstanding of the benefits of spatial skills instruction would then become ambassadors toother students, encouraging them to take the class to better prepare them for
-Capacitor (RLC) circuit to the standard 2nd order system transfer function incontrol course. This laboratory also teaches students about an application of standard 2nd ordertransfer function that they would see in their career. Students determine the 2nd order modelingfor a linear time invariant system. They exercise how the location of poles can be changed basedon the variation of damping ratio and natural frequency parameters. These responses illustrate asover damped, under damped, undamped, and critically damped. They learn about the impact ofdamping ratio and natural frequency responses on the step and the frequency responseperformances. In the second part of this laboratory students estimate the system parameters froma given time domain