force,which ultimately recommended, among other things, increased use of open educational resources(OERs) on campus2. The task force made initial forays into open education by matchingavailable OERs to general-education undergraduate courses such as introductory biology,mathematics, and history. However, when addressing engineering courses, they encounteredunique problems related to the availability of appropriate resources and the organization ofdepartmental selection processes. For this project, the scholarly communication librarian and theengineering librarian at the university have come together to work with the College ofEngineering to address the best way to incorporate OERs into upper-division undergraduatecourses for engineering
knowledge, but are required to apply technical skills in a variety of roles and contexts. These are common to multiple professions and transferable among activities. Different international organizations have invested important efforts in the definition ofkey competences to guide quality assurance in higher education. One of these efforts was theTuning project launched by the Bologna strategy in 200011. A year later, this project wasreplicated in Latin America to promote the development of generic and discipline-specificcompetences for different programs, including engineering (generic competencies in Appendix1)12. Along these lines, the OECD carried out a feasibility study for the Assessment of HigherEducation
(B.S.) in civil engineering from the University of Costa Rica. Dr. Rojas is also a Professional Engineer registered in the State of Michigan. Throughout his academic career, Dr. Rojas has led numerous research studies in modeling, simulation, and visualization of construction engineering and management processes; engineering education; and construction economics. He has served as prin- cipal investigator or co-principal investigator in more than 20 different projects. These studies have been sponsored by government agencies and private sector organizations such as the National Science Founda- tion, the U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Army, the KERN Foundation, the Construction Industry Institute, the New
CEISMC specializing in the utilization of qualitative research methods in K-12 STEM education research and program evaluation. She received a Bachelor of Science in Public Policy from Georgia Tech, and a Master of Science in Educational Research with a concentration in Research, Measurement, and Statistics from Georgia State University. Anna spent five years working on the project management side of several federally funded projects before joining CEISMC’s Research and Evaluation team in October 2015. She is now enjoying conducting re- search concerning the policy impacts of educational reform, curriculum development and implementation, and the role of culture in educational experiences. c
hisdissertation independently. Adam found an advisor willing to sponsor him for work with ICdesign projects. Other professors preferred to wait a semester before committing to funding him.Since Adam was familiar with the tools and technology involved in the research, he felt theopportunity was a good fit, and he joined the research team.Adam’s dissertation involved the design of an energy harvester for bridge vibration sensors. Hesaid the challenge was to find a way to power sensors located in hard to reach places. Adam wasexcited about traveling to apply the technology to a particular bridge.Interpreting the Case through the CoCPIt was clear that the domain-relevant skills required for Adam’s graduate research were solid.Adam selected his advisor
Research, Mental Health Nursing, Online Journal of Nursing Informatics, Journal of Nursing Education, and others.Mr. Francis Xavier McAfee, Florida Atlantic University Francis X. McAfee, Associate Professor in the School of Communication & Multimedia Studies at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) merges his background as a ceramic sculptor and printmaker with new digital technologies. After graduating with a BFA in Art in 1989 he joined the Florida Center for Electronic Communication (CEC) as a lead artist creating animation for applied research projects. These computer animated films were nationally and internationally screened in New York, Chicago, Hollywood, San Fran- cisco, and Tokyo in industry recognized
Springs. She previously served as director of the Center for Higher Education, professor, and department chair at Ohio University. She was the PI for the NSF funded research project: Academic Career Success in Science and Engineering-Related Fields for Female Faculty at Public Two-Year Institutions. She is co-author of The Faculty Factor: Reassessing the American Academy in a Turbulent Era.Dr. Sylvia Mendez, University of Colorado Colorado Springs Dr. Sylvia Mendez is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Leadership, Research, and Foundations at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. Her educational and professional back- ground is in the history of P-20 education. She received her Ph.D. in
previously served as the Undergraduate and Outreach Advisor for the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department and the Assistant Director of the Center for Building Energy Efficiency. She has previously taught courses such as Thermodynamics, Thermal Fluids Laboratory, and Guided Missiles Systems, as well as serving as a Senior Design Project Advisor for Mechanical Engineering Students. Her research interests include energy and thermodynamic related topics. Since 2007 she has been actively involved in recruiting and outreach for the Statler College, as part of this involvement Dr. Morris frequently makes presentations to groups of K-12 students, as well as perspective WVU students and their families. Dr. Morris
should eventually arrive at a gripper design that addresses the needs given duringinstruction—to build a gripper that can sort produce without damaging it. We simulated pickingup tomatoes by picking up golf balls. They can demonstrate the gripper’s ability to pick up (andsecurely hold onto) produce while they manually move the gripper (see Figure 4). Thisdemonstration, and a presentation about their overall design process, reinforces the need fordocumentation and iteration in design. Figure 4. Inflated gripper demonstration.Soft Robotics to Broaden the STEM Pipeline This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation underGrant No. 1513175. This project aims to increase female
studentsthrough an AmeriCorps education program.There were also several instances in which it could be seen that navigation may lead to identityformation. When a participant pursues certain opportunities, it leads them to find their interestsand become more aware of what they can be and do as engineers.Excerpt 4: “The GCSP has allowed me to branch out beyond the normal engineering curriculum.Through the program, I am given the opportunity to build a unique path to becoming an engineerI, one day, hope to become.” The unique path that this student referred to includes doing researchto develop a mapping system to minimize pressure ulcers, completing courses on global healthand business concepts applied to engineering, and worked on a variety of projects in
. These experimentsare made suitable for automotive industry since most of our graduate students work atautomotive industries.Industrial research projects related to automotive and industrial electromagnetic compatibilityproblems, such as vehicle grounding, vehicle controller area networks (CAN), and shielded andunshielded twisted pair cables led to adding simulation and experiments similar to real worldproblems in Electromagnetic Compatibility course [6-10].2. Selected Examples of Simulated Circuits to Demonstrate Interference Effects Caused by Noise and Parameter TolerancesSome of the experiments and simulations exercises analyze the following: 1. Adding spikes to regular waves as input or as data on the transmission lines. 2. Effects
thespecifications for each team are different, so that unique solutions are expected for each situation.These assignments are done in teams of three students, with each team submitting a report. Figure 3. Screenshot Illustrating Specifications for Cylinder Based on Requirements.The first assignment problem is a ‘positioning mechanism’ that requires selection of source/controlof power, linear actuator, and power transmission with emphasis on position. The secondassignment is a ‘pushing mechanism’ that adds the need for a load-based device, with theexpectation of some reutilization. The expected delivery at the end of the week-long project is thebasic engineering of the proposed system, with specifications for the main components and CADrepresentation of
, common chemistry andbiology lab practices, cnc fabrication, teamwork, collaboration and data collection and documentation.*The next submission of this project will be in a format that is more appropriate for a poster presentation, and includephotos and diagrams relevant to the subject matter.
and stepper motors. 8. To use the knowledge of math and science in studying the loading conditions of machines and transformers. 9. To enhance creativity through innovative project designs. 10. To integrate real life applications and latest technology into labs and projects. 11. To connect motors and generators in the laboratory and make performance measurements. 12. To graph experimental data from motor tests and present the results in a written and/or oral report.The course as taught in
, India. She is currently pursuing Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. She is serving as a research assistant under an NSF-funded DR K-12 re- search project to promote integration of robotics in middle school science and math education. For her doctoral research, she conducts mechatronics and robotics research in the Mechatronics, Controls, and Robotics Laboratory at NYU.Dr. Vikram Kapila, New York University, Tandon School of Engineering Vikram Kapila is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at NYU Tandon School of Engineering (NYU Tandon), where he directs a Mechatronics, Controls, and Robotics Laboratory, a Research Experience for Teachers Site in Mechatronics and Entrepreneurship, a
labactivities using a software package, called Automation Studio. This is the first phase of a two-phase project which will eventually include measurement within the circuit by replacing regularcylinders with position feedback ones that send cylinders feedback to a software program. Thescope of the paper is on the first phase of the project, however. Furthermore, due to the currenttrend in industry, in terms of more emphasis on mechatronics, both phases of the project will beon enhancing the lab activities of pneumatic circuits.Current pneumatic labThe pneumatic lab, which is still in development phase, includes 6 trainers. One of the trainers ispartially ready on which students can perform three labs. The pneumatic equipment were allprovided by Bimba
that engineers urgently need“cross-boundary skills” to enable working “across disciplinary, organizational, cultural, andtime/distance boundaries” (p. 82).1 Hanneman & Gardner more generally identified boundaryspanning skills and competencies as increasingly important for college graduates, includingengineers.2-3 And in his studies of professional work in software and R&D units in global firms,Johri found that engineers and other technical professionals are frequently expected to assumekey roles as “boundary spanning knowledge brokers.”4To shed further light on the boundary spanning realities of engineering practice, the authors areleading a larger research project focused on two main questions: 1) What specific boundaryspanning roles
. Additionally, the scope of this study closely assessed the situation by takingadvantage of the opinions of relevant experts and utilizing similar experiences and a case studyfrom past projects implemented in Afghanistan in order to establish a comprehensive list ofpriorities and recommendations in order to make the current Afghan engineering educationsystem academically competent and to increase its relevancy to the country’s economicdevelopment.The new Afghan National Unity Government, with assistance from the international community,is committed to implementing basic reform programs in the country's governing institutions. Thehigher education sector in general and the engineering education system in particular are amongthe Afghan institutions that
navigating the NGSS engineering designfacets. In the parallel literature on science practices, research on student understanding andlearning of practices like argumentation and modeling have provided foundations for curricularsupports and professional development (Osborne, Erduran, & Simon, 2004; Passmore, Gouvea,& Giere, 2014). Understanding how students conceptualize facets of engineering design couldhelp inform the design of better supports for teachers and students. This analysis focusesspecifically on the question of how students conceptualize problem definition in engineeringdesign.Methods Overview This work is part of a larger, on-going project entitled Sensors in a Shoebox, which aimsto connect young members of an urban
, verilogTown, as an aid to students learning Verilog. The reason for such a game comes from our experiences teaching digital system design where we observed a challenge for second year students learning to design with the Verilog hardware description language (HDL). In this work, we speculate why it is hard to learn an HDL, claiming that like learning all languages, the students do not play/use the language enough to develop an understanding of them (including Verilog). A student’s typical process of learning Verilog includes class examples and assignments, labs, and a project, but like learning more traditional programming languages, until a learner spends significant time using a language to build something
University Lisa D. McNair is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she also serves as co-Director of the VT Engineering Communication Center (VTECC) and CATALYST Fellow at the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology (ICAT). Her research interests include interdisciplinary collaboration, design education, communication studies, identity theory and reflective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include exploring disciplines as cultures, liberatory maker spaces, and a RED grant to increase pathways in ECE for the professional formation of engineers.Kirsten A. Davis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Kirsten is a PhD student in Engineering
and pulleysfor facade movement in 2012 (Frearson, 2014), as shown in Figure 2. Project Kaufmann House Chicken Point Cabin California Gallery Penumbra Year 1947 2002 2012 2014 Location Chicken Point, Idaho A computer Palm Springs, California Los Altos, California simulation Architects / Designers Richard Neutra Tom Kundig Tom Kundig Tyler Short
has been serving as a principle investigator of many research projects, funded by NSF, NASA, DoEd, KSEF and LMC. He is currently serving as an editor of Journal of Computer Standards & Interfaces.Dr. Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.) Irina Ciobanescu Husanu, Ph. D. is Assistant Clinical Professor with Drexel University, Engineer- ing Technology program. Her area of expertise is in thermo-fluid sciences with applications in micro- combustion, fuel cells, green fuels and plasma assisted combustion. She has prior industrial experience in aerospace engineering that encompasses both theoretical analysis and experimental investigations such as designing and testing of propulsion systems
engaged or wouldhave a limited exposure to STEM fields. Moreover, outreach activities have been used as onesolution to the current US shortage of professionals in engineering and science10.According to the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU), service learninghas been identified as one of the high-impact teaching and learning practices11. Programs, likeEngineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS), have been created to include servicelearning activities into the engineering curriculum. Service learning is a well-known andeffective pedagogical method that engages learners of diverse backgrounds, especially those ofunderrepresented backgrounds12-14.The project described in this paper combined the service learning pedagogy
connections to their classroom professional practice.Having teachers participate in research programs has been shown to improve studentperformance in science [4]. One shortcoming in similar existing programs is the lack of formalinstruction regarding the enhancement of high school science curricula following participation inthe summer experience. This program seeks to address this gap by partnering with faculty in theCollege of Education who have expertise in curriculum design and teaching in secondaryeducation, and in particular, teaching of secondary science in urban schools. 2. Program StructureAnnouncement of the program, descriptions of the available project focus areas, and applicationmaterial are available online at the UIC Bioengineering
to University of Southern Maine. In the terms of broader impacts, the summer “BridgePrograms,” including the monthly seminars provided an increased awareness of STEM careeropportunities for a larger, more diverse population of non-traditional, underrepresented, first-generation students with the goal of being placed upon graduation.Rational and SignificanceCentral goals of the S-STEM Scholars project provided non-traditional (NT) students with both acomprehensive summer “bridge” program as an introduction to college experience, andfacilitated monthly developmental seminars as a framework to encourage scholastic success andsupport gainful employment in their selected academic STEM degrees. At the University ofSouthern Maine (USM), NT students
Paper ID #17773Rethinking Engineering Diversity, Transforming Engineering Diversity (REDTED)Mr. Tiago R Forin, Rowan University Tiago Forin is the Project Coordinator for the REDTED project at Rowan University. He is a PhD can- didate in Engineering Education and researcher at Purdue University affiliated with XRoads Research Group, the Global Engineering Program and the Office of Institutional Research, Assessment, and Ef- fectiveness. He received a Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Florida State University and a Master’s degree in civil engineering from Purdue University with a focus in environmental
she also created and taught a year-long, design-based engineering course for seniors. Forbes earned her PhD in civil engineering, with an engineering education research focus.Dr. Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado Boulder Jacquelyn Sullivan has led the multi-university TeachEngineering digital library project, now serving over 3.3M unique users (mostly teachers) annually, since its inception. She is founding co-director of the design-focused Engineering Plus degree program and CU Teach Engineering initiative in the University of Colorado Boulder’s College of Engineering and Applied Science. With the intent of transforming en- gineering to broaden participation, Sullivan spearheaded design and launch of
the Journal and InternationalJournal for Engineering Education revealed ratios of 138:1 and 119:1, respectively. Clearly, theterm pedagogy is much more commonly used in the context of educating engineers. Figure 1shows the ratio of pedagogical- to andragogical-related publications for various publicationoutlets. Figure 1: Ratio of Pedagogy to Andragogy References A further exploration of the engineering education articles that discussed andragogytypically fell into one of two categories. In many cases, the term was used almostinterchangeably with the idea of project-based learning (PBL). In project-based learning,students solve problems and work on projects and learn or teach themselves topics in pursuit
course at UNC Charlotte. Nan Earned her BS and Master Degrees in Electrical Engineering (1982, 1986) from North Carolina Agricultural &Technical State University. She mentored Departmental sponsored projects such as UNCC Parking team, IEEE Hardware competition teams, industry sponsored projects from Microsoft and EPRI, NASA teams and special Innovation and Entrepreneurship teams. She published and presented papers in ASEE conferences in June 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014 and 2015. She pub- lished papers in IEEE conference 2013, 2014 and 2015. Prior to her current position at UNC- Charlotte, she worked for IBM (15 years) and Solectron (8 years) in the area of test development and management.Dr. James M. Conrad, University of