-12 research project, and an ITEST re- search project, all funded by NSF. He has held visiting positions with the Air Force Research Laboratories in Dayton, OH. His research interests include K-12 STEM education, mechatronics, robotics, and con- trol system technology. Under a Research Experience for Teachers Site, a DR K-12 project, and GK-12 Fellows programs, funded by NSF, and the Central Brooklyn STEM Initiative (CBSI), funded by six phil- anthropic foundations, he has conducted significant K-12 education, training, mentoring, and outreach activities to integrate engineering concepts in science classrooms and labs of dozens of New York City public schools. He received NYU Tandon’s 2002, 2008, 2011, and 2014
object flying outof the tunnel), making interpretation of what led to design failures difficult. A conclusion fromher work was that “having [design challenge] tests that are straightforward to interpret should bea major consideration in creating design tasks.”27Study Context & Participants Connections to the Parent Project: The E4 Project This study is one part of a larger, multi-year project, the Exploring the Efficacy ofElementary Engineering (E4) Project, discussed in greater detail in the my previous work.9,24Pertinent to the present study, one aspect of the E4 Project was providing three days ofprofessional development (PD) in the summer of 2013 to 135 teachers on the Engineering is
,” “hard work,” or“pragmatism.” In the post-test, however, students’ responses seemed to reflect an increasedunderstanding of the complexity of global projects, as they listed coordination-type skills such as“leadership,” “adaptability,” “responsibility,” and “organization.” Students also shifted moretowards human-centered skills such as “empathy,” “teamwork,” and “listening.” Empathyspecifically was one of the competencies that increased the most in frequency between the pre-and post-tests which coincides with the program’s focus on helping students recognize theimportance of stakeholder needs and contextual differences. The competencies that dropped andjumped the most in frequency between the pre- and post-tests are listed in Table 5. Overall
ofentrepreneurship education are not entrepreneurial behaviors but education. Teaching“entrepreneurial skills,” as important as it is, should not be the fundamental, let alone the only,objective of entrepreneurship education. Instead, we argue that the most important objective is thecultivation of entrepreneurial culture and innovative thinking, and this objective is most effectivelymet by curriculum and practical projects that adapt to the unique culture and local conditions ofindividual educational institutions.2.2 Main Models and Characteristics of Entrepreneurship EducationThe model of entrepreneurial education is essential for achieving the objectives of entrepreneurialeducation. Traditional education model, however, is inadequate for preparing
project that the students may be involved with in theirfuture careers. Capstone team projects which have become a standard part of (nearly) every en-gineering and computing program have been especially successful in helping to achieve this goal.The second intended goal of such activities is to help students learn the technical, conceptual mate-rial by engaging in suitable activities with their fellow-students rather than just listening passivelyto lectures. At the same time, many engineering and computing faculty have serious concernsabout introducing such activities to any serious extent in their courses; primary among these con-cerns is the potential negative impact of such activities on topic coverage. Trying to arrange suchactivities outside
following questions are left unaddressed: how toevaluate the effectiveness of a gamification product in education? What would students learn ifthey create and criticize gamification products? To answer the above research questions, thispaper proposes a peer-based gamification critiquing process based on peer-developedgamification products. Both the development and critique processes were applied throughCapstone projects. Capstone projects in the United States have become increasingly popularamong many engineering education programs under ABET requirements since the 20th century[19-21]. Capstone projects are different from traditional engineering courses in terms ofproviding senior-standing engineering students with experience solving “real world
Paper ID #19163Practicing What we Preach: A Multi-Disciplinary Team Teaching Multi-DisciplinaryTeamworkDr. Ada Hurst, University of Waterloo Ada Hurst is a Lecturer in the Department of Management Sciences at the University of Waterloo. She has taught and coordinated the capstone design project course for the Management Engineering program since 2011. She also teaches courses in organizational behavior, theory, and technology. She received a Bachelor of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering, followed by Master of Applied Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Management Sciences, all from the University of
entrepreneurship courses often self-select and the courses oftenhave to be counted as electives in their respective programs. In an effort to more broadly exposeengineering students to entrepreneurial skills and topics, some programs aim to embed the topicwithin the engineering curriculum via case studies,12 capstone projects,13-16 or modules.17,18In the Tagliatela College of Engineering at the University of New Haven we employ aninnovative curricular model to develop an entrepreneurial mindset in students that is based onintegrating short e-learning modules into existing engineering courses.19, 20 There have beenmany studies about the effectiveness of e-learning, and some still question it.21 However,examples of e-learning, such as fully online
andTechnology. Even though the number of print requests have decreased, faculty in the College ofEngineering and Technology have used the library as a focal point as their students participatedin new projects and have collaborated with the College of Business and the Brody School ofMedicine on many experiential learning projects.IntroductionSince 2012, the library literature has been inundated with arguments stating 3D printers1,2,3,4,5,6,7and the broader makerspace movement8,9,10,11,12,13 fit within the scope of an academic library’smission. Five years later, arguments against 3D printing and makerspaces are rare,14 and, as acrowdsourced “Map of 3D Printers in Libraries” shows, at least 153 academic libraries in theUnited States now have 3D printers
fits into the broader picture of the heterogeneous nature ofengineering work (Reed Stevens, Johri, & O'Connor, 2014), and the role leadership plays in theformation of an engineering identity. In fact, to date, there is little empirical work in theengineering education body of knowledge that illustrates the role leadership concepts play in theformation of an engineering identity. This project seeks to address that gap through a sequential,mixed-methods study. The overall goal of the project is to construct a grounded theory ofengineering leadership as a component of the professional formation of undergraduate engineers,offering implications for the incorporation of leadership development throughout theundergraduate curriculum. This paper
Fellow for the Frontiers in Engineering Education Annual Conference. She also was an NSF Graduate Research Fellow for her work on female empowerment in engineering which won the National Association for Research in Science Teaching 2015 Outstanding Doctoral Research Award.Dr. Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno Adam Kirn is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at University of Nevada, Reno. His re- search focuses on the interactions between engineering cultures, student motivation, and their learning experiences. His projects involve the study of student perceptions, beliefs and attitudes towards becoming engineers, their problem solving processes, and cultural fit. His education includes a B.S. in
thislarge, midwestern institution, as well as best practices learned from introduction to engineeringcourses at other institutions. In particular, the final project was based on Ray Landis’ work(Landis 2013). The weekly assignments were 1-page essay assignments. We asked students toreflect on the course’s assigned in-person activities, reading, and videos and to create a personalplan that would set themselves up to becoming a successful engineering student. To the best ofour understanding, this is the largest implementation of “Design Your Successful EngineeringPath” that has been able to grade final reports at this scale.Weekly assignments were assessed with Divide-and-Conquer style grading. Student assignmentswere divided by last name into three
and Col- leges; ”Building Learning Communities to Improve Student Achievement: Albany City School District” , and ”Educational Leadership Program Enhancement Project at Syracuse University” Teacher Leadership Quality Program. She is also the PI on both ”Syracuse City School District Title II B Mathematics and Science Partnership: Science Project and Mathematics MSP Grant initiatives.Dr. Mohamed F. Chouikha, Howard University Dr. Mohamed Chouikha is a professor and chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineer- ing at Howard University. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017
. 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.Ms. Margo Cousins, University of Texas at Austin Margo Cousins oversees undergraduate and graduate academic advising at the Department Biomedical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. She directs the office in strategic academic and profes- sional development advising, capstone projects program, research experiences for undergraduates, first- year interest groups, and other special programs.Dr. Laura Suggs, University of Texas
at the same time, he is pursuing his Master’s degree in Petroleum Engineering at Texas Tech University. He is highly interested in conducting research within the Engineering Education framework. Recently, he received the Early Career Researcher Award from European Science Education Research Association (ESERA) in 2017. In addition, he is one of two scholarship recipients awarded by National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) to attend the ESERA summer research confer- ˇ e Budˇejovice, Czech Republic in August 2016. He has also been named as Jhumki Basu ence in Cesk´ Scholar by the NARST in 2014. Additional projects involvement include: Engineering is Elementary (EiE) Project
pursue academic degrees and careers inthe engineering field, different approaches have been proposed. These approaches include: in-classinterventions such as case-based, project-based and problem-based approaches in engineeringcourses; and out-of-class interventions such as workshops, seminars, field trips and demonstrationsto undergraduate and high school students [5-9]. The literature review has shown that out-of-classactivities are effective in encouraging women to remain and succeed in engineering whileincreasing their self-confidence [10, 11]. Examples of these activities include small group leadingdiscussion in STEM disciplines [12], and mentoring of female students [13].Given theeffectiveness of out-of-class interventions as well as the
the undergraduate level. Through the years, there have been several projects aimedat creating case study modules for teaching. Most recently, the Software Development CaseStudy [8] project developed a set of case studies that can be used across the software engineeringcurriculum based upon the digital home. However, while testing materials were part of theproject, the materials were not focused specifically on verification and validation.A later NSF project, Collaborative Education: Building a Skilled Software Verification andValidation User Community [9], focused on developing active learning exercises for softwareengineering. This paper provides initial feedback on the usage of one such activity in a softwareengineering program.About the
-fluids and aerospace, with an em- phasis in advanced aerospace seals, near-hermetic fluid flows, and turbomachinery modal analysis. Dr. Garafolo currently holds a position as Assistant Professor at The University of Akron. Supporting the dissemination of his research activities, Dr. Garafolo has six journal manuscripts, over 30 conference papers and presentations, and $868,647 of total project funding. Prior to his appointment, Dr. Garafolo worked as a federal contractor, under the umbrella of a multi-million dollar contract, in space flight hard- ware research and development to NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Garafolo was instrumental in developing a synergistic approach in the research and
objective of the course isto be able to synthesize and apply the systems engineering methods and tools to a real-worldsystem design project. To achieve this goal, the author has adapted a healthcare case study fromthe author’s prior process and systems improvement work experience, to guide the students tobetter understand, synthesize and apply systems engineering. The case study is aligned to theVee Life Cycle model, and teaches principles and tools in each of the following phases: Conceptof Operations; Requirements and Architecture; Detailed Design; Implementation, Integration,Test and Verification; System Verification and Validation; Operation and Maintenance. Thecase study supports the active learning and case study pedagogies, helping students
the people who were involvedwith ELD during the last fifty years are still alive and active members, none were formallyinterviewed due to time and resource constraints. An oral history project would be a valuableaddition to the history of ELD. This paper does not presume to be a comprehensive history ofengineering libraries and librarianship, engineering information, or education although it toucheson these subjects in the context of the history of ELD.ASEE goes to Washington: 1960-65The early 1960s was a time of transition for ASEE. Since its founding in 1893, ASEE had beenadministered by member volunteers with substantial support from engineering colleges. Forexample, the College of Engineering at the University of Illinois provided office
] outlinesthree critical elements to consider: 1) availability and advances in digital tools, includingrapid prototyping tools and low-cost microcontroller platforms, that characterize manymaking projects, 2) community infrastructure, including online resources and in-personspaces and events, and 3) the maker mindset, values, beliefs, and dispositions that arecommonplace within the community. In particular, within the Maker realm, things areconstantly evolving, such as availability of new microcontrollers such as Arduino,BeagleBone, and Raspberry Pi. What makes the integration of these tools into the practices ofMakers easy is the ―online community where people can read manuals and tutorials, watchvideos, converse through forums, and share code [17, pg
, SJSU was notwhat they expected, family or personal problems, and not feeling connected to campus. Thispaper reports on one project at SJSU, Project Succeed, which was funded under theStrengthening Institutions program from the U.S. Department of Education in 2014. ProjectSucceed is focused on increasing the sense of belonging for freshmen at SJSU.The Project Succeed plan is designed to strengthen SJSU’s campus climate and providefreshmen and sophomores with a culture that promotes academic and social success. This kind ofcampus climate will also promote undergraduate success with the goal of increasing retentionand graduation rates, as well as closing the achievement gap for Under-Represented Minority(URM) students at SJSU. SJSU’s Title III
). He is the Principal Investigator of one of 10 Global Innovation projects funded by the US department of State, Rapid, Smart Grid Impact RSGI), partnering with DeMontfort University in Leicester, UK, and UNESP in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He has been a Certified Energy Manager (CEM) since 1998.Prof. Ashfaq Ahmed P.E., Purdue University Northwest (College of Technology) Ashfaq Ahmed is a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology at Purdue University Northwest. Ahmed received his bachelor’s of science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Karachi in 1973 and master’s of applied science degree in 1978 from University of Waterloo. He is the author of a textbook on power electronics
scientific papers during the last 3 years and I have made 5 presentations at international conferences. In most of these papers, my main role is modeling the data and finding patterns in the dataset. In addition to teaching and research activities, during these 3 years, I have taken 5 projects, which totally have approx. 1.2 million dollars.Mr. Mustafa Akca, Mustafa Akca is a Canada-based freelance data scientist. He studied Industrial Engineering at undergrad- uate level in Turkey and has worked as an industrial engineer for the highest-rated Turkish companies. Akca is also an expert on Excel and has published two books on Macros functions of Excel business in- telligence reporting. He completed a master’s program on
program and contribute as professional engineers. Ms. Jones joined LSU in 1992 as a College of Engineering research associate in the area of environmental analyses and worked on numerous projects including utilization of industrial by-products, water quality analyses and wastewater treatment. She received her B.S. Chemistry (1980), from The University of HoustonDr. Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University Warren N. Waggenspack, Jr. is currently the Undergraduate Program Director and holder of the Ned Adler Professorship in Mechanical Engineering at Louisiana State University. He obtained both his baccalaure- ate and master’s degrees from LSU ME and his doctorate from Purdue University’s School of
conclusion of thestudy was that even though each school has specific ways to implement their courses, thelaboratory component and the advantages provided by the SDR hardware for hands-onexploration are very important for student learning. The study was published in 2014 and theauthors were concluding by encouraging other schools to use SDR in their courses. Specificimplementations of hands-on courses using SDR have been presented by educators andresearchers in US and worldwide in different forums 4-10. The focus of these implementations hasbeen augmenting traditional wireless courses with a hands-on component. SDR were used atundergraduate level in senior design projects as well as in term projects 4, for undergraduateindependent study to evaluate
speaking countries maytest out the first level of Academic Writing course. In that case, the students must choose to takea second-language course such as Chinese or German language courses offered at the jointinstitute.Every student must complete a 4-credit Capstone Design course replacing the graduation thesisthat is typical in traditional Chinese universities. Through carefully designed and open-endeddesign problems, students learn how to approach design problems in a systematic way and howto use the engineering knowledge and skills acquired from various courses to tackle engineeringproblems. Many “soft skills” such as oral presentation, teamwork, critical thinking, timemanagement are re-emphasized in this course. A full project report and a
projects and found a high degree of correlation (rs = .80, p < .01). Similarly, Seery,Buckley, Doyle, & Canty (2016) identified high correlations between the grading criteriascores—obtained through traditional marking—and the final rank-order obtained through ACJfor graphic capability. Acting under the assumption that traditional grading approaches arevalid, with the understanding that a full discussion of assessment validity is beyond the scope ofthis paper, these findings suggest that ACJ is similarly valid as it has produced highly-correlatedresults to traditional marking. Further research into the validity of ACJ as an assessmentapproach would shed additional light on its’ feasibility for widespread implementation.Current ACJ
application of control systems to vehicle dynamics to improve safety, stability, and performance of vehicles on roads with un- certain friction conditions. Current research projects include identification of road surface conditions from onboard measurements and approaches to maintaining stability during sudden changes in road condition. Dr. Beal also serves as an Associate Editor for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC) and for the American Control Conference.Prof. James G. Orbison Ph.D., P.E., Bucknell University Jim Orbison is a professor of civil & environmental engineering at Bucknell University. He has been the faculty coordinator of the introductory
master a wider set of skills to succeed in theworkplace. They must be able to communicate effectively, lead and work with interdisciplinaryteams, and design unique and creative solutions for open-ended problems, while consideringethical standards and global implications. In response to these growing expectations, engineeringprograms are evolving to better prepare their students for the workplace. One way thatengineering curricula are addressing this is by the inclusion of design-based courses or projects,that give students a chance to work in a more industrially-situated context to develop bothtechnical expertise and non-technical skills.Recently, entrepreneurship education has emerged as a means of supporting engineeringprofessional development