, includingpotential future collaboration. (1)Some of the adjunct faculty-particularly those who are seniors in specific industries- could offerimportant linkages for the development of industrial affiliate programs, co-op activities, summertraining opportunities, and employment opportunities for new graduates. They may also providenew ideas for senior design projects, topics for graduate theses, or render help in theestablishment of collaborative research programs.When a choice has been made and the candidate has accepted, it is important that he/ she feelswelcome and be assisted in becoming familiar with his/ her new surroundings. To expedite theprocess, new adjuncts should sit together with their new colleagues and go over all relevantmatters related to
environment interacts with human development and behavior.Dr. Yitong Zhao, California State Polytechnic University Pomona Dr. Yitong Zhao is an Assistant Professor at the Mechanical Engineering Department of Cal Poly Pomona (California State Polytechnic University Pomona). After gained her B.S in MEMS from Tsinghua Uni- versity in China, she joined in Dr. Chih-Ming Ho’s lab at UCLA in 2009. Later she completed her Ph.D in Biomedical Engineering there in 2014. Her was engaged in the project of biofuel and later developed a unique cell-free system from microalgae that could dramatically increase the production rate of lipids, and used a unique optimization tool to urther increase the performance of the cell-free
EMS3.0 survey conducted post-graduation. A list of the 71 variables from EMS 1.0 included in thisstudy is shown in Appendix A.1.The measurement of interest in societal impact was included as part of the Innovation Interestconstruct question (see Appendix A.2.c). Inspired by previous research comparing engineeringstudents’ interest in work that pursues societal impact to work that pursues financial potential(Lintl et al., 2016), two items were appended to the innovation interests question:How much interest do you have in: 1. Working on products, projects, or services that address societal challenges 2. Working on products, projects, or services that have significant financial potentialRespondents selected a response from a five point (0-4
. According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, “US datacenter electricity consumption is projected to increase to roughly 140 billion kilowatt-hoursannually by 2020, the equivalent annual output of 50 power plants, costing American businesses$13 billion annually in electricity bills and emitting nearly 100 million metric tons of carbonpollution per year.” [13] How may we reduce electric consumption while increasing capacity instorage and communication? Finding the right data involves not only increased search capacitybut also involves advanced artificial intelligence (AI). Can we find a more effective andpowerful AI scheme than traditional computing can offer? Shor’s algorithm has shown thatquantum computers can break cryptographic protocols
Paper ID #18512Integrated Science and Engineering Design Assessment to Support Teachingand Learning (Fundamental)Debra Brockway, Educational Testing Service Ms. Brockway is a Senior Research Associate at Educational Testing Service (ETS) in Princeton, NJ, where she leads and contributes to projects exploring innovative approaches to assessment and integrat- ing the STEM subjects. She has M.S. degrees in educational statistics and measurement from Rutgers University and environmental science from NJIT. Prior to joining ETS, Brockway led research focused on incorporating engineering in K-12 science while Assistant Director at
Underrepresented Minority StudentsAbstractBoise State University (BSU) implemented an across-the-board reform of calculus instructionduring the 2014 calendar year. The details of the reform, described elsewhere (Bullock, 2015),(Bullock 2016), involve both pedagogical and curricular reform. Gains from the project haveincluded a jump in Calculus I pass rate, greater student engagement, greater instructorsatisfaction, a shift toward active learning pedagogies, and the emergence of a strongcollaborative teaching community. This paper examines the effects of the reform on studentretention. Since the curricular reform involved pruning some content and altering courseoutcomes, which could conceivably have negative downstream impacts, we report on studentsuccess
, and particularly forengineering undergraduates (Felder, Felder, and Dietz, 1998; Prince, 2004; Hake, 1998; Colbeck,Campbell, and Bjorklund, 2000; Johnson, Johnson, and Smith, 1998a,b; Springer, Stanne, andDonovan, 1999; Terenzini, 2001). The project was further informed by the positive learning andretention outcomes reported following curricular innovations to integrate math, science, andengineering content in undergraduate engineering programs at other institutions (Carr, 2003;Froyd and Ohland, 2005; Olds and Miller, 2004). The expected benefits for first-yearengineering students of the Engineering Math Workshops innovation include: a more thoroughunderstanding of the mathematical concepts in the core course; an enhanced ability
frequency of use of eachspecific item. Examples include active learning, clickers, collaborative projects, ‘traditional’lecturing, and many others. These 19 items were further categorized into four bins – Activelearning activities, Collaborative learning activities, Formative assessment, and Lecturing. Thesefour bins each represent broad themes around pedagogical approaches and together help usunderstand activities within each faculty member’s classroom. We arrive at an average score foreach of these bins, based on the extent of self-reported usage of each pedagogical approach.The exact reason for this categorization is explained in the following paragraphs. Bonwell andEison[16] define active learning as that which “involves students in doing
assessment oflearning than on the cataloging of activity, i.e. number of startups, amount of funding raised,number of students taking entrepreneurship courses, etc.In an effort to assess the entrepreneurial mindset of our students, the authors began researchingcurrent psychometric tools to assist in this charge. The two assessment instruments selected forthe project were the Entrepreneurial Profile (EP10), which was recently rebranded as the BuilderProfile (BP10), and the Entrepreneurial Mindset Profile (EMP). Both surveys are facilitatedelectronically (web-based) by Gallup and Eckerd College, respectively. Our motivation is toassess if entrepreneurship programs at our institution, both didactic and co-curricular, deliver onthe hypothesis that
Paper ID #19346Creating a Psychological Profile of Successful First-Year Engineering Stu-dentsDr. Danielle D. Gagne, Alfred University Dr. Gagne is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Alfred University. Although her formal training is in discourse processing, her professional interests in learning and cognitive theory have provided op- portunities to serve as a consultant for classroom and program assessment across disciplines. In 2010 she served as Project Faculty for a U.S. Department of Education grant for Preparing Leaders in the Educa- tion and Training of the Next Generation of School Psychology Practitioners, and
engineering as well as exciting students through open- ended projects and applications. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 A Framework for an Engineering Reasoning Test and Preliminary Results.The work reported here describes the development and initial testing of a framework to helpassess the broad understanding of technology by individuals who are not specifically educated asengineers. It is generally accepted that technology is essential to our current lifestyles and well-being, and the importance of engineering to economic prosperity is commonly acknowledged.However limited work has been done determine the extent to which undergraduates possess ageneral understanding of the principles, products
University Dr. Colleen Janeiro teaches engineering fundamentals such as Introduction to Engineering, Materials and Processes, and Statics. Her teaching interests include development of solid communication skills and enhancing laboratory skills.Dr. William E. Howard, East Carolina University William E (Ed) Howard is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering at East Carolina University. He was previously a faculty member at Milwaukee School of Engineering, as well as as a design and project engineer with Thiokol Corporation, Spaulding Composites Company, and Sta-Rite Industries.Dr. Patrick F. O’Malley, Benedictine College Patrick O’Malley teaches in the Mechanical Engineering program at Benedictine College
general, I find working on engineering projects interesting 0.88 Interest I like doing engineering 0.84 (α=0.88) I am interested in my engineering work 0.78 I am interested in learning more about engineering 0.68 Research Obtaining research articles relevant to my research from 0.70 Competence library systems or online (α= 0.78) Keeping up to date on research topic(s) 0.59 Replicating key findings in journal papers 0.56 Understanding research trends and topic(s) 0.52 Research Interest
technical areas of civil engineering and analyze and interpret the resulting data explain basic concepts in project management, business, public policy, and leadership analyze issues in professional ethics explain the importance of professional licensureTable 3: Observed Distribution of Hours by B.S. Degree Program Type Math & Basic Science Credit Average Average (% minimum maximum Std. Dev. Program (hours) total hours)1 (hours) (hours) (hours) COV (%) Civil 35.55 27.47 32.00
of the social high-speeddevelopment. In the same sense, the curriculum arrangement of engineering majors inundergraduate level practical teaching mainly consists of cognition practice, productivepractice, graduation practice, curriculum design and graduation project, among others.1 Beingthe significant component of practical teaching process carried out by engineeringuniversities, productive practice is recognized as the effective measure for consolidating anddeepening the professional basic theory, boosting engineering students’ abilities to linktheory with practice and to deal with practical problems, as well as optimizing the students’engineering practical abilities.Productive practice is a course which closely integrates classroom
Wednesday Friday Traditional Reading assignment Lecture Lecture Lecture Blended Online reading Lecture Worksheets, group projects, case studies, or homework time. assignment Held in active learning space working with peers and instructors.To answer the question, Do students benefit from the blended course?, we compared exam scoresfrom the traditional and blended courses. To answer the question, How do students progress onBloom’s taxonomy in the blended course?, we used worksheets that served both as learningactivities and measurements of Bloom’s taxonomy progress. We focused on two concepts thatstudents typically have
because correct responses may vary based oninstructor background and CAD tool used. A separate assessment with more items could bedeveloped to measure student learning solely on CAD, but expert feedback has indicated thatCAD in itself is a tool and not a concept and as such should not be included in the ConceptInventory at this time. Many of the skills necessary to create effective CAD models, regardlessof the software or preferred technique, are already assessed in the CI as it currently exists,including parallel projection theory, planar geometry, and drawing conventions, and the resultsof these questions can help inform an instructor on their students’ knowledge of the informationneeded to build effective models.The authors gratefully
encouraged to draw from their own junior and senior level coursework(especially their senior design projects) to help students gain perspective, and learn how to applyfundamental laws to more difficult and complex circuits. The purpose was to help thesefreshman students understand why EE 302 is a foundational course in the curriculum, and SIleaders participated in weekly professional development meetings to discuss best practices indirecting student learning of both the content and study skills. Leaders maintained detailed lessonplans and were asked to identify content and study skill objectives for each week’s lesson. FourSI sessions were offered weekly and efforts were made to ensure that the sessions did notconflict with lecture or lab timesIII
future professionaldevelopment directed more towards faculty needs.Activities and Findings:Activity 1: Students Conceptual Understanding of Fundamental Mechanics of Materials TopicsDetailed analysis of all data collected in this, and previous projects related to mechanics ofmaterials (MoM), has been completed and student misconceptions identified. We have about 100interviews with students about their understanding of MoM.FindingsIt was found that students oversimplify the relationship between applied loads and resultinginternal stresses in two primary ways:(1) They assume that stresses are greatest nearest to the applied load because the effect of the load is less far away from its point of application. This is an oversimplification because
what they needed toknow in the subject, helped them make a realistic assessment of their own abilities, and providedthem with skills that would be valuable in the future.”In addition to the immediate skills provided by participating in peer review, many researchersrecognize the long-term benefits provided to reviewers. Boud (2000) posited that the focus ofassessment as a whole must be rethought to promote lifelong learning skills. Learning toperform and to respond to formative feedback given by both peer- and self-review are essentialskills for succeeding in a continuous working world that doesn’t assign an end-of-project grade.Teaching students how to perform peer review and how to utilize constructive criticism forimprovement is essential
project including the overview of the systemoperation, overview of remote operations, MecLab Easy Port to I/O pin and cable layout, I/Oport assignment, system schematics, ladder logic, survey results and class activities, and futuredirection of the program.Overview of System OperationsThe automated system consists of Festo MecLab sub-systems including: two conveyance, onepick-and-place robot, and two feeders. The automatic control system consists of three AllenBradley (A-B) Micrologix 1000 PLCs with RS Logix 500, one DC power supply, one LenovoThink Server TS140 with Windows Server 2009 Enterprise Software, Festo MecLab Easy Portinterconnects with cabling, and various pushbuttons, sensors and indicators.Festo MecLab station automated systems are
the overall individual ecosystems developed by working groups wereanalyzed by the project evaluators to produce an initial engineering education ecosystem map,Figure 4. Figure 4: Engineering education ecosystem map.CitationsAtman, C. J., Sheppard, S. D., Turns, J., Adams, R. S., Fleming, L. N. , Stevens, R, . . . Lund , D. (2010). Enabling Engineering Student Success: The Final Report for the Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education. San Rafael, CA.Augustine, Norman R. (2013). No Place Like Home. Innovation America, 11(1).Board, National Science. (2012). Science and Engineering Indicators 2012. Arlington VA: National Science Foundation.Carlson, C. R., & Wilmot, W. W. (2006
subjects that are related to engineering, and provide information regarding the major and field.Because prior experience played a large role in the sample, it could be beneficial to work withlocal schools and Project Lead the Way programs to expose more students to engineering. Theseare just a few ideas that could be implemented in recruitment.There were some limitations in our study, one of which is that this study only occurs at oneuniversity. This is an external validity threat, as this pertains to the generalizability of our study.The demographics from our study are quite consistent with the 2013 national averages found bythe National Science Foundation, indicating that generalizability is possible. As this research iscurrently in-progress, we
thescope of the engineering problems addressed. In our senior design classes, students are workingon the same problem across the two semester sequence. In ECE490, problems are defined ascase studies and can take anywhere from 30 minutes to two weeks. Giving students a largernumber of smaller projects allows us to provide them with unique experiences in our curriculum. Week Topic 1 Introduction to Engineering Design and Engineering Notebooks 2 Engineering Design Process 3 Identifying Problems and Needs 4 Identifying Requirements and Constraints 5 Specifying Requirements and Constraints 6 Brainstorming 7 Brainstorming 8 Preparation for Class Field Trip 9 Class Trip 10 Selecting an Approach
and think deeply about what is going on, also time to clear one's mind to (AP) think more clearly.” Affect the Future “A moment in time when you stop and look back on where you have been, what you have (F) learned, and how this will impact the future.” * Value toward Reflection “Getting the actual time to slow down and think, with no other expectations on how I'm Time (T) spending that time.” Space (S) “Peace of mind, the ability to project one's thoughts” Improvements (I) “Reflection improves performance, and thus satisfaction, with time.” Making Meaning "Opening your mind’ to allow new perspectives
their aircraft designs.ii. Hands-on experience: Fabrication and flight test evaluation of the UAS design was perhaps the most valuable lesson that the student team gained; at this scale, few finished products turn out in line with designs and projections. The team encountered this apparent discrepancy at various stages following the initial design, including component weight during fabrication, as well as the final weight of the finished aircraft, which was about 30% more than the design specification, affecting its dynamic performance. Lesson Learned: Analysis of aircraft designs need to account for potential variations in parameters during the fabrication/repair process to still be able to satisfy design and performance
expected outcome of introducing the first lab at the start of the MSE curricular sequencewas that students would begin to use these tools in their courses. Discussions with otherinstructors recorded the exclusive use of Microsoft Excel for graphing, laboratory reports, anddata analysis. While MS Excel is more widely used in industry than MATLAB, it is also true thatproficiency with MATLAB could translate to Excel more easily than the reverse. Theassumption was that students would use more reliable sources and effective tools if they wereexposed to them and taught to build competency in these tools. While some students began touse MATLAB and CES for course projects and laboratory reports after their 4 th semester, thiswas nowhere near as widespread
essay. You don’t go into an essay without having an idea whether in your head or onpaper. The same goes for designing something. You must have an idea of what you want tocreate and sketching is the way to get that idea down and also allows you to share your ideaswith others for critiquing.”The understanding that sketching itself is a way of thinking was very important for students torealize so they could begin using it as a tool rather than as something to perfect by showing totheir peers or instructor. Many students noted how they regretted not having more sketchesleading up to their final design project, which further underlines the newfound importance theyplaced on sketching as a tool to improve their end-product.DiscussionThe exploratory
proximity, another possible reason of this special connection is that PLs are not involved inthe grading process. This makes students more relaxed when interacting with PLs.PLs give us feedback about the class during the semester; we do not have to wait for classevaluations at the end of the semester.What PLs take from their class experience.PLs’ experience in this program was overwhelmingly positive. For them it was a personaldevelopment process not just a job, and the little empowerment that comes with the position doescontribute to their growth as young individuals. For several of them this was the first opportunityto lead a group of peers on a technical project where they are expected to be the expert.All of them report that - Ability to
the US Air Force Test Pilot School and served as a Service Chief’s Fellow at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Training and Development for Faculty New to Teaching and Academia Lt Col Clinton J. Armani, PhD Assistant Professor of Mathematical Sciences Unites States Air Force AcademyAbstractThe Department of Mathematical Sciences at the United States Air Force Academy has beenrecognized across the institution for their outstanding work in preparing new and lessexperienced instructors to be successful teachers. The department makes an