canbenefit from the laboratory experience in applications of mechatronics, robotics, and rapid prototyping.As well as helping in the teaching of various courses, such experience benefits students who are pursuingdegrees in the engineering field. Students in the Mechanical, Electrical, and Industrial fields along withmany others can learn many new skills from multi-disciplinary projects such as the rapid prototype designof consumer products, a walking robot or various designs related to capstone senior design projects3, 4.Such projects show students how to use different types of technology, and demonstrate how advancedtechnology can be used in an actual application. Overall, many different fields of engineering can benefitfrom this application
to be able to correct the process toward normal operation. Thedifferences in these two broad outcomes lead to differences in emphasis and approach toteaching similar topics.Our ATE project involves adapting novel in-classroom laboratory equipment and activitiesdeveloped for teaching engineering to teaching process technology. The equipment beingadapted consists of very low-cost models of common industrial equipment [1-5]. These are itemslike heat exchangers and pipes which are common to both process technology and manybranches of engineering. The emphases are different however, process technology or PTECprograms are concerned with ensuring that students understand normal behavior and how someof the phenomena can be used to cross-check
authorities, faculty and undergraduate students about their perceptions of the school’sapproaches to teach ethics. Second, we designed a quantitative instrument to measure students’ability to recognize ethical and professional issues, to accept personal responsibility, to be awareof ethical codes, and to obtain learning benefits from different ethics training activities.Significant differences were found in individual ethical reasoning to identify issues by genderand socioeconomic status. Implications regarding improvement actions in the research site werediscussed. Additionally, considerations for adopting the assessment approach by otherinstitutions were also presented.Introduction Engineering solutions have a long-term impact on society, as
Paper ID #19679Engaged Student Learning Project: Challenges and Lessons LearnedDr. Rambod Rayegan, Prairie View A&M University Rambod Rayegan is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering Department at Prairie view A & M University. He has a strong background in conducting research in building energy efficiency and renewable power generation for buildings. He served as a Visiting Assistant Professor in Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering at University of North Texas before joining PVAMU. He oversaw the research in the Zero Energy Laboratory at UNT and worked as a researcher at UNT in the
students have participated in the development of the new course underthe supervision of two faculty members. Students who participated in the software andhardware development have done an excellent job in the course projects. Their confidencein the course materials has led the department to assign them as teaching assistants for thenewly developed course.2.2 MEMS / NEMS software and hardware developmentIn the MEMS / NEMS module of the course, students use Technology Computer-AidedDesign (TCAD) to learn design software for the device fabrication process. The devicesare then made in the school laboratories. The students gain new experiences with the useof apparatus systems, including thin film fabrication, Characterization System, ScanningElectron
enrolled students from 16 different states and 2different countries, allowing for a mixture of cultural and education levels. Each course is aperiod of 2-3 weeks where the students attend lessons Monday-Friday. Students have the optionof enrolling in multiple courses as scheduling of the courses permits. Each course costs $1,250which pays for the instructor’s time, laboratory supplies, teaching assistants, and a fee to theprograms maintenance and support.The 2016 summer program has a total of 8 courses being offered with a maximum enrollment of16-20 students depending on the course: • CENG 1015: Princples of Chemical Engineering with Lab • CMPS 1005: Python Programming: Introduction to Computer Science • EBIO 1231: Exploring Animal Behavior
Engineering at the University of Akron (UA) ran aNational Science Foundation funded Research Experience for Teachers (RET) site from 2012-2016 and started a new cycle in 2016-2019. This paper is a summary of the 2012 – 2016 site.The main objective of this RET site was to bring ten high school science teachers to TheUniversity of Akron (UA) campus for eight weeks each summer to increase their knowledge ofengineering research and enable them to effectively disseminate this knowledge in their highschool classrooms. This was accomplished through a combination of (1) an independent researchproject for each teacher in the laboratory of a UA faculty member and (2) hands-on professionaldevelopment activities to reinforce the fundamentals of engineering
Paper ID #17854Constructionism in Learning: Sustainable Life Cycle Engineering Project(CooL:SLiCE)Dr. Kyoung-Yun Kim, Wayne State University Dr. Kyoung-Yun Kim is an associate professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Wayne State University, where he directs the Computational Intelligence and Design Informatics (CInDI) Laboratory. Dr. Kim’s research focuses on design science; design informatics; semantic assembly design; transformative product design; product life-cycle modeling; design and manufacturing of soft products. Dr. Kim has received external funding from several U.S. federal agencies
work, she developed and validated a new interdisci- plinary assessment in the context of carbon cycling for high school and college students using Item Re- sponse Theory. She is also interested in developing robotics-embedded curricula and teaching practices in a reform-oriented approach. Currently, a primary focus of her work at New York University is to guide the development of new lessons and instructional practices for a professional development program under a DR K-12 research project funded by NSF.Dr. Vikram Kapila, New York University 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
course and laboratory contents.There were also valid suggestions, like, for instance, shorting some topics while deepening thediscussion in others. There was also a suggestion to broaden the scope of the homework problems.In addition to the above survey, the university has a standard tool to measure the effectiveness ofa course and its delivery, called Student Rate of Teaching Effectiveness (SRTE’s). Feedback fromthe SRTEs was highly positive on the course contents, delivery and specifically the hand-onexperiences. For instance in the SRTEs, there are two crucial questions (depicted below) gradedfrom 1 to 7 (with 7 being the top score) Rate the overallA3 0/ 0% 0/ 0% 0/ 0% 0/ 0% 0/ 0% 3/43% 4/57% 7 6.57 0
incorporated problem-based learning into her lectures, lab- oratories, and outreach activities to engage students and the community in the STEM education process.Dr. Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton Dr. Margaret Pinnell is the Associate Dean for Faculty and Staff Development in the school of engineering and associate professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Dayton. She teaches undergraduate and graduate materials related courses including Introduction to Ma- terials, Materials Laboratory, Engineering Innovation, Biomaterials and Engineering Design and Appro- priate Technology (ETHOS). She was director of the (Engineers in Technical Humanitarian Opportunities of Service
. Multisim includes powerful virtual instruments, which aresimulated instruments found in the laboratory such as oscilloscopes, multi-meters, and functiongenerators, among many others6. Multisim is an industry-standard, best-in-class SPICEsimulation environment. It is the cornerstone of the NI circuits teaching solution to buildexpertise through practical application in designing, prototyping, and testing electrical circuits7.However, with context to this course students only utilize Multisim’s ability to draw schematicdiagram and use the virtual instrumentation to capture required data from the respectiveinstruments.V. Computation and Mathematical Modelling by Utilization of MatlabMatlab by Mathworks has become the standard computational engine in
building, renovating, and maintaining the university infrastructurethat can be used as a learning laboratory for students in construction-related curricula. Beyondsimply being a laboratory for observation, the university can be intentionally developed into apartner in the process of preparing the next generation of construction engineers and managers.While larger institutions typically have larger facilities departments, even smaller organizationshave some personnel that are charged with the maintenance of facilities that might work withprograms. Even those institutions who outsource some of these functions may find that theassociated companies are willing to cooperate with construction programs.Basic approaches: exposing students to construction
Paper ID #18989Dancing Humanoid Robots Lab Demonstration for the First Year Engineer-ing StudentsDr. Nebojsa I Jaksic P.E., Colorado State University, Pueblo NEBOJSA I. JAKSIC earned the Dipl. Ing. degree in electrical engineering from Belgrade University (1984), the M.S. in electrical engineering (1988), the M.S. in industrial engineering (1992), and the Ph.D. in industrial engineering from the Ohio State University (2000). He is currently a Professor at Colorado State University-Pueblo teaching robotics and automation courses. Dr. Jaksic has about 70 publications and holds two patents. Dr. Jaksic’s interests include
seeking the education that teaches them skills that can beutilized in real world applications. Despite the fact that colleges and universities are able toreplicate or simulate some of real-world problems within the lecture room or laboratory settings,exposing students with actual real-world experiments as well as hands-on practices can bringanother dimension to their learning and understanding of the subject. Experiential learningcreates a useful possibility to prepare students for profession or research carriers. When collegestudents are given opportunities to examine a real-world situation on campus or in the networklike the ones furnished in internships, area placements, and industrial project partnerships, themastering becomes extensively
University of Science and Technology (MS&T), formerly the University of Missouri-Rolla. He worked for Toyota Motor Corporation as a qual- ity assurance engineer for two years and lived in Toyota City, Japan. He received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from MS&T in 1999 while he worked as a quality engineer for Lumbee Enterprises in St. Louis, Missouri. His first teaching position was at the architectural and manufacturing Sciences depart- ment of Western Kentucky University. He was a faculty at Trine University teaching mainly graduate courses as well as undergraduate courses in engineering technology and mechanical engineering depart- ments. He is currently teaching in Engineering Technology Program at Drexel
Stanford University. Subsequently, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Computer Science, also at Stanford University. He has been with the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Illinois since 2006, where he now serves as Associate Head for Undergraduate Programs. He holds an affiliate appointment in the Coordinated Science Laboratory, where he leads a research group that works on a diverse set of projects (http://bretl.csl.illinois.edu/). Dr. Bretl received the National Science Foundation Early Career Development Award in 2010. He has also received numerous awards for undergraduate teaching in the area of dynamics and control, including all three teaching awards given by the College of Engineering at
).ActivitiesThe RET program annually supports 13 local K-12 teachers who teach a STEM subject in a six-week summer research internship. Once the teachers have been selected, we attempt to matchtheir interests as stated in their application with those of participating Rice faculty and labs. RETteachers are then paired with a post-doc or graduate student mentor from that lab. Thementorship experience has been shown to be beneficial not only to the participants but alsoprovides a valuable experience to the graduate student mentors.29 One month prior to the start ofthe summer research, all stakeholders connect so that the RET teacher can be better preparedwith background readings and gain familiarity with people and laboratory. Teachers are providedwith a
run during a 13-week fall semester, and in recentyears have had an enrollment total averaging 800 students. A second offering is made availablein the spring or summer semesters, usually with a much smaller class size.Prior to July 2015, ENGG 233 followed a traditional lecture format. Content was deliveredduring three one-hour lectures each week in a large theater-style format. Students practiced theirapplication skills in C++ programming during a two-hour weekly laboratory period withguidance from graduate student teaching assistants. In 2015, the faculty decided to redesign thecourse with emphasis on algorithmic thinking and exploratory, applied learning [Pears, 2007].The language of focus was changed to Processing, a Java-based language
processing, and engineering education. Specific areas of controls and signal processing research include the design and modeling of intelligent controls, Kalman filters, and automation. Engineering education research includes curriculum and laboratory development for these concepts. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Using Google Apps to Collect and Organize My Tenure PortfolioIntroductionAt most universities, promotion and tenure decisions are made based on performance in threecategories: teaching, research, and service. However, the emphasis on each category variesbetween universities depending on their institutional priorities. One thing is consistent; acandidate for promotion needs to
commissioning of PLC-based control systems for the food & beverage and cement industries. He has developed and teaches a course on PLC-based control systems for engineers. He also teaches a course on advanced digital design using FPGAs, a course on embedded systems using 8- and 32-bit microcontrollers, and the two-semester capstone project sequence for electrical and computer engineers at Behrend.Dr. Osama T. Al Meanazel, The Hashemite University Dr. Osama T. Al Meanazel is an Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering at The Hashemite Univer- sity since September 2013. He received the B.S. in Industrial Engineering from The University of Jordan, Jordan; the M.S. in Engineering Management from Sunderland University
engineering department and lately more instructional resources becameavailable 2, making SDR technology excellent choice for teaching both undergraduate andgraduate courses in communications. An example of instructional packages are offered byNational Instruments, including hardware platforms, software packages and communicationrelated teaching modules. Integrated curricula with SDR, across areas such as communications,signal processing, computer programming, electromagnetics, and embedded systems, wereintroduced in six US universities, in each case with a major laboratory component 3.Comparisons between course levels, majors, laboratory components, hardware and programmingenvironment used were discussed for the six universities participating and the
Paper ID #18785Enhancing participation of deaf engineering students in lab discussionDr. Raja S Kushalnagar, Gallaudet University Raja Kushalnagar is an Associate Professor and the Director of the Information Technology Program at Gallaudet University in Washington, DC. He teaches information technology courses, and mentors deaf, hard of hearing and hearing students in information technology and accessible computing research. His research interests focus on the intersection of disability law, accessible and educational technology, and human-computer interaction. He worked in industry for over five years before
Paper ID #17826EE and ME – Together Again: Forging a BSE from BSEE and BSME Pro-gramsDr. Dennis A. Silage, Temple University Dennis Silage received the PhD in EE from the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Temple University, teaches digital data communication, digital signal and image processing and embedded processing systems. He is also the Director of the Interdisciplinary Engineering program in the College of Engineering. Dr. Silage is past chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Division of ASEE, recipient of the 2007 ASEE National Outstanding Teaching
their performance. The students were made aware ofthe fact that a material and the process for making it must be chosen in concert. This papersummarizes the overall experience of the mechanical engineering sophomore students onmaterial and process selection for a wide range of consumer products chosen by them.INTRODUCTIONProduct dissection (teardown) process has become a popular way to teach students aboutengineering concepts and design principles associated with engineered products around them.This process of reverse engineering helps the student design teams learn how the productfunctions and how the parts or subassemblies interact with one another. The reverse engineeringprojects have been incorporated as a laboratory component of a
Paper ID #19828Development and Implementation of a New Hands-on Freshman EngineeringDesign Course that Promotes Inclusiveness and Retention (Work in Progress)Dr. Tracy Jane Puccinelli, University of Wisconsin, Madison In 2011, Puccinelli joined the Biomedical Engineering (BME) Department. As part of the BME design faculty, she works on curriculum development, as well as innovative approaches for teaching design. Puc- cinelli coordinates BME outreach, advising BME seniors as they develop interactive, hands-on activities for K-12 students that teach biomedical engineering concepts. Additionally, in 2012, she began teaching
Paper ID #19806Demo or Hands-on? A Crossover Study on the Most Effective Implementa-tion Strategy for Inquir–Based Learning ActivitiesDr. Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Brian Self obtained his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Engineering Mechanics from Virginia Tech, and his Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the University of Utah. He worked in the Air Force Research Laboratories before teaching at the U.S. Air Force Academy for seven years. Brian has taught in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo since 2006. During the 2011-2012 academic year he participated in a
Labor, Dec. 29, 2014. 2. Donovan, S. and Bransford, Ed., “How Students Learn: History, Mathematics, and Science in the Classroom,” Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2005. 3. Windschitl, M., “Folk Theories of ‘inquiry’: How Preservice Teachers Reproduce the Discourse and Practices of the Scientific Method,” J. of Research in Science Teaching, 41, z81-512, 2004.4. Windschitl, M. and Thompson, J., “Transcending simple forms of school science investigations: Can pre-service instruction foster teachers' understandings of model-based inquiry?” American Educational Research J., 43(4), 783-835, 2006.5. Brown, S. and Melear, C., “Preservice Teachers’ Research Experiences in Scientists’ Laboratories,” J. of
Paper ID #19389Assessment of physics course outcomes, general education outcomes, andABET course outcomes of engineering majors, technology majors, and healthsciences majors at a community collegeDr. Raul Armendariz, Queensborough Community College Assistant professor of physics at the Queensborough Community CollegeProf. Tak Cheung Tak Cheung, Ph.D., professor of physics, teaches in CUNY Queensborough Community College. He also conducts research and mentors student research projects.Dr. Charles Neuman, Queensborough Community College, CUNY c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Assessment of
Paper ID #18454Development of the Engineering Learning Classroom Observation Tool (EL-COT)Ms. Timeri K. Tolnay, Colorado School of Mines Timeri joined Mines in November of 2015 to support the growth and Development of the Trefny Innova- tive Instruction (I) Center, and to bring her extensive background in instructional coaching to the college level. Prior to joining Mines, Timeri worked for a nationally recognized online Learning and Assessment System called ShowEvidence where she supported educational institutions in transferring their teaching, learning, and assessment practices online to create greater coherence