widely-adopted technology trend, there is a significant need to address thetechnical skills of the emerging workforce and improve their quality of training especially in thefield of additive manufacturing. As 21st century industries transition to globally interconnectedconglomerates (Industry 4.0), the training programs also need to evolve to provide the high-techskills required3. This portrays a need for innovative focused advanced engineering trainingtechniques that can increase the pool of highly skilled American workers with requiredproficiency. However, the main implication of teaching emerging technologies in academiapertains to not many institutions (both schools and colleges) continually being able to afford andprocure the required
) Sven Esche is a tenured Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. He received a Diploma in Applied Mechanics in 1989 from Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany, and was awarded M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The Ohio State University in 1994 and 1997, respectively. He teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses related to mechanisms and machine dynamics, integrated product development, solid mechanics and plasticity theory, structural design and analysis, engineering analysis and finite element methods and has interests in remote laboratories, project-based learning and student learning assessment. His
Paper ID #17920A PATTERN RECOGNITION APPROACH TO SIGNAL TO NOISE RA-TIO ESTIMATION OF SPEECHMr. Peter Adeyemi Awolumate P.AMr. Mitchell Rudy, Rowan University Rowan University Electrical and Computer Engineering student.Dr. Ravi P. Ramachandran, Rowan University Ravi P. Ramachandran received the B. Eng degree (with great distinction) from Concordia University in 1984, the M. Eng degree from McGill University in 1986 and the Ph.D. degree from McGill University in 1990. From October 1990 to December 1992, he worked at the Speech Research Department at AT&T Bell Laboratories. From January 1993 to August 1997, he was a
established two research laboratories. He serves as the founding Direc- tor of the Evaluation and Proficiency Center (EPC) in CECS, and is an iSTEM Fellow. He received the Joseph M. Bidenbach Outstanding Engineering Educator Award from IEEE in 2008.Dr. Baiyun Chen, University of Central Florida Dr. Baiyun Chen is an Instructional Designer at the Center for Distributed Learning at the University of Central Florida. She designs and delivers faculty professional development programs and teaches graduate courses on Instructional Systems Design. Her research interests focus on using instructional strategies in online and blended teaching and learning, professional development for teaching online, and application of emerging
Paper ID #19347Defining the Frontiers of Bioengineering Education at Illinois and BeyondDr. Jennifer R Amos, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Dr Amos joined the Bioengineering Department at the University of Illinois in 2009 and is currently a Teaching Associate Professor in Bioengineering and an Adjunct Associate Professor in Educational Psychology. She received her B.S. in Chemical Engineering at Texas Tech and Ph.D. in Chemical En- gineering from University of South Carolina. She completed a Fulbright Program at Ecole Centrale de Lille in France to benchmark and help create a new hybrid masters program
earned a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2011 at the University of Virginia. His current research interests include machine learning, embedded systems, electrical power systems, and engineering education.Prof. Ronald D. Williams P.E., University of Virginia Ronald Williams is a faculty member in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Virginia. His teaching responsibilities have typically been in the area of digital systems, embedded computing, and computer design. He has recently been actively involved in the redesign of the undergraduate electrical engineering curriculum. His research interests have focused on embedded computing for control and signal processing.Dr
flapping flight, mechatronics, robotics, MEMS, virtual reality and haptics, and teaching with technology. He has ongoing research in flapping flight, Frisbee flight dynamics, lift in porous material and brain injury He is an active member of ASEE and ASME and reviewer for several ASME, IEEE and ASEE, FIE conferences and journals. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Mechanical Vibrations Modal Analysis Project with ArduinosAbstractThis paper details a new laboratory project in a senior-level Mechanical Engineering Vibrationscourse. Students are to determine the first four natural frequencies of a 6061 Aluminum free-freebeam in a laboratory using three methods. First, they use the
. Austin University, teaching at the program in Engineering Physics. His research interests include: Radar Systems, Wireless Communications and Antennas.Dr. Christopher J. Aul, Stephen F. Austin State University Mechanical Engineering professor at Stephen F. Austin State University serving the Engineering Physics degree within the Department of Physics, Engineering and Astronomy. Research interests include com- bustion chemistry, laser diagnostics, engineering education, and outreach programs in STEM.Dr. Dan Bruton, Stephen F. Austin State University Dr. Dan Bruton is a professor of Physics at Stephen F. Austin State University. He is an Associate Dean of the College of Sciences and Mathematics and recently developed a new
research of learning and teaching based on particular designs for instruction” (pp. 199-200)5. In DBR, we use theory to inform our course design and collect data to evaluate the desiredstudent outcomes. DBR differs from laboratory experimental research in that DBR is situated inreal-world contexts where confounding factors are difficult to control, whereas laboratoryexperiments aim to control for such factors6. DBR also differs from action research in that DBRapplies theory in real-world contexts, whereas action research serves to solve an immediateproblem that often involves the use of non-research personnel7.The outcomes of DBR include theory generation and practical educational interventions.Through our study, we will generate theory by
Paper ID #19240Studio Biology For Engineers: Lessons LearnedDr. Christopher Josh Ramey, Colorado School of Mines Teaching Assistant Professor at Colorado School of Mines. Interested in developing active learning ex- periences and undergraduate research programs. Educational background in molecular biology with em- phasis in genetic engineering.Dr. Judy Schoonmaker, Colorado School of MinesSarah M. Ryan, Colorado School of Mines c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017Making the Change from Lecture to an Active Learning Environment:Lessons LearnedAbstractWe recently transformed a traditional
, and modeling of motor performance and con- trol in Parkinson’s disease. She previously held a faculty position at the University of British Columbia at Vancouver, and postdoctoral positions at Sandia National Laboratories and at the National Ecological Observatory Network. She is the recipient of the UNM Regents’ Lectureship, the NSF CAREER Award, the UNM Teaching Fellowship, the Peter Wall Institute Early Career Scholar Award, the Truman Post- doctoral Fellowship in National Security Science and Engineering, and the George Bienkowski Memorial Prize, Princeton University. She was a Summer Faculty Fellow at AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate, and a Science and Technology Policy Fellow at The National Academies.Dr
semester, students responded to a ‘Laboratory Departure Worksheet’ intendedto model an exit interview. Students provided feedback on their laboratory teammates(distribution of work load, ability to learn/teach each other) and the work environment (availableinstrumentation, lab management by instructor). In addition, students responded to the followingquestions related to their personal growth throughout the semester: What have you learned (big picture) as a result of participating in this lab? In what ways, if any, has your motivation for studying AE or BE changed? Define your major (AE or BE) in your own words.Informed consent was obtained for this study (IRB # 20150815495 EX) and placed in a sealedenvelope to be opened at the
in 2007. Dr. Wrate has now returned to his boyhood home and is teaching at Northern Michigan University. He is a member of HKN and IEEE, a Registered Professional Engineer in California, and is a past chair of the Energy Conversion and Conservation Division of ASEE.Joe Routhier, Northern Michigan University Joe Routhier earned his associate degree in Mechanical Design at Michigan Technological University. Upon graduation, Joe worked as a Product Designer at both Generac Engine Powered Tools in Waukesha, WI and at Bruno Independent Living Aids in Oconomowoc, WI. Subsequently, Joe earned his bachelor’s degree in Industrial Education and shifted from industry in to the classroom. Joe spent 15 years teaching Computer
-ranked6department’s new home. While the building’s classroom block contains traditionalclassrooms and a 400-seat auditorium, the boundary-breaking laboratory and officetower includes a range of instructional spaces of its own, all designed to teach studentsthrough hands-on activities and projects. Interactive classrooms of various sizes,30,000 square feet of instructional labs, and an instructional clean room are locatedalongside one another — and faculty offices and labs — on all five floors.7The performance of active-learning instructional spaces may be assessed via studentretention, since hands-on learning is a major current driver of undergraduate studentdemand; or via student collaboration in clubs and study groups, since interactivity andactive
research experiences for teachers in the laboratories of faculty and providesyear-long activities to support implementation of research-based curriculum in the classroom.High school teachers and community college faculty are engaged in a six-week summer researchand training program in cutting edge research in sustainable polymer engineering. Integratedwith the research experience are education and professional development programs, includingteam-building workshops, short courses in polymer science, field trips to industry, presentationskills development, and workshops in developing activities for laboratory experiments based ontheir research. Teachers partner with graduate students, who serve as research mentors during thesummer and visiting
Mechanical Engineering at Tennessee Tech University. He is currently working as an undergraduate research assistant in the additive manufacturing laboratory under Dr. Fidan. Nick is the student trustee on the Tennessee Tech Board of Trustees and is formally the Tennessee Board of Regents Student Regent. He is also the recipient of the 2017 Rising Renaissance Engineer Spectrum Award. Nick enjoys spending time with his family and trading stocks in his free time.Mr. James Reed Rust, Tennessee Technological University Mr. Reed Rust is a senior in Manufacturing Engineering Technology at Tennessee Tech University. He is currently working as an undergraduate research assistant in the additive manufacturing laboratory under Dr
students switch courseswith section 4 and section 2 students switch courses with section 3. This allows the ECEdepartment to expose students enrolled in all 4 sections of EEGR 105 concepts that are covered inboth modules 1 and 2. Sections 3 and 4 are conducted in classrooms that are equipped with about 10 laboratorybenches that can be used to conduct regular laboratory experiments for courses such ElectricCircuits, Electronics, etc. The instructors in both sections are required to cover introductorycircuits theory such as series and parallel resistance combinations, Ohm’s Law, and Kirchoff’svoltage and current laws. The instructors also conduct hands on sessions using the regularlaboratory instrumentation to teach students how to build
Engineering Technology Department. To understand this material is onething, but it is another matter entirely to explain this material to students if one has neverexperienced the real-world applications of PLC’s. Although this author was able tocomplete five of the assigned laboratory experiments, continuous efforts and experienceperforming the exercises would be needed to successfully teach students this material to asufficient level. The current instructor and an alternate part-time instructor of this coursedo an outstanding job preparing students for the workforce using Allen Bradley andSiemens PLC’s.As a simultaneous lecturer and student, this author has had many opportunities to speakwith ET students regarding this course, which in the ET
implement a processfor the production of beer. ASEE Annual Conference. Charlotte, 1999.7. Farrell, S., Newell, J. A., Savelski, M. J. Teaching product design through the investigation ofcommerical beer. Chemical Engineering Education. 2002;36: 108-113.8. Hohn, K. L. The chemical engineering behind how pop goes flat: a hands-on experiment forfreshmen. Chemical Engineering Education. 2007;41: 14-18.9. Fraser, D. M. Introducing student to basic ChE concepts: four simple experiments. ChemicalEngineering Education. 1999;33: 190-195.10. Farrell, S., Hesketh, R. P. An introduction to drug delivery for chemical engineers. ChemicalEngineering Education. 2002;36: 198-203.11. Anderson, C. R. Development of a multi-week drug delivery laboratory for
information to be represented as a combination of words, texts,pictures, and diagrams. This type of concept representation complements different learning stylesand focuses on the visual mode of teaching in the engineering disciplines (Bringardner, 2016).The first video created for this initiative introduced breadboarding and circuit buildingfundamentals. Once of the course laboratory exercises requires students to use fundamentaldigital logic to solve a problem, translate the equations to a digital interface - LabVIEW, andbuild a circuit using the National Instruments educational breadboard. It was common forstudents to struggle with breadboard wiring when trying to translate instructions from the labmanual text to the hands-on experience. This
. Data collected during this timedemonstrated a statistically significant increase in teacher content knowledge and an increase in their useof guided inquiry and active learning activities (Polasik, 2016). Evidence has shown that guided inquiryand active teaching methods are correlated to increases in students’ content knowledge and capacity forscientific thinking (Shouse et al., 2007; 2010).In the 2012 – 2015 academic years, the program monitored teacher use of materials science hands-onactivities and their effectiveness as one metric of the degree to which the PD was impacting theclassroom. As Figure 1, (Polasik, Daehn, and McCombs 2016) illustrates, the number of materials scienceactivities increased substantially. This increase was also seen
Genomic Biology. He received bachelor degrees in chemical and biomedical engineering at the University of Minnesota and a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from the University of Virginia. Paul completed postdoctoral training at Boston College before joining the University of Illinois in 2016.Prof. Karin Jensen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Karin Jensen is a Teaching Assistant Professor in bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign. At UIUC she teaches undergraduate courses and serves as an academic advisor. Before joining UIUC she completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Sanofi Oncology in Cambridge, MA. She earned a bachelor’s degree in biological engineering from Cornell University
Paper ID #20410Physics is the soul of Engineering in General and Electrical Engineering inParticularDr. Kanti Prasad, University of Massachusetts, Lowell Dr. Kanti Prasad is a professor in the department of electrical and computer Engineering and is found- ing Director of Microelectronics/VLSI Technology Laboratories at the University Massachusetts Lowell. Professor Prasad initiated the Microelectronics/ VLSI program in 1984, and is teaching 16.469/16.502 VLSI Design and 16.470/504 VLSI Fabrication courses since its inception. From the spring of 1986 Pro- fessor Prasad developed 16.661 Local Area/Computer Networks, and
actually spent on teaching them how to identify theircustomers." Students are not conducting experiments in the stereotypical, laboratory-situatedway, but instead through Customer Discovery: students are "testing [their] hypothesis" by talkingwith and gathering feedback from customers. Exploring user needs is the foundation of theentire Customer Discovery process, to determine the value proposition, or the "value" thatcustomer will derive from the product's use. As one interviewee said, "once you understand thevalue, then later you can transform that into your requirements, documentation to conductresearch, [you can] build product, whatever.”Interviewees agreed that Customer Discovery is also when students understand, define andreframe the problem
Paper ID #19485WIP: Introducing MATLAB-based Instruction and Learning in the Creativ-ity Thread of a Novel Integrated Approach to ECE EducationProf. Branislav M. Notaros, Colorado State University Branislav M. Notaros is Professor and University Distinguished Teaching Scholar in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Colorado State University, where he also is Director of Electro- magnetics Laboratory. His research publications in computational and applied electromagnetics include more than 180 journal and conference papers. He is the author of textbooks Electromagnetics (2010) and MATLAB-Based
they are used as tools for generating ideas and visual communication, especially when it involves the skill to generate quick and realistic sketches of an object or idea. He has also conducted research on how to effectively teach these skills to novice engineers.Miss Myela A Paige, Georgia Institute of Technology Myela Paige is a first-year graduate research assistant in the Engineering Design Research Lab at Georgia Institute of Technology. She is pursuing her Master of Science and PhD in Mechanical Engineering under the advisement of Dr. Katherine Fu. She received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Maryland Baltimore County in 2015. Myela is passionate about helping students from all walks of life
Florida, Orlando, FL. He has also been a Graduate Teaching Assistant for Department of Electrical Engineering and Com- puter Science of University of Central Florida since 2014. His educational interests are innovations and laboratory-based instructions, technology-enabled learning, and feedback driven grading approaches. He is the recipient of the Award of Excellence by a Graduate Teaching Assistant for the academic year of 2015-2016 at University of Central Florida.Dr. Baiyun Chen, University of Central Florida Dr. Baiyun Chen is an Instructional Designer at the Center for Distributed Learning at the University of Central Florida. She designs and delivers faculty professional development programs and teaches graduate
opportunity by adapting Louisiana Tech’sclasslab concept (integrating class and lab facilities at scale) and large portions of theirinnovative, NSF-funded LivingWithTheLab (LWTL) curriculum. The LWTL curriculumemploys hands-on, project-based instruction for first-year engineering design and demandsavailability of classrooms featuring equipment often restricted from wide student use byavailability and safety concerns. This adaptation included developing an updated interpretationof the classlab concept (where traditional lecture and laboratory activities are seamlesslyinterwoven into the same course, taught in two-hour blocks) and adding new supporting spacesdedicated to collaboration and access to equipment outside of class hours. As the
Paper ID #19862Matched Assessment Data Set for Experiment-Centric Pedagogy Implemen-tation in 13 HBCU ECE ProgramsProf. Kenneth A. Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Kenneth Connor is a professor in the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering (ECSE) where he teaches courses on electromagnetics, electronics and instrumentation, plasma physics, electric power, and general engineering. His research involves plasma physics, electromagnetics, photon- ics, biomedical sensors, engineering education, diversity in the engineering workforce, and technology enhanced learning. He learned problem solving from
themselves comprehend and retain their content more deeply when using the AEapproach [8]. Because of the apparent advantages of the AE approach, institutions andorganizations such as the Engineering Ambassadors Network [9-10] are teaching the approach totheir students. Shown in Figure 1 are two slides that follow the assertion-evidence approach. Figure 1: Two example slides that follow the assertion-evidence approach [4]. Note that the headlines are sentence assertions, as opposed to phrases. Note also that the bodies of the slides contain only visual evidence, not bullet lists. Although the AE approach is spreading on a collegiate level [10], it is not yet widely usedin professional settings. To explore how to spread the