evening, working on their manufactured samples produced from natural resources.IntroductionA recent study noted that the quality of diversity interactions were related to 2 differentoutcomes: the need for cognition and critical thinking skills.1 Integration of research anddevelopment in the classroom and laboratory as a teaching strategy for student engagement andlearning2 is a practice that facilitates positive interactions among students, faculty, and theextended community.1-6 Implementation of interdisciplinary research experiences that are real-world and team based combining undergraduate students from science and engineeringdisciplines with faculty in higher education alongside middle and high school in-service and pre-service science and
moderately controlled proxies, and in the “real world,” students willencounter problems, data, and information presented in all sorts of ways. It is our responsibilityas educators to prepare them for these encounters.While multiple representations are promoted for their ability to engage different types of learnersand diversify teaching styles, there is little research available on their effect on problem solvingand critical thinking skills. Furthermore, the work that is available often focuses on a singlerepresentation (e.g., visualization3). Because exposure to diverse representations willtheoretically allow students to be more versatile thinkers, we believe this will result in greaterdevelopment of problem solving and critical thinking skills. To
Paper ID #18496Inclusion of Safety Discipline into Pneumatic and Hydraulics Lab ActivitiesDr. Shoji Nakayama, Purdue University Northwest (College of Technology) Dr. Shoji Nakayama is an Associate Professor of Organizational Leadership and Supervision in the De- partment of Construction Science and Organizational Leadership at Purdue University Northwest. In this position, he teaches safety and health related courses, as well as improving Environmental Health and Safety curriculum through Industrial Advisory Committees. Dr. Nakayama has safety related experience in automotive, airline, regulatory agency and printing
literature reviews, identifying opportunities for external funding (scholarships andfellowships), applying to graduate school, and communicating scientific findings through oralpresentation. In addition, the effect size (Cohen’s d)11,12 was calculated for each item (Table 1).This indicates the practical significance of changes for each item between TP1 and TP2. Thesevalues show that there was not significant overlap between the TP1 and TP2 responses except forItem 1 (“document my research in a laboratory notebook”) and Item 2 (“steps to patentresearch”). Focus group interviews conducted by the evaluator confirmed these survey findingsand pointed to specific REU programming that boosted students’ self-efficacy in these areas.Table 1: Mean values of
workindividually or in self-selected pairs on a directed active learning assignment as faculty and labassistants employ a “teaching by walking around (TBWA)” philosophy. By implementingTBWA, faculty can interact with every student in the class in an informal manner as each student/ student-pair work at their own pace. Students receive individual attention and can receiveimmediate feedback as they work.During the ECE-322 annual continuous improvement cycle, it was suggested that the existingmixed-mode format and TBWA style could easily be adapted into a MOOC [6]. In turn, theMOOC could serve as an interactive textbook that integrates many components such as readings,video lectures, homework assignments, self-assessments, quizzes, laboratory projects, and
Environmental Engineering (2009), and a Dr. Eng. in Civil Engineering (2013). Currently, he is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Engineering at West Texas A&M University in Canyon, Texas since August 2013. He is a registered P.E. in the state of Louisiana. His research inter- ests include biological, electrochemical, and photochemical wastewater treatment methods. He teaches courses in water and wastewater treatment, solid and hazardous waste, surveying, and programming fun- damentals.Dr. J. Arn Womble P.E., West Texas A&M University Dr. J. Arn Womble is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering (Structures) at West Texas A&M Uni- versity in Canyon, TX. He is a graduate of the wind engineering programs at
opportunities for teaching fundamental concepts of measurements andmetrology to students. We have described and validated a suite of laboratory modules which can be selected andutilized for educational purposes in a wide range of engineering courses. The modules givestudents hands on experience with simple and more sophisticated instrumentation for optical,mechanical, and chemical characterization of surfaces. Future work will expand the range ofmaterials, include white light interferometry, continue robotics implementation for more of themethods, and include adding sandblasting, coatings, and solvent treatments to evaluate methodsof improving surface characteristics. We are investigating the application of new nanomaterialhydrophobic coatings
Wentworth will also help improve the PER literature’s deficiency ofinvestigations at non-R1 universities3.2 Control and Experimental Group We implemented our initial study with two different faculty members, both usingsimilar teaching styles. The typical classroom setting consists of a combination oftraditional lecture content prepared by the instructors (not a universal slide prepared bythe department or supplement provided by the MLM), example problems, clickerquestions, and group work. All courses are comprised of two 75-minute lectures perweek, as well as a one 110-minute laboratory period once per week. Each professor taught at least two sections of the same course at different timesduring the day. For each faculty member, one
reading course contenton their own time outside the chat sessions. Consequently, the instructor needs to be careful ofthe student workload when assigning homework. The intention of the synchronous chatsessions, is to perform several worked-out homework problems and address student questionsabout the assigned homework, laboratory experiments or other student-centered activities as wellas any questions arising from the multimedia content.College of Engineering’s online teaching philosophy and implementation will continue to evolveas the engineering faculty gains more experience in delivering courses online. Hopefully, theabove and comprehensive discussion of how to deliver an online flipped classroom providedinsights on the various issues to
postdoctoral studies at Emory Univer- sity as a Distinguished CCNE Fellow and NIH K99 Postdoctoral Fellow. Dr. Smith’s research interests include nanomaterial engineering, single-molecule imaging, and cancer biology. He teaches undergradu- ate and graduate courses in Bioengineering and is the Associate Head of Undergraduate Programs.Prof. Dallas R Trinkle , University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Dallas R. Trinkle is an associate professor in Materials Science and Engineering at Univ. Illinois, Urbana- Champaign. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from Ohio State University in 2003. Following his time as a National Research Council postdoctoral researcher at the Air Force Research Laboratory, he joined the faculty of the
micromechanics modeling, materials synthesis, structural characterization and device evaluation. The goal of his research is to develop ad- vance structural materials for the next generation ground, aerial and space vehicles with enhanced safety and energy efficiency. Since 2012, his research has been funded by DOE, DOEd, and DOD with a total of 3 million, of which 1.4 million as PI. He has published or submitted 49 technical articles since 2007 (25 referred journals and 24 conference proceedings). Dr. Lin’s teaching interests lies in Mechanical Design, Solid Mechanics, and Dynamics. Currently, he is advising 4 Ph.D. students, 3 Master students, and 2 undergraduate students. Since 2011, 5 Master students graduated from his
vibrational spectroscopy. Rohit has been at Illinois since as Assistant Professor (2005-2011), Associate Professor (2011-2012) and Professor (2012-). Rohit was the first assistant professor hired into the new Bioengineering department and played a key role in the development of its curriculum and activities. He later founded and serves as the coordinator of the Cancer Community@Illinois, which is slated to become the first technology-focused cancer center in the nation. Research in the Bhargava laboratories focuses on fundamental theory and simulation for vibrational spectroscopic imaging, developing new instrumentation c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017
Communication with Competition and Prizes” Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition.12. Fiegel, G., and N. Derbidge, 2015. “Introducing Soil Property Evaluation in Geotechnical Engineering – Some Food for Thought,” Proceedings of the 2015 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.13. Durham, S., M. Hale, and S. Freyne, 2008. “Classroom Teaching Aids and Laboratory Experimentation to Engage Students in Materials Learning,” Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.14. Saliklis, E., 2008. "Arch Building for Kids. What did they learn? What did we learn?," Proceedings of the 2008
Science & Technology. His research focuses on spectral imaging for predicting food quality (beef tenderness) and early diagnosis of human diseases (peripheral arterial disease). He has active research in the area of food safety engineering through integration of heat transfer model and predictive microbial growth/death models for food safety risk assessment. Every fall, he teaches a large sophomore- level class on engineering properties of biological materials, which consists of both lectures and laboratory sessions with an enrollment of more than 70 students. Every spring, he teaches a junior-level course on principles of bioprocess engineering which has an enrollment of about 25 students.Dr. Ashu Guru, University of
[ing] roles responsibilities, and tasks, monitor[ing] progress, meet[ing]deadlines, and interegrat[ing] individual contributions into a final deliverable”Hands-on ActivitiesFelder et al. [8] suggest several teaching methods that work. One is the promote active learningin the classroom to involve students in the learning process and to take them off the sidelines aspassive content receivers and to directly engage them by having them do calculations, drawflowcharts, complete solutions to problems, etc.When the microprocessors course at ECU was first developed in 2013 it was developed withlaboratory exercises as the central component. Weekly lecture periods focused on theoreticalpreparation for the weekly laboratory exercise. It was discovered
Program of Tau Beta Pi, the Engineering Honor Society, which provides interactive seminars on interpersonal communications and problem solving skills for engineering students across the U.S. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 The Care and Keeping of Graduate Students: An Interactive Panel Discussion for Novice Advisors of Graduate Students1. Introduction and PurposeWhile most young professors expect to juggle teaching with research, service, and grant writing,the expectation to form and lead an (immediately productive) laboratory group is sometimessurprising and often challenging. Graduate students expect that their faculty mentors will
Laboratories, Lucent Technology, Inc. as Member of Technical Staff and Ciena Corp. as Principal Engineer, doing research in photonic networks and optoelectronics. His teaching interest fo- cuses on the project-based learning (PBL) model of engineering education with self-directed learner as enhanced educational outcome. His research area focuses on optoelectronics, semiconductor lasers, and metamaterials.Dr. Robert Scott Pierce P.E., Western Carolina University Robert Scott Pierce is an Associate Professor of physics and engineering at Sweet Briar College in Sweet Briar, Va. He received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Georgia Tech in 1993. Prior to his teaching career, he spent 13 years in industry designing
Paper ID #20401Learning from Engineering Disasters: A Multidisciplinary Online CourseDr. Gary P. Halada, Stony Brook University Dr. Halada, Associate Professor in Materials Science and Engineering at Stony Brook University, directs an interdisciplinary undergraduate degree program in Engineering Science. He designs educational ma- terials focused on nanotechnology, advanced manufacturing, and how engineers learn from engineering disasters and how failure and risk analysis can be used to teach about ethics and societal implications of emerging technologies. Halada also coordinates the Long Island Alternative Energy
intended outcomes, and the context of thework in some detail.Our data regarding outcomes of the experience for both mentors and mentees come from surveysconducted at the end of the semester, though we recognize that self-reported information fromthe end of the semester is not the perfect tool[7] . In the future, we may collect informationthroughout the semester to see how students’ and mentors’ perspectives change over time.This study follows a scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) process. We seek to evaluatesomething we are doing in the classroom; we did not begin with a theoretical framework likeengineering self-efficacy or teaching self-efficacy, though we believe both are relevant to thisstudy.How we use peer mentors in our first year
complete the project.Based on the description by Krajcik, effective PBL classes have the following key features: (1)PBL projects are the central component of the curriculum with teaching and student learningorganized around the project; (2) Driving questions are used to motivate students to interact with“central issues, concepts, and principles of a discipline”; (3) During the project, students mustengage in a “constructive investigation”. Students must “investigate and transform knowledge”if a curriculum is to be considered PBL; (4) Projects must involve collaboration among thestudents; (5) Projects are based on “student-centered instruction”. While projects are to beguided toward the important content, they should not be scripted or teacher led
anddrive toward improving subsequent iterations of the software.Bibliography 1. S. Tegen, Growing a Wind Workforce: The National Wind Energy Skills Assessment Report (Poster). No. NREL/PO-5000-61251. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO., 2014. 2. “Wind Vision: A New Era for Wind Power in the United States,” https://energy.gov/eere/wind/maps/wind-vision, 2015 (accessed January 2017). 3. AWEA Operation and Maintenance Recommended Practices, http://www.awea.org/Issues/Content.aspx?ItemNumber=4266, 2013. 4. D. Billing, "Teaching for Transfer of Core/Key Skills in Higher Education: Cognitive Skills," Higher education 53.4 (2007): 483-516. 5. E. Lamos, M. Simon, and M. J. Waits, "A Sharper Focus on
addressing the national imperative ofincreasing underrepresented minorities in STEM, it is therefore critical to prepare teachersserving Native American students in STEM and its impact on their communities. Disseminationof the results of RET participants’ research projects through poster sessions and conferences,further increases the efforts to bridge the gap between Native Americans and higher educationstudies in STEM.MethodsIn the RET ROKET program, teachers participate in an AILDI course concerning language,culture revitalization, and teaching methods to improve science education for Native Americanstudents; engage in an interactive ORW to learn optics laboratory techniques, through hands-onexperiments with lasers, fiber optics, solar cells, and
Engineering for Honors program, he is heavily involved with teaching and developing laboratory content, leading the in-house robotics controller maintenance, and managing the robotics project development.Mr. Michael Schulz, The Ohio State University Michael H. Schulz is a teaching assistant with the Fundamentals of Engineering Honors program at The Ohio State University. He is currently the lead developer of the robot course software development team, of which he has been a member for three years. As a Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) student, he will graduate in May, 2017 with his B.S.C.S.E and a minor in Music, Media, and Enterprise.Ms. Clare Rigney, Ohio State University, Engineering Education Department Clare has
circuit design, digital systems design, signal detection and parameter estimation, radar systems, and automated detection of disease in medical images. His teaching and administrative activities include development of laboratory experiments and courses, and ABET accreditation. Prof. Jacobs is a senior member of IEEE and a member of ASEE.Ms. Alaine M. Allen, University of Pittsburgh Alaine M. Allen is the director of the Swanson School of Engineering pre-college and undergraduate di- versity initiatives - INVESTING NOW and Pitt EXCEL. Her work includes providing oversight to these two programs, developing partnerships with professionals from key educational and non-profit communi- ties, maintaining relationships
,” are assigned to teachpractice - related courses. Often, teaching design-oriented and/ or field-related subjects dorequire “first-hand” knowledge that instructors could only get by having taken part, or beeninvolved in real engineering problems. Relying mainly on textbooks and/ or reference material,as the only source to teach from, is regarded by many, as an oversimplification or a deviationfrom reality.This paper sheds light on the pros and cons of opening-up to off-campus practitioners, andargues for engaging properly selected adjunct faculty in the teaching-learning process, inpartnership with “full-time” regular faculty members. The impetus here is three fold. First, thegeneral belief that well-seasoned and experienced practitioners can
sophomore levelengineering mechanics course that incorporates topics in statics and dynamics; the courseincludes a laboratory component. The course is part of the required curriculum in theEngineering program at James Madison University; the program is not discipline specific.Classification of frames and machines Analysis of frames and machines is a topic that typically follows coursework in equilibriumof forces and moments; it describes how multi-member objects can be analyzed using a group ofrelated equilibrium equations. For this article, eight textbooks were reviewed to provide basisfor observations related to typical presentation of the frames and machines topic. The eighttextbooks are: Statics: Analysis and Design of Systems in
assignments and/or courses into therequired MSE curriculum, but not to the extent of 3 semester-long required lab courses. Bydeveloping new courses specifically designed to tie computational assignments to concurrent andpreceding courses in the undergraduate curriculum, OSU made use of significant facultyexpertise in modeling and simulation to develop and teach this curriculum. By operating thesecourses as weekly labs with significant instructor and TA oversight during extended hands-oncourse sections, the courses focused on the need for students to learn to use computational toolsby doing.This paper introduces the curriculum of this 3-semester computational laboratory sequence,discusses the largely qualitative analyses done to measure its efficacy
. She has been with the University since 2007 and is responsible for teaching database fundamentals courses and introductory technology courses. Laux has 10 years of industrial experience in the information technology field, and her research area of interest includes technology readiness, the social impacts of technology, and increasing interest in the field of computing.Amelia Chesley, Purdue University Amelia Chesley is currently a PhD candidate in Rhetoric and Composition at Purdue University. She is interested in intellectual property, remix culture, transdisciplinarity, and online communities. Her disser- tation research investigates the public curation and digitization work being performed by volunteers for the
Execu- tive Board (charter member); the Ronald Schmitz Award for Outstanding Service to FIE; the ASEE IL-IN Outstanding Campus Representative; the ASEE Hewlett Packard Award for Excellence in Laboratory In- struction; the ASEE IL-IN Outstanding Teaching Award; Marquis’ Who’s Who in the World, in America, in Engineering and Science, and in Education.Dr. Wanju Huang, Purdue University Dr. Wanju Huang is an instructional designer on the Course Design and Development team within ITaP’s Teaching and Learning Technologies group at Purdue University. Prior to joining Purdue University in Fall 2016, Wanju was a lecturer and an instructional designer at Eastern Kentucky University. She is a certified Quality Matters Peer
Glendale Community College (GCC) teaching engineering, electron- ics and semiconductor classes. Through his eleven years teaching at GCC, Bassam developed a variety of courses in these fields. He served on several committees, such as budget, computer technology, ad- vanced technology partnership and industry advisory. Also, he served as assistant chair for the last five years before transferring to Gilbert-Chandler Community College (GCCC). He implemented GCCC’s en- gineering program in Fall 2001 and is responsible for its success. He has served as a PI or Co-PI on seven NSF-funded grants. Mr. Matar is also a lecturer faculty for the Electrical Engineering Department at Arizona State University. Bassam Matar, has taught