%) relative tosmaller disciplines that have greater percentages of women graduates (such as environmentalengineering, which only awards 1% of the engineering bachelor’s degrees in the U.S., but half ofthose degrees are earned by women).2Two metrics were used to quantify course choice opportunity for each degree program: 1) thepercentage of total degree credit hours that were free electives (i.e., no restrictions were placedon the course[s] students could choose) and 2) the percentage of total degree credit hours forwhich students were provided any amount of choice in their coursework, including free electives,technical electives, humanities electives, etc., and any opportunities to choose courses frommenus or lists of options. More information is
without reform, Africa is likely in 2020–30 to have more graduates withoutcritical technical skills than those with them (African Capacity Building Foundation, 2017).STI capacity has been shown to be closely linked to variations among countries in productivity(Allard, 2015). Countries with a larger STI capacity generally tend to be the most prosperous andmost industrialized. They also tend to be more politically stable, often with functioningdemocratic systems; and they provide high-quality employment for their best talent, which helpsto stem the brain drain and bolster the country´s human capital. STI capacity has been shown toplay a role in the development process of the world´s lagging and emerging economies, and inmaintaining technological
available; however, 10 hitswere blank, leaving 201 usable responses. Percentages in this document are based upon the 201number unless otherwise noted. Microsoft Excel was utilized to compile data into figures thatillustrate the composition of the respondents and for calculating percentages.Survey Questions. The following are the questions asked of the STEM Educators: Q1. Gender: M/F Q2. Age in Whole Years: 18-22, 23-30,. 31-37, 38-45, 46-54, 55-64, 65+ Q3. State Where You Teach: Country, State/Province Q4. State Level That You Teach: K-2, 3-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12, F, S, J, Sr, Grad Q5. State Subject that You Teach: Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, Other Q6. Your Highest Degree: AS, BS, MS, MBA, Ph.D., Ed.D
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. The project is multidisciplinary and encompasses areas of bio, electrical, andmechanical engineering. It seeks to give students knowledge and improve literacy in bio-fuelmanufacturing and production by investigating photosynthesis, respiration, and control boardelectronics for aquatic environment needs [5].Technical DescriptionThe project was a capstoneproject that extended for 3consecutive terms. The tasksare shown in Figure 1’s Ganntchart. Students worked withChlorella due to its high oilretention, which isapproximately 30% of its entiremass [4]. Algal cultures inphotobioreactors have high F IGURE 1 GANNT CHARToptical density, which results in the surface-cells absorbing most of the light
diegesis.Acknowledgment. This work was supported by the Office of Naval Research STEM under ONRGRANT11899718.References[1] J. Schell, The art of game design : a book of lenses, 2nd ed. CRC Press, 2014.[2] T. Fullerton, Game Design Workshop. 2008.[3] J. Y. Douglas and A. Hargadon, “The pleasures of immersion and engagement : schemas , scripts and the fifth business,” Digit. Creat., 2001.[4] C. Murphy, “Why games work — the science of learning,” Modsim World 2011, 2011.[5] S. De Freitas and M. Oliver, “How can exploratory learning with games and simulations within the curriculum be most effectively evaluated?,” Comput. Educ., 2006.[6] N. R. Prestopnik and J. Tang, “Points, stories, worlds, and diegesis: Comparing player experiences in
tosupport improved collaborative approaches.AcknowledgementThe presented work in this paper has been supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation(NSF) under award 1504898. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressedin this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the NSF.References[1] F. Mantovani, "12 VR Learning: Potential and Challenges for the Use of 3D Environments in Education and Training." Towards cyberpsychology: mind, cognition, and society in the Internet age 207-224, P. 208, 2001.[2] S. Bryson, Steve. "Approaches to the successful design and implementation of VR applications." Virtual Reality Applications 3-15, p. 3, 1995.[3] L. Jarmon, et al. "Virtual world teaching
implementation of this new approach in a CIM course for one semester, thestudents’ surveys showed the strong interest in the subject in general especially the programmingrobot tasks. They were concerned less about the old robot hardware, but enjoyed programming therobot through MATLAB. We believed that this old robot, provided with our new softwarecompatibility, is still capable of providing students a decent source to improve their robotprogramming skill.References[1] D. A. Kolb, Experiential learning : experience as the source of learning and development. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1984.[2] J. L. Newcomer, “An Industrial Robotics Course for Manufacturing Engineers,” 2016 ASEE Annu. Conf. Expo. Proc., Jun. 2016.[3] S. Das, S. A
keys: q for stop the whole system, w and s for move up anddown of the linear actuators, e for activate all relays, c and z for turn on and off the conveyor. Key q wasused for safety and any emergencies. Figure 6: UDP transmit procedure Figure 7: UDP Java codeTesting for verification After all of the software and hardware were in place, the wireless control system was tested withthe mining robot. The system was tested in a 3.6 m by 4.8 m testing arena which simulated thecompetition arena. 225 kg of sand was used as an ice Regolith simulant for testing. The storage bin of 1.5m long by 0.5 m wide was made with plywood. The arena included mining area, obstacle
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focus and ability to get advanced technical jobs.AcknowledgementsThe authors are grateful for funding support from the National Science Foundation under awardEEC-1446001. The authors would like to thank Drs. Cathleen Barczys Simons and GaryLichtenstein for their design of the final survey. The authors acknowledge the contribution ofMs. Steffi Renninger in administering the survey.References[1] S. LeBlanc, S. Renninger, and E. Shittu, “Nanotechnology Fellows Program : Preparing Undergraduate Students for Careers in Nanotechnology,” in Proceedings of ASEE Conference & Exposition, 2016, pp. 1–8.[2] S. LeBlanc, V. Sorger, and E. Shittu, “Nanotechnology Fellows Program: An Interdisciplinary Practicum for Nanotechnology
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!maintain!active!listening!and revealing. In the last •! Maintain!confidentiality! •! Keeping!everyone!up!to!speed!so!share!new!information!each!week!four years, student !complaints about group process activities from teamwork projects has vanished from end of term !course evaluation comments. The number of times instructors have had to intervene or settleissues between team members has changed from 2-3 times per semester to zero. Achievementscores on team-based assignments have improved from a pattern of one A, several A- ‘s, severalB’s and a C to all A or A-s, even as the workload on student teams has increased. No studentshave been
nature of the approached concepts presented both in physics and calculus books.For the physics examples, building since the beginning the idea of a vector component relative tovelocity is of an extreme importance, while for the calculus book it is not mentioned until later.Further observations on how each of the concepts around the idea of velocity are used during awhole class structure should be made. For example, with graphic representations made underboth mathematical and physical background. While both approaches may seem similar, seriousmatters are provoked.An example, often found in the classroom, happens when you ask students which object has ahigher velocity, one traveling at 5 m/s or one traveling at -5 m/s. From a pure mathematical
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experiential learning activities. Theseprinciples include intention, preparedness and planning, authenticity, reflection, orientation andtraining, monitoring and continuous improvement, assessment and evaluation, andacknowledgement. NSEE emphasizes the equal importance of both the experience and thelearning and the shared responsibility between the learner and the facilitator(s). However, it isexpected that the facilitator(s) are responsible for ensuring quality in both the learningexperience and the work that is produced [6].Clark’s [7] Guided Experiential Learning (GEL) is a course development process model thatprovides specific design guidance for the development of learning experiences that “guide thecognitive (mental) processing that supports
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. His team deployed a bomb finding robot named the LynchBot to Iraq late in 2004 and then again in 2006 deployed about a dozen more improved LynchBots to Iraq. His team also assisted in the deployment of 84 TACMAV systems in 2005. Around that time he volunteered as a science advisor and worked at the Rapid Equipping Force during the summer of 2005 where he was exposed to a number of unmanned systems technologies. His initial group composed of about 6 S&T grew to nearly 30 between 2003 and 2010 as he transitioned from a Branch head to an acting Division Chief. In 2010-2012 he again was selected to teach Mathematics at the United States Military Academy West Point. Upon returning to ARL’s Vehicle Technology
SustainableDevelopment Goals (SDGs) and target(s) related to the issue that had been identified.To conduct Part Two, groups visited the databases and repositories hosted at United NationsStatistic Division (UNSD) [18] and identified the relevant dataset(s) that provided informationon the issue they had identified in Part One. They were required to generate graphs, charts and/ortables from the data to support their arguments. Groups could use statistics and data available inother online resources and/or literature, provided that the references are properly cited.Lastly, the groups were required to offer policy solutions and recommendations in Part Three oftheir report. Specifically, groups needed to apply the knowledge gained from the course, togetherwith
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“veryhigh” research activity based on the Carnegie Classifications, and offer doctoral degrees in CSor computer and information science. Overall institutional enrollments ranged from slightlyabove 3,000 undergraduate students to slightly above 39,000. Participating schools aregeographically located in the Eastern (n = 3), Midwestern (n = 1), Southwestern (n = 1), orPacific (n = 2) United States. At six of the seven schools, students declare their majors uponenrollment; at the remaining university, students declare majors at the end of their second yearof coursework. No other data about “population(s) served” (e.g., student demographics,socioeconomic status, etc.) were collected, apart from the change in participation of women andmen within the CS
opportunity each week to pursue one of three options: (i) conduct businessresearch and analysis, (ii) prospect a new location with a low-capacity pushcart, or (iii) committo full scale by parking the food truck in a specific location. Students make decisions about thethree courses of action and menu item(s) to offer in hopes of finding the best menu-locationcombination, thereby yielding the highest sales and “winning” the simulation.The results of this research are particularly relevant to faculty and administration interested inunderstanding the value (predictability of behavior) gained from commercially availableentrepreneurial mindset assessment instruments. It is conceivable that one-day entrepreneurialmindset instruments may predict
Entrepreneurial Mindset in the freshmandesign course and utilized a project that involve a fictitious company and focused onidentification and validation of market opportunities in the project [11]. In other efforts,customers were incorporated, but they were either fictional or local. For example, Jensen andSchlegel have modified their first year mini-golf hole design project to require students tointerview potential mini-golf customers. Though students’ feedback about this new version ofthe project has been very positive, they only interviewed other people available on campus suchas their friends and because of this the findings of this effort are very similar to those fromtraditional first year hands-on design projects [12]. In Bernal et al.’s first
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. Pick one process to improve 2. Define scope 3. Map process 4. Verify map 5. ID opportunities for improvement 6. Choose opportunities for examination 7. Form a team(s) to examine individual opportunity(s) and propose new methods or improvements 8. Team tests methods and develops recommendations 9. Team presents recommendations to department and facilitates discussion 10. Implement consensus recommendation 11. Standardize method 12. Document/Map methodThe same group of faculty tackled the second most popular choice of projects from the originalsurvey. This project was selected to improve the student progression processes performed by thefaculty and staff in the COM department. This project would address