tutorial files are expected to be good and no furtherreview is done. In this paper, only single parts submitted as exercises were examined — typically6 to 8 exercise files per student per semester. Assemblies, drawings, and individual projects wereexcluded from this study. However, the program has been tested against assembly and drawingfiles and is fully capable of extracting history data from these files.Demonstration of the ProgramA second CAD file was created by copying the file first_student.prt after it was saved in Room150. The file was then renamed in Windows File Explorer to second_student.prt and furthermodified in Room 124 (Figure 2). Somewhat interestingly, the file history does not mention thatboth files were once named
Aspects of Facilities Management and Construction Cost and Bidding. He is a graduate of Purdue School of Engineering and Technology receiving degrees in Construction Technology, Archi- tectural Technology and a Masters in Facility Management. His field experience includes residential and light commercial construction. He has been an architectural designer as well as superintendent for single and multi-family residential construction projects. Mr. Ray worked as an engineering design manager in the Building Components Manufacturing Industry for over fifteen years.Mr. Joe Tabas, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis Joe Tabas is a lecturer of Engineering Technology at the IUPUI school of Engineering Technology
, “Feeling is believing: Using a force- feedback joystick to teach dynamic systems,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 91, no. 3, p. 345, 2002.[6] R. J. Robinson, “Improving Design of Experiment Skills through a Project Based Fluids Laboratory,” age, vol. 7, p. 1, 2002.[7] J. E. Ashby, “The effectiveness of collaborative technologies in remote lab delivery systems,” in Frontiers in Education Conference, 2008. FIE 2008. 38th Annual, 2008, p. F4E–7.[8] A. M. Bisantz and V. L. Paquet, “Implementation and Evaluation of a Multi-course Case Study for Framing Laboratory Exercises,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 91, no. 3, pp. 299–307, 2002.[9] R. J. Robinson and J. Wellin, “Introducing Data Acquisition and Experimental Techniques to Mechanical Engineering
in order to ensure a higher response rate. Our combined targetpopulation was approximately 1,609 undergraduate students with a gender breakdown of 53%women and 47% men in a broad range of undergraduate majors. 110 responses were received,including 59 STEM majors, 17 arts majors and 23 students who identified as having a major inneither of those categories. The overall response rate was 9.4%. Due to the limited scope of thisproject and the barriers to human subject access, the feasibility of our sample leaves our studysubject to sampling bias, making it difficult to generalize our results beyond the institutionsampled for this project. Variables This study included four dependent variables representing student interest in STEM
. Lacking diversity on an engineering team, welimit the set of solutions that will be considered and we may not find the best, the elegantsolution.” [6].Related worksRTTD-ID builds on Real-Time Text Display(RTTD) developed by Kushalnagar, et al [11]. forclassroom use. RTTD is a caption display methodwhich tracks a single speaker moving across aclassroom and projects captions transcribed by aC-Print captioner or Automatic SpeechRecognition, above them, allowing deaf viewers tomore closely follow what a speaker is saying. Thesystem is designed to be portable, easy to set-up,and low-cost. It uses a Microsoft Kinect 2 to track Figure 2: RTTD with multiple speakersthe position of the speaker. The
in a real negotiation process with professional and financial stakes. Undoubtedly, welearned many lessons throughout the process, including the need to construct a more concisesurvey instrument, and those lessons will inform our ongoing efforts to study this topic.Furthermore, with the complex nature of gender and negotiation, additional data collectionmethods should be explored to help us better understand what happens during negotiationprocesses and how gender factors into those processes.To that end, we have begun a second phase of the [name removed] project that entails collectionof different qualitative data. This phase began with a storytelling circle and methodologydiscussion held at a conference in January 2018 [17]. Analysis of our
, Boulder Derek Reamon is the Co-director of the Integrated Teaching and Learning Program (ITLP) and the En- gineering Plus (e+) degree program, and a Teaching Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engi- neering. As ITLP co-director, he coordinates 19-22 sections of First-year Engineering Projects, a course that has a proven benefit on retention within engineering and is also a nationally recognized model for freshman design courses. The e+ program has created a flexible engineering degree and a pathway to sec- ondary math and science teaching licensure, to increase the numbers of STEM teachers that have strong c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018
SEC number Dynamics class 1 36.8 17.0 19.8 2 70.1 22.0 48.1 3 46.0 6.0 40.0 Project Goals and Methods: In this study, we investigated whether the reordering of kineticsand kinematics topics in a traditional dynamics course, that is, a course that is not part of a largerintegrated framework, leads to improved student performance on single- and multi-conceptdynamics problems. We hypothesized that the larger conservation and accounting frameworkthat is incorporated at Rose-Hulman is not
. If we assume that the overall score of a course is 100 points, the maximum pointsattainable by any student at the end of the course is clearly 100. However, the maximum pointsattainable by student at week 5 will depend on the number of homework assignments, projects ormidterm exams completed at that stage and their respective weights in computing the overall 100points that the course is based on. For instance, in this statistics course the grading scheme was: • Homework: 30% (5 assignments, 6% each assignment) • Midterm exam: 30% • Final exam: 40%The deadline for dropping this course was the end of week 8 of the semester. By the end of thatweek, the students had finished 3 homework assignments and the midterm exam. The maximumnumber of
, however multiple-choice options could not be devised to retrieve the datasought [19].Collection Methods. Since this project required human subjects, the researchers sought andobtained IRB (Institutional Review Board) approval. Following this, a link to the survey wasdistributed to professional educator organizations, school districts, and personal networks tospread the survey over as wide an area as possible. Subjects were made aware of the intent of theproject. Records were kept of all contacts and an attempt to equally cover science, technology,engineering, and math educators was made.Data Analysis Methodology. Responses to 17 questions were gathered using an online Qualtricssurvey. The survey received 211 “hits” during the five weeks it was
from course evaluations, andrecommendations for instructors seeking to implement similar projects in their courses.IntroductionIn recent years, inquiry and problem-based learning within engineering education has gainedmomentum and has proliferated across many engineering programs. A literature review revealednumerous examples of development and implantation of these techniques into classrooms [2, 4-6]. Kolb[7] has written extensively on the model of experiential learning and how this technique enhanceslearning and mastery of engineering concepts. Experiential or laboratory based learning fits within theactive learning dimension within their index of learning styles (ILS) described by Felder and Silverman [7-8]. The basis of ILS is that
Graduate Teaching Associate for the Fundamentals of Engineering for Honors program, he is heavily involved with developing and teaching laboratory content, leading the maintenance of the in-house robotics controller, and managing the devel- opment of the robotics project. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Technology’s Role in Student Understanding of Mathematics in Modern Undergraduate Engineering CoursesAbstractThis paper seeks to identify important implications on the use of technology in the teaching ofmathematics in modern undergraduate engineering courses. These are used to create a big pictureof the current situation of engineering mathematics teaching
gift. Success in mathematics can be achieved through hard work. 3. Would you say you are more interested in: People and Relationships Things and Gadgets 1Appendix: ENG1102 Entrepreneurial Intentions Survey - Fall 2017 4. For each statement below, please rate your level of agreement according to how you generally feel. Strongly Slightly Slightly Strongly Disagree Disagree Disagree Agree Agree Agree As a group member working on a project, I am often
associate professor of electrical engineering at Kettering University. Dr. Finelli’s current research interests include student resistance to active learning, faculty adoption of evidence-based teaching practices, the use of technology and innovative pedagogies on student learning and success, and the impact of a flexible classroom space on faculty teaching and student learning. She also led a project to develop a taxonomy for the field of engineering education research, and she was part of a team that studied ethical decision-making in engineering students. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Incorporating IMU Technology to Demonstrate Concepts in
Paper ID #23770Individual- and group-level effects on learning during engineering design tasksin high school biology (Fundamental).Dr. Martina Nieswandt, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Martina Nieswandt is an Associate Professor of Science Education at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Her research focuses on the relationship between motivation, affects and learning associated with K-16 science concepts and various instructional contexts (e.g., small groups, project-based learning) utilizing mixed-methods approaches.Dr. Elizabeth McEneaney, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Dr. McEneaney is Associate
manufacturer,biomass power production facility, and similar locations. Further opportunities included a day tripto Berlin, Bremen/Bremerhaven, and Hamburg to experience culture, food, and interact with oneanother as well as students from Germany and another group that joined them from China.The engineering technology students that went on this trip learned about renewable energy and theway of life in Germany. Through the observations and reactions students had to the environment,they found that renewable energy is much more accepted than what they experienced in their ownlives. Further, they found that the citizens working on the various renewable energy projects moreopen-minded to change and work toward better ways of incorporating these technologies
homeworkassignments enables students to develop greater cognitive level problem solving skills. Homework is a very valuable tool in learning engineering. Therefore, we are concernedwith our students whether they are copying the homework solutions available in internet and/orother sources. This has become especially evident when a student gets a perfect or near perfectoverall score for their homework grade, yet their test scores are very low. A study by Wichita StateUniversity [3] mentions that approximately 70% of students in the U.S. were involved directly orindirectly in cheating during exams, homework, term projects, reports, papers and presentationsusing different techniques. According to a paper [4] entitled, “The Theory of Planned Behavioras a
, Microprocessors course based on the PIC. She enjoys playing around with new designs for technology, presently playing with the Raspberry PI and Arduino as the basis for projects. Obtaining a GIS-Remote Sensing certificate, she is working on a design of a GPS-based system interfaced with a Raspberry PI. She now is working on a Broadcast Meteorology certificate to find ways to embed hardware into the geosciences curriculum. Always looking for fun educational instructional methods, Jane designed and taught BullyBots - a summer robotics camp for junior-high students; with her college-age students, she has held line-sensing robotics competitions and sea-perch competitions. She requires her students to utilize the development boards
enhancements. Here are a couple of my lessons learned: To speed your construction, think about geometry first, and algebraic equations 2nd. It is far easier to graphically add a tangent line at a point on a curve then it is to derive the equations algebraically. When the graphical tools no longer meet your goals, then use written equations to complete your construction. GeoGebra applies default names to each component. I have found it helpful to change these names to carry more intuitive meaning in your final project. For example, rename the Cartesian components of the force F from the defaults u and v to the more descriptive Fx and Fy. Construction sequence is a major factor in the design of your
, Research, and Education [the Millennium Project, TheUniversity of Michigan 2008]’’ Dr. James J. Duderstadt stated, ‘’...The absence of engineers fromeither the leadership roles of business and government or the primary debates over the problemsof our times poses a significant threat to society in an increasingly technological world…’’. Theneed for engagement and involvement by engineers is of great significance for setting sound public Proceedings of the 2018 ASEE North Central Section Conference 1 Copyright © 2018, American Society for Engineering Educationpolicy and monitoring complex technical issues in the society. However, there remains a dearth ofresearch in this area that needs to be
potential: A collaborative road map for increasing African-American women in engineering,” 2017. [Online]. Available: http://www.nsbe.org/getattachment/News- Media/NSBE-News/ignored-potential/NSBE-Ignored-Potential-Whitepaper-2-27- 17.PDF.aspx. [Accessed: 19-Mar-2018].[17] D. E. Z. Maldonado, R. Rhoads, and T. L. Buenavista, “The student-initiated retention project: Theoretical contributions and the role of self-empowerment,” Am. Educ. Res. J., vol. 42, no. 4, pp. 605–638, 2005.
. Molinaro, and D. Larsen, “Assessing the Impact and Efficacy of the Open-Access ChemWiki Textbook Project,” Educause Learning Initiative Brief, pp. 1–8, 2015.[12] Z. QingHua, Z. WeiHua, H. ZheZhi, and D. RongHua, “Improving Aerospace Engineering Students’ Achievements by an Open Aero Control Experiment Apparatus,” IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 57, no. 4, pp. 229–234, Nov. 2014.[13] N. Ackovska and S. Ristov, “OER Approach for Specific Student Groups in Hardware-Based Courses,” IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 57, no. 4, pp. 242–247, Nov. 2014.[14] M. Llamas-Nistal and F. A. Mikic-Fonte, “Generating OER by Recording Lectures: A Case Study,” IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 57, no. 4, pp. 220–228, Nov. 2014.[15
. Feister, P.M. Buzzanell, W.C. Oakes, A.D. Mead, “TheDevelopment of an Instrument for Assessing Individual Ethical Decision-making in Project-baseDesign Teams: Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Methods,” ASEE Annual Conference &Exposition, Indianapolis, IN, 2014, pp. 1-127) J. Rest, L. Edwards, S. Thoma, “Designing and Validation a Measure of Moral Judgement:Stage Preference and Stage Consistency Approaches,” Journal of Educational Psychology, vol.89, no. 1, pp. 5-28, 1997.8) L. Kohlberg, R.H. Hersh, “Moral Development: A Review of the Theory,” Theory intoPractice, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 53-59, Apr., 1977.9) J.R. Rest, D. Narvaez, S.T. Thoma, “DIT2: Devising and Testing a Revised Instrument ofMoral Judgement,” Journal of Educational
], [16], [21], [29].Too often, students are not given adequate explanations as to why an experiment is performed,why they should care about the experiment and its relevance to the real-world practice [33]. Thisis unfortunate, as the lack of utility value can detract from students’ motivation to engage in atask [34].A research project is currently being conducted to enhance the learning experience of students inchemical engineering laboratories at the University of Toronto by developing web-basedmultimedia pre-lab exercises to complement the laboratory manual. The goals of thesemultimedia pre-labs are to help the students construct knowledge by building connectionsbetween theory and experiment, and to understand the relevance and utility value of
to Anheuser-Busch where she worked for over 27 years. She worked as project manager, engineering manager, utility manager, maintenance manager, and finally as the Resident Engineer managing all technical areas of the facility. During her tenure, the brewery saw dramatic increases in productivity improvement, increased use of automation systems, and significant cost reductions in all areas including utilities where they received the internal award for having the best utility usage reduction for 2014. Since joining Ohio State, Aimee has joined the American Society of Engineering Educators and serves as the Division Chair of the Engineering Economics division.Mehdi Mashayekhi, Ohio State UniversityHannah Meckstroth, Ohio
experience. Designed as a 60-contacthours/year program directed by the university, this effort will serve 150 girls who are high schooljuniors over two years, through high school graduation to enter college. In 2017, 75 participantswere recruited from schools. Undergraduate mentors support the program with planned activitiesto explore engineering around the types of problems engineers solve and their impact on society,experiences to confront stereotypes, facilitate access to industry mentors, and university sitevisits.3) Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) at the high school grades 9-12 andcommunity college encourages exploration of engineering as socially relevant through socialentrepreneurship efforts in a co-curricular experience
projected goal. One of the proposedapproaches is to “Increase student success rates in courses within the target time frame,especially in gateway and past high failure rate courses [4]”. Additionally, the initiativeproposes several key activities to support this strategy. One of the key activities was to offeradditional support to students in high failure rate courses in the form of tutoring. High failurecourses, referred to as "bottleneck course," are defined as courses with high DFW (studentsearning D, W or F grade) rate (>30%) and can delay students' graduation time. Offering extrasupport to students in these courses are sought to improve the graduation rate and increaseretention rate.For many years, tutoring has been promoted in higher
,Engineering Disasters, and Technology, Society, and Values). The Civil Engineering departmentat Oregon Tech has a strong laboratory component in its curriculum with a majority ofprogrammatic courses including a laboratory. Given the motivations of these two departmentsand mutual interest of the project faculty in bridges, and Conde B. McCullough (Figure 1) inparticular, the faculty identified the potential for a field course to tour important Oregon bridges.Emphasizing those constructed to complete the Oregon coast highway, the course brings thehistory of these bridges together with their design and construction details. Changes in bridgedesign practice were discussed as an analog to the development of civil engineering moregenerally. Figure
hour in the classroom,engineering courses require an estimated 4 hours. Although the systems in place that run manyengineering colleges around the country work fairly well for the traditional engineering student –the teenager who shows up on campus ready to dedicate the next four years of their lives toschool, a chunk of undergraduates in commuter schools, such as SJSU, do not fit this profile.These students are juggling classes and a job or family or both. Most of our education system isnot built to cater to their needs, and its results are extremely wasteful. This paper presents initial results of a research project on failure rates in the college ofengineering at SJSU, where 40% of our students work more than 10 hours per week while
deciding what to cover in a course. Courses have been added to curricula to improveFE scores [4, 5, 6]. The technical content of several programs (typically general engineeringprograms at state universities) was selected from the beginning to cover the FE [7, 8, 9].This project arose in a new mechanical engineering program. My intention was to use the FEExam Specifications as a single simple source on what one might expect in a mechanicalengineering program. The FE also seemed like a straightforward, objective assessment. However,as I tried to develop learning objectives that comprehensively covered FE Mechanical content, Ifound it necessary to consult multiple sources beyond the Specifications. Furthermore, seeinghow competency is assessed on the