Paper ID #22857Failure Rates in Engineering: Does It Have to Do with Class Size?Dr. Peggy C. Boylan-Ashraf, San Jose State University Dr. Peggy C. Boylan-Ashraf is an Assistant Professor in General Engineering at San Jose State University. She teaches structures courses and researches on new paradigms in teaching introductory solid mechanics courses with an emphasis on large enrollments. Over her years of teaching, Dr. Boylan-Ashraf has taught over 6,500 students and has been awarded numerous teaching awards by her students, department, and college.Mr. John R. Haughery, Iowa State University c
objectives. The data available on Tables 1-6 collected from the end ofsemester asssessment were coordinated by the University’s well-established student ratings ofinstruction (SRI) instrument that is defined as the IDEA evaluation process. Table 3 Instructor’s Teaching Procedure for Excellence in Teaching Methodologies Table 4. Overall Class Feedback on ETEE 4352 Instrumentation (5-point scale) (17 students)After taking the class ETEE 4369 Instr. & Interfacing, I felt comfortable with the concepts related 5.0measurement/instrumentation, computer-aided controls, VIs, data acquisition hardware and LabVIEW softwareto design systems which read, write and store A/D information.Lectures and laboratories given by instructor
, Parameswar “Developing Problem Solving and Critical Thinking Skills in Physics and Engineering Physics Courses,” 2008 ASEE Midwest Section.[5] Woods, D., “An Evidence-Based Strategy for Problem Solving”, ASEE Journal, Volume 89, Issue 4, October, 2000.[6] Woods, Donald R., Hrymak, Andrew N., Marshall, Robert R., Wood, Philip E., Crowe, Cameron M., Hoffman, Terrence W., Wright, Joseph D., Taylor, Paul A., Woodhouse, Kimberly A., and Bouchard, C.G. Kyle “Developing Problem Solving Skills: The McMaster Problem Solving Program,” Journal of Engineering Education, Volume 86, Issue 2, 1997.[7] Ciocanel, Constantin, Elahinia, Mohammad, “Teaching Engineering Laboratories Based On A Problem Solving Approach,” ASEE
regarding their perceptions of manufacturing and their views of STEM topics in general;the later data were collected using the validated T-STEM instrument. External evaluation alsoprovided feedback on the usefulness of various program activities. Overall participants foundtheir laboratory research and research facility tours extremely useful. They felt that the programenhanced their excitement about STEM and their laboratory skills. Participants also showedsignificant increases in their post program technology teaching efficacy, student technology use,and STEM career awareness. In addition to empirical results, project descriptions and programdetails are also be presented.IntroductionA recent survey by the U.S. department of commerce concluded that
application has over digital orphysical textbooks.In regards to the use of software to supplement the educational process, many academic papershave been published exploring this topic. Many researchers have acknowledged the value ofhaving a virtual laboratory to explore physical phenomenon, noting it is an efficient, cost-effective alternative to physical laboratories, and as a potentially suitable replacement whenphysical laboratories are not available [2]-[6]. Many studies report the value of simulations tostudent learning, noting their ease of introduction into pre-existing curricula [7]-[10].Educational technology has demonstrated the ability to stimulate more interactive andcooperative teaching methods and student learning, in addition to saving
stage audio amp, (b) breadboarded version of the audio amp (picture is from a student’s eportfolio).Implemented Laboratory ModificationsFor the initial labs, the lab manual contains traditional guided lab activities on how to breadboardand test circuits (for instance, a common emitter amplifier). This so called “cookbook” approachis useful to teach students how to properly use signal generators and oscilloscopes. Also, acookbook approach is a rapid way to expose the students to a variety of amplifier circuits (commonemitter, common collector, push-pull, op-amp based) and detector circuits (simple diode detectorcircuit, with and without bias, a common-collector based detector, and the complementaryfeedback pair detector).While much material
Paper ID #22408University-based Engineering Training of High School Science Teachers toImplement the Next Generation Science Standards (Work in progress)Mrs. Kimberly Christian, Stony Brook University Kimberly is currently pursuing a PhD in Science Education at Stony Brook University. Her research focuses on the effects of professional development in engineering education on science teachers’ attitudes towards the use of engineering principles in their science courses. Kimberly teaches biology at Smithtown High School East in Saint James, NY.Dr. Angela M Kelly Angela M. Kelly is an Associate Professor of Physics and the
Two Metaphors for Learning and the Dangers of Choosing Just One,” Educ. Res., vol. 27, no. 2, p. 4, Mar. 1998.[36] V. Richardson, “The role of attitudes and beliefs in learning to teach,” in Handbook of Research on Teacher Education, vol. 2, 1996, pp. 102–119.[37] E. Kurz-Milcke, N. J. Nersessian, and W. C. Newstetter, “What has history to do with cognition? Interactive methods for studying research laboratories,” J. Cogn. Cult., vol. 4, no. 3–4, pp. 663–700, 2004.[38] B. Love, A. Hodge, N. Grandgenett, and A. W. Swift, “Student learning and perceptions in a flipped linear algebra course,” Int. J. Math. Educ. Sci. Technol., vol. 45, no. 3, pp. 317–324, Apr. 2014.[39] K. A. Smith, “Cooperative
)investigating licensed, proprietary, industrial network software. A PLC will be present in all theworking testbeds since the factory PLC is available in the teaching laboratory. Testbeds were createdboth at our laboratory and at a local industry site. Use of the industry site allowed testing of someproprietary software that is not present in our class laboratory.II. Site Hardware and Licensed SoftwareThe hardware used for the work varied somewhat by location. At the industry site, RS 500 softwareand MicroLogix 1100 PLCs were used. In our class laboratory, CompactLogix PLCs are used. In eachlocation, Ethernet switches carried the information to and from devices on a Local Area Network(LAN). In each location, Windows-based PCs were used. Because the
gives insight into the performance and potential pitfallsof each algorithm. By the end of the course, students implement a number of FIR and IIR filtersas well as a variety of other signal processing techniques and use them to analyze ECG signals.At the beginning of the course, an ECG laboratory teaches about analog signal acquisition andpreprocessing by having each student build circuitry on a breadboard for amplifying his/her ownECG. Students use this ECG amplifier circuit throughout the lab course to provide live ECGsignals to the input of the microcontroller as one test of their filter designs.Students individually complete all the course prelabs and work individually on the first five in-lab experiences. For the final five labs, they
Paper ID #21813Work in Progress: Do It Early and Do It Often – Engineering Math for First-Term EE StudentsDr. Jay Wierer, Milwaukee School of Engineering Jay Wierer is an associate professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department at Milwaukee School of Engineering. He has served as an officer in the New Engineering Educators division of ASEE. He also serves as the ASEE Campus Representative for MSOE. He regularly teaches courses in signal processing, communications, controls, and electric circuits.Dr. Jennifer L Bonniwell, Milwaukee School of Engineering Dr. Jennifer L. Bonniwell joined the Milwaukee
competency are reflected in curricular and student activities. His interests also include Design and Engineering, the human side of engineering, new ways of teaching engineering in particular Electromagnetism and other classes that are mathematically driven. His research and activities also include on avenues to connect Product Design and Engineering Education in a synergetic way. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Designing a curriculum that helps students create connected narratives in electrical engineeringIntroductionThis paper proposes a framework for helping students construct conceptual narrative arcsthroughout a traditional Electrical Engineering
important problems at the interface between chemistry, physics, engi- neering, and biology preparing the trainees for careers in academe, national laboratories, and industry. In addition to research, she devotes significant time developing and implementing effective pedagogical approaches in her teaching of undergraduate courses to train engineers who are critical thinkers, problem solvers, and able to understand the societal contexts in which they are working to addressing the grand challenges of the 21st century. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Peer Review and Reflection in Engineering Labs: Writing to Learn and Learning to WriteAbstractClear
- gies to aircraft fuselage structures. He was a teaching fellow from 2016 to 2018 at Drexel University. He was a course coordinator, an instructor, and a teaching assistant of multiple Computer Aided Design courses. His interests are in Engineering Education, Machine Design, Additive Manufacturing, Compu- tational Mechanics, Fracture Mechanics, Non-Destructive Evaluation Technology, and Automatic System Control.Prof. Brandon B. Terranova, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.) Dr. Terranova is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the College of Engineering at Drexel University. In his current role, he is the lead instructor for the freshman engineering program, and oversees activities in the Innovation Studio, a
(no stylus capability), which are not ideal for do-ing electronic documentation. In recent years, faculty and students have moved to combinationlaptop/tablet platforms with stylii that are better suited for such documentation. This technologychange inspired me to modify the documentation requirements in my courses.The courses I teach span the junior and senior levels and range from theory-intensive courses withno laboratory component, to courses with procedural-based labs investigating a physical law, tocourses with open-ended design intensive labs. The documentation requirements are therefore dif-ferent course to course, but in general focus on instilling proper technical documentation normsalong with the technical work. Notebook entries
Laboratory Exercises,” Proceedings of the 2006 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Chicago, IL, June 2006.5. Sudhakar, K. V., Majewski, T., and Maus, L., “Innovative Experimental Practices in Vibration Mechanics,” Proceedings of the 2006 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Chicago, IL, June 2006.6. Elahinia, M., and Ciocanel, C., “Redeveloping the Mechanics and Vibration Laboratory: A Problem Solving Approach,” Proceedings of the 2006 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Chicago, IL, June 2006.7. Rezaei, A. G., and Davari, D., “Teaching Vibration and Control courses using Animation, Simulation, and Experimentation,” Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, OR, June
Manufacturing Simulation and Automation.Dr. Qi Dunsworth, Penn State Behrend Qi Dunsworth is the Director of Center for Teaching Initiatives at Penn State Erie, the Behrend Col- lege. She holds a master’s degree in Communication Studies and a Ph.D. in Educational Technology. At Behrend she supports faculty in classroom teaching and the scholarship of teaching and learning. She has created a series of faculty teaching workshops and is the recipient of several grants for course revision, educational research, and professional development.Dr. Mary L Kahl, The Pennsylvania State University, the Behrend College Dr. Mary L. Kahl is Professor of Communication at the Pennsylvania State University, the Behrend College. A former
history of learn-by-doing, the technology evolution in the lastdecade challenges instructor ability to deliver industry-relevant laboratory experience; this isespecially true in advanced (400-level and 500-level) hardware-based courses. In the era whereone square-inch of board space packs more technology than we cover in the entire EE curriculum(no exaggeration), technology outpaces the rate of instructors' professional development. This ismostly due to the confluence of different technical fields. As depicted in the prism analogy inFigure 1 such convergence is observed in many industry sectors creating new system-of-systemsparadigms. In practical terms, instructors may be able to teach 'point-of-confluence' courses andexplain how key concepts
served as Director of Research & Development for a multimedia development company and as founding Director of the Center for Integrating Research & Learning (CIRL) at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University. Under Dr. Spiegel’s leadership, the CIRL matured into a thriving Center recognized as one of the leading National Science Foundation Laboratories for activities to pro- mote science, mathematics, and technology (STEM) education. While at Florida State University, Dr. Spiegel also directed an award winning teacher enhancement program for middle grades science teachers, entitled Science For Early Adolescence Teachers (Science FEAT). His extensive background in science education
Paper ID #22496Designing a Converged Plant-wide Ethernet/IP Lab for Hands-on DistanceLearning: An Interdisciplinary Graduate ProjectDr. John Pickard, East Carolina University Dr. Pickard is an Assistant Professor at East Carolina University in the College of Engineering and Tech- nology. He teaches undergraduate and graduate Information and Computer Technology (ICT) courses within the Department of Technology Systems. Dr. Pickard plays an active role in building positive and sustainable industry relationship between the college, local businesses, and industry partners. Current industry recognized certifications include
Laboratories). Students had a choice ofcompleting either 13 traditionally procedural Alpha Labs during the semester or 3 Design-BasedBeta Labs. The content covered in both lab sequences during a unit was the same, but theintegration of those concepts to solve a specific problem was specifically emphasized in the BetaLab, as shown in Figure 2. Also, proactivity and full autonomy was required as often studentsoften needed to design solutions based on concepts not yet fully introduced in the lecture. Thesuccess of this new pedagogical approach is best appreciated by reading comments from formerstudents who have also served as undergraduate teaching assistants. Fall 2016 Figure 1
chapter and research papers on machining of composites. He has a diverse industrial experience for 27 years, in design, research and manufacturing of electro me- chanical systems, such as design of various types of gear and gear boxes, antennas and light and heavy fabricated structures, for communication, TV telecast, natural disasters management and Telemedicine application. Dr PS, designed and manufactured various types of antenna’s weighing from 200 pounds to 100,000 pounds. He was also actively involved in configuring the antenna controls and selection of motor and motor controllers. Dr PS, has advised more than 40 senior/capstone projects. One of his project won the national award from Airforce Research Laboratory
students obtain solid basic knowledge. Secondly, FEH focuses more on basicengineering education. ENGR1281 and ENGR1282 have been specially set up with diversetopics and laboratories providing a broad overview of engineering disciplines to enablestudents to understand and choose an engineering major. Relevant research also proved theimprovement of retention rates in engineering [12]. Thirdly, FEH courses place moreemphasis on students’ practical ability, capability to solve practical problems, as well asteamwork skills. All the ENGR and the physics and chemistry courses have correspondingexperimental parts. Hands-on lab experience about once a week, is designed to give studentsexposure to a variety of engineering disciplines, as well as to teach
biomedical scientist in Immunology, Dr. Borges balances the world of what STEM professionals do and brings that to STEM education in order to provide PD that aligns to The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Since 2008 she has provided teacher PD to science teachers in the tri-state area, including international visiting teachers and scholars. Dr. Borges’ research interests include: building STEM professional-teacher relationships, diversity and equity, and enhancing urban science teaching and learning.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
Paper ID #22383Pre-college Electrical Engineering Outreach: The Design of a Home SecuritySystem (Evaluation)Mrs. Zahraa Nayef Krayem, Stony Brook UniversityDr. Angela M. Kelly, Stony Brook University Angela M. Kelly is an Associate Professor of Physics and the Associate Director of the Science Education Program at Stony Brook University, New York. She attended La Salle University, Philadelphia, Pennsyl- vania, where she received her B.A. degree in chemistry, and completed her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in science education (2000 and 2006, respectively) and her Ed.M. degree in curriculum and teaching (2007) at Teachers
appropriate (a)oral and Communications 5 (b)written technical presentations.Table 1: List of Course Learning Outcomes listed with associated criterion fulfillment and class activity designed to teach corresponding outcome. See Activity list below for full detail.This laboratory leaning environment is designed to move away from the traditional classroomsetting and methods of teaching. The theoretical equations and principles are kept at a minimum,as they are covered in more detail in a concurrent Mechanics of Solids course. By implementinga team-based learning environment in a laboratory setting, we are able to improve the overalllearning experience [7] [8]. The team-based activities are designed to take and utilize
. Themanual robot control and lead-through programming session deals with manipulating varioussmall objects. The computer programming task (two week session) is to have the robot write aword (student’s name) on an 8 ½ by 11 inch sheet of paper. Students’ evaluation survey, collectedwith the lab reports at the end of lab sections, plays an important role of “closing the loop” instudents’ experiential learning process. Figure 1: Laboratory setup for the RV-M2 robot.Hardware Setup The robot system setup, shown in Fig.1, includes the RV-M2 robot arm, the teach pendant, thecontrol module, and a computer. The robot arm can be controlled manually by a teach pendant orprogrammatically by a Q-Basic program, which originally run on an
design industry for IBM and Broadcom for over ten years. He holds five US patents, several publications, and has circuits in over a billion chips around the world. His current research interests include laboratory teaching pedagogy, matrix converters in electric drives, and the application of power electronics in HVDC power systems.Mr. Kia Bazargan, University of Minnesota Kia Bazargan is an Associate Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Minnesota. Has has published over 70 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters related to FPGAs and VLSI computer-aided design. He received his Bachelors degree in Computer Science from Sharif University, Tehran, Iran, and the MS and
Paper ID #23749A Graduate Student Pedagogy Seminar in Chemical EngineeringDr. Christina Smith, Brown University Christina Smith is the Assistant Director for Undergraduate Instructional Development at the Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning at Brown University. She received her PhD from Oregon State Uni- versity and her BS from the University of Utah, both in chemical engineering. Her research focused on how the epistemology of graduate students around teaching and learning interact with and influence the environments in which they are asked to teach. She builds on this work in her new position by teaching a
Paper ID #21576Evaluation of the 2017 National Summer Transportation Institute Hosted atRowan UniversityDr. Ayman AliDr. Yusuf A. Mehta, Rowan University Dr. Mehta is a Professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rowan University. Dr. Mehta has extensive experience in teaching pavement materials and pavement systems. Dr. Mehta has published several technical and educational papers in leading professional organizations.Miss Shivani Dharmavir Patel, New Jersey Department of Transportation c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Evaluation of the 2017