an exemplar artifact from our Instagram dataset.In the artifact shown in Figure 2, the text invited NSBE chapter community members [chaptername redacted] to come together for a study session, to prepare for final exams. The NSBEmembers were engineering students, studying a STEM curriculum at the undergraduate andgraduate school level. The text alone was a single dimension of the invitation: “Helloooooeveryone Finals are coming up fast so come study with NSBE today from 11-5pm in [locationredacted]!! There will be free (pizza) We hope to see you all there!”. The paralinguisticelements augmented the invitation, adding a variety of sentiments. The emoji were a WavingHand with Medium-Dark Skin Tone; three consecutive Exclamation Marks; six
lab provides the students with a hands on PLC experience. The experience gained is usefulin the balance of the ETM curriculum. After graduation students can take the experience intotheir developing careers.IntroductionA Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) programming activity is desired in an engineeringtechnology and management program (ETM). The ETM program is a four-year Bachelor ofScience degree training students in applied engineering, manufacturing, operations, and business.The students learn plastics machining, casting, welding, quality, computer programming,electronics, and receive a minor in business. The students have two programming courses and anelectronics survey course. In addition they have a senior-level course in Robotics and
Paper ID #21881An Initial Exploration of Engineering Students’ Emotive Responses to Spa-tial and Engineering Statics ProblemsDr. Idalis Villanueva, Utah State University Dr. Villanueva is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Education Department and an Adjunct Pro- fessor in the Bioengineering Department in Utah State University. Her multiple roles as an engineer, engineering educator, engineering educational researcher, and professional development mentor for un- derrepresented populations has aided her in the design and integration of educational and physiological technologies to research ’best practices’ for student
designand construct their treatment system to address pH, dissolved oxygen concentration, conductivity,turbidity, and temperature. Using basic chemicals and novel filtration designs, students implementan integrated understanding of fluid mechanics, mass transfer, separations, thermodynamics, andkinetics in order to characterize their systems and execute their remediation systems over two trialswithin their river. The project concludes with a technical report written as from a company to atown council to propose their full-scale treatment system. The project also finishes with a novelpresentation in which the student teams must give a town hall-style presentation and defend theirproposed treatment system to an audience of upper classmen, faculty
(F.RSA) and a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health (F.RSPH). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM) Diplomacy: Preliminary Results from an Initial Pilot CourseAbstractA new course, “Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM) Diplomacy,” hasbeen developed at the Missouri University of Science and Technology to introduce engineeringstudents to the field of foreign relations and the tripartite objectives of: 1) science in diplomacy;2) science for diplomacy; and 3) diplomacy for science. The course employs an availablescholarly monograph as a text and integrates materials created by the Center for
. Daniel J. Robertson, University of Idaho, MoscowDr. Sean Michael Quallen, University of Idaho, Moscow Dr. Sean M. Quallen is an instructor in the Mechanical Engineering department at the University of Idaho– Moscow. He teaches dynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer. His interests include improving the representation of young women in engineering fields and the integration of personal/mobile technology into the classic lecture period. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Development and Implementation of a Longitudinal Design AssessmentAbstractAn assessment tool has been developed to measure and track student design skills longitudinallythrough the curriculum. The rubric
Paper ID #21486Teachers’ Engineering Design Self-Efficacy Changes Influenced by BoundaryObjects and Cross-Disciplinary InteractionsDr. Shaunna Fultz Smith, Texas State University Dr. Shaunna Smith is an Assistant Professor of Educational Technology in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Texas State University. She holds an Ed.D. in Curriculum & Instruction with an empha- sis on technology integration and art education. Her teaching and research explore how the hands-on use of design-based technologies (e.g. digital fabrication, 3D modeling and printing, computer programming, and DIY robotics) can impact
motivation was one of the most influential factors to academic success,alongside intellectual ability.8 Moreover, intrinsic motivation factors have also been shown togreatly impact an individual’s decision to pursue creativity and design.9 Therefore, motivation ishypothesized to affect a students’ drive and success in mechanical engineering design courses.Design courses are of particular interest here because many schools put an emphasis on cornerstoneand capstone design. Further, many students who enter engineering fields site their eagerness todesign and “take things apart” as motivation to pursue engineering. Universities have caught on tothis and made design an integral part of their engineering curriculum. However, we have yet tostudy how
practicalprojects and design projects in the curriculum in order to integrate across the sciences and todevelop the link between the sciences and their application in practice.With the shift towards competency-based accreditation of engineering degree programs thefocus in design projects has shifted away from design as a link between engineering sciencesand their application in practical problems. However it should be noted that while morerecent reports [3, 4] recognize an improvement of the performance of graduates in genericcompetencies, most still struggle to use theoretical knowledge in practice: "Although industry is generally satisfied with the current quality of graduate engineers it regards the ability to apply theoretical knowledge to
surveys, and results of directassessment assignments are presented to complement the survey data.IntroductionThis lab module is an Arduino-based supercapacitor-powered car design challenge. Theobjective is to introduce students to the fundamental concepts of engineering design that will beapplied throughout their undergraduate engineering education and in preparation for theengineering profession. Students will learn to integrate digital and physical design, to useelectronics prototyping tools, to use modern fabrication tools, and to make design choices basedon fundamental physics.The motivation for the supercapacitor car module stemmed from the need for more Arduino-based design projects in the freshman curriculum, a project with energy as an
of the introductory curriculum. These courses haveteaching assistant who was also interested in encouraging women’sinterest in CS.The student monitor played an important role in monitoring thehomework discussions where the entire process of how studentsfinish their project was tracked. Most of the time, the mechanismfor solving the problems was not unique and other times differentstudents suggested different solutions. This created an interestingdynamic in the discussions where we could see the collision of theirideas, which was a great motivation for the students and furtheredtheir interest in the subject. The students were given the option toshare their continued progress of their code until the day ofsubmission. It was fascinating to
StudyAbstractIt has been the consensus in the engineering community that sustainability and sustainable designneed to be a part of an engineer’s education for last two decades. Multiple approaches have beeninvestigated in terms of effectively integrating relevant contents and improving students’understanding. Examples include: offering technical electives (such as renewable energy,environmental impacts, etc.), establishing new concentrations focusing on sustainability issues,and integrating sustainable design throughout the curricula. However, effectively comprehendingsustainable design requires understanding multiple issues from a technical, social,environmental, and economic perspective. Moreover, existing studies show that the students’background
., (2004), Effective Inquiry for Innovative Engineering Design, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, Mass.9. Hazelrigg, G.A., (1994), “Rethinking the Curriculum: Is Today’s Engineering Education Irrelevant, Incomplete, and Incorrect?” Prism, ASEE, Wash. D.C.10. Kahnemann, D., Slovic, D.P., and Tversky, A.,(1982), Judgment Under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases, Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, England.11. Ramos, J., and Yokomoto, C., (1999) “Making Probabilistic Methods Real, Relevant, and Interesting Using MATLAB,” Proceedings, 1999 Frontiers in Education Conf., Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.12. Wood, W. H., (2004), “Decision-Based Design: A Vehicle for Curriculum Integration,” International
technologies to involve students in their learning process. She is actively involved in the Ideas Clinic, a major experiential learning initiative at the University of Waterloo. She is also re- sponsible for developing a process and assessing graduate attributes at the department to target areas for improvement in the curriculum. This resulted in several publications in this educational research areas. Dr. Al-Hammoud won the ”Ameet and Meena Chakma award for exceptional teaching by a student” in 2014 and the ”Engineering Society Teaching Award” in 2016 from University of Waterloo. Her students regard her as an innovative teacher who continuously introduces new ideas to the classroom that increases their engagement.Mehrnaz
developed design based curriculum for multiple K-12 teach PDIs and student summer camps.Dr. C. Richard Compeau Jr, Texas State University C. Richard Compeau Jr. is a Professor of Practice in the Ingram School of Engineering, and the Electrical Engineering Program Coordinator. He is interested in teaching and curriculum development. His work is typically project-specific for the EE Capstone courses, with an emphasis on applied electromagnetics. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Work in Progress: Senior Design Day: Multidiscipline and Multidepartment Capstone Presentation EventAbstractSenior Design or "Capstone" projects are one of the most important
engineering design sequence which represents the spine of the curriculum for the Department of Engineering. The research and teaching interests of Dr. Nagel tend to revolve around engineering design and engineering design education, and in particular, the design conceptualization phase of the design process. He has performed research with the US Army Chemical Corps, General Motors Research and Development Center, and the US Air Force Academy, and he has received grants from the NSF, the EPA, and General Motors Corporation.Prof. Matt Robert Bohm, Florida Polytechnic University Matt Bohm is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Florida Polytechnic University (Florida Poly). He joined the University in 2016
-year effort to moretightly integrate process and product by focusing on design representations, or artifacts, thatcapture process and also serve as part of the product of a design course.Design representations are an integral element of the design process that have been tied to designcreativity [7] and process [8]. Representations are also important in education in both math andchemistry [9] and have been shown to relate to how well engineering students can create models[10]. At a more fundamental level representations are integral to engineering design and help todistinguish engineering from science. As Basset and Krupczak [11] have pointed out scienceseeks to produce theory by abstracting from specific observations. Engineers on the other
STEM pedagogy, design thinking, project-based learning and educational entrepreneurship.Dr. Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Carla B. Zoltowski is an assistant professor of engineering practice in the Schools of Electrical and Com- puter Engineering and (by courtesy) Engineering Education at Purdue University. She holds a B.S.E.E., M.S.E.E., and Ph.D. in Engineering Education, all from Purdue. Prior to this she was Co-Director of the EPICS Program at Purdue where she was responsible for developing curriculum and assessment tools and overseeing the research efforts within EPICS. Her academic and research interests include the profes- sional formation of
followed this trend.The self-efficacy findings are comparable to the findings from the phenomenologically basedinterviews of female students who are each voluntarily involved in the makerspace. The femaleusers were introduced to the space through both friends and class, and given that the intervieweeswere split 50/50 with seeking out hands-on making activities upon starting their undergraduate,this reaffirms that initial motivation does not impact involvement in the space as strongly as beingpresented an initial opportunity to use the space. It seems that student involvement in themakerspace is more impacted by the engineering design curriculum and their exposure to thespace. Engineering design curriculum does not necessarily have to enforce
exploration, rather than an additive course or exercise, is integratedinto valuable GIS mapping and environmental site design coursework.Keywords: design-thinking, creativity, GIS, Mapping, design approach.IntroductionThe creative engineer is in great demand. With expectations of not only competency but acompetitive urgency to innovate, the demands on the new engineer are multiple. While it isrecognized that design and innovation are key areas for growth and development withinengineering education, it remains difficult to integrate open-ended learning into what is alreadyan overly dense, hugely broad, introductory package of courses [1]. We need to explore moreefficient ways of fostering open-ended creativity training for engineering students.The
(Tversky & Kahneman, 1975). In other words,while expert intuition may allow for elegant decision-making, an abundance of experimentalpsychology and social science research provides thorough evidence that intuitive reasoning mayutilize cognitive biases such as anchoring bias, availability bias, and implicit bias. The use oftools and formal processes can reduce the impact of these biases, but they are inherent to humancognition. Burke & Miller (1999) posit that decision-makers need to iterate between intuitiveand rational strategies for effective decision making.Working from the assumption that intuitive reasoning can and should be integrated intoengineering education (per argument presented above), this work provides a baseline of
; Strimel, G. (2015). Engineering design: The great integrator. Journal of STEM Teacher Education, 50(1), 8.Hartell, E., & Skogh, I. B. (2015). Criteria for Success: A study of primary technology teachers’ assessment of digital portfolios. Australasian Journal of Technology Education, 2(1).Kimbell, R. (2007). E-assessment in project e-scape. Design & Technology Education: An International Journal, 12(2), 66-76.Kimbell, R. (2012). Evolving project e-scape for national assessment. International Journal of Technology & Design Education, 22, 135-155.Leahy, K., & Phelan, P. (2014). A review of Technology Education in Ireland; a changing technological environment promoting design activity
teams on design projectssponsored by external partners, are quite common in today’s engineering programs [2]. Based onreview of the pedagogical literature, management of these design projects is an important and attimes problematic issue for these team-based projects. Several papers [3-5] report observedproject management issues and corrective measures, such as implementing milestones, formaldesign reviews, and Gantt charts into the capstone curriculum. Lawanto, et.al, [6] examinestudent self-regulation while working on capstone design projects, and suggest that teamstrategies require a high level of student involvement and effort. Vavreck [7] identifies key skillsneeded by project managers and describes the integration of them into an existing
was deemed ‘not cut out for’ engineering,” this paper eloquently outlined“the ways that many other actors (students, teachers, societal labels, engineering culture)contribute to and construct this student ability in everyday moments.” The final pitch is for alleducators to view culture not as a past explanation for the current plight, but instead as a currentchallenge to create a desired, inclusive culture.The team of Svihla et. al. [10] added an engineering design course early in the curriculum as astrategy to support persistence in engineering, especially with underrepresented groups. The goalwas to help students discover and gain confidence in individual attributes, skills, and beliefs thatare critical for engineering design. Those
water finding paste, which changes colour when immersed in water. So the presence of water can be noticed by the paste. Manual measurement is inaccurate, is difficult to do, for example when it is raining, and incurs a risk on the user who must climb atop tanks to take the measurement. Overall Goals: There is a need to design an automatic system that can measure the fuel levels in tanks, check the presence of water, calculate (measure) the density of the fuel, and display this information to the responsible people view so they can take the appropriate actions.The curriculum of the FYP courses has also shifted to provide more structure and support forstudents in their projects. Now, in the first semester of the FYP course for ME and EE
Design from Stanford University and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, specializing in Entrepreneurial Management. Prior to joining Mines she spent 20 years as a designer, project manager, and portfolio manager in Fortune 500 companies and smaller firms in the Silicon Valley and abroad. She is passionate about bringing the user-centered de- sign principles she learned at Stanford and in her career to Mines’ open-ended problem solving program, and is working with others on campus to establish a broader integrated context for innovation and design. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Increasing Student Empathy Through Immersive Stakeholder
significantly, the hackathon environment encourages the same type ofinnovation one would expect from a PBL course. Hackathons, however, have not previouslybeen thought of as an environment for PBL in the same way that classroom courses have. Giventhat hackathons are becoming increasingly integral to the success of computer science students, itis useful to consider how, and to what extent, elements of PBL are manifested in hackathons.4The purpose of this research study is to use the Buck Institute of Education’s (BIE) GoldStandard PBL framework to analyze hackathon environments for the presence of key project-based learning characteristics.2 This was accomplished through a qualitative study utilizing bothobservation and interview protocols of selected
Paper ID #23471Co-Creating Opportunities for Extracurricular Design Learning with Mak-erspace StudentsVictoria Bill, New York University, Tandon School of Engineering Victoria Bill is the MakerSpace Lab Manager and an adjunct professor in the First-Year Engineering Program at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. She studied electrical engineering and received her B.S. from the Ohio State University and her M.S. from the University of Texas at Austin.Anne-Laure Fayard, New York University, Tandon School of Engineering Anne-Laure Fayard is Associate Professor of Management in the Department of Technology Manage- ment and
Paper ID #22268The ’Structured’ Engineering Design Notebook: A New Tool for Design Think-ing within a Studio Design CourseMs. Kristen Clapper Bergsman, University of Washington Kristen Clapper Bergsman is the Engineering Education Research Manager at the Center for Sensorimo- tor Neural Engineering at the University of Washington, where she is also a doctoral student and graduate research assistant in Learning Sciences and Human Development. Previously, Kristen worked as an ed- ucational consultant offering support in curriculum design and publication. She received her M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction (Science Education
multiple AE curriculum courses, working well with architecturaldesign, and including communication and collaboration in a team setting. Additionally it is toconsider standards and codes, integrate computer technology, and to consider buildingperformance and sustainability fundamentals. In individual programs this design knowledge isoften referred to as a focus, and in some of the programs this focus in delivered as a degreeoption(s) within the program. Having a degree option in an AE program is not a requirements ofABET, and the majority of programs currently do not offer degree options in their curriculum.For some programs there is not a stated focus or degree option even though one can be seen uponexamination of the program’s curriculum