Rubric Development Project. Available at https://www.aacu.org/value/rubrics[15] C. Reynolds and J. Patton, Leveraging the ePortfolio for Integrative Learning: A Faculty Guide to Classroom Practices for Transforming Student Learning. Sterling, VA: Stylus, 2014.[16] C.E. Watson, G.D. Kuh, T. Rhodes, T.P. Light, and H.L. Chen, “ePortfolios–The eleventh high impact practice,” International Journal of ePortfolio, vol.6, no. 2, pp. 65-69, 2016.[17] M.V. Svyantek and L.D. McNair, “Tricks of the Trade: Using Digital Portfolios and Reflective Practices to Develop Balanced Graduate Student Professional Identities,” in American Society for Engineering Education, 2015. June 14-17, Seattle, WA. Conference Proceedings. 2015[18
Paper ID #24752Development of an Entrepreneurial Mind-set within a Three-Semester Me-chanical Engineering Capstone Design Sequence Based on the SAE CollegiateDesign SeriesDr. James A. Mynderse, Lawrence Technological University James A. Mynderse, PhD is an Associate Professor in the A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical Engineering at Lawrence Technological University. His research interests include mechatronics, dynamic systems, and control with applications to piezoelectric actuators, hysteresis, and perception. He serves as the faculty advisor for the LTU Baja SAE team.Dr. Liping Liu, Lawrence Technological University
research interests range from mechanical engineering facilities design to research that applied engineering and molecular biology approaches to the study of the skeletal response to mechanical loading. As a Mechanical Engineer, she worked on facility design projects involving mechanical systems that included heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and energy conservation systems, as well as R&D of air conditioning equipment for Navy ships. Additional research interests have included the investigation of relationships among components of the indoor environment, occupants, and energy usage. Specifically, the effects of the indoor environment on occupant health and well-being and in parallel, how socially-mediated
impact teaching methods, and materials research. She teaches upper-level undergraduate and graduate Materials courses in the Mechanical Engineering department as well as undergraduate multidisciplinary courses for the Honors Program.Dr. Jason Geathers, The Citadel Dr. Jason Geathers is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The Citadel. He earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan, where he studied mi- crostructural and environmental effects on the very high cycle fatigue behavior of a titanium alloy for use in aircraft engines. He also received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Uni- versity of Michigan and a B.S. degree in
Homework for a Large Gateway Engineering ClassAbstract“Tell me and I will forget, teach me and I will remember, involve me and I will learn”. Thispowerful quote attributed to Benjamin Franklin is the cornerstone for the study presented in thispaper. Teaching and Learning engineering is not an easy task, especially for large size gatewaycourses. Engineering education researchers agree that a purely traditional lecture-based learningenvironment does not adequately prepare students to succeed in the collaborative andchallenging environment existing in engineering careers. Same researchers emphasize the needof incorporating high impact learning practices to help students to succeed. This study presentssome very promising results of incorporating
-serving engineering universities in the U.S. Dr. Traum coordinated MSOE’s first crowd-funded senior design project. He also co-founded with students EASENET, a start- up renewable energy company to commercialize waste-to-energy biomass processors. Dr. Traum began his academic career as a founding faculty member in the Mechanical & Energy Engineer- ing Department at the University of North Texas - Denton where he established a successful, externally- funded researcher incubator that trained undergraduates to perform experimental research and encouraged matriculation to graduate school. Traum received a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he held a research
expressed in this paper,however, are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect e views of the NSF.References[1] Achieve, “Closing the expectation gap:2013 annual report on the aligment of state K-12 policies and practice with the demands of college careers,” 2013.[2] National Research Council, Next generation science standards: For states, by states. 2013.[3] B. M. Capobianco, M. Brenda, C. Nyquist, and N. Tyire, “Shedding light on engineering design.,” Sci. Child., vol. 50, no. 5, pp. 58–64, 2013.[4] N. Cross, The expertise of exceptional designers. Sidney, Austrialia: University of Technology, 2003.[5] N. R. Council, A framework for K-12 science education: Practices, crosscutting concepts, and core ideas
their findings. These experiments include the study of cantileverbeams, electric motors, water pumps, flame speed vs. air-fuel ratio, and basic electronics andmicrocontroller exercises.After the first week of experiments, students develop a design project that is inspired by anurgent research problem the FSAE team needs to solve. During the past three years, these haveincluded: 1) rebuilding, instrumenting and using a torsion rig to characterize the torsional rigidityof the vehicle’s frame, 2) building and using a dynamic impact attenuator test rig, 3) aggressiveuse of carbon fiber for weight savings in the steering wheel, suspension, pedal system, impactattenuator, and body, 4) novel techniques for the design and manufacture of
and learning styles, and (2) technology use ineducation.1. Learning stylesLearning styles is a well-researched topic in the field of education. It is well-established thatstudents have different preferred learning styles that directly impact the assimilation and retentionof course content, and thus overall student achievement. There are many benefits for either astudent or an instructor to understand learning styles, as instructors can develop teaching strategiesto cover differents mode of input, while students could be more effective learners by adjustingtheir study habits and the way they take notes to accommodate their modality preferences. Thesefacts lead to challenging implications on the instructors in terms of awareness of the
United Arab Emirates continues to pursue a strategy of diversifying its economy from non-oil sectors to high technology and high growth sectors and the demand for qualified mechanicalengineering graduates are in rise [1]. However, today industries demand more than technicalexperts, competent professionals. Also one of the measures necessary for achievingemployability is developing transversal skills and competencies, such as communication andlanguages, the ability to handle information, to solve problems, to work in teams and to leadsocial processes. The accreditation bodies’ recent trends in engineering education have led toincreased integration of design and other important engineering practice skills i.e., teamwork,project management
faculty) can provide specific details about classdynamics and instructional practices that student feedback is unable to provide. Peerobservations can be used both formatively and summatively; peer observations can provideformative feedback to improve teaching prior to more formal, summative reviews that aredocumented in personnel files, which allows for opportunities for improvement [7].This Toolkit is designed for instructors, researchers, support staff, or administrators who areinterested in doing systematic classroom observations but have limited experience withqualitative coding and observational research, to teach these methods to themselves and theirresearch assistants. This paper serves as an introduction and a user manual for the Toolkit
faculty member, he has spent multiple summers and a sabbatical working as a temporary senior staff electrical engineer at A-Dec Corporation in Newberg, OR. During this time, he developed infrastructure, drivers, and various applications on ARM microprocessor systems. His current research interests are microprocessors and embedded systems for rapid prototyping. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Implementing Human-Centered Design into an Engineering Service Course: Development and EvaluationAbstractSince 2010, George Fox University has required all engineering program graduates to complete aservice-learning course. Initially, projects were identified by key
, in part, by the US-based National Academy ofEngineering publication, The Engineer of 2020 [10]—engineering educators have begun todevelop and evaluate formal leadership learning opportunities available to undergraduate andgraduate engineering students. Most of this research involves program directors describing andassessing best practices in the context of their programs [11-20], with some taking a multi- 1institutional approach [21-25]. A smaller, but growing community of researchers has surveyedindustry leaders about the skills and traits necessary to become an effective leader, oftenconcluding their studies with recommendations for
Paper ID #26587Board 17: Design and Small-Scale Testing of 3D Printed Seismic IsolatorsDr. Jenna Wong P.E., San Francisco State University Dr. Wong is a structural engineer broadly focused on seismic design of critical facilities. Her doctor- ate research at UC Berkeley investigated the applicability of seismic isolation and supplemental viscous damping to nuclear power plants with focus on seismic resilience and safety. The work identified isolation parameters for the optimization of design to produce high performance levels of both structural response and secondary systems. After receiving her PhD, Dr. Wong began a
maximize their academic skills; contribute to and benefit from productiveuniversity communities; offer best practices to help them navigate their college careers; andwork individually and collectively to further promote the goals of the program. The effortsdescribed in this study may provide a model for a wide range of retention and success programs,based around diverse populations and affinity groups, or general cohorts of students. Aggregateresults indicate that this cohort was able to achieve significantly higher GPAs and complete ahigher number of credits as compared to similar populations of students. This paper furtherdiscerns the impact on the engineering students, who coincidentally made up over 40% of thegroup, showing that first year
engineering graduates from non-GCSP institutions? What do they bring tothe table that distinguishes them? Unfortunately, to date, there is little research to address thesedifficult questions. Most of the published materials focus on descriptions of institutional GCSPsor how to design them [4,5], delve into questions pertaining to design and implementation ofGCSP-relevant curricula [6], assess impact of incorporating Grand Challenges (GCs) intogeneral engineering courses [7,8], and describe students’ emerging understanding of becoming aGC Scholar at a single institution, including development of their engineering identity [9]. Toour knowledge, there is one multi-institutional study to date that attempts to understand thebreadth of institutional GCSPs
alternative course design and instructionalmethods in the engineering classroom. The primary method of delivery in undergraduateengineering classrooms remains the traditional lecture format, or teacher-centered instruction,despite evidence that active learning, or student-centered teaching practices, are significantlymore effective. Catalyzed by the overwhelming research support for more active learningmethods and the promise for creating these opportunities through alternative course models,there has been a more recent shift towards experimentation in delivery and course structure,including strategies such as flipping course content. Flipped course design allows instructors tomaintain delivery of critical theoretical and background information by
host university. Use of techniques, skills, and technical tools Emphasize Design, implementation, commissioning, necessary for professional practice in the trouble-shooting, and explaining the system. disciplineSurvey ResultsA survey was sent out to all participants of the three study abroad courses involved in developing theautonomous PV system. The survey was designed to assess program impact related to technicalproficiency and global competency. 22 responses were recorded out of 37 total participants. Eachquestion used a 1-5 Likert scale where 1=strongly disagree and 5=strongly agree. The average responseacross all five questions was 4.90. The overwhelming positive feedback is an affirmation to the
the (Engineers in Technical Humanitarian Opportunities of Service-Learning) for approximately ten years. She has incorporated service-learning projects into her classes and laboratories since she started teaching in 2000. Her research interests include community engaged learning and pedagogy, K-12 outreach, biomaterials and materials testing and analysis.Dr. Kenya Crosson, University of Dayton Dr. Kenya Crosson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Dayton. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in the areas of engineering design and innovation, engineering mechanics, hydraulics, and water and wastewater treatment
operations, highway safety, and geographic information systems. His research interests include: constructing spatial databases for bet- ter management of transportation infrastructure, improving transportation design, operation, safety and construction, understanding long-term effects of urban development patterns, and advancing active living within the built environment for improved public health. He teaches courses in interchange design, trans- portation engineering, highway design. engineering management, geographic information systems, and land surveying. He has served in numerous leadership positions in ITE, ASCE and TRB.Dr. Kevin C. Bower, The Citadel Dr. Kevin Bower is a Professor and the Associate Provost for
blind heathen teacher, Aristotle, rules even further than Christ? Now, my advice would be that the books of Aristotle, the Physics, the Metaphysics, Of the Soul, Ethics, which have hitherto been considered the best, be altogether abolished” [25].Juan Luis Vives (Renaissance Humanist) was the first humanist thinker to assert the importanceof popular education and touted the positive impact of educating the laity and the poor, on thesociety at large. Vives wrote, “No greater danger for sons of the poor exists than a cheap,inferior, and demoralizing education” [26]. Vives seems to even tackle the question of how mucheducation should be provided to the less fortunate based on the feasibility of cost to the parentand society at large
authenticity inthe project. The project was introduced to the students during the fourth week of the semester.Students were informed that they would be working on teams as employees of a company namedPeach Inc. They were tasked with proposing a design for a semiconductor device of interest toPeach. Due to Peach’s recent interest in CSR, they were also expected to account for CSRconsiderations in every technical design proposed by their team. The students were informed that their projects needed to meet the following learning objectives: Explain the relationship between a semiconductor technology and one dimension of social responsibility (e.g. labor, manufacturing practices and the environment, mining, social impacts of
graduates prepared to engage in entrepreneurial and intrapreneurialactivities?The research team is pursuing these questions through a multi-method approach, includingqualitative and quantitative methods. The work meets the requirements of Design andDevelopment Research, as specified by the Common Guidelines for Educational Research in thatit contains: 1) Development of a solution based on a well-specified theory of action appropriateto a well-defined end user; 2) Creation of measures to assess the implementation of thesolution(s); 3) Collection of data on the feasibility of implementing the solution(s) in typicaldelivery settings by intended users; and 4) Conducting a pilot study to examine the promise ofgenerating the intended outcomes [22].Theory
University Aditya Vora is a Junior at The Pennsylvania State University majoring in Industrial Engineering and graduating in May 2020. He has been a part of the High-Performance Design Team Research for a year, with technical interests including Data Visualization, Artificial Intelligence, Team Cognition, and Entrepreneurship. He is the design lead of a team that was awarded phase one winner at the Nittany AI challenge at Penn State. With a minor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Aditya is also the Co-founder of a Startup at Penn State. His interest in Engineering Education stems from prior work as a Learning Assistant in Physics courses. Outside of school, he enjoys traveling, producing music and playing the
. "A survey of diversity and inclusiveness initiatives at Carnegie Doctoral Research Institutions libraries." Library Management 40 (1/2):23-33. doi: 10.1108/LM-10-2017-0117.Kreitz, Patricia A. 2008. "Best Practices for Managing Organizational Diversity." The Journal of Academic Librarianship 34 (2):101-120. doi: 10.1016/j.acalib.2007.12.001.Lee, Hyuk-Jin, and Diane Neal. 2010. "A new model for semantic photograph description combining basic levels and user-assigned descriptors." Journal of Information Science 36 (5):547-565. doi: 10.1177/0165551510374930.National Association of Social Workers. 2015. Standards and Indicators for Cultural Competence in Social Work Practice. Washington, DC: National
on prestigious journals and conferences, among which, one paper has received Best Paper Award and another received Best Application Paper Award Candidate. He has also been serving as Chair, Reviewer and TPC member for numerous journals and conferences. He has been teaching computer networking and network security and advising both under- graduate students and graduate students.Dr. Yanxiao Zhao, Virginia Commonwealth University Dr. Yanxiao Zhao is an Assistant Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Virginia Commonwealth University, where she joined in Aug. 2018. Prior to joining VCU, Dr. Zhao was an Assistant Professor at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology from 2012-2018, where
change the physical principles used to design something, themotivation for the design could be entirely different which may result in a significantly differentdesign than someone who is not spiritually aware or practices another religion. The result alsocould be very similar but arrived at with different motivations [47].Any religion could write a similar worldview statement emphasizing the important tenants oftheir faith and how it impacts their lives. Baylor University is a university with a diverse studentpopulation that includes 10 or more Christian denominations, Catholics, Atheists, Buddhists,Hindu, Jehovah’s Witness, Mormons, Moslems and Unitarians. While the predominant religiousaffiliation at Baylor University is Baptist, there is a
is a Fellow of ASEE, a Senior Member of IEEE, and a member of ACM, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, Phi Kappa Phi, and Upsilon Pi Epsilon. Dr. Estell is active in the assessment community with his work in streamlining and standardizing the outcomes assessment process, and has been an invited presenter at the ABET Symposium. He is also active within the engineering education community, having served ASEE as an officer in the Computers in Education and First-Year Programs Divisions; he and his co-authors have received multiple Best Paper awards at the ASEE Annual Conference. His current research includes examining the nature of constraints in engineering design and providing service learning opportunities for first-year
incorporate engineering into their curricula; 2) the Engineering Design Cycle approachin STEM and relevance to real-world problems; and 3) the five sequence stages for teaching andlearning [Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate (5E’s)] integration into a STEMLesson Plan (course product). The goal of the course is to provide high impact experiences for middle school pre-serviceteachers in their preparation to develop and teach STEM curriculum and engage future STEMinnovators. The course is driven by problem-solving, discovery and exploratory learning thatrequires pre-service teachers actively explore the nature of technology, engineering design,systems thinking, independent and collaborative projects, critical thinking, and
, underrepresentedminority, disabled, etc.). These challenges illustrate not only an obligation to conduct moreSVSM research, but also a need to push at the current boundaries of SVSM research for thepurposes of deepening the practical as well as theoretical impact of its findings.One way to advance SVSM research within the context of engineering education is through abroad(er) application of available theoretical perspectives and research methodologies,particularly those developed within the research traditions of other professionally oriented fields(e.g., teacher education, medicine). The purpose of this work in progress paper is to present fordiscussion a promising approach for researching alongside SVSM in engineering educationcalled ‘Narrative Inquiry