interests focus on early P-12 engineering education and identity development.Ms. Hoda Ehsan, Purdue University, West Lafayette Hoda is a Ph.D. student in the School of Engineering Education, Purdue. She received her B.S. in me- chanical engineering in Iran, and obtained her M.S. in Childhood Education and New York teaching certification from City College of New York (CUNY-CCNY). She is now a graduate research assistant on STEM+C project. Her research interests include designing informal setting for engineering learning, and promoting engineering thinking in differently abled students in informal and formal settings.Dr. Abeera P. Rehmat, Purdue University, West Lafayette A Post-doctoral Research Associate at Purdue
for Engineering Education, 2019 Using Computer Based Simulation to Improve Learning Experience in Mechanical Behavior of Materials ClassAbstractTraditionally, the study of Mechanical Behavior of Materials class relies on solving analyticalsolution using a piece of paper and pen. With the advance of computer simulations, both hardwareand software, there is a need to advance the education with adoption of advanced computertechnologies. In this project, we recently developed a new project-based finite element modelingmodule in Mechanical Behavior of Materials class. Specifically, students are required to identifya project which requires to using a commercial finite element software package to simulate themechanical
on thefaculty members involved. In this work, we propose to apply traditional project managementtechniques to the accreditation process. Project management is a field that has been studiedextensively but it is usually applied to large scale projects with well-defined product deliverables(e.g. software or hardware systems). We argue that the principles of project management can bereused and applied to a process where the deliverable or end product is less tangible, but thestakes are as high – the successful attainment of ABET accreditation status. One of the most challenging aspects of establishing and forming a program that is ready foraccreditation is faculty buy-in. Take for example one of the most important areas of programcontinuous
projectwould be to create a simulated electrical schematic of the PLC sorting by height layout. Communication between ladder logicsystem in operation using LabVIEW. This schematic would and a simulation such as Factory IO is easy to do, so the newsimulate ladder logic from Siemens TIA Portal and a physical part we are bringing into this communication is with an addedsimulation with Factory I/O. This would create a full simulation communication with National Instruments LabVIEW.with all three phases of the PLC. Overall this project would LabVIEW will be used to create a fully simulated electricalprovide a basis for others to recreate what we will do for their schematic of the system. When all
, demonstrating that the student veterans werehaving a positive impact in the classroom. This paper presents a brief overview of a new project-based assignment in a technical writing course designed to assess multiple outcomes, itsinstitution-specific implementation, and current veteran success indicators. Data from surveysand institutionally-defined leadership characteristics are presented. Finally, by teaming studentveterans with traditional students, technical writing educators can provide opportunities forstudent veterans to demonstrate in-classroom leadership and contribute experiential insight forthe collective benefit of student veterans and their traditional student counterparts.IntroductionIndustry has recognized the need for engineers with
, andcompatibility. There are needs of an intelligent device that can be flexible enough to beintegrated into any type of engineering systems. It is particularly demanding in the scale ofcomplexity of those large-scale engineering systems. This is also true in many engineering issuesoccurring in different Navy systems. This proposal is aimed to address these issues bydeveloping an intelligent mobile sensing platform that integrates intelligent sensors (e.g., Lidarin this project) with necessary peripherals and makes it portable and customizable for differentapplications. Lidar is a range measuring sensor that uses laser signals to detect and measure thedistances and angles to the surrounding objects. Lidar has been used in variety of
this grant, he advised over 500 individual calculus students on their course projects. He was given an Outstanding Advising Award by USF and has been the recipient of numerous teaching awards at the department, college, university (Jerome Krivanek Distinguished Teaching Award) and state (TIP award) levels. Scott is also a co-PI of a Helios-funded Middle School Residency Program for Science and Math (for which he teaches the capstone course) and is on the leadership committee for an NSF IUSE grant to transform STEM Education at USF. His research is in the areas of solution thermodynamics and environmental monitoring and modeling.Dr. James Franklin Wysong Jr, Hillsborough Community College Dr. James Wysong has
holder of a Master’s Degree in Transportation Engineering and received his Doctorate in Civil Engineering (Geotechnical) with a concentration in Pavement Design, both at OSU. In addition, he holds Project Management Professional (PMP) certification with the Project Management Institute (PMI). Dr. Parris is actively involved in curriculum design, introduction of innovative pedagogies of engagement and the practice of engineering education through teaching several courses across the department. He is integrally involved in the design and delivery of the Pre-Freshman and Cooperative Education Program and others of that ilk at OSU, as a part of his specific interest in soft skill development, diversity, recruitment and
traditional department than for students in thenon-traditional department. However, students in the non-traditional department showedstatistically significantly higher levels of collaboration compared to the traditional department.This work contributes to the ongoing conversation about engineering identity development bybeginning to explore the pedagogical approaches that impact students’ engineering attitudes.Implications of results are discussed.MotivationThe purpose of this research paper is to ascertain the impact course activities that areintentionally designed to develop engineering identity in students has on engineering identitydevelopment. The overarching goal of this project is to help students persist in engineering,particularly those
Paper ID #25244Thirty-hour Safety Course for Construction Technology Academic ProgramsDr. George D. Ford, Western Carolina University Dr. George Ford P.E. is the Director of Mississippi State’s Building Construction Science (BCS) pro- gram. Dr. Ford has 15 years of industrial experience including corporate work, and 16 years of teaching experience at the post-secondary level.Dr. Saeed Rokooei, Mississippi State University Saeed Rokooei is an assistant professor of Building Construction Science at Mississippi State University. Saeed obtained his bachelor’s degree in Architecture and then continued his studies in Project and
years professional experience in the architecture and construction industry in residential, commercial and mixed-use projects. She has 8 years of experience in teaching and research in areas of architectural design, sustainable design, historic preservation and BIM. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Integration of Virtual Reality (VR) in Architectural Design Education: Exploring Student experienceAbstract The architecture industry significantly relies on visual communication. Virtual reality helpsdesigners create a greater sense of realism and a better understanding of a project by designingwhile immersed in them. That technological advancement has the
accomplishes the additional goal of exposing students to different fields ofengineering and physics. Many of our students have no prior experience in programming orcircuits, so these activities provide a fun first exposure to these fields.Students purchase a very inexpensive kit with an Arduino Uno and all of necessary componentsto build many projects. We start with a basic LED circuit and then carefully sequence class andlab activities that gradually introduce more complex components and programming skills. Thefirst major project is a light meter using a photoresistor and servo to display ambient light levelson a calibrated scale. Other projects include displaying Morse code with LEDs, a temperaturemonitor, a proximity alarm, and a robotic arm
” activities is an increased sense of agency – self confidence in theability to complete projects and make change in the world [3, 4]. While there is good evidencethat agency and self-efficacy are critical for student success [5], relatively little is known aboutwhat agency looks like in maker contexts, nor how it develops over time. In this paper, weinvestigate if and how student agency develops within a high school maker program.Theoretical FrameworkSelf-efficacy is an individual’s belief in their ability to complete tasks in a given domain [6]. Arobust body of literature has shown that individuals’ self-efficacy is an important predictor oftheir likelihood of engaging, persisting, and successfully participating in many academicdomains [7], and is
Education, 2019 How an NSF S-STEM LEAP Scholarship Program Can Inform a New Engineering ProgramAbstractIn Fall 2014, Utah Valley University was granted a Scholarships in STEM award from theNational Science Foundation. Entitled Strengthening Outcomes for Students in Engineering andComputer Science through Leadership, Engagement, Academic Mentoring, and Preparation(LEAP), the program is now in its fifth and final year. The goal of this project is to increase thegraduation rate for students in Computer Science and Engineering at UVU, an open enrollmentuniversity, and better prepare them for continued education and/or success in the STEMworkforce by providing scholarships to academically talented students with financial need
with the education of undergraduate engineers. In her courses, she employs active learning techniques and project-based learning. Her previous education research, also at Stanford, focused on the role of cultural capital in science education. Her current interests include engi- neering students’ development of social responsibility and the impact of students’ backgrounds in their formation as engineers.Dr. Jessica Mary Smith, Colorado School of Mines Jessica M. Smith is Associate Professor in the Engineering, Design & Society Division at the Colorado School of Mines and Co-Director of Humanitarian Engineering. She is an anthropologist with two major research areas: 1) the sociocultural dynamics of extractive and
University. The University of East Anglia has been delivering a ‘Rotation PhD’in which students visit different labs in 10-week long research mini-projects, directed bydifferent supervisors and trained in different techniques. The ‘Integrated PhD’ at theUniversity of Southampton has offered 3 laboratory rotation projects after which the studentis awarded an MRes (Master of Research) and they then spend 3 more years deepening theirexpertise towards a PhD degree. These approaches have been successful over the years anddemonstrate an appetite for very varied, skills-training focused programs that provide theresearcher with broader knowledge and varied competencies that prepare them foremployment. However, these programs are typically found in
Paper ID #26083Developing a Framework for a New Technical Elective: Prototyping Multi-functional Urban Micro-farms as an Experiential Learning Strategy for Ar-chitecture and Construction Management StudentsMr. Eugene Kwak, Farmingdale State College, State University of New York Eugene Kwak is a licensed architect and an assistant professor in the Department of Architecture and Construction Management at Farmingdale State College, State University of New York. He has been running research and grant-based projects, including the George Washington Carver Community garden design in New Iberia, Louisiana. During his tenure in the
project and presenting that work and student chapter activities at annual conference. As a fac- ulty member, she regularly publishes and presents at the ASEE Annual Conference. Her interests are in design education and assessment in mechanical and biomedical engineering. She previously served ASEE in leadership roles in the ERM and Mechanics Divisions and as a PIC-III Chair. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019Design and Prototyping of two different Mechanical Testing InstrumentsAbstractThe modern human society is largely being faced with complex engineering challenges that are not confined to anyparticular engineering or science discipline. These problems require innovative solutions with a
the Optical Society of America.Dr. Hooman Rashtian, University of California, Davis Hooman Rashtian received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada in 2013. He was a Postdoctoral Scholar at Davis Millimeter- Wave Research Center (DMRC) at University of California, Davis from 2014 to 2016. Since July 2016, he has joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of California, Davis as a Lecturer with Potential for Security of Employment (LPSOE). His educational research interests include curriculum innovation for teaching circuits, electronics and control systems, project-based learning, and the use of
et al defined seven group of soft skills:10 Communication skills; Decision Making/Problem Solving Skills; Self-Management Skills; Teamwork Skills; Professionalism skills; Experiences; and Leadership Skills. The proposed research project does not include all these classifications skills, but ratherfocuses on the skills that have the greatest impact on employability, specifically communicationskills, problem solving, collaboration, and leadership. Student-Centered LearningThis study is based on constructivist theory combined with inductive teaching methodology.According to constructivist theory, each person has different interpretation and construction ofthe
as a visitor researcher at the National Research Council (NRC) Canada dur- ing his Ph.D. He is currently actively working on several University-wide collaborations, funded project from State of Ohio, NASA, and National Science Foundation. He has more than 60 peer-reviewed jour- nal and conference papers. His current research focuses are primarily on energy conversion & storage systems, energy saving in industry, energy materials, and measurements.Mr. Daniel E. Kandray Sr., University of Akron Professor Kandray is an Associate Professor of the Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Technology and Automated Manufacturing Engineering Technology programs at the University of Akron. He is an accomplished, multifaceted
with an engineering education that is explicitly socio-technical in nature. As such, inaddition to the work presented here about contextualizing Statics, other ongoing engineeringwork at USD includes introducing social relevance to heat transfer [12], reimagining energy asan interdisciplinary and decolonized concept [13], integrating social justice into engineeringcurricula [14], and teaching social responsibility in circuits and materials science [15], [16],among others [17]. At Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), where author SWS works, giving students theopportunity to tackle real world problems began nearly 50 years ago when the curriculum wasrevolutionized to focus on project based learning (PBL) [18]. This curriculum shift
this interactivecourse, which introduces students to fundamental engineering skills – including teamwork,design, project management, technical writing, critical thinking, programming, communication(including written, oral, and graphical), and an introduction to engineering research. The courseincludes extensive introductory design pedagogy coupled with project management; includingtwo individual design challenges during the semester, and culminating in a team-basedCornerstone project that all students present at the end of the semester. For conveying keyinstructional topics to the students, a few select classes are held in the EG classroom(s), whileadditional instruction is delivered online via supplementary, instructor-created videos
Information Systems, BYTE, Social Science Computer Review, Legislative Studies Quarterly, The European Journal of Operational Research, and other journals. He is past president of the Organizational Systems Research Association and editor of the Information Technology, Learning, and Performance Journal from 2001 to 2011. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Building a Cybersecurity Pipeline through Experiential Virtual Labs and Workforce Alliances AbstractThis paper describes a project led by the University of South Carolina (USC) to address thecybersecurity workforce gap. The project creates curricular material based
design courses intothe curriculum [4]. These engineering design courses generally aim to involve students in thedesign of a particular product or process while working in a team environment. They also usuallyinclude an individual component and advocate for the use of a particular design methodology[5]. Moreover, the introduction of cornerstone design courses in engineering programs’curriculum enhances students’ interest in engineering, increases students’ retention inengineering programs, motivate learning in upper division engineering science courses, enhancesperformance in design courses [6]. However, projects in cornerstone design courses are typicallynot based on authentic engineering practices or real-world problems [7]. The advent of the
Analytics Scientist with interest in design research, learning analytics, re- search methods and under-representation in engineering, A major strand of his work focuses on develop- ing and analyzing learning analytics that model students’ cognitive states or strategies through fine-grained computer-logged data from open-ended technology-centered science and engineering projects. His disser- tation research explored the use of Minecraft to teach early engineering college students about the design process.Ms. Sherry Hsi, Concord Consortium Dr. Sherry Hsi is the Executive Vice President of the Concord Consortium. She leads the strategic de- velopment, design, and research of learning technologies using her background in
level, he administers implementation of 9 research projects in renewable energy as well as serving as Executive Director of the Minnesota State Energy Center of Ex- cellence. Bruce is a leader of collaborative efforts in the Minnesota system. He has been an initiator of many efforts of statewide influence. As a charter member of the Minnesota Energy Consortium, he has served on the leadership steering committee since the inception of the group. His leadership led to establishing the Energy Technical Specialist program, a multi-college program leading to industry positions in energy production in solar, wind, bio-fuels, fossil and nuclear fields. Current focus areas of the Minnesota Energy Center include education
resulting impact of them on performance is needed. This is especially importantfor consumers and small businesses that are considering building or installing VAWTs. Thisproject targets two key limitations that exist. First, most numerical methods for studyingplacement and flow fields involve the use of complicated and costly computational fluiddynamics (CFD) software. Second, wind resource maps typically represent values at 30 m orhigher. Small scale VAWT installations are typically at a lower elevation where the influence ofground effects can dominate.2. Project DescriptionThe creation and validation of an accessible VAWT flow field model and the generation of awind resource map tailored for small-scale VAWTs has the potential to improve VAWT
extracurricular learning opportunities and hands-on supplements to traditional courseinstruction. The following paper describes the integration of a Formula SAE (FSAE) teamproject into a junior-level mechanical engineering experimentation course; it represents one ofnine projects in this course.The first half of the course is divided into modules that, for all students, progressively address: 1)the measurement chain and laboratory best practices using pre-existing experiments, 2) sensordesign, selection, and calibration, 3) statistical data analysis and uncertainty limits, and 4)technical communication skills. The second half tasks student teams to propose, design, build,and carry out an original experiment to an engineering problem they perceive can
study cycles in Textitle Engineering and Engi- neering and Industrial Management, in the 1st cycle course of Design and Fashion Marketing, and also in the 2nd cycle courses of Fashion Design and Communication, Textile Chemistry, Advanced Textiles and Design and Marketing. Head research and research member of several R&D projects, has presented as main author or co-author many dozens of scientific journal papers and communications in international conferences. President of the Pedagogical Council of the School of Engineering since 2011 and Vice-Dean of School of EngineeringVictor F. A. Barros, University of Minho Victor F. A. Barros, Ing.-Paed IGIP (ORCID 0000-0002-7318-8257) is Researcher Fellow at Algoritmi