presentations were designed to help students to start visualizing themselvesas engineers or improve their engineering recognition and caring. Fifth, the students were alsoasked to develop cardboard chairs for their final team project. Students work together in teamsto develop the chairs and then present their chair to the class. This project was designed to helpstudents improve their engineering performance/competence, interest, creativity, and designefficacy. Lastly, students were required to complete weekly homework assignments where theypersonally reflect on topics such as their engineering interests, study plan, and any barriers theycan foresee that might prevent them from becoming an engineer. These were designed toimprove their engineering
with a discussion about planned future work inthis area.2. BackgroundIn this section, work in related topics are discussed. First, related work in robotics competitionsand education is outlined. Then, the benefits of problem-based learning are analyzed.2.1 Robotics Competitions and EducationFor robotics education, Zdešar et al. [3] found that students typically appreciate a balancebetween theory and practice. In this regard, the use of competitions could provide an excellentmeans of practice, which could be augmented with theory through the aid of a competitionmentor or advisor. Moreover, a study done in 2002 by Ahlgren and Verner [4] showed thatrobotic contests could lead to considerable progress in theoretical and practical areas forstudents
understanding. considerations. criteria such as multiple customers FMEA, service life, with differing or life-cycle cost definitions 2. Commitment to With guidance, able Able to follow own Able to follow Able to maintain timeliness to follow Plan of POA&M for multi- POA&M in a team POA&M in Action & Milestones step processes, and environment for dynamic team (POA&M) for multi- hold oneself to it. multi-step processes
STEM Curation at Museums Zoology Mathematics: Rules and Reasoning Archaeology Environmental Science Paleoanthropology Entertainment Engineering and Design Chemistry Mechanical Engineering: Solar Energy Radiation Science and Engineering Renewable Energy Forensic Science Civil Engineering: Planning Entertainment Engineering and Design Engineering EntrepreneurshipTable 4. Speaker composition by gender during the four semesters of SISTEM. Fall 2016 Spring 2017 Fall
study suggest that the innovative homework process is a method wherestudents perceive that they learn more and will earn a higher grade, when compared with thetraditional homework process. The faculty spend less time grading homework knowing that thestudents have reviewed and graded their own homework prior to final submission. The amountof effort a student puts into the initial submission is a variable for a future study of this process.It could be possible that the students do not put in the upfront effort, knowing there is a secondchance for submission. The authors plan to continue studying the impacts of this homeworkprocess on students’ confidence in their understanding of the material, their actual understandingof the material, and their
the Pod was in use wasstill underway. Preliminary feedback from the students living in the Pod was favorable but a fullassessment will be completed at the end of the academic year. The feedback provided will bereviewed as the planning for the next academic year is finalized.The preliminary results of implementing a new course to introduce first-year engineeringstudents to applied mathematics is positive. After completing the course, students self report tobe more motivated to learn mathematics and that the course improved their chances to besuccessful in engineering and math courses. Initial data also shows that students that have takenthe course have a higher average GPA for math courses than students that did not take it.ConclusionsThe
Focus: Industrial EngineeringFigure 3. Industrial Engineering Demonstration: Motorized Conveyor Belt, Photogate Sensor,and Supporting Circuitry. This demonstration highlights industrial engineering in a manufacturing environment.Mechanical engineering is included as a secondary focus, as product design overlaps closely withmanufacturing and factory planning. The project application is as follows: after undergoing amechanized process, a product is placed on a conveyor belt to be transported to the next, humandriven, manufacturing process. The students are directed to implement a Vernier Photogatesensor to stop the conveyor belt and signal a pause in production until the product has beenremoved by the human operator. The intended effect is
that ideainto actions requires planning. So before one can write any code, or design any system,one has to take the time to explore the possible techniques and technologies. The mainchallenge for non micro-controller based TEG systems is that the utilization efficiency ofthe energy is low, a large amount of the generated energy may be wasted. Hence there isa potential need for an energy management system which can acquire, store and deliverenergy efficiently, with minimum energy wastage. With proper mentoring, capable tutelage,and guidance, these burgeoning and talented young students will contribute to the bestpractices in implementing future system design and apps development.ResultsSo far we have used this series of modular design projects
subject. An additionallearning opportunity that enhances student learning is the ability to work on small portions of along-term project. The instructor in this environment acts as a facilitator to provide guidancethroughout the design process rather than a director of a classroom. Due to the great variety ofPBL activities, research in this area has revealed that there is generally no universal model forPBL [4]. Without a universal model for PBL, this suggests that the planning, managing, enacting,and assessing projects specifically designed for PBL is a challenging problem. On the flip-side,PBL has great impact on self-directed learning skills [5]: Allowing students to workcollaboratively during the research and implementation phases of design
expectations and the process to tenure and to make a plan to separate work from personallife [10]. Becoming aware of the expectations is key, since vagueness in what is expected can bedetrimental to a faculty members psyche.References[1] R. Varma, “The tenure system and engineering institutions,” in 2004 ASEE AnnualConference and Exposition, June 20-23, 2004, Salt Lake City, UT.[2] AAUP, “History of the AAUP,” American Association of University Professors,https://www.aaup.org/about/history-aaup. [Access date 1/11/2019][3] R. McKenzie, “In Defense of Academic Tenure,” Journal of Institutional and TheoreticalEconomics, pp. 325-341, 152(2), 1996.[4] T. Sowell, Inside American Education: The Decline, the Deception, the Dogmas. Free Press:New York, 1993.[5
/Acceptance Tests PlansOnce all the verification test plans are approved, students will proceed to implement the finalvalidation/acceptance tests.Final tests procedures are executed and demonstrated to the customer. All the tests must validatethe Tier 2 requirements above.Conclusions and Future StepsThe paper has discussed growing needs in the aerospace industry in the Denver region. Thesegrowing needs will require more expertise in the manufacturing and testing of space vehicles andspecifically of small satellites. The scope of activities in this area includes vehicles for spaceexploration, communication, tourism and national security. The testing system needs, andequipment have been discussed. Using a system engineering approach, the paper has
by the class it wascombined with, typically 30 minutes. Next, this same process was repeated with any classesdedicated to material review in preparation for major assessments, to include the finalexamination. The next step in restructuring was to combine complementary lessons in a fashionthat did not overwhelm students with new material. While the previous actions were relativelysimple to execute across all course subjects, this particular step relied heavily on instructorknowledge of the curriculum and individual lesson plans. Not surprisingly, decisions made atthis juncture appear to be the most identified for potential changes during end of course facultyreviews. Instructors with little or no familiarity of course progression found
theseorganizations to offer the recently recommended student interventions.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSFunding for summer internship provided by the UD Office of the Associate Dean for Diversityand Inclusion.REFERENCES1. Yoder BL. Engineering by the Numbers. ASEE 2017.2. Page SE. The difference: How the power of diversity creates better groups, firms, schools, andsocieties. Princeton University Press; 2008.3. Planning Commission for Expanding Minority Opportunities in Engineering. 1974. Minoritiesin Engineering: A Blueprint for Action: Summary and Principal Recommendations. New York,NY: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.4. Ross M, Yates N. Paving the Way: Engagement Strategies for Improving the Success ofUnderrepresented Minority Engineering Students. National Society of
accountable and providemotivation to equally share the work.Assigning the final deliverable earlier would also be useful, so students could begin planning thefinal product before in-class work days. That way time in class, with the professor to help withmath or verification of ideas, is not spent brainstorming and designing more general parts of thefinal refrigeration device.Another way to improve the project would be to offer two project ideas, addressing more studentinterests. Students in BAE have such varied interests including food, agricultural, biological, andecological engineering. There are students who want to go to medical school, do research, workin industry, or work on family farms. Thus, for the context of the project to act as a
University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 WIP: Assessing the Creative Person, Process, and Product in Engineering Education.Introduction: why assess creativity?This work-in-progress paper investigates different instruments for assessing individual creativity,an essential tool to engineers. Historically, the basis for most modern engineering curricula canbe traced to the 1955 ASEE recommendations on engineering curricular, aka the Grinter report[1] that recommends “an integrated study of engineering analysis, design, and engineeringsystems for professional background, planned and carried out to stimulate creative andimaginative thinking […]”. The National Academies of
engineering students should possess to successfully enter the labormarket. In the systematic review of Passow and Passow [4], planning and time management,problem-solving, communication and teamwork were identified as highly important byengineers. Identified as less, but still important, were ethics, lifelong learning, taking initiative,thinking creatively, and focusing on goals. Does this mean that engineering students needmore teamwork skills than lifelong learning skills? Or do students need to finish theireducational program with an advanced level mastery of lifelong learning and an expert levelmastery of teamwork? These questions raise the need to not just investigate the importanceof the competencies but also of the competency levels required
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problem directions. Designing task Designing the task's complexity (i.e., how many steps or how much advanced complexity planning is needed for an adequate response). Providing scaffolds Designing the way a problem is broken into sub-tasks or the provision of extra guidance or hints. Expecting length Expecting responses to be an approximate length. Expecting openness Expecting a range of acceptable answers. Expecting task Designing the dependence of separate tasks within a problem. dependence Expecting Designing the extent to which students will likely need to provide explanation interpretability to interpret their responses. Expecting depth of
works closely with the departmental leadership to manage the undergraduate program including: developing course offering plan, chairing the undergrad- uate curriculum committee, reviewing and approving course articulations for study abroad, serving as Chief Advisor, and representing the department at the college level meetings. She is also engaged with college recruiting and outreach; she coordinates three summer experiences for high school students visit- ing Bioengineering and co-coordinates a weeklong Bioengineering summer camp. She has worked with the Cancer Scholars Program since its inception and has supported events for researcHStart. Most re- cently, she was selected to be an Education Innovation Fellow (EIF
planned, students in the Fall 2018 course offering completed laboratory assignmentsindependently during the first 8 weeks of course. The last 8 weeks of the course, studentscompleted laboratory assignments in pairs. Once pairing began, each week students were pairedrandomly with a new partner at the beginning of class; as before, students were never paired withthe same partner twice. Students continued to be responsible for completing individualassignments outside of the computer laboratory; however, they now had group assignmentswhich could only be completed during class and with a partner as well. Upon completion of eachweek’s group assignment, students completed a questionnaire surveying their experiences withtheir current partner.As in the
. After the test is finished the machine prints out the high, low, and average value.5.3 Noise LevelA Larrison Davis sound meter was used to measure the noise level of our machine. The device allowed us tofirst zero out background noise, and then run the snowmobile to measure the decibel level. We then used thisbaseline data to determine what the plan of action would be for redesigning the exhaust system.5.4 Exhaust SystemThe goal for the modified exhaust system was to reduce the harmful emissions, and noise levels of the machine.The team chose to use a three-way catalytic converter and muffler to replace the existing exhaust system on themachine. The team chose to go with a larger catalytic converter and place the muffler on the sled behind
that described by Taylor[3] to determine possibleerrors in Young’s modulus, yield strength, or ultimate strength. Similar examples have beenadded to manufacturing, materials, fluid power and thermodynamics classes. This work describesan effort to add measurement activities to a first semester freshman class that serves as a“gateway” class with the broader objective to provide engineering technology students asampling of interesting and relevant hands-on activities that they can expect to experiencethroughout their plan of study.Gateway ClassWhen students transfer into mechanical engineering technology from a mechanical engineeringprogram, they often relate that they spent 2, 3, or 4 semesters without ever touching a piece ofreal equipment
Authority, addressed Quality of Life (QL) Credit 2.6,Improve site accessibility, safety, and wayfinding. The airport authority needed to design a newairport terminal next to an old terminal, and maintain service during construction. The exampleillustrated project phasing and plans for access and egress routes during construction, withemphasis on safety and emergency access.Next, the authors worked with each team by discussing their project and the integration of theavailable rating system tools and sustainability. Use of the Pre-Assessment Checklist requiresanswering 144 questions about the project, to be answered as yes, no, or not applicable. Throughthe answering of the questions within the Pre-Assessment Checklist, the student
, 2015, 1-8.[18] Lee, G. C. & Wu, J. C. Debug it: A debugging practicing system. Computers & Education,Elsevier, 1999, 32, 165-179.[19] Sirkiä, T. & Sorva, J. Exploring programming misconceptions: an analysis of studentmistakes in visual program simulation exercises. Proceedings of the 12th Koli CallingInternational Conference on Computing Education Research, 2012, 19-28.[20] Ebrahimi, A. Novice programmer errors: Language constructs and plan composition.International Journal of Human Computer Studies, London; San Diego: Academic Press, c1994-,1994, 41, 457-480.[21] Spohrer, J. C. & Soloway, E. Novice mistakes: Are the folk wisdoms correct?Communications of the ACM, ACM, 1986, 29, 624-632.[22] zyBooks. https://www.zybooks.com
workforce research characterizing, expanding, sus- taining, measuring and training the technical and professional construction workforce in the US. The broader impact of this work lies in achieving and sustaining safe, productive, diverse, and inclusive project organizations composed of engaged, competent and diverse people.Meltem Duva, Michigan State University Meltem Duva is a PhD student and graduate research assistant in the Construction Management Program in the School of Planning Design and Construction at the Michigan State University. She holds a B.S. de- gree in architecture and M.S. degree in construction management. She has worked for several companies and projects prior to starting PhD. Meltem Duva pursues
andcan be versatile to many types of classes; traditional or not. Instructors can use the One WordPrompt Quiz as a bridge-in [14] to their lesson plan. This quiz can also be adapted to a SRS (studentresponse system) depending on the teaching goal or student learning outcomes [15]. It can be usedwhen a huge volume of reading is assigned for less problem-solving-oriented classes. If there is aheavy load of concepts, a taxonomy can be provided for students to prepare for class according tothe teaching goals.Future Analysis:Morris and Savadatti’s research [16] showed that the number of full videos watching drops duringthe semester for a flipped class. A more in-depth analysis of the implementation of the One WordPrompt Quiz should be performed to
undergraduates with these skills. The accrediting board for engineeringprograms in the U.S. and many schools abroad is ABET, and they define student outcomes as“what students are expected to know and be able to do by the time of graduation.” One of theStudent Outcomes for 2020 is “(5) an ability to function effectively on a team whose memberstogether provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals,plan tasks, and meet objectives ” [8]. These strategic documents guide all engineering programsand are more than aspirational. They are meant to affect change, to implement action to producestudents with technical and non-technical skills.BackgroundSocio-technological challenges drive the need for engineering education to
the principles and theory of cybersecurity, but also equipped students with practical hands-on skills. This approach helped studentsturn abstract concepts into actual skills to solve real-world problems and challenges.This paper is organized as follows: Section 2 illustrates conceptual framework. Section 3describes game-based learning. Section 4 discusses problem-based learning. Section 5deliberates integrated learning. Section 6 demonstrates student-centric learning. We then describeself-paced learning in Section 7 and evaluation plan in Section 8. Finally, we conclude our workin the last section.2. Conceptual FrameworkIn this project, we built a learning system for cyber security education. It employed a variety ofeducational methods in
-classroom session to on-line videos provides amore comprehensive education, a quantitative attempt was made using the final class project asthe focus. The results show the students who attended the flipped session had marginally betterprojects according to the scoring rubric used, but nothing significant. Reasons for the lack ofanything conclusive might be due to how the metric was used in the experiment and studentmotivation. Further study is needed to develop a more in-depth experiment. Future workinclude repeating the study, but providing more incentives to motivate the students. Incentivescould include a competition for best projects. Our current plan is to offer extra credit toward thefinal grade if students add more components, increase
AdvancedManufacturing are working full-time in their field than their peers in other fields, while in the overallsample, a greater percentage of students work full-time in an unrelated field. Lastly, a greaterpercentage of students in Advanced Manufacturing do not aim to complete a degree or plan tocomplete an Associate’s degree in comparison to the overall sample, where the majority are aiming tocomplete either an Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree. Taking these descriptive differences together, wesee a younger group of students in Advanced Manufacturing, more men than women, less racial andethnic diversity, more students working full-time within manufacturing, and lower levels of degreeaspirations. Comparison of Advanced Manufacturing Students