Paper ID #25124Pedagogical Risk Taking: Is It Worth It?Dr. Mohammad Moin Uddin P.E., East Tennessee State University Dr. Mohammad Moin Uddin is an associate professor in the Department of Engineering, Engineering Technology, and Surveying at East Tennessee State University. He holds a joint appointment as an As- sociate Professor of Engineering and Engineering Technology and as a Graduate Faculty member of the Graduate Studies. Dr. Uddin is active in research and scholarship. He has been awarded grants from National Science Foundation, Tennessee Department of Transportation, DENSO and ASEE (ETD mini- grants) and
students in Portugal found that while CSR curriculadid affect student views, there was a strong need for more coherence in how social responsibilitywas integrated into the curriculum in order to effectively put social responsibility andsustainability in the center of the college graduate’s radar screen [17].Still other studies have focused on curricular strategies to increase social responsibility and otherglobal citizenship measures. For instance, Tarrant et al. [18] found that shifting the focus of acourse to a critical social issue (sustainability) did not in and of itself guarantee an increase insocial responsibility. However, offering sustainability-focused courses abroad did produce asignificant increase in attention to social responsibility
commercialFEA software for stress/strain simulations on components and assemblies.4. REFERENCES[1] Lee, R., Capece, V. R., and Baker, J., “Integration Of Finite Element Software In Undergraduate Engineering Courses,” 2001 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 16-19, Albuquerque, New Mexico.[2] Zecher, J., “Teaching Finite Element Analysis In An Met Program,” 2002 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 16-29, Montreal, Canada.[3] Le, X., Moazed, A. R., and Duva, A. W., “The Design Projects for the Simulation-Based Design Course,” 2016 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 26-29, New Orleans, Louisiana.[4] Papadopoulos, J. M., Papadopoulos, C., and Prantil, V. C., "Philosophy of Integrating FEA Practice Throughout the
Paper ID #27186Board 9: Measuring Change: Research Updates Helping Engineering Stu-dents Tackle Complex, Sustainability ProblemsDr. Elise Barrella, Wake Forest University Dr. Elise Barrella is an Assistant Professor and Founding Faculty Member of the Department of Engineer- ing at Wake Forest University. She is passionate about curriculum development, scholarship and student mentoring on transportation systems, sustainability, and engineering design. Dr. Barrella completed her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at Georgia Tech where she conducted research in transportation and sustain- ability as part of the Infrastructure
Links to Retention Research," Minnesota Campus Compact, Minnesota, 2008.[14] T. Kennedy and L. Houghtalen, "Engagement in Practice: Lessons Learned While Developing Community Partners (and a New Engineering Program) for Service Learnin," in Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, 2018.[15] W. Oakes, E. Coyle and L. Jamieson, "Curriculum, EPICS: A Model of Service-Learning in an Engineering," in Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, St. Louis, 2000.[16] W. Oakes and M. Thompson, "Integration of Service Learning into a Freshman Engineering Course," in Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual
extracurricular activities is voluntary andusually based on the inherent interests of the students [4], it can serve as an avenue for theindividual to develop student interests and talents, independent of the engineering curriculum [3].Typically extracurricular activities satisfy the following criteria [3]: (1) not a requirement forgraduation, (2) voluntary participation, (3) structured; participants meet regularly in a contextspecific to the activity, and (4) requires efforts; it must pose some measure of challenge to theindividual engaged in the activity. The motivations for getting involved in EPA P3 projects were to become more attractive topotential employers (e.g., resume builder), to learn hands-on experience on emergingtechnologies, and to
University incollaboration with Bay de Noc Community College. [1] This software was developedspecifically for incorporation into an academic curriculum to give institutions an opportunity tooffer training in situations where robots cannot be afforded, or to augment training in limitedaccess scenarios.This paper will explore the implementation of the “RobotRun” software into an existing roboticscourse as a “Virtual Lab” component. This “Virtual Lab” is then run in parallel with lecture, anda hands-on lab, reinforcing weekly concepts. The course “Programming Industrial Robots” isoffered as an elective, and as course two of a four course robotics concentration for the ElectricalEngineering Technology (EET), and Mechatronics Engineering Technology (MCET
development [17]Nonetheless, while innovation may be an indirect benefit of myriad engineering curricularefforts, instruction may be framed in such a way as to encourage [17] (or discourage [18,19])students’ development of innovative behaviors. Some scholars have emphasized innovation as adesirable outcome of instruction or learning environments [20,21], others as the demonstration ofcertain abilities [22], and yet others as appropriate conceptualizations [23]. As researchers, wemight ask how goals directed towards these distinct ends vary in terms of outcomes. It might bethat the ideal modality involves the integration of multiple efforts, as studies of expert innovatorssuggest that they demonstrate and deploy a variety of approaches and mindsets
the exciting and complex world of professionalengineering practice.References:[1] S. Medha “Cooperative Learning Strategies For Large Classes” Paper presented at 1998 ASEE Annual Conference, Seattle, Washington, USA June 28-July 1 1998. https://peer.asee.org/6990[2] E. Koehn “Collaborative Learning In Engineering Classrooms” Paper presented at 2000 ASEE Annual Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, USA June 18-21, 2000. https://peer.asee.org/8209[3] N.D. Mallette, M.K. Bothwell, and C. Kelly “Developing an Integrated Curriculum-wide Teamwork Instructional Strategy” Paper presented at 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, June 24-27 2018. https://peer.asee.org/30299[4] M
interpreting the regression coefficients, we achieve our secondresearch goal to suggest specific improvements that instructors can use to give their students morefailure opportunities during PBL.1 IntroductionABET’s Criterion 5 requires engineering programs to provide all undergraduate students a majordesign experience that entails technical knowledge and skills acquired through the curriculum andincorporates realistic standards and constraints. The major design experience mentioned in thecriterion is an example of project-based learning (PBL): the theory and practice of using real-worldprojects that have time restrictions to achieve specific objectives and to facilitate individual andcollective learning [1]. PBL is a learner-centered approach that
mental imageryis engaged for both blind and sighted people when interpreting engineering graphics.Mental imagery is cognitively part of visuospatial working memory, used for reasoning [11], andnot merely an internalization of the visual percept (actual sight). Mental imagery differs fromvision in that vision is a bottoms-up process, where visual stimuli are processed into sight, versusa tops-down process where knowledge is processed into imagery [8]. Some visual processes donot occur in mental imagery [12], but mental imagery does seem to depend on areas of the brainrelated to higher levels of integration in typical visual processing [13].Since this study examines how a blind student learned engineering graphics, understandingdifferences in the
- things like workforce preparation, service and stew- ardship, integrity, equity and justice, or faith.✔ TIP: Craft messages that communicate how change supports the shared values, how change aligns the organization’s values to today’s realities, and how change creates an opportunity to position the organi- zation to enact shared values. “I think all of us want to know how can we make the engineering curriculum more inclusive, what can we do, and at the same time everybody still struggles with needing to cover core content, and if we do something else, will we lose that.” Speak to Stakeholder Motivations Change projects have numerous stakeholders, all with different interests in the process and outcome. Successful
extended beyond my discipline curriculum and I believe it has a great impact on improving my professional skills preparing me for my future career. While participating in this project, I had the opportunity to practice and integrate much of the knowledge I learned during my three years of course work as an undergraduate student. Working in the renewable energy lab in a team of two with an expert professor, enhanced my communication abilities; team working skills; and added a valuable experience that I could not obtain during my usual course work. Throughout the time I spent working on this project, I had the chance to express my ideas and think critically and independently in solving related problems
and international environmen- tal assessment and verification work coupled with radiochemical characterization studies for Department of Energy and Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensed sites; and as the lead radiological instructor sup- porting the Global Materials Security - Office of Radiological Security. Mr. Harpenau is also a member of the Department of Energy’s Radiological Assistance and Emerging Threats Programs.Mrs. Evelyn Ann Kaelin, Evelyn Kaelin is a Senior Manufacturing Engineer with Acuity Brands Lighting. She graduated with an A.A.S in Computer Integrated Manufacturing from Vincennes University; going on to complete a B.S. in the same discipline from Indiana State University. After spending over 15
Programs. His duties entailed working with prospective freshmen and transfer engineering students. In 2018, he transitioned to the role of Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Bioengineering at the Clark School. His research interests transfer students who first enroll in community colleges, as well as developing broader and more nuanced engineering performance indicators.Ms. Shannon Hayes, University of Maryland, College Park Shannon Hayes currently serves as the Assistant Director of Transfer Student Advising & Admissions in the A. James Clark School of Engineering. Prior to working in the Clark School, Ms. Hayes served as an Academic Advisor in the College of Education at UMD, where she worked with
during their firstyear of college, and apply it to their habits for critical thinking and metacognition. Thisknowledge could inform our guided practice in reflection through essays and other prompts. Ourfirst-year engineering design course at a research institution in the southeastern United Statesalready includes practice in certain professional skills, such as ethics and integrity, teamwork andtechnical communication. It is evident that reflective judgment is another important professionalskill that should be initiated early in the engineering curriculum, both for solving ill-structuredproblems and for retaining knowledge.Our research question is as follows: How well do first year students develop higher level thinking skills through
University of Delaware. He has taught core and elective courses across the curriculum, from introduction to engineering science and material and energy balances to process control, capstone design, and mathematical modeling of chemical and environmental systems. His research interests include technology and learning in various incarnations: electronic portfolios as a means for assessment and professional development, implementa- tion of computational tools across the chemical engineering curriculum, and game-based learning.Dr. Allen A. Jayne P.E., University of Delaware Allen Jayne is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Delaware. He possesses 28 years of
Paper ID #26505Predictors of Engineering Doctoral Students’ Future Career SectorMs. Maya Denton, University of Texas, Austin Maya Denton is a STEM Education doctoral student and Graduate Research Assistant in the Center for Engineering Education at the University of Texas at Austin. She received her B.S. in Chemical Engineer- ing from Purdue University. Prior to attending UT, she worked as a chemical engineer for an industrial gas company.Mr. Nathan Hyungsok Choe, University of Texas, Austin Nathan (Hyungsok) Choe is a doctoral student in STEM education at UT Austin. His research focuses on the development of
Engineering Education) Leadership Award in 2010. At the University of Alabama, Fridley has led efforts to establish several new programs including new undergraduate degree programs in construction engineering, architectural engineering and environmental engineering, a departmental Scholars program allowing highly qualified students an accelerated program to earn their MSCE in addition to their BS degree, the interdisciplinary ”Cube” promoting innovation in engineering, and the cross-disciplinary MSCE/MBA and MSCE/JD dual-degree programs.Dr. Thomas A. Lenox Dist.M.ASCE, F.ASEE, American Society of Civil Engineers Thomas A. Lenox, Ph.D., Dist.M.ASCE, F.ASEE is Executive Vice President (Emeritus) of the Ameri- can Society of
Paper ID #25719Trash Teachings: How a Materials Science Module Series about Waste canEmpower Engineering Students to be More Sociotechnically ResponsibleDr. Breanne Przestrzelski, University of San Diego Bre Przestrzelski, PhD, is a post-doctoral research associate in the General Engineering department in the Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering, where she innovatively integrates social justice, humanitarian advancement, and peace into the traditional engineering curriculum. Before joining USD in August 2017, Bre spent 9 years at Clemson University, where she was a three-time graduate of the bioengineering program (BS, MS
are used as tools for generating ideas and visual communication, especially when it involves the skill to generate quick and realistic sketches of an object or idea. He has also conducted research on the impact involvement in academic makerspaces has on students in engineering programs.Dr. Kimberly Grau Talley P.E., Texas State University Dr. Kimberly G. Talley is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Technology, Maker Space Co-Director and Senior Research Fellow for the LBJ Institute for STEM Education and Research at Texas State University, and a licensed Professional Engineer. She received her Ph.D. and M.S.E. from the University of Texas at Austin in Structural Engineering. Her undergraduate
. L., Olsen, P. E., Nwogbaga, A. P., and S. Stotts, "Integrative approach for a transformative freshman-level STEM curriculum," Journal of College Teaching and Learning, vol. 13, 2016.11. Wilson, Z. S., Holmes, L., Sylvain, M., Batiste, L., Johnson, M., McGuire, S., Pang, S. and I. Warner. "Hierarchical mentoring: A transformative strategy for improving diversity and retention in undergraduate STEM disciplines," Journal of Science Education and Technology, vol. 21, p.p. 148-156, 2012.12. Gilmer, T. "An understanding of the improved grades, retention and graduation rates of STEM majors at the Academic Investment in Math and Science (AIMS) Program of Bowling Green State University (BGSU)," Journal of STEM Education, vol. 8
freshman and sophomore level students. The coursematerials presented in this paper start with introducing students to a working product andthen challenge them with problems requiring the redesign of components. Subsequently,various manufacturing methods, techniques, processes, and equipment are discussed indetail so that students can prototype these newly designed components in the laboratories.As part of the curriculum of an Engineering Technology program, these courses aim atdeveloping students' ability to work in collaborative groups to apply engineering andtechnology knowledge to solve real-world technical problems requiring the application ofpractical procedures and methods.The Design and Prototyping is an introductory manufacturing processes
-hole modular totalizer tables and onecalibrated scale that are now in routine daily use. The participation was truly multidisciplinary,with 64% of the students coming from an engineering curriculum (EE, Computer E, MechE,AeroE or ChemE), 25% from Biology or Biomolecular Science and the rest from elsewhere inthe University or on exchange. A high school senior, whose participation was required by EPICSin IEEE funding, received full college credit for the course.The course’s didactic goals were to 1) introduce students to the disability field and the concept ofsupported employment through their own research and by visits to the recycling centers; 2) intro-duce by hands-on experiences college and high school students of varied backgrounds to
design functionality of the project's robot for detectingupcoming events in terms of encountering objects, platform openings, or extreme tilting in itspath that may cause harm if current trajectory is further continued. When such obstacles aredetected, the vehicle’s programming instructs it to cease movement, back-up as necessary, andoverride and disregard the user’s instruction that would point it toward harm’s way. Where adirected path is deemed hospitable, the vehicle follows the preprogramed instructionunconditionally. The vehicle utilizes a Parallax Boe-Bot kit[1] chassis while the information processing andmovement program is run through an Arduino Mega board; these separate components are joinedvia a fiberglass platform which also
a similar opportunity for first-year engineering students to engage inactivities that might occur in industry. In the Cornerstone of Engineering at NortheasternUniversity, a similar opportunity is provided to the first-year engineering students and the resultsare discussed in this article.BackgroundCornerstone of Engineering is an integrated design and problem solving through programmingcourse for first-year students at Northeastern University. The course consists of two 4-creditclasses either given over two semesters or stacked into one, depending on a given student’sneeds. The work done for this paper will examine students’ experiences from the ‘stacked’course, where all learning objectives are met in one semester by meeting with the
emphasis in STEM-H related curriculum experiences at various colleges and universities across the U.S. Gwen’s work with NSF, USDOE, DOE, DOD, HRSA, and DOJ helps in providing the evaluative needs and expectations of federally funded grants with regard to accountability and compliance. In addition, she has served as a panel reviewer for NSF proposals for S-STEM and other EHR programs, GAANN, SIP, and EOC with the USDOE, and is currently an AQIP Reviewer and Peer Reviewer for the NCA Higher Learning Commission. As an administrator, Gwen has served Director of Assessment for 6 years and Executive Assistant to the President for one year at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. She has also served as Assistant to the
academic standing and previous experience with computer games wascollected to improve the accuracy of the analysis. By using open-ended questions, the level ofknow-how in construction concepts was measured and compared to determine if the simulationexperience make an impact to see if there is any change in learning occurred.The VCS game activity and both surveys were completed by 80 students. Same instructorhandled both the class sections. The results from surveys confirmed that the use of VCS gamereally reinforce the entire learning process of Construction Management course. The followingbenefits are the outcome of the application of VCS game in the course curriculum. 1. VCS demonstrated its value in providing a visual, interactive, realistic
Engineering Education, 2019 A Unified and Collaborative Approach to Risk Classification for Fabrication and Library SpacesAbstractThis paper describes an effort to redesign risk assessment for tools and equipment across ourcampus. Existing classification schemas for assessing tool risk and safety are often restrictiveand intimidating. The previous risk classification framework at Olin College did not address theaddition of fabrication capabilities in learning spaces outside of the original machine shop,including the library, research labs, and studio classrooms. Furthermore, the old system waslimited to manufacturing equipment located in the machine shop and did not addressnon-powered tools. As a result of these
(formerly Universidad del Turabo)AbstractTypical design (sizing) projects in a Machine Design course tend to rely on abstractions of themachine; that is, situations in which the student must imagine the system, perhaps with the aid ofa 2D schematic, and conduct the sizing calculations in a completely theoretical and abstractfashion. This skill is certainly a requirement of an experienced machine designer; however,novices may be outmatched when exposed to this level of expertise at an early stage in theirdevelopment. This article suggests that the sizing projects should be based on existingmachinery that is available in the university, and that is accessible for inspection and explorationby students. The sizing results are then compared to the