competencies is teaching biomimicry or bio-inspired designin an engineering curriculum.Our research addresses the gap in resources for effectively teaching engineering students how toperform bio-inspired design by creating instructional resources based on Concept-Knowledge(C-K) design theory. C-K theory is known for integrating multiple domains of information andfacilitating innovation through connection building. We used this theory to create lectures, in-class activities, assignments, rubrics and templates that scaffold the discovery and knowledgetransfer processes involved in using natural designs to inspire engineering solutions.To assess the learning impact of our C-K theory instructional resources, we conducted astatistical comparison of student
Illinois and California, directing research, business develop- ment, operations, quality assurance, sales and marketing. Ann is a licensed acupuncturist, holds an MS in Traditional Chinese Medicine and a BS in Nutrition from the Midwest College of Oriental Medicine. In 2010, Ann co-founded Point of Health Acupuncture and owns Birdhouse Acupuncture, both health and wellness businesses. Ann received her BS in Biology from the University of Illinois at Chicago. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Optimizing the Integration of Computational Thinking into a STEM Curriculum for a Minority Girls’ After-School Program (prek-12, Work-in-Process-Diversity
engineering summer school in an industrial setting,” European Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 34, no. 6, pp. 511-526, 2009.[9] M. C. lves, “University-Industry Partnership for Global Education: Implementing and Integrating an Engineering International Internship into the Engineering Curriculum,” Proceedings of the 2015 ASEE International Forum, Seattle, Washington, June 2015. https://peer.asee.org/17162[10] S. Abanteriba, “Development of strategic international industry links to promote undergraduate vocational training and postgraduate research programmes,” European Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 283-301, 2006.[11] For more information on the LASER foundation, see https
(e.g., some years may have less engineers who plan to become lawyers than doctors),utilize an independent study model where students attend a single class where the instructor utilizesa semester checklist of approved assignments related to the career track. Local professionals in theareas should be brought to these classes to help design the checklist.ConclusionThe well-prepared 21st century engineering leader can only emerge from an integrated academiccurriculum that is aimed at educating her to apply key leadership skills in whatever career path shechooses. This paper describes the challenges addressed and methods used to undertake the designof an engineering leadership and management curriculum for undergraduates that takes intoaccount both
role she supports and studies use of robotics in K-12 STEM education. Her other research interests include robotics, mechanical design, and biomechanics.Mrs. Veena Jayasree Krishnan, NYU Tandon School of Engineering Veena Jayasree Krishnan received a Master of Technology (M. Tech.) degree in Mechatronics from Vel- lore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India in 2012. She has two years of research experience at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. She is currently pursuing Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. She is serving as a research assistant under an NSF-funded DR K-12 re- search project to promote integration of robotics in middle school science and math education. For
never saw a disconnect between engineering and ethics and always felt that when you're teaching specifically design courses, most importantly design courses, that ethical considerations have to be integrated in the class… there might be an engineering ethics course because it seemed like it was a standalone thing that you could ignore.Divorcing ethics from core courses, including design, in the curriculum may imply that ethicsand engineering are divorced in practice. The interviewee concluded, “ethics needs to beintegrated throughout the curriculum.” If ESI is not distributed throughout the coursework andintegrated with core content, students may perceive it as tangential to engineering, which canimpact their ability to recognize and
thoughts,actively searching for knowledge, and making inferences, has been identified by theAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) as necessary for life-long learningand an effective work career skill [2]. Although metacognition is key for students’ self-directedlearning, explicit instruction in metacognitive skills has been rarely integrated into engineeringprograms. One notable exception has been the Iron Range Engineering program (IRE). IRE isan innovative engineering program located in Virginia, Minnesota where students explicitlyengage in activities to become familiar with, develop, and apply metacognitive skills within areal-world problem-based learning (PBL) environment.The goal of our IUSE NSF project has been to study
Integrating Entrepreneurial Minded Learning in Circuit Analysis and Design CourseThe challenge of integrating EML in engineering curriculum is adding the EML activitieswithout additional workload to the currently packed curriculum. Instead of developing separatecourses in entrepreneurship, CoE plans to integrate EML into numerous engineering courses.Each course will have EML elements to help students grow with KEEN’s “the three Cs”(Curiosity, Connections, Creating Value) [13]. Incorporating EML in different course sequencessuch as analog and digital circuits, electronic design, and communication sequences will providestudents an opportunity to develop an entrepreneurial mindset. EML has already been integratedinto Electronics Design I (EE375
Paper ID #25610Board 66: Work in Progress: Integrating Differentiated Instruction and Project-Based Learning to Teach Embedded SystemsDr. Sohum A Sohoni, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus Dr. Sohoni is an Assistant Professor in Engineering at the Polytechnic School at Arizona State University. Prior to joining ASU, he was an Assistant Professor at Oklahoma State University. His research inter- ests are broadly in the areas of computer architecture and performance analysis, and in engineering and computing education. He has published in ACM SIGMETRICS, IEEE Transactions on Computers, the International Journal of
Paper ID #27789Active Learning in an Introductory Materials Science CourseDr. Lessa Grunenfelder, University of Southern California Lessa Grunenfelder has a BS in astronautical engineering and a MS and PhD in materials science, all from the University of Southern California. In 2015 she joined the USC Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science as teaching faculty. She teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses on material properties, processing, selection, and design. She is passionate about sharing her love of materials science with students through curriculum that combines fundamental
areas that do not overlap. Capstonecourses or projects are frequently used to combat this misperception. Providing an understandingof how topics covered in one course relate to previous courses in the curriculum allows studentsto see the overlap earlier and observe design options. The objective of this research was to integrate the same design project longitudinally intwo introductory structural design classes at multiple universities in order to introduce the ideasof iterative design and design options and reinforce common, key concepts. Longitudinalcurriculum integration is frequently associated with freshman and sophomore level courses andoften used to enhance student retention by maintaining interest in their field of study
past president of the Association for Science Teacher Education.Dr. Elizabeth Ring-Whalen, St. Catherine University Elizabeth A. Ring-Whalen is an Assistant Professor of Education at St. Catherine University in St. Paul, MN. She holds a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction - STEM Education from the University of Min- nesota. Her research focuses on STEM education and what this looks like in PreK-12 classrooms and explores teachers’ beliefs of integrated STEM as well as how these beliefs influence teachers’ practices and student achievement in the classroom. Alongside this research, she has worked to explore the atti- tudes and beliefs teachers hold about cultural diversity and teaching culturally diverse students. Past
potential to improve the designprocess. Therefore, the demand for adapting the use of virtual reality environments in thearchitecture industry has increased over the past two decades. If academia is aligned with industry,students will be better prepared for integration into the workplace. As a result, the integration ofvirtual reality into the architectural curriculum is an educational imperative. The long term goal of this project is to incorporate VR into design studios and build avirtual reality lab for architecture students at Western Kentucky University. This study describesthe overview of the ongoing integration of virtual reality (VR) environments within theArchitectural Science program. A pilot study was conducted prior to
Paper ID #27540Contemporary STEM Issues: Engineering Training of Pre-Service Teachersfor Middle School STEM Curriculum Development (Evaluation)Dr. Sylvia W. Thomas, University of South Florida Dr. Sylvia Wilson Thomas is currently an Associate Professor in Electrical Engineering and former Assistant Dean for the College of Engineering at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida. She holds several patents and has over twenty-five years of experience in industry and academia. Research Interests Sylvia Wilson Thomas, Ph.D. leads the Advanced Materials Bio and Integration Research (AMBIR) lab- oratory at USF. Dr
” and ”Interpreting Diffuse Reflectance and Transmittance.” He has also published papers on effective use of simulation in engineer- ing, teaching design and engineering economics, and assessment of student learning. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Work in Progress: Integrating Entrepreneurial Mindset within Undergraduate Engineering Course ProjectsAbstractEntrepreneurial mindset is important for maintaining a competitive edge in this dynamic and changing engineeringworld. The Kern Family Foundation through its Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN) has made it itsmission to equip engineers with an entrepreneurial mindset with the hope that this
Paper ID #24665Smartness in Engineering Culture: An Interdisciplinary DialogueDr. Emily Dringenberg, Ohio State University Dr. Dringenberg is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Ohio State Uni- versity. She holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Kansas State ’08), a M.S. in Industrial Engineering (Purdue ’14) and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education (Purdue ’15). Her team, Beliefs in Engineering Re- search Group (BERG) utilizes qualitative methods to explore beliefs in engineering. Her research has an overarching goal of leveraging engineering education research to shift the culture of
alongsidemathematics and science in integrated ways, then coding would become a mainstream subjecttaught in the elementary school curriculum. However, few practicing elementary school teachershave the academic backgrounds that allow them to teach coding in a manner that goes beyondallowing students to learn how to code through trial-and-error experimentation and as an additivelearning activity such as an after-school program. Current content and practice standards call forthe use of argumentation in the teaching of mathematics and science [1] [2]. This project isfocused on extending collective argumentation framework developed by Conner [3] for theteaching of mathematics to the teaching of coding. Teachers at our partnering school districthave completed the
desirable features of an engineer in the 21st century. However, thisgroup of authors points out that these skills are not currently integrated effectively in engineeringeducation. Creating well-rounded engineers requires greater inclusion of courses that are framedaround ethics education and application. To accomplish this goal, these authors emphasize theinterconnectedness of science, technology, and society. One paper [7] uses a module designedfor an STS course and tests this curriculum in the field of environmental science and economicseducation to verify the transferability of the content, a tactic proven successful by this team ofresearchers. By using general applications of STS concepts, many authors demonstrate theimportance, effectiveness
Paper ID #26845Work in Progress: Multidisciplinary, Vertically Integrated Projects Courseon 3-D Printed Biomedical DevicesMs. Vy-Linh Gale, New York University Vy-Linh Gale is an undergraduate in her junior year studying Biotechnology with a minor in Computer Science, and is expected to graduate with her BS in 2020 and MS in Biotechnology in 2021.Prof. Victoria Bill, New York University 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
outside the classroom in Engineering Technology Programs," 2014 IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference, Princeton, NJ, 2014, pp. 1-4. doi: 10.1109/ISECon.2014.6891043[3] R.M. Felder, D.R. Woods, J.E. Stice, and A. Rugarcia, “The Future of Engineering Education. II. Teaching Methods that Work.” Chem. Engr. Education, Vol. 34, No. 1, pp. 26-39, 2000.[4] R.M. Felder and R. Brent, “Understanding Student Differences.” J. Engr. Education, Vol. 94, No. 1, pp. 57-72, 2005.[5] L.D. Feisel and A. J. Rosa, “The Role of the Laboratory in Undergraduate Engineering Education.” J. Engr. Education, Vol. 94, No. 1, pp. 121–130, 2005.[6] D. J. Moore and D. R. Voltmer, "Curriculum for an engineering renaissance
Paper ID #25700Integrating Comics Into Engineering Education To Promote Student Inter-est, Confidence, and UnderstandingDr. Lucas James Landherr, Northeastern University Dr. Lucas Landherr is an associate teaching professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Northeastern University, conducting research in engineering education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Integrating Comics Into Engineering Education To Promote Student Interest, Confidence, and UnderstandingAbstractThe use of comics as an educational teaching tool is a practice that has existed for
engineering curriculum. The framework will be utilized in its entirety in the freshmanintroduction to design course (EM103) and the senior design course (capstone projects). For allother required courses, the extent of utilization of the framework will depend on the objectives ofthe course project. For example, in the structural mechanics course (i.e. CE321), “Step 4” of theframework will be emphasized since the course project involves the analysis and design of amulti-story building.Additionally, the freshman courses, CE101, EM102 and CE111 do not make use of theframework, however, they do form an integral part of the common project platform by providingdata used to create the site plan for the common project platform.This problem-solving
Paper ID #26081Determining the Dependencies of Engineering Competencies for EngineeringPractice: An Exploratory Case StudyDr. Jillian Seniuk Cicek, University of Manitoba Dr. Jillian Seniuk Cicek is an Assistant Professor in the Centre for Engineering Professional Practice and Engineering Education at the University of Manitoba, in Canada. She teaches technical communication. Her areas of investigation include program evaluation; outcomes-based teaching and assessment; engi- neering competencies; instructor pedagogical practices and belief-systems; engineering epistemology; and student culture, diversity, perspectives, and
Paper ID #25591Board 42: ”Integrating Undergraduate Research Across Disciplines: Sup-porting an Externally Collaborative Project-Based Interdisciplinary Culture(EPIC) for Learning using Trace Metal Analysis”Dr. John W. Duggan, Wentworth Institute of Technology Jack Duggan is Professor and Chair of Civil Engineering at Wentworth Institute of Technology at Went- worth Institute of Technology. He is a registered professional environmental engineer in the Common- wealth of Massachusetts. He has earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Clarkson University and M.S. in Civil Engineering and Ph.D. in Chemistry degrees from UMASS Lowell
software talent training system that is supported byuniversities, governments and enterprises for industrial and practical application needs. The deep convergence of engineering and computing. With the advancement ofscience and technology and the continuous development of the Internet, engineering andcomputing have become an integral whole. It is an inevitable trend to solve engineeringproblems more efficiently and accurately by using computing knowledge and skills. Accelerated integration of hardware and software. The rapid development of artificialintelligence, robotics and other industrial fields put forward requirements to the in-depthintegration of hardware and software. These fields require the use of the knowledge and skillsof diversified
Paper ID #27005Board 35: An Integrated Program for Recruitment, Retention, and Gradua-tion of Academically Talented Low-Income Engineering StudentsProf. Houshang Darabi, University of Illinois, Chicago Dr. Houshang Darabi is an Associate Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering in the Depart- ment of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (MIE) at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). Dr. Darabi is the recipient of multiple teaching and advising awards including the UIC Award for Excellence in Teaching (2017), COE Excellence in Teaching Award (2008, 2014), UIC Teaching Recognitions Award (2011), and the
of student feedbackregarding the level of their interest in programming before and after robotic activities, thechallenges of programming a robot, and their overall rating of integrating robotic activities inprogramming classes are presented and discussed.IntroductionIntroductory computer programming is a core subject in the curriculum of computer sciencemajor. The subject is frequently taught in three different courses; namely, CS 0, CS 1, and CS 2.The topics covered in CS 0 are often related to various fundamental concepts in computing andcomputer algorithms. Many computer science programs place a particular emphasis on computeralgorithm in CS 0 to familiarize students with programming logic. In CS 1, students learn towrite computer
Paper ID #25130Student-Facilitated Online Discussions to Encourage Critical Thinking in CivilEngineeringDr. Aliye Karabulut Ilgu, Iowa State University Dr. Aliye Karabulut-Ilgu is a lecturer in the department of Civil, Construction and Environmental En- gineering at Iowa State University. Her background is in Curriculum and Instruction, and her research interests include online learning, hybrid learning, and technology integration in higher education.Suhan Yao, Iowa State University Suhan Yao works as an Instructional Design Specialist in Engineering-Las Online Learning at Iowa State University. Her research interests
and development of strategies to use in the classroom. His teaching philosophy includes building a strong learning community within each class and the use of high-impact practices to engage and challenge his students. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Improving Student Writing Outcomes Through Dynamic Feedback, Design Oriented Projects and Curriculum ModificationAbstractTechnical writing is an important skill for engineers that is often cited by employers as aweakness among college graduates entering professional practice. Students are often admitted toengineering programs based on capacity for learning STEM topics and with less regard forreading and writing ability
, Santa Barbara. He has received several awards for his educational accomplishments, and in 2018 received the Materials Research Society’s Impact Award for his work on broadening participation in STEM and com- puting education. His education research focuses on integrating computation into the undergraduate core curriculum. Falk also served as the lead investigator for STEM Achievement in Baltimore Elementary Schools (SABES) an NSF funded Community Enterprise for STEM Learning partnership between JHU and Baltimore City Schools.Dr. Joanne F. Selinski, Johns Hopkins University Joanne Selinski is an Associate Teaching Professor and the Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Computer Science Department at Johns