demonstrated the value ofdevelopmental experiences conducted in concert with post-graduate advisors to foster identitydevelopment and increase the academic performance of undergraduate engineering students. Thisstudy sought to provide an example of this precedent as applied to an undergraduate student. Auto-ethnographic memos were used as evidence of the student’s identity development. These memoswere used to record a diverse collection of experiences occurring concurrently with the study toinclude; advisor meetings, a summer internship with a national research laboratory, challengesencountered, and individual reflections. Key takeaways from the author’s developmentalexperience were changes in technical competence, technical collaboration, and
a learning community that is focusing on the Computer Aided Drafting andDesign and Manufacturing Processes courses.At Farmingdale State College, Computer Aided Drafting and Design (CADD) is a requiredfreshman course for Mechanical Engineering Technology AAS and BS and ManufacturingEngineering Technology BS programs. It is a 3-credit and 4-contact hour course. The courseconsists of a lecture component and a laboratory component. In the lecture component, theinstructor introduces the class materials to the students. The students will then practice theirCADD skills in the laboratory component. The course teaches students technical drawings, 2Dcomputer aided drafting, and 3D modeling. These topics are closely related. The course isessential for
, therobotics laboratory was created and equipped with several FANUC industrial robots. In the nearfuture, classroom computers will have FANUC Robotics ROBOGUIDE simulation softwareavailable for students to practice as well. The creation of the robotics concentration is the last stepto maximizing the use of the robots and meeting industrial demands for the benefit of the students[3,4].IntroductionIndustrial automation involves the use of machines to perform manufacturing processes with levelsof speed, precision, consistency, and stamina beyond the capacity of any human worker. The mainadvantages of automation consist of reduced production costs, improved quality and reliability,and decreased waste. Although the implementation of machines in the
materials. She is currently the PI of an NSF S-STEM. Dr. Vernaza is the chair of the ASEE North Central Section (2017-19). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 WIP: A Comprehensive Design & Prototyping Platform for Rapid HW/SW Development ClassesAbstract-Robotics, autonomous transportation, and other computerized physical systems become widely accessible subjects foreven a semester-long lecture and laboratory class. Sometimes, the physical systems are often transformed to cyber-physicalsystems (CPSs) by interfacing modules in physical systems to cyber system. It is often challenging for undergraduate students toimplement a CPS comprising of analog and digital hardware and software within
engineering. Of the nearly 2200 students enrolled at Mount Union, approximately 130are majoring in one of the engineering disciplines.A manufacturing science course is required for mechanical engineering students during thespring semester of their final year. The course is comprised of a 2-credit-hour course lecture anda 1-credit laboratory. Before spring semester of 2017, the course followed a more traditionalstructure. Readings were assigned out of a manufacturing textbook, the manufacturing processeswere described during traditional academic lectures, and tests were proctored to assess studentlearning. The 1-credit-hour lab was used to tour five local manufacturing facilities throughoutthe semester. A comparison between the 2016 and 2017 course
understanding from the lectures to build and test circuitsin the laboratory. The laboratory experiments prepare students for performing electrical measurementsusing National Instruments MyDAQ which is a portable data acquisition device. The purpose of usingMyDAQs instead of conventional lab equipments is to allow students to work on their circuits outside thelab hours. Students are provided with MyDAQ devices in the first day of the class and they can use themat home or in the lab throughout the quarter. Moreover, students are exposed to working with simulationtools such as LTSpice, MATLAB and Simulink to simulate electrical circuits and to design signalprocessing algorithms.The course roadmap is shown in Table 1. As it can be observed from this
operate between the worlds of formal and informal science in that they takeplace in formal learning settings (university classrooms and laboratories) with activities doneoutside of school time [7]. By allowing students to engage in real-world activities aligned withgrade-appropriate standards, camp participant is often able to not only pursue their interests inSTEM but also to gain confidence and efficacy in the process.Self-efficacy is an important concept within education due to the influence that a student’sperceptions of their abilities have on other related concepts like motivation, goal orientation, andpersistence. When students are successful at and interested in a task, they are more likely toengage in the task in the future due to their
pairs of graduate andundergraduate engineers working in four research laboratories, we define five categories ofstrategies that students use to learn crucial research skills from each other: asking questions,demonstration, supervised attempts, trial and error, and imitation. Our study shows thatcommunities of practice, such as engineering research groups, are valuable sites for graduate andundergraduate students to learn crucial research skills. In addition, these five interactionstrategies are relatively stable, even across different research groups, disciplines, demographics,and levels of education. These strategies help facilitate the learning and teaching process withineach undergraduate and graduate pair. We found that undergraduate and
patents and has over twenty-five years of experience in industry and academia. Research Interests Sylvia Wilson Thomas, Ph.D. leads the Advanced Membrane/Materials Bio and Integration Research (AMBIR) laboratory at USF. Dr. Thomas’ research and teaching endeavors are focused on advanced mem- branes/materials for alternative energy sources, sustainable environments, electronics, and bio-applications from the micro to the nano scale. Her research investigates the fabrication of inorganic and organic thin films and nanofibers for device integration. Thomas’ research group specializes in characterizing, mod- eling, and integrating membranes that demonstrate high levels of biocompatibility, thermal reflectivity
the Science and Engineering Research Council at the University of Liverpool, UK. Dr. Albin conducted research on Si and GaAs electronic devices and semiconductor lasers at the research laboratories of GEC and ITT and published numerous articles in this field. He was a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Dominion University. He has advised 14 PhD and 19 MS students. He received numerous awards: Doctoral Mentor Award 2010; Excellence in Teaching Award 2009; Most Inspiring Faculty Award 2008; Excellence in Research Award 2004; and Certificate of Recognition for Research - NASA, 1994. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and a Member of the Electrochemical Society.Prof. Petru Andrei, Florida A&M
American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Inverted Approach to Teach InversionAbstractInversion is one of the most important weather phenomena that determines air quality and istypically covered in courses concerning air pollution. Anecdotal evidence indicates that followingtextbook readings and lectures, students generally express misconceptions about this topic. Addingactive learning to the classroom has been advocated amongst the best practices for highereducation, with physical in-class demonstrations being especially effective for engineeringeducation. The study explores the impact of adding a laboratory demonstration, centered oncreating an artificial inversion layer (with dry ice, smoke bombs, and bubble
Engineering at Technology. It is an opportunity for students and families to learnmore about different engineering programs. The event includes laboratory tours, as well asmeetings with current students, faculty, and the Office of Admissions. Faculty from variousdepartments open their labs and showcase their research. Other events are focused on hosting aspecific group of students, such as the Girl Scouts or the Verizon STEM Academy. Additionally,other groups are hosted specifically for laboratory tours, such as various high and middle schoolsfrom the area. The college also hosts an Open House, Scholar Day, Discover Engineers Week,Admitted Students Day, and Engineering Student Senior Design Expo. The open house is anevent in which teachers
integrates computers, electronics and physical hardware. Prof Lindsay’s background is in Remote laboratories, investigating whether remote and simulated access alternatives to the traditional in-person laboratory experience can provide the high quality learning outcomes for students. Prof Lindsay’s work in Remote and Virtual laboratory classes has shown that there are significant differ- ences not only in students’ learning outcomes but also in their perceptions of these outcomes, when they are exposed to the different access modes. These differences have powerful implications for the design of remote and virtual laboratory classes in the future, and also provide an opportunity to match alternative access modes to the
, who developed the minor and course offerings and whocurrently serves as the minor coordinator, has a PhD in the Civil engineering and is a licensedprofessional engineer (PE) with several years of consulting and construction experience. Toenhance the pool of faculty supporting the minor, the newest faculty hired, also holds a PE incivil engineering with extensive design and consulting experience in the marine environment.Much of the cost of initiating the minor was funded by the general administration of theinstitution and its programs. From the administration’s perspective, elements that should beconsidered in the cost of initiating a new minor include: ● Hiring new faculty to support program. ● Assignment of classroom and laboratory
, technology, architecture and buildingsciences, through integration of VR. VR was used to leverage a seamless virtual application thuscomplementing theories with unlimited interactive pedagogies, which kept learners engaged,interested and ultimately fosters retention particularly in haptic courses. Specifically, this studyintegrates the VR technology into an Environmental Science Laboratory to support teaching,enhance students’ understanding, and increase retention as well as triggering an interactiveeducational environment. This paper focuses on the method of advancing haptic learning withVR through introducing and analyzing five modules taught in a building sciences laboratorycourse in addition to sharing limitations and some lessons learned of
Inquiry-Based Green Chemistry into Undergraduate Laboratory Courses via Silver Recycling in a Closed Loop, Multi-course Process” (role as Co-PI). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 An interdisciplinary Research-based Education Program for Engaging Plant/Agriculture Sciences, Chemical Sciences and Engineering Students (iREP-4-PACE) at Minority InstitutionsAbstractAn interdisciplinary Research-based Education Program for Engaging Plant/Agriculture sciences,Chemical sciences and Engineering students (iREP-4-PACE) is envisioned with the underlyingintent to improve Tuskegee University's (TU’s) STEM retention through the introduction ofinterdisciplinary, guided, inquiry
typically expressed in units of pounds per square foot (PSF). Even if thisvalue were measured by a laboratory test for the clay soil the helical pile is being driven into,there would still exist the aleatory variability of the natural material. However, in many cases,the strength of the soil is estimated from some other soil property that is easily, and cheaply,measured such as soil type. Thus the engineer must use ‘engineering judgement’ to estimate howmuch axial capacity a helical pile can safely hold. A commonly used correlation for soil strength,cohesion, and consistency is shown in Table 1 from Terzaghi and Peck [11].Table 1. Soil consistency and ranges of soil strength [11] Soil Consistency
, India Susan S. Mathew, is an Associate Professor. Presently she is also the Associate Dean (Academics and Research) and Head, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. In NITTTR, for the last 29 years, she has been involved in outcome-based curriculum design, teaching postgraduate students, content updating and laboratory management programmes, induction training of new teachers, research in areas of technical education, projects concerned with the development of instructional material for polytechnics, engineering colleges as well as industries, etc. Prior to NITTTR, she was working as a lecturer in MANIT, Bhopal and SGSITS, Indore and was involved in teaching undergraduate & postgraduate students.Ms
selection will be addressed along with project identification,scheduling, and the presentation of outcomes.During the admissions process, students are divided into sections that range from 16-24 studentseach. Every section has a different theme in the STEM fields, centered in the area of expertise ofthe faculty lead instructor, which can range widely in subject. Students rank their top twosection topics in the application and nearly 80% of students are offered their first-choice section.Since 2014, a section entitled, ‘Racecar Design through Engineering Experimentation,’ orRacecar, has been offered with section enrollment around 25 students, which representsclassroom and laboratory capacity. Unlike most other sections, Racecar i s taught
, CO, USA) in 2018. There she gained experience working as a graduate teaching assistant for computer aided engineering, biomedical engineering capstone design, and biomedical engineering introductory classes. She served as a Graduate Teaching Fellow for the College of Engineering during the 2016/2017 academic year. Nicole is currently a instructional post-doctoral fellow in the Transforming Engineering Education Laboratory within the Biomedical Engineering Department at the University of Michigan. Her engineering education interests include collaborative active learning, assessment methods and accreditation, and curriculum design.Dr. Aileen Huang-Saad, University of Michigan Aileen is faculty in Engineering
one two-hour laboratory session eachweek. Following training, students are given access to the department maker space, whichfeatures 3-D printers, circuit fabrication stations, and hand and power tools. Approximately 50%of the lecture topics in the course provide a survey of biomedical engineering careers paths andour curriculum, and the remaining lecture topics relate to the design project. These includepresentations covering computer-aided drawing, electric circuits, cardiovascular physiology, andengineering standards. Laboratory activities provide practice in developing skills in usingSolidWorks (Dassault Systemes), making electrical measurements, fabricating circuits, and using3-D printers. Students work in pairs on the term design
and Tapping) in High School Science ClassroomsAbstractShop classes where students use tools to fashion useful and functional objects from metal, wood,plastic, and other materials are disappearing from most American high schools in favor of moretheoretical subjects. Multiple factors contribute to this transition including 1) cost to maintainshops, 2) liability concerns, 3) focus on exam-driven standards-based testing, 4) and curriculumrealignment for improved college admissions. There is interest in re-introducing elements ofshop class back into high schools enabling students to learn by doing and to become more awareof how things are made.Borrowing upon foundational Energy Engineering Laboratory Module (EELM™) pedagogy
Paper ID #25103Integration of Physics Fundamentals to Prepare Students for the Hi-TechWorld through Design of Filters Deployable in Mobile CommunicationDr. Kanti Prasad, University of Massachusetts, Lowell Dr. Kanti Prasad is a professor in the department of electrical and computer Engineering and is found- ing Director of Microelectronics/VLSI Technology Laboratories at the University Massachusetts Lowell. Professor Prasad initiated the Microelectronics/ VLSI program in 1984, and is teaching 16.469/16.502 VLSI Design and 16.470/504 VLSI Fabrication courses since its inception. From the spring of 1986 Pro- fessor Prasad
Paper ID #27515Board 9: Introducing Bioengineering Approaches through Healthcare GrandChallengesDr. Marcia Pool, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Dr. Marcia Pool is a Teaching Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Programs in the Depart- ment of Bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). She has been active in improving undergraduate education including developing laboratories to enhance experimental design skills and mentoring and guiding student teams through the capstone design and a translational course following capstone design. In her Director role, she works closely
community college students conductresearch in laboratories at one of the NEWT partner institutions. The NEWT REU is based onthe Nanotechnology REU with a Focus on Community College which has been runningsuccessfully at Rice University since 2010 [1]. 1The NEWT REU program allows community college students from the greater metropolitanareas of El Paso, Houston, and Phoenix to gain firsthand professional research experience inNEWT laboratories, and to improve their communication skills, such as the elaboration andpresentation of research posters. The long-term objectives of the program are to increase thenumber of students from underrepresented minorities
of Reading Assignments in Environmental Engineering Education for Effective Learning and Greater Student Engagement in an Era of Innovative Pedagogy and Emerging Technologies1.0 IntroductionSince the dawn of education, educators have been looking for ways to make teachingeffective and it has been a never-ending pursuit. Engineering education is no exception tothis. There have been numerous pedagogical advances such as focusing on students' learningstyles, teaching aids, in-class assessments, and use of more hands-on activities and multi-media, which made education more effective. Most engineering majors, some more thanothers, have dedicated laboratories for hands-on learning of specific
these students live on campus. All students take two semesters ofengineering fundamentals, and also, depending upon their intended major and background,choose their math and science courses from two special honors physics courses, two honorschemistry courses, an engineering mechanics honors course, two accelerated calculus honorscourses, and a special linear algebra course. The students are not arranged into specific cohortsthat share the exact same schedule, but they do tend to see many familiar faces in each of theircourses. The visibly random grouping was conducted in some sections of the first-semesterengineering honors course.This course has two components: engineering fundamentals and hands-on laboratory exercises.In the engineering
Paper ID #25805Wave and Circulation Modeling of Infrastructure Installations at Rota Har-bor in the Northern Marianna IslandsDr. Lihwa Lin, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Dr. Lin is a Senior Research Civil Engineer in the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, Mississippi. Dr. Lin earned his master’s degree in Ocean Engineering from Oregon State University, and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Florida. Dr. Lin is also appointed as adjunct professor at Civil and Environmental Engineering Depart- ment, Jackson State University, MS. He offers one
ofdiscipline specific and inter-disciplinary student-centered learning materials (courses, modules,laboratories, and simulations) in the technologies used to implement generic IoT applications andtechnology specific IoT applications. This activity will include: the development of innovativelaboratory and simulation materials using low-cost computing platforms and interactive real-timesimulations that are integrated together to mirror real world applications, the incorporation ofindustry and workplace skills into the developed curriculum materials, and the creation of severalcertificate programs in – IoT Systems Field Technician, (2) the broad dissemination of thesematerials through collaboration with existing NSF ATE Centers that have complementary
mechanical-nuclear design department of Ebasco Services, Inc., a major engineering firm in NYC, and taught and received tenure at both the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and Hofstra University. While at Hofstra, he worked as a research engineer at the U.S. Army Armament Research, Development, and Engineering Center (ARDEC) Automation and Robotics Laboratory. He received the 1987 ASEE New Engineering Educator Excellence Award, a national honor. In 1989, he joined the faculty at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). At RPI, he further developed his leadership and administrative skills as Direc- tor of Core Engineering, the first two years of the School of Engineering, and as Chair of the Engineering Science