localcompany which presents them a technical data driven problem. Students, working in ateam, investigate the problem, collect and analyze data using statistical tools andtechniques, and devise a solution, which they present to the company. ENTC 5800 whichis a required course for non-thesis track students, serves as the capstone project course forgraduate students. The Industry Advisory Committee is very active in providing studentsvarious real-life working opportunities, such as course projects and internships. Mostgraduate faculty members also bring guest speakers from various industries who discussapplications of class learning to real life. Graduate students are also encouraged to internduring the summer months.MS in Engineering Technology
Paper ID #30274Development of a Mentorship Program between Upper-class and First YearEngineering Students through 3D printingDr. Charlotte Marr de Vries, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College Dr. Charlotte de Vries is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Penn State Erie, the Behrend College. She received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts in 2009. She received her M.S. (2013) and Ph.D. (2014) in Mechanical Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University. She teaches Introduction to Engineering Design, Capstone Design, Dynamics, System Dy- namics, and Instrumentation
the Materials Science Program in the Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University. He teaches in the areas of introductory materials engineering, polymers and composites, and capstone design. His research interests include faculty development and evaluating con- ceptual knowledge and strategies to promote conceptual change. He has co-developed a Materials Concept Inventory and a Chemistry Concept Inventory for assessing conceptual knowledge and change for mate- rials science and chemistry classes. He is currently conducting research in two areas. One is studying how strategies of engagement and feedback and internet tool use affect conceptual change and impact on students’ attitude, achievement, and
Capstone project in the junior and senior years. EPIC Scholars also were offered study group sessions run nightly by upper year EPIC scholars, right in their living-learning community. • Focused Mentoring: All EPIC scholars were assigned either one of the PIs or another women faculty as their academic advisor and informal faculty mentor. • Community Building: EPIC scholars were part of a college club and Society of Women Engineers Interest Group that provided mentorship, socializing, programming, and leadership opportunities. EPIC scholars were frequently (if not always) the club officers. Under goal (3), transition students into the workforce, the following activities were carried out: • Professional
modules were developed and used in classes at allundergraduate levels from introductory courses to senior capstone design and in undergraduateresearch projects such as REU and RET programs.The project successfully demonstrated that an experimental centric pedagogy combined withhands-on educational technology stimulates student interest in the STEM area, promotes contentacquisition, and problem solving, and retention. Hands-on activities were shown to be successfulacross a variety of instructional settings and EE topics. The momentum that the project has isremarkable. By the end of the project practically all the minority students at the 13 institutions(which represent over 35% of the entire population of the African-Americans in engineering inthe
industry sponsored capstone from at his school and is the advisor of OU’s FSAE team.Dr. Andrea L’Afflitto Dr. L’Afflitto is an assitant professor at the Grado Department of Industrial and Systems engineering at Virginia Tech. His research is in lightweight robotics, with special emphasis on unmanned aerial systems (UAVs) and lightweight robotic arms. Dr. L’Afflitto served as an assistant professor at the School of Aerospace and Mechanical engineering at the University of Oklahoma from 2015 to 2019. He gained his Ph.D. degree in aerospace engineering from Georgia Tech, MS in mathematics from Virginia Tech, and MS and BS in aerospace engineering from the University of Napoli, Italy.Dr. Wei Sun, University of Oklahoma
process design teaching team, manages the courses and industry interface. Her current research focuses on the application of blended and active learning to design teaching and learning, program content and structure, student assessment, and continuous course improvement techniques. She managed and was a key contributor to a two-year pilot project to introduce Blended Learning into Engineering Capstone Design Courses, and is a co-author with John M. Shaw on a number of recent journal, book, and con- ference contributions on engineering design education. Recently she has taught a short course on how to design and teach process engineering courses to professors in Peru and workshops on Metacognition and Lifelong Learning
noted from surveys conducted by the ASCE BOK EducationalFulfillment Committee (BOKEdFC) [7].High-Impact Learning Practices (HILP) have received the attention of higher educationinstitutions due to a developing case of benefits in student engagement, success, and persistence.In 2007, the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) published theCollege Learning for a New Global Century report and found several promising “high-impact”activities including first-year seminars, common intellectual experiences, learning communities,service learning, undergraduate research, study abroad, internships, and capstone projects,among others. This report recommends that institutions prioritize HILPs to enhance studentengagement and increase
interests include improving the representation of young women in engineering fields and the development of Generation Z students.Dr. Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho Dr. Beyerlein has taught at the University of Idaho for the last 27 years. He is coordinator of the college of engineering inter-disciplinary capstone design course. He is also a co-PI on a DOE sponsored Industrial Assessment Center program in which several of the student authors have been involved. Dr. Beyerlein has been active in research projects involving engine testing, engine heat release modeling, design of curricula for active , design pedagogy, and assessment of professional skills.Mr. Dan Cordon, University of Idaho, Moscow Clinical faculty
,mathematics, and a final-year capstone design project, etc.). Two distinctions, however, can bemade between the two accreditation bodies. One is that graduate attributes in the United Statesare referred to as ‘student outcomes’. The seven student outcomes formulated by ABET [7] andtheir equivalent CEAB graduate attributes are listed in Table 2. These seven student outcomesmay be complemented by additional outcomes articulated by a particular program [7]. The otherdistinction is a criterion by ABET referred to as ‘program educational objectives’, which is againsomething published locally by a particular program. As far as the authors are aware thiscriterion does not exist in Canada.MethodologyThis section describes the course design and development
than 25 papers span a wide spectrum of problems in the dynamics of systems and structures. Dr. Orabi has also been involved in developing schemes for vibration control of space structures during the lift off and in orbit. Professor Orabi has taught courses in both undergraduate and graduate level Mechanical Vibrations and undergraduate level capstone design courses, thermodynamics, Measurement Systems, Engineering Mechanics and Introduction to Engineering. One of Professor Orabi’s most recent projects involves the development of learning modules. These modules provide undergraduate engineer- ing students with improved learning of basic, conceptually-difficult engineering concepts in the context of a basic knowledge
engineers who can design”[11]. Considering that design is widely regarded as the main activity in engineering, it has neverbeen more urgent for students to gain design experience from their education. However, whileevery ABET accredited engineering program is required to have a capstone or similarly namedproject, most universities only provide such an experience in the senior year of the degree [6].There are two primary solutions to the given issue: offer a curriculum with a rich-project baseand/or promote co-curricular activities. This type of curriculum would entail, say, yearly designprojects, while the extra-curricular activities would include both service-learning tasks as well aslarge cross-disciplinary programs such as the Baja SAE events or
professional development skillsgoing forward.” In this module, students had the opportunity to investigate their own interests, todevelop their CVs, and to prototype a Compelling Academic Problem plan (which describes theirproposed major courses and a capstone project), as well as ample time for reflection.Finally, module 5, following spring break, provided space (across several two-week segments)for faculty and students to prototype new courses, to test existing ideas, and to get to know eachother in reading groups. Faculty used this time as an opportunity to work with students, forinstance, to develop the transition to major experience, to co-design a new arts core course and arevision to the Logic & Limitations core course, as well as to run
World Prosthetics, dedicated to creating low-cost prostheticand assistive devices [14]. It is an integral component of the recently implementeddevelopment engineering doctoral courses at UC-Berkeley [15]. Finally, the capstone course ofthe software engineering program at Lappeenranta University in Finland incorporates thedesign process structure [16]. In all cases, use of the design process has resulted in increasedstudent engagement. However, a closer look at these examples and others suggests that thedesign process is most commonly found in advanced undergraduate or graduate courses with asmall enrollment. Given this, we wondered to what extent the design process is transferable tointroductory courses that enroll close to two hundred students
widely [2], [3]. The shift, over the last few decades, to morepracticed-based experiences through project-based learning (PBL) has resulted in a number ofpositive learning outcomes [1]. However, there is still a call for more practice-based experiencesthroughout the curriculum [4]. Instead of focusing on packing more into engineering curriculum,we explore the idea of leveraging the many design experiences students are already engaging inby advocating for the development of a “bridging language”.Students are already engaging in a breadth of design experiences throughout their lifetime.Engineering students engage in a number of formal design education experiences - such ascornerstone and capstone classes or design electives - throughout
session. The module also help highlymotivated students to initiate projects for applications in various IoT areas. The hands-onexperience in lab exercises and projects are organized at two difficulty levels: basic andadvanced. The basic level hands-on lab relies on the knowledge learned in the lecture and lets thestudents to interact with the real-world wireless signals over-the-air in real-time by transmittingthe data generated from the real world. Step-by-step guidelines and explanations are provided forlab implementation. Advanced level course projects are constructed to be open-ended andinquiry-based. They challenge students to acquire more theories and develop comprehensiveapplications for complicated cases in their capstone projects. Figure
Paper ID #31465Outcomes and Assessment of Three Years of an REU Site in Multi-ScaleSystems BioengineeringDr. Timothy E. Allen, University of Virginia Dr. Timothy E. Allen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia. He received a B.S.E. in Biomedical Engineering at Duke University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Bioengineering at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Allen’s teaching activities include coordinating the core undergraduate teaching labs and the Capstone Design sequence in the BME department at the University of Virginia, and his research interests
project- based learning objectives that introduce 3D modeling anddigital design. A 9-12th grade curriculum has been developed and pilot recently starting inSeptember 2019. Currently there are 45 students enrolled and this is expected to grow to 85 bynext fall as the greater maritime career curriculum is expanded. This course work project basedand is centered on 3D modeling and use of digital tools in the marine environment. In addition,digital shipbuilding curriculum fundamentals have been integrated into many existing coursesfrom K-16. Some of this integration includes capstone projects in high school level physicscourses, 8-12th grade drafting and technology elective courses, shipyard and industry pre-hireprograms, Apprentice School technology
Community Development, Environmental Science, and Environmental Engineering Technologies.Lt. Col. Landon M Raby P.E., United States Military Academy LTC Raby is an Engineer officer with experience within both US Army Corps of Engineers and within Combat Units at the battalion, brigade, district, task force and corps levels. His experiences include four operational engineer assignments in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and one engineer assign- ment in support of Operation Joint Guardian. His research and teaching interests are in master planning, water resources, sustainable LEED design, program and project management. LTC Raby teaches EV450 (Environmental Engineering for Community Development) and EV481 (Water
excellence and innovation in teaching, award- winning scholarship and sponsored research, and professional service at the national, regional and local levels. Creative activities encompass both technical research on geotechnical applications in transporta- tion, and interdisciplinary study of professionalism, ethics, and trust/ trustworthiness in professional-client relationships. A licensed engineer with over 35 years experience in engineering education and practice, Dr. Lawson has provided project management and technical oversight for geotechnical, construction ma- terials, transportation, environmental, and facilities projects nationwide. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020
think are the critical environmental problems of today (list a maximum of 5)?c) Identify practices that will enable us to mitigate these concerns (list a maximum of 5).Students enrolled in multidisciplinary capstone engineering courses were provided the samesurvey based on sustainability. The survey results were then collected and analyzed for directcomparison. The obtained data facilitates identification of key areas of sustainability thatstudents have been exposed to and retained during their undergraduate engineering education. Italso highlights areas that educational interventions need to target to efficiently disseminatefundamental knowledge in the area of sustainability. To fill this gap, the next research stagefocused on examining
physical or kinesthetic demonstrations. Theories that expound upon and methodological frameworks for analyzing kinestheticactivities and experimental lab work have existed in the domain of engineering education forquite some time [6, 7], and certainly are well documented within the mechanical engineeringdiscipline [8-13], ranging from the study of manufacturing, any number of forays and iterationsof the teaching of statics, interdisciplinary work heavily involving mechanical engineeringdesign and mechanical engineering students, senior capstone projects, and a barrage of industry-collegiate partnership research projects. One common theme among these works is that studentsare more engaged with where their interests lie, and if the community
learning). The social, behavioral and cognitive theoriesthat underpin cooperative learning support students to share their motivation and work towards acommon goal, and structure new knowledge by linking to existing knowledge. Another exampleis project-based learning, defined as self-directed and collaborative work to apply knowledge to alegitimate problem [12]. Problem based learning is commonly used as the model in capstonedesign courses for engineering majors, where students apply their previously gained knowledgeto a final year project [13], and work in small groups to solve a problem in a self-directedmanner [14].2.2 – Models of expertise sharingDistributed expertise within an educational setting, with its roots in Lave’s situated
, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012, pp. 13–33.[5] R. Razzouk and V. Shute, “What Is Design Thinking and Why Is It Important?,” Review of Educational Research, vol. 82, no. 3. pp. 330–348, 2012.[6] A. M. Agogino, S. D. Sheppard, and A. Oladipupo, “Making Connections to Engineering During the First Two Years,” in Frontiers in Education, 1992, pp. 563–569.[7] R. H. Todd, C. D. Sorensen, and S. P. Magleby, “Designing a Senior Capstone Course to Satisfy Industrial Customers,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 82, no. 2, pp. 92–100, 1993.[8] A. J. Dutson, R. H. Todd, S. P. Magleby, and C. D. Sorensen, “A Review of Literature on Teaching Engineering Design Through Project-Oriented Capstone Courses,” J. Eng
. Specific duties of eachSO 1-7 committee include: • identifying specific assessments to be carried out for the SO in its purview, • evaluating the completed assessments for the SO in its purview, • discussing the committee’s collective experiences and challenges for delivering effective student experiences in this SO, and • making curricular/program recommendations to the Chair and/or Program as needed.The Assessment Coordinator (the designated individual who facilitates the CI procedures for theProgram) recruits individuals to serve on the SO 1-7 committees, and faculty with relevantacademic responsibility are approached first. For example, the capstone-project faculty arerecruited for the SO-2 (“engineering design”) committee, the
Paper ID #30116Analyzing Student Achievement to Measure the Effectivenss of ActiveLearning Strategies in the Engineering ClassroomSarah Hoyt, Arizona State University Sarah Hoyt is currently the Education Project Manager for the NSF-funded JTFD Engineering faculty development program. Her educational background includes two Master’s degrees from Grand Canyon University in Curriculum and Instruction and Education Administration. Her areas of interest are in student inclusion programs and creating faculty development that ultimately boost engagement and per- formance in students from lower SES backgrounds. Prior to her role
multiple teams at the university to track metricsthat may offer insights into our effectiveness in changing the curriculum, and ultimately,the ecosystem. We intend to assess the following statistics: the number of companiesengaged in the program through guest lectures, co-ops and internships; the number ofnew and current students who apply to the program; funding requests for researchingteaching methods to improve the engineering technology program not only for theuniversity but the community college and career-technical centers; number ofsponsored manufacturing internships and capstone projects with an applicationcomponent.The industry relationship-building that the steering committee and faculty haveintegrated into the first two years include
Paper ID #29303Developing a Framework for Experiential LearningDr. John H Callewaert, University of Michigan John Callewaert is Director of Strategic Projects in the Office of the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, College of Engineering, University of Michigan. He previously served as a program director with the University of Michigan’s Graham Sustainability Institute, Director of the University of Michigan- Flint’s Office of Research, and the Director of the Institute for Community and Environment at Colby- Sawyer College. He completed doctoral study in Resource, Policy and Behavior at the University of
Instruction Using Slack for Project Support and Team-work Engineering design instruction using Slack for project support and teamwork,” in Design in Engineering Education Division: Capstone Design Practices, 2019.[9] Perkel J, “HOW SCIENTISTS USE SLACK,” Nature, p. 124, 2017.[10] B. Lin, A. Zagalsky, M.-A. Storey, and A. Serebrenik, “Why Developers Are Slacking Off: Understanding How Software Teams Use Slack,” in Proceedings of the 19th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing Companion, 2016, pp. 333–336, doi: 10.1145/2818052.2869117.[11] A. Tuhkala and T. Kärkkäinen, “Using Slack for computer-mediated communication to support higher education students’ peer
, Wentworth Institute of Technology Gloria Ma is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Technology. She has been teaching robotics with Lego Mindstorm to ME freshmen for several years. She is actively involved in community services of offering robotics workshops to middle- and high-school girls. Her research in- terests are dynamics and system modeling, geometry modeling, project based engineering design, and robotics in manufacturing.James R McCusker PhD, Wentworth Institute of Technology James R. McCusker is an Associate Professor at Wentworth Institute of Technology in the Department of Electrical Engineering. Since joining Wentworth in 2010, he has been heavily involved with an array of