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Paper ID #29838The implementation of dynamic learning in a project-based introductoryengineering courseMr. Johnathon Garcia, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology Johnathon Garcia is a graduate student in the Mechanical Engineering Department at New Mexico Insti- tute of Mining and Technology, seeking an MS in Mechanical Engineering with an emphasis in Mecha- tronic Systems. His research covers multiple fields including compact data acquisition systems, robotics, Machine Learning, and vibrational systems. He has conducted research under Dr. O’Malley with coop- eration with Sandia National Laboratories on designing
is not generated by robotics alone. Instead, it is specificapplications of robotics that can be used to attract underrepresented minorities. The worksummarized here illustrates that intentional curricular design for ER programs may be aneffective tool to increase student diversity in the STEM fields.Robotics as a vehicle to strengthen STEM conceptsPrevious ER implementations and research suggests the practicality of using a roboticscurriculum in order to promote meaningful learning of STEM concepts [5]. These ERimplementations have transformed traditional STEM education processes by teaching theoreticalconcepts through concrete robotics experiences. While some STEM subjects have laboratory,activities integrated into the course, many, such as
Paper ID #31467The Scaled Omni-Directional Solar Tracking UnitDr. Saeed Sean Monemi, California State Polytechnic University Pomona Dr. Sean Monemi is a Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Director of Smart Grid Laboratory at Cal Poly Pomona. He has many years of industrial experience and practiced engineering profession as an electrical engineer for Litton Industries. His professional experience includes working as a senior engineer and supervisor in one of the largest power company, Tennessee Valley Authority, in the areas of Substation Deign and Smart Metering. American
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taught courses such as Thermodynamics, Thermal Fluids Laboratory, and Guided Missiles Systems, as well as serving as a Senior Design Project Advisor for Mechanical Engineer- ing Students. Her research interests include energy and thermodynamic related topics. Since 2007 she has been actively involved in recruiting and outreach for the Statler College, as part of this involvement Dr. Morris frequently makes presentations to groups of K-12 students. Dr. Morris was selected as a the ASEE North Central Section Outstanding Teacher in 2018. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Understanding Student Retention in EngineeringAbstractThe
Fellows ofHarvard College.Cezeaux, J., Keyser, T., Haffner, E., Kaboray, A., & Hasenjager, C. (2008). IntroducingUniversal Design Concepts In An Interdisciplinary Laboratory Project. Proceedings of the 2008American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, 13.806.1-13.806.9. https://peer.asee.org/4037Dixon, A. G., Clark, W. M., & DiBiasio, D. (2000). A Project-based Spiral Curriculum forIntroductory Courses in ChE: Part 2. Implementation. Chemical Engineering Education 34(4),296-303.Dyrud, M. (2017) Ethics and Artifacts. Paper presented at the 2017 ASEE Annual Conference &Exposition, Columbus, Ohio.Feister, M.K., & Zoltowski, C. B., & Buzzanell, P. M., & Torres, D. H. (2016, June
the Medical Accelerator for Devices Laboratory (MAD Lab) at the UIC Innovation Center. Prior to joining the faculty at UIC, she worked in new product development for medi- cal devices, telecommunications and consumer products. She also serves as co-Director of the Freshman Engineering Success Program, and is actively involved in engineering outreach for global health. Miiri received her Ph.D. in Bioengineering and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a B.S. in General Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.Miss Amna Hoda, The University of Illinois at Chicago Amna Hoda is a Biomedical Engineering student at The University of Illinois at Chicago
Assistant Professor of Surgery and Bioengineering at The Pennsylvania State University in Hershey, PA. He also worked for CarboMedics Inc. in Austin, TX, in the research and development of prosthetic heart valves. Dr. Zapanta’s primary teaching responsibilities are Biomedical Engineering Laboratory and Design. Ad- ditional teaching interests include medical device design education and professional issues in biomedical engineering. Dr. Zapanta’s research interests are in developing medical devices to treat cardiovascular disease, focusing on the areas of cardiac assist devices and prosthetic heart valves. Dr. Zapanta is an active member in the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, American Society of
participants) from variouscommunity organizations and events to participate in this project, as citizen scientists (see Table3). Recruiting focused on low-income, Latinx families because they represent a vulnerablepopulation that does not often participate in citizen science projects. The families completedinitial screening interviews to establish a baseline of their perceptions of drought, drought-resiliency, water conservation and water quality testing. The project required a commitment ofapproximately six months to construct an acrylic concrete rainwater harvesting tank at ourengineering laboratory, adopt it for home use, document water usage, and collect rainwatersamples for quality testing. The tanks were built with a metal frame covered with a
instructor feedback ofthose reflections in one of the engineering units that use LAs.The LA ProgramThe LA Program utilizes the three core elements suggested by the Learning Assistant Alliance(https://www.learningassistantalliance.org/). First, in the LA Pedagogy Seminar, LAs receivepedagogical development in in a formal class with their peers, generally in their first term as anLA. Second, LAs meet weekly with the instructor and the graduate teaching assistants as amember of the instructional team to prepare for active learning in class that week. While LAselsewhere are often used in large lecture sections, in the context of the unit studied, the LAsfacilitated learning in smaller studio or laboratory sessions (Koretsky, 2015; Koretsky et al
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rather than setting up and operating laboratory equipment).There is another important remainder for engineering education researchers and instructors:over half of the selected articles are from industry where power distance is obvious and stablebetween team leaders / managers and employees. This phenomenon is less likely to bepromoted or present in academic teams. The role of leadership moderating the relationshipbetween cultural diversity and team effectiveness might not be a significant factor in the contextof engineering education.LimitationThere are two limitations of this paper relating to the sources of literatures we include andanalyze and the selection process. From the spectrum of included papers, we find that themajority is from
; Environmental Engineering Department at Bucknell Uni- versity. Her teaching and research focus on sustainable production of biofuels and bioproducts. She and her students use laboratory studies and modeling techniques—such as life cycle assessment—to develop and improve the environmental performance of resource recovery from wastewater and multi-product biorefineries.Dr. Craig Beal, Bucknell University Craig E. Beal earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Bucknell University in 2005 and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University in 2007 and 2011. Dr. Beal is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Bucknell University and was the Jane W. Griffith Faculty Fellow from 2012-2015
, represents the objectives due allowing students to observe different best possible to variability in phenomena. Students would go out to option for traffic and the intersections during laboratory observation. inability to periods for in person observation. observe different scenarios.Observations Relies on video footage of Allows for the Sincethrough videos intersections along a major arterial of instructor to
. degrees in Science and Technology Studies (STS) from Virginia Tech. Dr. Jesiek draws on expertise from engineering, computing, and the social sciences to advance understanding of geographic, disciplinary, and historical variations in engineering education and practice.Dr. Aditya Johri, George Mason University Aditya Johri is Professor of Information Sciences and Technology at George Mason University where he also directs the Engineering Education and Cyberlearning Laboratory (EECL). Dr. Johri studies the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) for learning and knowledge sharing, with a focus on cognition in informal environments. He received the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Early Career Award in
Notebooks.Moreover, the author is aware of several students who have continued to use Notebooks tocomplete other coursework, e.g., data analysis for their laboratory courses.Lessons LearnedThe author has gradually incorporated more of the elements of the approach described above overthe last several semesters. The following discussion is an account of some of the “lessons-learned”from the approach described in the previous section and future directions to be explored.Lesson 1: Students Are Worried About ProgrammingIn the Mechanical Engineering program at the University of Connecticut, students take a general“Introduction to Programming” course in their first year, so they have some experience with Pythonprior to taking Thermodynamic Principles. Nonetheless
supporting discourse and design practices during K-12, teacher education, and college- level engineering learning experiences, and increasing access to engineering in the elementary school ex- perience, especially in under-resourced schools. In 2016 she was a recipient of the U.S. Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). https://engineering.tufts.edu/me/people/faculty/kristen- bethke-wendellDr. Melissa R Mazan, Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Clinical Sciences Director, Tufts Equine Respiratory Health Laboratory American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020
lectures, homework, projects, and laboratory activities. However, inevery engineering discipline the curriculum is growing, and there seems to be so much thatneeds to be covered. Classes are packed with material and assignments and do notnecessarily have the creative overlap to promote synergy of the material and understanding.Our research question is whether student autonomy (even if it is partial for selected parts of theclass) and engagement of inquiry-based approach would be more beneficial for students andwould help facilitate the journey of an engaged student with a connected knowledge base.Would an inquiry-based approach, with providing students’ autonomy to create their connectedknowledge and an ability to create their story and path of
]. Thetraditional engineering courses are enriched by trips to Michael Faraday’s Laboratory, KewBridge Steam Museum, Bletchley Park (where the earliest computers were developed),Greenwich Maritime Museum and Royal Observatory (home of the zero meridian), amongothers. Group travel facilitates scheduling a large number of contact hours within a short timeframe; the trade-off is fewer recreational hours for the students to experience the travel locationunsupervised. The Engineering in London program remedies this by remaining in one locationwhere the students have easy access to experience city life.Not all global seminar descriptions explained how the travel component enriched the course.Some descriptions were general, for example: • CES Faculty-Led
Education, New York, 2015.[4] Correlation of Critical Heat Flux in a Bundle Cooled by Pressurized Water, BAW- 10000A, Lynchburg, Virginia, Babcock & Wilcox, 1976.[5] M. Mikofski, IAPWS_IF97, https://github.com/mikofski/IAPWS_IF97. Obtained from https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/35710-iapws-if97- functional-form-with-no-slip. Accessed August 31, 2017.[6] D. Rowe, COBRA-IIIC: A Digital Computer Program for Steady State and Transient Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis of Rod Bundle Nuclear Fuel Elements, BNWL-1695, Richland, Washington, Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories, 1973.Appendix – Learning AssessmentThis is a multiple choice assessment. The questions and potential
for future engineers are their self-belief and resolve to utilize the skills they learn during courses, laboratories, and projects throughthe curriculum. An important element of measuring effectiveness of engineering education,therefore, is to assess the impact of content delivery methodologies on the resolve and self-beliefof the students as they progress through various courses during the curriculum [7].A very important subject in undergraduate engineering curriculum is engineering modeling anddesign. Success in engineering career largely depends on thorough understanding of engineeringdesign process from problem definition to prototype development, dissemination of results, anddesign review.The engineering modeling and design curriculum
numeroussuppliers.The physics department at Detroit Mercy offers a 3 credit hour, junior-level course—ModernPhysics with Device Applications (PHY 3690). The course is required for electrical engineeringstudents and is offered during the winter term. In order to enroll in the course, students mustsuccessfully complete one year of a calculus-based general physics sequence of courses alongwith the associated laboratories. At Detroit Mercy the first physics course is mechanics and thesecond covers topics in electromagnetism. As juniors, students have taken a course in differentialequations and linear algebra. Engineering students are exposed to the MATLAB environmentduring their freshman year.[9] Electrical engineering students use MATLAB in their
students. The teamprefabricates some portions of the bridge on campus in a laboratory environment but completedmost of the construction on site. Construction related activities have taken 700-900 labor hoursfor these projects. Figure 3 shows images of the bridges constructed during the past three years. 2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019 Figure 3: Images of bridges from past three years Assessment The assessment of the project was considered with respect to the CE493 and CE494 course objectives and the civil engineering program student outcomes. The rubric in Table 1 below was used to assess student outcomes 1, 2, 3, 5, and 7
sources like thesolar cells, and basic power electronic circuits. A typical day in the camp starts with an hour-longlecture by a faculty member, followed by hands-on learning in the lab under the supervision ofgraduate student instructors. The laboratory activities are designed to demonstrate the practicalaspects of the concepts learned in the lecture as well as exposing students to the complexity ofelectrical engineering problems. Some of the lab-activities are tracking the maximum power pointfor a solar cell using a resistor kit, manipulating electrical switches to control light bulbs, energystorage design with ultra-capacitors. This year as part of one of the design activities of the camp,the students were familiarized with the concepts of
Embedded Systems: Using Microcon- trollers and the MSP430 (Springer 2014). From 2013 to 2018 served as Associate Dean of engineering at UPRM. He currently directs the Engineering PEARLS program at UPRM, a College-wide NSF funded initiative, and coordinates the Rapid Systems Prototyping and the Electronic Testing and Characterization Laboratories at UPRM. He is a member of ASEE and IEEE.Dr. Luisa Guillemard, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus Luisa Guillemard is a psychology professor at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayag¨uez Campus. She has a M.S. in Clinical Psychology from the Caribbean Center of Advanced Studies in Puerto Rico [today the Carlos Albizu University] and a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from
undergraduate education. This passion led her to pursue a career as a lecturer, where she could focus on training undergraduate chemical engineering students. She has been teaching at UK since 2015 and has taught Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Computational Tools and the Unit Operations Laboratory. She is especially interested in teaching scientific communication and integration of process safety into the chemical engineering curriculum.Dr. Renee Kaufmann, University of Kentucky, College of Communication and Information, School of Informa-tion Science c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 “All communication is important”: Comparison of Incoming FreshmenCommunication Expectations to
society through investigating community-based learning and its potential impact on students and commu- nities. The goal of this research is to establish knowledge in how STEM CBL can support broadening participation and promote social justice and citizenship through evidence-based approaches.Tanya M. Nocera PhD, The Ohio State University Tanya M. Nocera, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Practice in Biomedical Engineering at The Ohio State University. She is focused on developing, teaching, and assessing upper-level Biomedical Engineering laboratory courses, with particular interest in improving student technical communication skills. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020Comparison of
Lu, West Virginia University Institute of Technology Mingyu Lu received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Tsinghua University, Bei- jing, China, in 1995 and 1997 respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Uni- versity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2002. From 2002 to 2005, he was a postdoctoral research associate at the Electromagnetics Laboratory in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was an assistant professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering, the University of Texas at Arlington from 2005 to 2012. He joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, West Virginia University Institute of Technology in 2012, and he is