Engineering Education at Rowan University. Prior to beginning that role, she spent five years as an Instructor in the Mechanical Engineering and Experiential Engineering Education Departments at Rowan. Kaitlin has a BS in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University and an MS and PhD in Environmental Engineering in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois.Mr. Bruce Oestreich, Rowan UniversityDr. Ted Howell, Rowan UniversityDr. Jennifer Tole, Rowan University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Integrating Entrepreneurial Mindset in a Multidisciplinary Course on Engineering Design and Technical CommunicationThe engineering curriculum at Rowan University includes a
populations. Therefore we were not able to prove our test hypothesis that the upper-classengineering students would score higher on the NSPE ethics practice exam than the freshmanstudents.In an attempt to gain greater insight into the results we compared specific questions with a highcorrect score percentage (≥ 80%) and those with a low correct score percentage (≤ 20%) for eachof the survey groups. The results, shown in Table 3, are virtually the same and further supportthe overall findings that the [Institution’s] curriculum of integrated ethical leadership courseswere not effective in enhancing participants’ performance on the NSPE ethics examination. Table 3. Questions With High or Low Correct Scores ( ≥ 80% or ≤ 20%). Upper Classmen
. Madathil, K. Frady, R. Hartley, J. Bertrand, M. Alfred, and A. Gramopadhye, "An Empirical Study Investigating the. Effectiveness of Integrating Virtual Reality- based Case Studies into an Online. Asynchronous Learning Environment," Computers in Education Journal, vol. 8, pp. 1 - 7, 2017.[10] J. Zhang, G. Singui, S. Wadghule, and C. Frend, "Virtual Reality Module for Additive Manufacturing Curriculum," in 2020 Illinois-Indiana Section Conference Proceedings, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, 2020, pp. S900-1.
Paper ID #28851Technical communications in an environmental engineering curriculum: aframework for analysis and continual improvementMr. Caleb James McCollum, United States Military AcademyLt. Col. Andrew Ross Pfluger, U.S. Military Academy Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Pfluger, U.S. Army, is an Assistant Professor and Academy Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering at the United States Military Academy. He earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering from USMA, a M.S. and Engineer Degree in Environmental Engineer- ing and Science from Stanford University, and a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering
focuses on how mathematical models are taught in undergraduate engineering science courses and how these models are used in analysis and design. Before CU he was a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Michi- gan and the Tufts University Center for Engineering Education and Outreach. He received his Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2014 and a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Michigan in 2008.Miss Lyndsay Rose RuaneDennis Akos c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020IntroductionComplex aerospace systems increasingly rely on integrated software to function, resulting in an industrydemand for
from the University of Oregon, an M.A. in communication from Stanford University, and a Ph.D. in communication from Arizona State University.Mrs. Abbey Louie c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Integrating Professional Skills and Leadership into an Undergraduate Engineering ProgramBackgroundProfessional skills have gained traction as an essential component of engineering education. Thecase for such skills among graduates has come from engineering education research and programdevelopment [1, 2, 3, 4], as well as from industry [5, 6]. Rick Stephens, a retired Senior VicePresident of Human Resources and Administration at the Boeing Company, states that
Paper ID #28921Supporting Upper Elementary Students’ Engineering Practices in anIntegrated Science and Engineering Unit (Fundamental, Diversity)Miss Sarah Lilly, University of Virginia Sarah Lilly is a PhD student in the Department of Curriculum, Instruction and Special Education at the University of Virginia. She holds a B.S. in Mathematics and English and an M.A.Ed. in Secondary Educa- tion from The College of William and Mary. Her research centers on STEM education, particularly using qualitative methods to understand the integration of math and science concepts with computational mod- eling and engineering design
Paper ID #31168Work in Progress: Developing Mechanics of Materials Skills through anIntegrated Prototyping ProjectDr. Ethan Hilton, Louisiana Tech University Dr. Ethan Hilton is an assistant professor at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, LA, where he has been since September 2019. He received his Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from Louisiana Tech and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a focus in Engineering Design Methodology and Engineering Education. As a member of the Integrated STEM Education Research Center (ISERC) at LaTech, Ethan’s primary research area
Paper ID #29016An Integrated Platform of Active Learning Techniques in a Supply ChainManagement ProgramDr. Jena Shafai Asgarpoor, University of Nebraska - Lincoln Jena Asgarpoor has been on the faculty at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln since August 2017, as an Associate Professor of Practice and Director for the Master of Engineering Management Program in the College of Engineering. Dr. Asgarpoor received her Ph. D. and M.S. in Industrial Engineering, specializ- ing in Engineering Management, from Texas A&M University, College Station, where she had previously earned a B.A. in Political Science, Summa Cum Laude
engineering curriculum atUniversity of Illinois at Chicago since Fall 2018. In particular, "electrification" of studentprojects and learning outcomes has been front and center in the department's latest strategicplanning. Leveraging recent literature and faculty expertise, an increasingly deeper integration ofArduino has since taken place, while attempting to maintain the core of team-based mechanicaldesign using morphological methods. The focus of this paper is to identify the challenges andpitfalls in such an endeavor by reflecting on the process of change over three semesters ofimplementation, including the deployment of both top-down and bottom-up approaches. Inparticular, this paper will examine course content development, teaching staff
familyplatforms. The SimpleLink family platforms make the development cycle faster and easier tomeet the various requirements. The SimpleLink family platforms are currently activemicrocontrollers and microprocessors. In the Engineering Technology at Texas A&MUniversity, the courses in the embedded system integration track have adopted an MSP432 MCUas a common platform. Students can choose to use other SimpleLink platforms for their capstoneprojects because their knowledge is still relevant and there is a high chance of reusing their codewithin the SimpleLink family platforms. This paper presents the details of the embedded systemtrack and this transitional progress and students’ learning throughout this embedded systemcourse curriculum for Fall of
thinking, and programming skills.Dr. Liyu Zhang, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley Liyu Zhang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science Department of Computer Science at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. He received his Ph. D. in Computer Science from the State University of New York at Buffalo in SeptembDr. Hansheng Lei ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Infusing Raspberry Pi in Computer Science Curriculum for Enhanced LearningAbstract— With the advent of cloud computing, the Internet of Things (IoT), and mobilecomputing, CS faculty are continuously revamping the curriculum material to address suchburgeoning set of technologies in practical and relatable
for a process control course in electricalengineering technology. In general, this course provides an overview of process controlprinciples and practices. Topics include analog and digital signal conditioning, temperaturesensors, mechanical sensors, optical sensors, final control, discrete-state process control, andproportional-integral-derivative (PID) controllers. We devote more time to the study of the PIDcontroller in particular because there are so many applications in various industries. For example,power plants need a PID controller to obtain desired control performances. However, teachingmere theoretical concepts to students is often challenging because such concepts require teachingadvanced mathematics that is difficult to
developed new methods for imaging and tracking mitochondria from living zebrafish neurons. In her work for the EERC and Pitt-CIRTL, April Dukes collaborates on educational research projects and facilitates professional development (PD) on instructional and mentoring best practices for current and future STEM faculty. As an adjunct instructor in the Department of Neuroscience at the Univer- sity of Pittsburgh since 2009 and an instructor for CIRTL Network and Pitt-CIRTL local programming since 2016, April is experienced in both synchronous and asynchronous online and in-person teaching environments.Dr. Kurt E Beschorner, University of Pittsburgh Dr. Kurt Beschorner is an Associate Professor of Bioengineering at
Paper ID #29896Dance-A-Bit: Integrating Dance with Teaching Algorithmic ThinkingMs. Litany H Lineberry, Mississippi State University Lineberry is currently a Ph.D. student in Engineering with a concentration in Engineering Education at MSU with a research focus in cybersecurity education. She received her MS in CS with a concentration in Information Assurance from North Carolina A&T University. Her BS in CS was received from Voorhees College. Previously, Lineberry was Area Coordinator and an Instructor in CS at Voorhees.Dr. Sarah B. Lee, Mississippi State University Sarah Lee joined the faculty at Mississippi State
engineering ethics in the engineering curriculum.Modes of Integrating Engineering Ethics in Undergraduate Curricula Researchers have proposed two primary approaches to integrating ethics into thecurriculum: standalone courses and embedded units in technical courses. Engineeringdepartments offering a standalone course on engineering ethics may offer it as either an electiveor required course [14]. Alternatively, a department may require a standalone course, but it maybe offered in the philosophy/religion department or engineering school [15]. The requirement ofstandalone course focused on engineering ethics in four-year curriculum has been challenged byCruz & Frey [10] and Tang et. al. [16] claimed that the engineering curriculum is already
growth mindset beliefs while encouraging deliberate practice, self-checking, and skill improvement as students work. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Integrating Role-Playing Gamification into Programming Activities to Increase Student EngagementAbstractA number of gamification approaches have been used to encourage greater student motivation andengagement in the classroom. This paper examines a gamification strategy that is less common inthe classroom, despite its prevalence in successful games: role playing. Role playing games(RPGs) use a combination of character traits, experience points, and character leveling to illustratehow a character evolves and grows
Assessment in an Introduction to Engineering CourseIntroductionIn light of climate change, increasing global population, and the need to repair or replace agingand deteriorating infrastructure, as well as goals such as those articulated by the United Nations[1], it has become critical for civil engineers to have knowledge of the impacts of their projectsover their entire life cycle. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a tool to examine the environmentalimpact of a product or process throughout its life and the use of LCA in all areas of civilengineering is becoming more common, e.g. [2]–[11]. In addition, the ABET CE criteria states,“The curriculum must prepare graduates to… include principles of sustainability in design” [12].The
Paper ID #29031Work in Progress: A Vertically-Integrated, Project-Focused Approach toUndergraduate Bio-medical Engineering EducationDr. Amber L Doiron, University of Vermont Amber Doiron is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Vermont with a research focus on nanoparticles for drug delivery and imaging. Previ- ously she was an Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering at Binghamton University. She received her B.S. in Chemistry from Colorado State University in 2003, and she was an NSF-IGERT fellow while earning an M.S. and Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering
concept aboutconductors or capacitance. Before the lecture began, they were required to trade the cards withanother student and then provide an elevator pitch on the educational concept and how it wasapplied. While this was not taking the technical information and placing it in a new context, itwas an attempt to get students to think outside the box in terms of how they could learn thematerial. As such, it coaxed students into considering perspectives beyond their own and hadthem integrate information from different sources which is a key aspect to the Connectionsoutcome of the KEEN framework.“A World with Infinite Conductance” was a post lecture problem-based learning activitydesigned to get the students to apply the concept of conductors to
curriculumhave integrated lab experiments that use equipment from well-known academic and industrialuse [16,17]. One of the main objectives of this project was to choose community colleges thathave an AS degree in a closely related curriculum to the Robotics area so that the developedcurriculum can easily be integrated. Based on these reasons, John Tylor and South Side Virginiacommunity colleges were chosen for this project [18,19].Project Approach and MethodologyA multifaceted approach was designed to develop a relevant education and workforcedevelopment program. final curriculum was developed based on inputs from industrypartnership, industry survey, and curricular survey. These activities were the most relevant sinceit informed the curricular
and skills to allow them to operate as a competent practitionerwithin the field of Aerospace Engineering. Students develop not only technical know-how but alsoa practical and analytical approach to problem-solving that allows them to address a range ofAerospace Engineering and related challenges.This program gives an integrated knowledge of engineering that is currently appreciated by mostengineering employers. Core modules provide students with a thorough understanding of many ofthe most important and central subjects in Aerospace Engineering today, from computer modelingto engineering materials. There is considerable focus on gaining practical experience, and lecturesby visiting practicing engineers and laboratories. This ensures that
Paper ID #30179Work in Progress: Incorporating interactive modules related to cellculture and plasmid design into introduction to biomedical engineeringDr. Rosalyn Delia Abbott, Carnegie Mellon University Rosalyn Abbott is an Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering with a courtesy appointment in Ma- terials Science and Engineering. Professor Abbott received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Biomedical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and her Ph.D. degree in Bioengineering from the Uni- versity of Vermont. She was subsequently a postdoctoral fellow in the Biomedical Engineering Depart- ment at Tufts
dedicated to training faculty in entrepreneurially-mindedteaching pedagogies, curriculum modification, and facilitating collaborations with like-mindedinstitutions, KEEN works to enable the development of engineers that, along with their technicalskillset, exhibit an EM. Why is this mindset so valuable in engineering education?Much like during the generation of the Lawrence brothers, it is today’s engineers with anenterprising attitude that will make their impact on the world by investigating it with aninsatiable curiosity and by integrating their discoveries with their own knowledge andexperiences to develop truly innovative solutions that meet the needs of a rapidly changing world[2]. The KEEN framework [3] serves to describe the behaviors
. Moreover, students mustalso be cognizant of the clinical perspective, both of the medical staff and the patient. This requiresstudents to bridge multiple disciplines with different pedagogical frameworks. In addition to thesechallenges, medical technology and knowledge is constantly and rapidly evolving, causing some contentto become obsolete before graduation. Therefore, it is imperative that BME students develop knowledgeacquisition, integrative thinking, and problem-solving skills in order to prepare for and adapt to thebreadth and pace of the field.Drawing inspiration from medical education, problem-based learning (PBL) has emerged as an effectivestrategy for mitigating these challenges in BME education [1-3]. PBL focuses on student
these quickly developing requirements comes an expectation of employeeexperience and skill sets. For individuals seeking a career in mechanical engineering, movingforward with the tools necessary for success in this continuously evolving world begins withhigher education. This paper is the first of a three-part series to report on the progress of BoiseState University’s Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering Department’s mission to implementa revolutionized curriculum in their academic program. This paper will describe theestablishment of goals and processes used to design a curriculum that will provideundergraduates with an effective foundation for the future. Integrating a change of thismagnitude necessitated consideration of a multitude of
Paper ID #31094Computational Modeling in Introductory Physics Courses and Across theCurriculumDr. Todd Zimmerman, University of Wisconsin - Stout Todd Zimmerman is an associate professor of physics in the Department of Chemistry and Physics at the University of Wisconsin - Stout. He is also the editor-in-chief of the Partnership for Integrating Computation Into the Undergraduate Curriculum. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Computational Modeling in Introductory Physics Courses and Across the Curriculum Todd A. Zimmerman
BuiltEnvironment. 3(1):25-48.[13] Goodman, B. 2011. The need for a ‘sustainability curriculum’ in nurse education. Nurse Education Today.31(8):733-737.[14] Wright, M. and F. Monsour. 2015. Beyond sustainability: A context for transformative curriculumdevelopment. Transformative Dialogues: Teaching & Learning Journal. 8(2): 19 pgs.[15] Bacon, C., Mulvaney, D., Ball, T., DuPuis, M., Gliessman, S., Lipschutz, R. and A. Shakouri. 2010. Thecreation of an integrated sustainability curriculum and student praxis projects. International Journal ofSustainability in Higher Education. 12(2):193-208.[16] Allen-Gil, S., Walker, L., Thomas, G., Shevory, T. and S. Elan. 2005. Forming a community partnership toenchance education in sustainability. International
strategy for each ethics assignment. The DEAL model involvesDescribing the experience objectively, Examining learning, and Articulating one’s own Learning[9]. The goal of integrating the DEAL model for critical reflection is to help students usereflection during the learning instead of only after learning.Ethics Reflection in an Introductory Biomechanics Course: Biomedical Engineering is amultidisciplinary field, but a focus on human health and disease is at the heart of the discipline.Connecting animal use in biomedical research to an Introductory Biomechanics course, a newlydeveloped assignment specifically prompts students to participate in cognizant recognition ofethical knowledge and to use intentional reflection to improve their ethical
can be top-down, wherein an entire college transforms simultaneously, or bottomup, in which change is driven by faculty within a specific department. Many literaturedescriptions of curricular change have reported a process that focuses on stakeholders such asstudents, alumni, and employers along with the above-referenced guidance documents, but doesnot contain a substantial benchmarking effort [1, 6-11]. Less common in the literature is theapproach of benchmarking curriculum changes against a set of “competitors”. One approach isshown in [12], in which other curricula are compared based on how they integrate experimentaltraining into the program. This approach is consistent with the typical engineering designprocess, in that a wide range of