Class Size 50 40 30 Less than 20 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 Number of RespondentsFigure 2.4. Typical class size. (n=57)Course ResourcesSeveral open ended questions were asked to reflect on the availability of resources in terms ofphysical space, experimental or testing laboratories, and computer resources and softwareavailable. The majority of the
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to fundamentaldesign principles (e.g., Computer Aided Design), concepts (e.g., fluid mechanics, controlsystems, circuitry, etc.) and skills (e.g. mechanical and electrical fabrication). Each week of thecourse included two-hour lecture and two-hour laboratory sessions in the first term, and one-hourlectures and two-hour labs in the second term.PBL was a central component of the course [23], [24]. Students were introduced to how a projectdeveloped in full cycle—planning, research and design, manufacturing, and evaluation. In thefirst term, students were introduced to engineering design fundamentals. Students continued thesecond term with an autonomous team project, where they applied manufacturing andprogramming skills to develop a product
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and after hourwork in the senior design laboratory. Table 1: Gantt ChartBill of MaterialsThe bill of materials is shown in Table 2. This project was student-funded, so there was not a set budgetto adhere to, but the intent was to keep the project pricing down. The initial estimated cost of the projectwas between $275-$300 total, and the project total went a little over-budget by $17.59. However, when itcame to materials such as the silicone sealant, the mini water pump, jumper wire, and battery packs, notall material was used. This bill of materials is meant to show the pricing for a home-build, not a massproduction. In a mass production of a system like the SCEIIS, components like the Raspberry Pi
academic work to real worldprofessions, and concretize their career vision. Scholars will visit local industry, national labs,infrastructures, public utilities, other research universities, professional workshops,conferences, and engineering construction projects. In the spring 2019, the program providedthe first field trip to NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to the scholar cohort group. A new(virtual) field trip is being arranged in the spring 2020.Program Impact on Scholars and MentorsThe research activities in program aimed at enhancing the current understanding of four researchquestions outlined below (R.1 – R.4). To begin answering these questions, both qualitative andquantitative data collections occurred. An online survey was
projects.Program HistoryIn 2016, the Mechanical Engineering Department identified Additive Manufacturing (AM) as agrowing field and an important topic to incorporate into the Mechanical Engineering (ME)curriculum at Penn State Erie (Behrend). At that time, Behrend owned approximately five 3Dprinters, and we initially developed a course where the students could utilize the machinesowned by Behrend. The course was a 1 credit lab that the senior ME students could take to filltheir program requirements (two laboratory courses of their choosing). The machines werecentrally located in Innovation Commons at Behrend, which is a makerspace that was developedby Behrend to support innovation and early manufacturing of prototypes for all Behrend studentsand local
institution of higher education with a diverse set of STEM researchfaculty. This course is also readily scalable; if the demand from students increases, additionalsections can be created with more teams of faculty as instructors. A college the size of CoSET atSHSU has dozens of faculty members actively engaged in research, many with a list of problemswaiting for willing and qualified undergraduates to help solve.In fall 2018, the pilot version of this undergraduate research course was offered. Its target audiencewas second-year STEM majors with no experience with laboratory work or research. Fifteenstudents registered for the course from several different STEM departments (agricultural sciences,math, physics, engineering technology, chemistry
from the University of Utah. He worked in the Air Force Research Laboratories before teaching at the U.S. Air Force Academy for seven years. Brian has taught in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo since 2006. During the 2011-2012 academic year he participated in a professor exchange, teaching at the Munich University of Applied Sciences. His engineering education interests include collaborating on the Dynamics Concept Inventory, developing model-eliciting activities in mechanical engineering courses, inquiry-based learning in mechanics, and design projects to help promote adapted physical activities. Other professional interests include aviation physiology and biomechanics
area of estimation theory with applications to mechatronics and aerospace systems. Andrew worked as a post- doctoral researcher at the Centre for Mechatronics and Hybrid Technology (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada). He also worked as a Project Manager in the pharmaceutical industry (Apotex Inc.) for about three years. Before joining the University of Guelph in 2016, he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Andrew worked with a num- ber of colleagues in NASA, the US Army Research Laboratory (ARL), US Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the Maryland Department of the
practice ofengineering, so graduates are intellectually and professionally prepared to provide engineeringservices to the USCG. Professional skills are particularly reinforced in the engineering coursesthrough laboratory reports, technical papers, presentations, design projects, field trips,interactions with practitioners and USCG officers, community outreach activities, andprofessional membership. Significant mentoring and advising takes place throughout cadets’years at the Academy which is also an important component for intellectual development andservice readiness. The approach of using every opportunity to infuse practical, industrial andUSCG relevance into course content has proven successful in fulfilling CGA’s mission.With increasing
the educational value of this project. Not only does it provide an opportunity forinterdisciplinary engineering, it also forces each student to incorporate their piece of the projectinto the larger design and not just look at a single system in an educational vacuum. Learning towork as a part of a larger team in a long term project such as this is invaluable for an engineer’scareer as projects and designs in industry and laboratories are often multiple year collaborationsthat a single semester long class cannot adequately replicate.Aerospace Opportunities in Small Schools (Senior Author Perspective)Small universities and colleges are often limited in their ability to offer meaningful opportunitiesin systems engineering or multidisciplinary
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longer wanted to spend the money to trainnew engineers; they expect the inherent training to come from students’ engineering education[15]. As a result, one such manner students received the training was through the use of Problem-Based Learning (PBL) in conjunction with computer simulation packages that students may utilizein a laboratory to solve realistic problems [1].For example, if a student wanted to reverse engineer a bicycle, you may be able to do this by noteven taking it apart. Many of the parts are visible just by looking at them for different angles [16],[17]. However, if you wanted to reverse engineer, or dissect, a motorcycle (including its engine),there were too many moving parts. It would be impossible to dissect, or disassemble
ComputerScience Education, 2004.[17] McKinney, D. and L.F. Denton. Affective Assessment of Team Skills in Agile CS1 Labs:The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Proceedings of the 36th SIGCSE Technical Symposium onComputer Science Education, 2005.[18] McKinney, D. Where do I belong: A team-based, inquiry-based, and service-learningapproach to an introductory course in computer science. Sixth Annual South AlabamaConference on Teaching and Learning. Mobile, AL, 2016.[19] McKinney, D. and L.F. Denton. Developing Collaborative Skills Early in the CSCurriculum in a Laboratory Environment, Proceedings of the 37th SIGCSE TechnicalSymposium on Computer Science Education, 2006.[20] Michaelsen, L. K., A.B. Knight, and L.D. Fink. Team-based learning: A transformative
thickness requirements, empirical relationships ofresilient modulus (MR) used in design methods for testing and rehabilitation of cost-effectivepavements and AASHTO and ASTM standards for pavement materials. Few students also citedthat they were aware of decent amount of these standards from their material laboratories, classprojects and other clinical research activities which provided promising environment of learningthis class. The students also grasped that the pavement design is an iterative process that is oftencontrolled more by cost efficiency than the need to get the longest service life out of a pavementsection as funding is partly based on local and federal transportation agencies. They also gaineddeep understanding of the mechanistic
social activities.Results:1. Positive impact on the department in terms of strengthening the collaborative community2. Willing to engage with other students and help organize formal or informal social and professional events3. Contributing positively to its learning community6) NSF S-STEM Scholarship [22] University: Purdue University Northwest Discipline: Engineering, Math, and CS Number of students: 59 total participants Initiatives: 1. Tutorial and writing assistance, undergraduate research opportunities, visitations to research laboratories and graduate schools 2. Attendance and/or participation in research conferences and professional career counseling 3. Work experiences intrusive services provided by a
positions elsewhere. Other participants have gone on to industry jobs and post-doctoral positions at academic institutions and national laboratories that will prepare them to jointhe professoriate within the next few years. The program manager (Sandekian) maintains contactwith most of these students and provides them with continued encouragement as they movetoward graduation and beyond. In addition, in early spring 2020, the Associate Dean for FacultyAdvancement (Silverstein) submitted a budget request for two post-doctoral research positionsthat would be made available to past-participants. Participant feedback enabled critical review ofthe content and purpose of the program for future improvement. Finally, the program allowed theCollege’s Faculty
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example improved by 5% compared to those who did notexperience this spaced practice. Importantly, they also found that students who employed spacedpractice in this course performed better in the follow-on calculus course, as measured by examscores and final course grade.1 These three examples included only review of concepts from thecourse in which the students were enrolled but not concepts from prerequisite courses. These areremarkable as being among the few studies that have investigated spaced practice in actualclassroom settings rather than the laboratory and all but one focused on the effect on the earlystages of learning (i.e. within the course in which they were originally learned.)THE IDEABased on the literature about spaced practice and
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experiential learning project. Future such projects willconcentrate on the design of mini-processor belonging to other processor families.References[1] Dua, R., “Digital System Design - 8051 Microcontrollers Home Page” January 2015.[online]. Available: http://web.mst.edu/~rdua/Digital%20Systems%20Design.htm [Accessed:December 30, 2019][2] Marshall, M., Moss, A., Garringer, L. G., & Dua, R. (2015, June), “WIMP51 Processor:Envisioning and Recreating the Platform for Implementing Student Design Projects”, Paperpresented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington.10.18260/p.25078[3] Hur, B. (2019, June), “ARM Cortex M4F-based, Microcontroller-based, and Laboratory-oriented Course Development in Higher Education”, Paper
Ready Reserve (IRR), typically consisting of five years onactive duty and three years in the IRR.Cadets develop over a 47-month experience through a program called the West Point LeaderDevelopment System (WPLDS) [14]. The entire living-learning environment is structured toprovide cadets with leadership opportunities and help them relate their experiences to personaldevelopment as leaders and future officers in the Army. Military and civilian faculty at WestPoint have a unique opportunity to develop students in their respective disciplines whileimmersed in a leadership laboratory. This dynamic may be opposite from the experiences offaculty at more traditional institutions where leadership is taught within a discipline-specificenvironment.The
, G. and Suehrcke, H., Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Tracking the Sun, October 2019.[2] Solar Energy Industries Association Research Data, retrieved 16 Jan 2020 from: https://www.seia.org/solar-industry-research-data[3] P. McCormick and H. Suehrcke, “The effect of intermittent solar radiation on the performance of PV systems,” Solar Energy, vol. 171, pp. 667–674, Jul. 2018.[4] B. Sivaneasan, N. K. Kandasamy, M. L. Lim, and K. P. Goh, “A new demand response algorithm for solar PV intermittency management,” Applied Energy, vol. 218, pp. 36–45, Mar. 2018.[5] M. Anvari, G. Lohmann, M. Wächter, P. Milan, E. Lorenz, D. Heinemann, M. R. R. Tabar, and J. Peinke, “Short term fluctuations of wind and solar power systems,” New
progress and graduate to become AEC professionals. AEC women whofall in this category will need additional resources and support from AEC educational institutionsto nurture their initial interest and knowledge of the AEC industry to increase their AEC-PID.For example, AEC educators can encourage them to explore AEC publications, videos, websites,and projects to increase their AEC knowledge. Field trips, laboratory, internship, and hands onprojects can increase their AEC experience. Also, they should be given opportunities toparticipate in AEC extracurricular activities and student organizations as these could increasetheir AEC knowledge and views through their exposure to other AEC students and professionals. PROGRESSIVE
Online Learning Girls in grades 3-8 The Ambassador is building an online Platform and learning platform to help participants Weekend learn about biomedical engineering. Her Workshops platform is comprised of videos, quizzes, and laboratory simulations. The platform will first be implemented in in-person workshops, though its use is expected to expand after
Laboratories before teaching at the U.S. Air Force Academy for seven years. Brian has taught in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo since 2006. During the 2011-2012 academic year he participated in a professor exchange, teaching at the Munich University of Applied Sciences. His engineering education interests include collaborating on the Dynamics Concept Inventory, developing model-eliciting activities in mechanical engineering courses, inquiry-based learning in mechanics, and design projects to help promote adapted physical activities. Other professional interests include aviation physiology and biomechanics. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020
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that one of the majorresources of the students is a design laboratory. A space they have available for use that containsmultiple tools, machines, and equipment they can use at any time to work on their projects. Interms of mentors, students considered the GTA’s to be more approachable and most of the timepreferred to ask them questions than to ask the instructors. Office hours were perceived as lessvaluable. Participant # 7 (electrical and computer engineering) commented “2 TA’s there workingwith several students and is always answering questions about [coding] so you feel like those arethe only questions you are allowed to ask in office hours, everything else is not important” thefocus of the problem could have been the perception that the