bundle in basic analysis toolsand some manufacturing, others provide additional capabilities in advanced manufacturingplanning and simulation, advanced analysis, integrated product lifecycle management, processplanning and project management tools, and systems engineering. Finally, though some mayargue otherwise, there are employment advantages for graduates in some industries that do theirCAx work using a preferred platform.This paper will present the plans, efforts and experiences to date in deploying and use ofDassault Systemes 3DExperience® platform within a Manufacturing Engineering curriculum.This is a multi-year effort starting with CAD and Analysis that will over time incorporate intothe curriculum many of the additional capabilities
to offerrecommended guidance on preparing for and taking the FE Exam. Not surprisingly, the purpose of CE 4200 was to integrate technical and social issues tohelp prepare senior CE students to enter professional practice. Course content focused on theimportance of licensure, an introduction to the FE Exam, and also awareness of leadership,management, public policy, and business issues in civil engineering. The course also providedtechnical instruction for selected general and CE discipline-specific topics from the FE Exam.BackgroundEarly CE 4200 Course Design (2012-2018) As originally created, CE 4200 devoted about half of its instructional lectures to selectedCEBOK outcomes, and half to FE review (technical) topics. This
Paper ID #28711Mini-Project Explorations to Develop Steel and Concrete Gravity SystemDesign SkillsDr. Ryan Solnosky P.E., Pennsylvania State University, University Park Ryan Solnosky is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Architectural Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University at University Park. Dr. Solnosky started at Penn State in July of 2013 and has taught courses for Architectural Engineering, Civil Engineering, and Pre-Major Freshman in Engineering. He received his integrated Professional Bachelor of Architectural Engineering/Master of Architectural Engineering (BAE/MAE) degrees in
motiva-tion. By analyzing the results of this learning experience on the sample of 24 novice programmers,we further ascertain and explain the efficacy of our approach in reaching the following objectives:motivate and engage novice programmers to learn how to refactor code duplication, while helpingthem develop an appreciation for code quality and its systematic improvement. Our findings canhelp inform not only similar curricular interventions, but also the design of introductory comput-ing curriculum that integrates the topics of software quality and other fundamental principles andpractices in software engineering.AcknowledgmentsThe authors would like to thank the anonymous reviewers for their valuable feedback that helpedimprove this
, maturity, and for settingthe example both inside the classroom and out. They bring a wealth of experience and act as rolemodels to non-veteran students. [1] Anecdotally, it is easy to see that veteran presence in theclassroom positively effects the performance of the other students in the course, given theirinherent team-oriented mentality. This work-in-progress study focuses on an attempting toquantify this positive effect of veteran students on the academic performance of their non-veterancounterparts. Initial results revealed that veteran students do have a positive, quantitative impacton the grades of the non-veteran students.The integration of veteran students into the day-program of mechanical engineering at The Citadeloffered an interesting
clubs and students organizations now thrive here.Table IV: Educational approach at University College London, UK (UCL) Educational Key Characteristics feature • Integrated Engineering Program (IEP) Challenges: two intensive five-week design projects tackled by incoming first-year students. Both Challenges are multidisciplinary and brings together students from across UCL Engineering; • Scenarios cycles: five-week curricular clusters, which underpin the curriculum in Years 1 and 2 of study, where students spend four weeks learning engineering theory and skills that are then applied in a
. Heer joined the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Oregon State University as a member of the professional faculty. In this role, he coordinates the TekBots R program development and implementation. In addition to his research interests in creating innovative engineering education experiences, he is also performing his Ph.D. research in the area of integrated sensor systems using nanotechnology.Donald Heer, Oregon State University Heer works on the development of the TekBotsTM and Platforms for LearningTM program in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Oregon State University. As the Educational Research and Development Coordinator, he has coordinated the curriculum
comprehensive definition of it. The model provides a comprehensive overview of educationalenvironments and considers not only the internal factors that influence a particular curriculum orprogram, but also several external stakeholders that have an impact on them. This model has beenused previously in research about courses, degree programs, college and even institutions as awhole [9]–[15]. The academic plan model recognizes the importance of multiple internal andexternal key stakeholders and their roles influence decision-making processes. Figure 1 providesan overview of the academic plan model.The academic plan model provided a better understanding of how to holistically approach ourevaluation and provided input on the way we developed our focus
significantimprovement in students’ writing skills [21].The primary stage for the effort of improving engineering students’ writing skills can beincorporating writing instruction into laboratory courses which require lab reports. Requiringformal lab reports is an effective tool to integrate substantive learning into a written structure aswell as integrating communication skills into curriculum. It has been suggested that increasingthe number of collaborative writing assignments in the form of lab reports will result insignificant levels of improvement [18].This paper describes a series of teaching strategies to enhance students’ technical writing in thecontext of group-based lab assignments. A description of the methodologies employed, andoutcomes of assessment
for their students.Questions regarding classroom implementation and viability for integration were also posed to theparticipants. For instance, 60 percent of the participating teachers indicated that they felt the levelof technical support was sufficient, meaning assistance with integration of the ‘COSMOSEducational Toolkit’ to the curriculum being developed. This was an important metric to capture,as the objective was centered on learning about different technical components of the toolkit andhow to leverage the kit for curricular content. However, a couple of teachers also indicated theywould prefer a greater amount of help during this phase, and another indicated a preference forworking more on their own, indicating some variation in
State University Patricia A. Sullivan serves as Associate Dean for Outreach and Recruitment in the College of Engineering at New Mexico State University. She received her PhD in industrial engineering and has over 35 years’ experience directing statewide engineering outreach services that include technical engineering business assistance, professional development, and educational outreach programs. She is co-PI for a National Science Foundation (NSF) INCLUDES pilot grant, co-PI for a NSF grant to broaden participation in STEM, and is a PI for an i6 Challenge grant through the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA). She served as institutional integrator for the Partnership for the Advancement of Engineering
proficiency andensuring that each student was placed in the most appropriate first course in mathematics. Itshould be noted that immediately after this change, a measurable improvement in the firstengineering calculus course success rate was noted. Second, the freshman engineering courseswere restructured to integrate with the first-year science curriculum. Originally structured astwo 2-hour courses that focused on engineering design and Matlab, the freshmen engineeringcourse sequence was changed to three 2-hour courses that now align with the first engineeringcalculus course and the two engineering physics courses, mechanics and electromagnetics. Tomove these courses from a four-hour to a six-hour sequence, the laboratory hours from thephysics
Paper ID #31526The CAHSI INCLUDES Alliance: Realizing Collective ImpactDr. Elsa Q. Villa, University of Texas at El Paso Elsa Q. Villa, Ph.D., is a research assistant professor at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) in the College of Education, and is Director of the Center for Education Research and Policy Studies (CERPS). Dr. Villa received her doctoral degree in curriculum and instruction from New Mexico State University; she received a Master of Science degree in Computer Science and a Master of Arts in Education from UTEP. She has led and co-led numerous grants from corporate foundations and state and
microcontroller-based systems. It also highlighted the areas that still needfurther attention by the instructors.1. IntroductionMechatronics is the synergistic integration of mechanical engineering with electronics andintelligent computer control in the design and manufacturing of industrial products andprocesses [1]. It integrates sensors, actuators, signal conditioning, power electronics, decisionand control algorithms, and computer hardware and software to manage complexity andcommunication in engineered systems. Mechatronics continues to play an increasing andexpanding role in modern industry and is instrumental in their attempts to apply automation toindustrial processes, and even in attempts to make the processes autonomous. Mechanicalengineering
categorized in Awareness, Motivation, andRetention. There were increase in scores at the end of the semester compared to thebeginning of the semester.4. DISCUSSIONAs the nanotechnology progresses and penetrates into every field of engineering, its integrationinto undergraduate engineering curriculum becomes inevitable. To address this need, aNanoscale Engineering and Science course has been designed and integrated into Mechanicaland Mechatronic Engineering curriculum at the California State University, Chico as an electivecourse for the first time in Fall 2019 semester. This report describes the course design and itsimpact on student perspective on nanotechology. A survey given to the students at the beginningof the semester and end of the semester
. The two measures of self-concept presented here could thereforeteach us much about the durable effects of teaching and learning on career persistence.References[1] W. Guilford, K. Bishop, W. Walker, and J. M. Adams, “Suitability Of An Undergraduate Curriculum In Biomedical Engineering For Premedical Study,” 2008 Annu. Conf. Expo., pp. 13.1119.1-13.1119.7, Jun. 2008.[2] R. F. Baumeister, Ed., The Self In Social Psychology, 1 edition. Philadelphia, Pa.: Routledge, 1999.[3] K. D. Multon and And Others, “Relation of Self-Efficacy Beliefs to Academic Outcomes: A Meta-Analytic Investigation,” J. Couns. Psychol., vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 30–38, 1991.[4] J. Ferla, M. Valcke, and Y. Cai, “Academic self-efficacy and academic self-concept
have continued work to integrate UAS into Technology courses. OU have purchased some commercially available UAS’ that can be used to introduce the electronics involved with UAV into the course titled “Introduction to Electronics”. Additionally, UAS topics can be introduced in a Technology course titled “Technology Practices” to provide students with an understanding of UAS’ current and future impacts on Technology. Finally, the variability between individual, commercially produced UAS will be used for a hands-on, real world example in a course titled “Statistical Quality Control”Objective 2: Modifying freshman and sophomore aerospace and mechanical engineering courses at OU to incorporate UAS design into applicable courses
Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. He is set to graduate in the spring of 2021. His interests include mechatronics and environmental sustainability. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Structuring a Mechatronics Open Design Project to Reinforce Mechanical Engineering Concepts and Design SkillsThe objective of this paper is to share guidelines and lessons learned for an open design projectin an Introduction to Mechatronics course. The open design project promoted projectmanagement, design skills, and hands-on experience in our mechanical engineering students.Historically, the undergraduate curriculum in mechanical engineering is front-loaded withlecture-style
real engineering problems and the mathematical concepts andtheorems learned in classes (Laplace transform, transfer functions, finite difference methods, forexample). Student feedback on these projects is positive.1 Introduction Mechanical engineering students usually complete Calculus I and II, Multivariate Calculus,Linear Algebra and Differential Equations in four or five semesters. All these mathematicalcourses are required in the program curriculum. Primary contents that students learn from thesecourses include: (1) differentiation and integration, calculus of one variable and infinite series inCalculus I and II; (2) differential and integral calculus of functions of two or more variables andvector functions in Multivariate Calculus; (3
skills to teach by emphasizing the contextual nature of leadership behavior. Theresults suggest that successful Capstone leaders would more frequently call on behaviorsassociated with the innovative Create quadrant than those associated with entry level engineeringwork with its emphasis on learning the tasks of a new job through coordination and control. Thissuggests the need to balance the curriculum in Capstone design to encourage the creativeleadership associated with a major undergraduate design experience that integrates all previouscurriculum while nurturing the coordination and monitoring tasks new graduates will encounterwhen starting out as an engineering professional.References[1] N. A. of Engineering, The Engineer of 2020
an ability to collaborate in multidisciplinaryteams. Meanwhile, preservice teachers need new technical knowledge and skills that go beyondtraditional core content knowledge, as they are now expected to embed engineering into scienceand coding concepts into traditional subject areas. There are nationwide calls to integrateengineering and coding into PreK-6 education as part of a larger campaign to attract morestudents to STEM disciplines and to increase exposure for girls and minority students whoremain significantly underrepresented in engineering and computer science. Accordingly,schools need teachers who have not only the knowledge and skills to integrate these topics intomainstream subjects, but also the intention to do so. However
stochastic. Moreover, the manufacturing system isinterconnected among its different subsystems and components, which cannot be described onlythrough the theoretical explanation. Here, computer simulation can be integrated to design andvisualize the stochastic and complex system. This paper uses the advantage of simulation todescribe a series classroom activity using SIMIO software, which are deployed in industrialsystems simulation course in the University of Texas at El Paso. Besides, the authors show a nobleapproach to demonstrate the simulation using the virtual reality (VR) technology in Unityplatform. Integration of these simulation based classroom activities provide three-fold benefit tostudents’ learning process; (1) it provides an effective
-Institution Database for Investigating Engineering Longitudinal Development. in American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference. 2012.17. Ricco, G., How Course Size Effects Grades: Sizeness and the Exploration of the Multiple‐ Institution Database for Investigating Engineering Longitudinal Development through Hierarchal Linear Models, in American Society for Engineering Education. 2015.18. Dollar, A. and P.S. Steif, An Interactive, Cognitively Informed, Web-Based Statics Course*. IJEE, 2008.19. Valle, C.R., S, et al., NTEL: Presenting Online 3D Exercises in a Statics Class. 2011.20. Lesko, J., et al., Hands-on-Statics Integration into an Engineering Mechanics-Statics Course: Development and Scaling
Paper ID #29862Engineering as a challenging vocation: How students align personalvalues to the dominant engineering discourseDr. Joel Alejandro Mejia, University of San Diego Dr. Joel Alejandro (Alex) Mejia is an assistant professor in the Department of Integrated Engineering at the University of San Diego. His research has contributed to the integration of critical theoretical frame- works and Chicano Cultural Studies to investigate and analyze existing deficit models in engineering education. Dr. Mejia’s work also examines how asset-based models impact the validation and recognition of students and communities of color
Paper ID #30651Evaluating the impacts of community service on student learning outcomesDr. Jennifer Lyn Benning, Virginia Tech Dr. Jennifer Benning is an Instructor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She was formerly an Associate Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, where she was also the creator and Program Coordinator of a Sustainable Engineering Minor Degree Program. She also co-developed and lead the EPICS program there. Her main research expertise is in contaminant transport, with foci on transport processes in
- search for STEM Equity (UW CERSE) and an affiliate assistant professor of sociology. She has been at UW working on STEM Equity issues for more than 15 years. Dr. Litzler is a member of ASEE, incoming chair of the ASEE Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and a former board member of the Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN). Her research interests include the educational cli- mate for students, faculty, and staff in science and engineering, assets based approaches to STEM equity, and gender and race stratification in education and the workforce.Dr. Jeremi S London, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dr. Jeremi London is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Education Department at
spans business, nursing, medicine, and engineering.This interest then continues as a catalyst for educational reforms. The rest of their work lays afoundation for acceptance or rejection of the current definitions and assessments of emotionalintelligence. In their conclusions, two distinct groups emerge: the first group’s interpretation ofemotional intelligence is strictly parallel to cognitive intelligence and the second group definedEI an all-encompassing value.These distinctions lead to several different definitions of EI. Roberts, in a summary of emotionalintelligence [7], splits EI into two models: Integrative-Model Approaches and Mixed-ModelApproaches to emotional intelligence. The Integrative-Model assessment focuses on specificabilities
are a number offactors that hinder acceptance of remote laboratories as a part of a curriculum. These are:Integration of a number of disciplines into remote experimentation design; Modularity indesigns; Readily available commercial products; Integration of learning management system;Maintenance and training; Administrative awareness and support; and Industry applications.The first part of the paper will discuss these issues and will highlight how we can moveforward in a coordinated manner so there will be a viable remote experimentationinfrastructure with a high degree of acceptance.Historically remote laboratories are developed by utilizing personal computers orworkstations as the main controller unit on the experiment side and a local
Paper ID #29480Drone Construction and Racing for PreCollege StudentsDr. Michael C. Hatfield, University of Alaska Fairbanks Michael C. Hatfield is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and Associate Director for Science & Education, Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration. He earned a B.S. in electrical engineering from Ohio Northern University; an M.S. in electrical engineering from California State University Fresno, and a Ph.D. in Electrical/Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Alaska Fairbanks.Dr. Catherine F
Paper ID #31483Scrum as a Change StrategyDr. Timothy A Wilson P.E., Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach Tim Wilson is chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida.Dr. James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach James J. Pembridge is an Associate Professor in the Engineering Fundamentals department at Embry- Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, FL. Pembridges’ research is primarily focused on the faculty instructional development and the use of evidence-based instruction in