”Intellectual Property Law for Engineers and Scientists,” IEEE and John Wiley & Sons, Publishers (2004) c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 An Online Course on Intellectual Property for Undergraduates and Graduate Engineers and ScientistsIntroduction It can be said with a very high degree of confidence that all of the engineers and scientistsin our technology University classrooms at some point in their professional careers, will comeinto direct contact with the Intellectual Property Laws of this or other countries, and these lawswill have an impact on their extant projects. Whether using these Intellectual Property Laws toobtain exclusive rights covering their
energy engineering, by visiting more thanfifty industrial and commercial facilities, and reviewing more than two hundred energyefficiency improvement projects, author selected some of the most cost-effective ECMs whichcan result in significant energy savings and demand reduction for energy end-users. These ECMsinclude lowering the lighting power density by installing LED fixtures, affinity law and itsapplications in variable frequency drives installed on fans and pumps, high thermal efficiencywater heating systems, and installation of thermal energy storage. For each of the above ECMs,the author explains the concept of the ECM, how it may save energy, and what equipment isinvolved in that ECM. The discussion around the concept of each of the
the prediction and modelling of insidious cyber-attack patterns on host network layers. She also actively involved in core computing courses teaching and project development since 1992 in universities and companies. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Applications of Linear Algebra applied to Big Data Analytics1. IntroductionThe digital universe (the data we create and copy annually) is doubling every two years and willreach 44 zettabytes (44 trillion gigabytes) in 2020 [1]. The stored digital data volume has grownexponentially over the past few years [2, 3]. In 1986, only three exabytes of data existed and in2011 it went up to 300 exabytes [3], and at the end of 2020 it might
Fellow and has been a White House invitee discussing STEM Inclusion. Dr. Lester holds professional memberships in the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE).Dr. Sahithya Reddivari, Georgia State University Sahithya Reddivari is an Assistant Professor of Engineering at Georgia State University. She teaches freshman and sophomore engineering courses including, Introduction to Engineering, Engineering De- sign and Graphics (2D and 3D modeling) and Statics. She has developed experiential learning projects for first-year engineering students through the Instructional enhancement grant awarded by the Center for
beliefs, experiences, and practicescharacterize community members or organizations who support or encourage rural students tochoose engineering?The interviews explored the participants’ perceptions of their community overall, resources thathelped students explore postsecondary options, barriers students faced to enrolling inpostsecondary education/engineering, understanding of engineering as a field both generally andfor students from that community, and ways Virginia Tech can be a better community partnerand fulfill its mission as a public institution. This project aims to broaden participation inengineering by gaining a holistic understanding of the communities that effectively supportengineering major choice for rural students and provide
and Learning (SOTL)—that has salient implications for ENED research and practice beyond thestudy’s context. We are aware of other frameworks that delineate between SOTL and discipline-basedresearch educational based on the degree of methodological rigor (e.g., Streveler et al., 2007), but weconsider that distinction to establish barriers to entry that are antithetical to the goal of onboardingengineering faculty to ENED research. Our ENED research programming includes: 1 1. ENED research incubator – Weekly meetings where EETI leadership helps faculty translate their ENED research project ideas into opportunities for grant proposals and
Paper ID #28642Correlating the student engineer’s design process with emotionalintelligence.Dr. Ryan H Koontz, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Ryan Koontz received his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1999 and an M.S. degree in mechanical engineering in 2002 from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSMT). In 2004, Ryan joined the Center of Excellence for Advanced Multi-Disciplinary Projects (CAMP) as the manufacturing specialist. He currently instructs students of CAMP through the design and manufacturing process and helps produce parts for the co-curricular teams of CAMP. He completed
of Mechanics. Therefore, it is difficulty for engineeringstudents to truly understand the relationship between material structures and their mechanicalperformance. In general, this knowledge is not introduced in any undergraduate solid mechanicscourses. Only top students who can be involved in solid mechanics related research may have anopportunity to learn certain knowledge through undergraduate research projects. Most coursesonly require students to practice simplified engineering problems by solving equations withoutunderstanding the real reasons for certain material behavior [4-6].Additive manufacturing (AM) has been employed in many undergraduate education programs inthe last decade. Due to their unique material processing methods, 3D
aspects.Through this NSF funded project, the authors are exploring a new strategy of teaching S&Rconcepts to civil engineering students. The goal is to permeate the S&R concepts into the CEcurriculum by injecting content into existing curriculum from freshman to senior years. Toachieve this goal, the research team selected twelve courses that range from freshmen to senioryears from the current Boise State Civil Engineering curriculum to introduce S&R concepts viaactive learning modules designed to help students understand the underlying philosophies ofS&R and their importance to civil infrastructure. Eight of the twelve courses are required courseswhile the remaining four are senior electives. This paper details the procedures followed
students in the United Statesare prepared for a pathway to STEM degrees in college. In addition to new engineering activities addedto science class, various types of dual credit engineering courses for high school students are offeredalong with plans for an Advanced Placement (AP) introduction to engineering course in the comingyears. Dual credit introduction to engineering courses, like the NSF-funded Engineering For US All(E4USA) project, are poised to offer high school students rigorous engineering content and theopportunity for college credit [2].1.1 Background- ENGR 102 HS dual credit programENGR 102 HS is one such dual credit engineering course that is modeled after the introduction coursefor engineering majors at the University of Arizona
attend lectures in person on any given day.In addition to watching lectures, students complete one project-based homework assignmenteach week. These assignments involve reading, writing, solving and reasoning about a mini-project like single problem in MATLAB which are expected to be difficult. Due to theirdifficulty, students are able to collaborate with other students, attend office hours, and access theinternet for help throughout the week.The other course resources offered are standard among any introductory programming course:practice exams, office hours, and some additional content on the course’s online page. Thestructure of the exams is also fairly standard. About half of the exam involves solving problemsby writing out programmatic
Paper ID #29123Extending Faculty Development through a Sustainable Community of Prac-ticeSarah 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 as project manager, Sarah worked as
Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology (CRESMET), and an evaluator for several NSF projects. His first research strand concentrates on the relationship between educational policy and STEM education. His second research strand focuses on studying STEM classroom interactions and subsequent effects on student understanding. He is a co- developer of the Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol (RTOP) and his work has been cited more than 2800 times and he has been published in multiple peer-reviewed journals such as Science Education and the Journal of Research in Science Teaching.Lydia Ross, Arizona State University Dr. Lydia Ross is a clinical assistant professor in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College
dilemma andpossible solutions [27]. Likewise, Jones [28] believes that to bring awareness to key ethicalissues, these issues should be discussed in every computer course throughout the curriculum.Jones[28] suggests that it is important that students learn the technical aspects of the computertopic and the ethical issues related to that topic. Like Quinn [26], Jones [28] suggests the use ofethics-related projects tailored to the computer topic covered. Chowdhury [29] also agrees withQuinn [26], Metcalf et al. [27], and Jones [28], and suggests embedding ethical and moral issuesthroughout the computer curriculum. Chowdhury [29] recommends the use of role-play, drama,simulation, educational games, debates, discussions, projects, group work and other
BS degree in electrical engineering (1975) from California State University, Sacramento, and his MS (1980) and DE (1983) degrees in industrial engineering from Texas A&M University. His educa- tion and research interests include project management, innovation and entrepreneurship, and embedded product/system development. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Professional Development Activities for SecondarySTEM Teachers and Students’ Engineering Content Knowledge and AttitudesAbstractTo promote an integrated Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology (STEM) educationin K-12 school levels and cultivate STEM literacy in the society, there is a growing interest
asked to recordtheir personality profile on the survey. The survey had two main questions requiring students torank their interest level and strength in topics discussed in the course. Projects in the courseemphasize different engineering disciplines while developing students’ professional skills inteamwork, technical communication and problem solving, along with creativity,entrepreneurship and sustainability. The course is described in detail and the survey instrument isreproduced in Reference [1]. Students rank ordered the topics from the one that appealed to themthe most (#1) to the one that appealed to them the least (#7). They also ranked a list of nineattributes related to topics covered in the course from the one in which they were the
marketing. He received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from UC Santa Barbara, studying with the inventor of the blue and white LED, and an MBA from the University of South Carolina, Moore School of Business.Dr. Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Dr. Sarah Zappe is Research Associate and Director of Assessment and Instructional Support in the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education at Penn State. She holds a doctoral degree in educational psychology emphasizing applied measurement and testing. In her position, Sarah is responsible for developing instructional support programs for faculty, providing evaluation support for educational proposals and projects, and working with
: Barbara helps teams generate creative environments. Companies that she has worked with renew their commitment to expanding paths from creativity to innovation. She also helps individuals answer challenging questions when she teaches some of her methods to engineering, design, business, medicine, and law students. Barbara sometimes uses her storytelling methods as a form, and storytelling as rapid prototyping to help student and industry leaders traverse across the iterative stages of a project- from the early, inspirational stages to delivery. Barbara also uses story as a projective prompt in her experiments. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Challenge Me, Disagree with Me: Why
-yearintervention project designed to enhance writing in engineering and STEM. The examplesdescribe reflective, writing-to-learn activities for first-year orientation courses; scaffoldedapproaches for laboratory and problem-based-learning classes; and directed peer review andresponse to reviewer comments in middle- and upper-level courses. The paper concludes byaddressing the vital role STEM faculty play in socializing their students into ways of thinking,being, and writing in their disciplines and demonstrates how a process orientation to writinginstruction can help faculty achieve that goal.Section I: IntroductionThe Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) has identified effectivecommunication as a key criterion of engineering
Social Psychology. Prior to joining UOEEE, she supported the research and program evaluation efforts of Maricopa County Adult Proba- tion Department, coordinated and executed the research and program evaluation for a large Department of Justice Second Chance Act grant. These efforts included monitoring, assessing, and evaluating the impacts of program outcomes. Since joining the UOEEE in 2015, Dr. Cook-Davis has led research and evaluation activities for over 50 separate grant-funded programs or initiatives funded by the National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Agri- culture, National Institutes of Health, and The Kern Family Foundation. These projects
might be all but one. In this method,students can also choose to work towards the grade they want in order to spend their timeelsewhere (Nilson, 2015). Another instructor might use a mix of traditional grading and pass/failgrading. For example, to earn an A in a course, a student may have to receive an average examscore of 80%. The instructor can also set bars for specific grade levels such as a C resulting fromfailing a peer evaluation. In all of these systems, missing one element on the overall gradechecklist results in a lower grade.As all elements become pass or fail, the specifications for an assignment must be made veryclear. Writing good specifications is a lot like writing good requirements for a project. Just likerequirements in
Geneva, working on the West Area Neutrino Facility and North Area 48. Since then Jo˜ao has held several positions in teaching and management in higher ed- ucation at institutions across the UK, Middle East, Africa and Asia. At Leeds Becket University, Jo˜ao specialised in teaching Mobile and Fixed Networking Technologies and introduced compendium-based teaching practices and led the design and implementation of the first Mobile and Distributed Computer Networks postgraduate course in UK. Jo˜ao authored and managed a European Social Fund Project in Women in Engineering contributing to widening participation and inclusion of women engineers, developed and ran world-class innovative aca- demic practice methods in
. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 The ‘Typical Particle’ Approach to Learning Rigid Body DynamicsAbstractRigid body dynamics is a foundational course in all engineering curricula based upon themechanical sciences. It is one of three courses that make up The Mechanics Project, an effort at alarge R1 university in the southwest, to reimagine the learning experience in the sophomore-levelengineering mechanics courses (statics, dynamics, and deformable solids). The conversion ofthese courses to an objective-based system to assess mastery launched a reconsideration of thefundamental strands—the DNA—of the courses. The design objective of
interests include computer science education, software testing, software engineering, and programming languages. He is the project lead for Web-CAT, the most widely used open-source automated grading system in the world. Web-CAT is known for al- lowing instructors to grade students based on how well they test their own code. In addition, his research group has produced a number of other open-source tools used in classrooms at many other institutions. Currently, he is researching innovative for giving feedback to students as they work on assignments to provide a more welcoming experience for students, recognizing the effort they put in and the accomplish- ments they make as they work on solutions, rather than simply
step towards the development of a repeatable and reliable experimental instrumentfor use in academic research and engineering classrooms.The research presented in this paper is a continuation of a NSF funded project to evaluate theimpacts of teaching functional modelling in an engineering design curriculum [4]. During theinitial phases of the project, students in engineering design courses were given a series ofexperimental instruments or homework assignments to assess their ability to recognize productfunctionality, interpret and understand customer needs, and to explain or decompose a complexsystem. Students in prior studies had either previously learned functional modeling [3] or weretaught functional modeling as an intervention between
very different in each department. Lead TAs have the freedom to developtheir own projects to improve specific aspects of teacher training and professional developmentwithin their own department. In the Paul M. Rady Mechanical Engineering Department, the LeadTA primarily focuses on training and supporting all first-year doctoral students (both first-yearTAs and first-year students that are not TAs). The initiatives carried out by the Lead TA and thePaul M. Rady Mechanical Engineering Department for the first-year doctoral students will be themain focus on this paper.To become the Lead TA in our department, a student applies for the position and is accepted oneyear before they intend to serve as the Lead TA. The year before their term starts
will be noted in the Results and Discussion Section.Project ApproachThis section will cover five major areas to be considered when starting an undergraduateresearch program: • Sponsorship • Setting the goals & scope of the program (includes how goal attainment will be assessed) • Budgeting: program expenses & funding • Matching undergraduate research students with faculty • Logistics & implementationFor each topic above (with the exception of the last topic) there will be two sections: one with adescription of how to address the topic from a theoretical perspective, and one with the details ofhow the topic was implemented for the SURE program.SponsorshipPrior to starting any major project, sponsorship should be
Graduate Advising Award in 2015, and won the 2018 Graduate Student Mentor Award for the College of Engineering. Dr. Matusovich has gradu- ated 10 doctoral students since starting her research program in Spring 2009. Dr. Matusovich co-hosts the Dissertation Institute, a one-week workshop each summer funded by NSF, to help underrepresented students develop the skills and writing habits to complete doctorate degrees in engineering. Across all of her research avenues, Dr. Matusovich has been a PI/Co-PI on 12 funded research projects including the NSF CAREER Award with her share of funding be ingnearly $2.3 million. She has co-authored 2 book chapters, 21 journal publications and more than 70 conference papers. She has won
Cycle Academy Award for the best paper on Sustainable Consumption (2017). He is also responsible for teaching introduc- tory, intermediate and advanced design related courses in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at University at Buffalo.Dr. Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico Dr. Vanessa Svihla is a learning scientist and associate professor at the University of New Mexico in the Organization, Information and Learning Sciences program and in the Chemical and Biological Engineer- ing Department. She served as Co-PI on an NSF RET Grant and a USDA NIFA grant, and is currently co-PI on three NSF-funded projects in engineering and computer science education, including a Revo- lutionizing
faculty and students to present their scholarship and creative work to the general public through popular media, usually providing production, technical, and teaching assistance for radio and podcasting projects. He has earned Bachelor of Science degrees in Economics (1998) and Science, Technology, Culture (2000) from Georgia Tech and a Master’s degree in Library and Information Science from Valdosta State University (2011), and co-hosts the ”research-library rock’n’roll radio show” called Lost in the Stacks on WREK Atlanta.Dr. Benjamin J. Laugelli, University of Virginia Dr. Laugelli is an Assistant Professor of Engineering and Society at the University of Virginia. He teaches courses that explore social and