Paper ID #29183Putting Course Design Principles to Practice: Creation of an Elective onVaccines and ImmunoengineeringProf. Joshua A Enszer, University of Delaware Joshua Enszer is an associate professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware. He has taught core and elective courses across the curriculum, from introduction to engineering science and material and energy balances to process control, capstone design, and mathematical modeling of chemical and environmental systems. His research interests include technology and learning in various incarnations: electronic portfolios as a means for
other perspectives, enhance skills in quality leadership andprovide preparation for leadership positions, and underscores the importance of non-technicalcommunication skills. Successful global engineering programs provide a curriculum that teachesstudents about the contemporary states of the engineering profession in the foreign country andprovides an opportunity to interact with engineering from other countries [3].A pilot engineering boot camp/study abroad program-Building Bridges for New Innovators inEngineering (BBNIE), was developed to prepare an increased number of STEM graduatestudents for employment in today’s globalized workforce. Universidad Politécnica deGuanajuato (UPG) in Cortazar, Guanajuato, Mexico, and the Texas International
Systems Firmware Development. Her current interests include recruitment and retention of under-represented students in STEM, integrative training for graduate teaching assistants, and curriculum innovation for introductory programming courses. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020Not standing at the same starting line - investigation of prior programmingexperience on student performance in an introductory programming course in ECEAbstractThere have been a good number of studies on computer preparedness of incoming engineeringstudents, but majority of them focus on simply having access to computers. As personalcomputers are becoming more and more prevalent, this
relevant mentoring, and positive interactions withadvisors, instructors, and other non-veteran peers [3, 4].It is important to note that student veterans’ civilian transition through higher education requiresnot only some behavioral adaptations but also a deeper level of social integration and identityreconfiguration [6, 7]. While adapting to the social norms and cultural expectations of highereducation student veterans inevitably go through an exploratory, often trying period to enact anddevelop a new cultural identity in civilian society [8]. It is commonly believed that studentveterans successfully complete this identity transition over the first few years in higher educationand their military identity have little impact on their academic
professional development of formal and informal science educators, learning through citizen science for adults and youth, and pre-service elementary teaching in informal science learning environments. Dr. Swanson received her PhD in Curriculum and Instruction in Science Education from the University of Colorado Boulder, and a BA in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology from University of California, Santa Cruz. Prior to graduate school, she was an elementary science educator for a small children’s science center in California. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 “I understand their frustrations a little bit better.” – Elementary teachers’ perceptions of the impact of
Paper ID #31012Assessing Impact of an REU program on Students’ Intellectual Growth andInterest in Graduate School in CybermanufacturingMr. Pavan Kumar Moturu, Texas A&M UniversityDr. Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University Dr. Bimal Nepal is a Professor and Associate Director of Industrial Distribution Program at Texas A&M University. His research interests include integration of supply chain management with new product development decisions, distributor service portfolio optimization, pricing optimization, supply chain risk analysis, lean and six sigma, large scale optimization, and engineering education. He has
Paper ID #29337Soft Skills Curriculum on a Budget: Tackling the STEM skills gap withlimited resources using online videoMelissa Gavin, University of Wisconsin, Platteville After graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Gavin worked for a government research nonprofit and since obtaining her master’s degree has worked for a variety of nonprofits in various roles. Currently, she is the Program Manager for Graduate and Collaborative Programs at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. Gavin also teaches MEDIA 3010/5010 Business Communication and APC 3300 Technical and Professional Communication.Randy
engineering curriculum byintroducing an activity into an existing course where students learned about unmanned aerialvehicles (UAVs) and aerial photogrammetry. Our use of UAVs was motivated by theincreasingly common industry practice of using aerial systems for monitoring buildings andenvironments. We integrated this activity into an existing civil engineering elective course titled‘Heavy Construction Methods.’ In the classroom, students learned about the principles of UAVsand aerial photogrammetry. Students then practiced these principles by observing a UAV flight(conducted by a FAA licensed drone pilot), setting and recording coordinates for ground controlpoints, collecting field data, and using Autodesk software (Recap, Recap Photo, and Civil 3d
Societies, and Vice Chair of IEEE Arkansas River Valley Section. He is also Chair-Elect of American Society of Engineering Education Midwest Section (Arkansas, Ok- lahoma, Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska). His research interests include Internet of Things, machine learning, signal processing, optimization, and engineering education.Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim, Arkansas Tech University Mohamed Ibrahim, PhD Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction College of Education Arkansas Tech University (479) 964-0583 ext. 2452 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 An Investigation of Effectiveness of Project Based Learning on Students’ Skills in Engineering Modeling and
(UK) where he is currently a Professor in the Department of Chemistry and an Associate Director of the Center for Applied Energy Research. At UK he leads a research group focusing on biofuels and environmental catalysis. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Enhancing graduate education by integrating research and professional skill development within a diverse, inclusive and supportive academy1. Background1.1. Challenges faced by graduate education and training in engineering and the sciencesGraduate education and training often take a monodisciplinary approach that is not informed bybest educational practices, ignores the needs and
Curriculum Study (BSCS). Dr. Spiegel also served as Director of Research & Development for a multimedia development company and as founding Director of the Center for Integrating Research & Learning (CIRL) at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University. Under Dr. Spiegel’s leadership, the CIRL matured into a thriving Center recognized as one of the leading National Science Foundation Laboratories for activities to pro- mote science, mathematics, and technology (STEM) education. While at Florida State University, Dr. Spiegel also directed an award winning teacher enhancement program for middle grades science teachers, entitled Science For Early Adolescence Teachers (Science FEAT). His
Paper ID #30781Integrating Asset-based Practices, Engineering, and NGSS: Lessons fromWorking with Teachers through a Community-focused ApproachDr. 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
MEB course at another well-known university in 2014 when our institutionwas evaluating that course for potential transfer credit. We were initially skeptical of onlinecourses in general – concerned about how the integrity of the exam taking process could becontrolled, how rigorous the assessments could be in an online course, how students could reallylearn material like that online, etc. After speaking with the facilitating professor of the course,we concluded that if a student passed the course, they would be prepared for our curriculum andwe accepted the course for transfer credit. Exams were similar in content and format to ours andwere mailed to the professor at the university for grading after students took them on paper at atesting
away.Phones have become an integral part of many student’s lives. When a student has a question, theyoften seek answers using their phone. The student feedback is overwhelming that instructorsshould not outlaw the use of phones in the classroom.IB_A(T)/U: Instructor Behavior Previously Acceptable (or at least tolerated) is nowUnacceptableThis section focuses on instructor behavior that was acceptable (or at least tolerated) in the past,but is increasingly unacceptable in the classroom. Many comments were extremely critical ofinstructors. In some cases, the instructor apparently had good intentions, but their actions causedconflict with the student(s): During our labs, he would yell at students when he saw them doing something incorrectly
implementation of the intervention has been published [27], [28]. Theintervention was taught on the same day in all three classes (in October 2017 approximately sixweeks into the semester). The intervention was not students’ only exposure to ESI; it was oneelement in a growing initiative towards ethics across the curriculum. The chemical andengineering department integrated ESI in multiple core courses including first-year introduction,junior design, and senior capstone design.The intervention was an in-class activity that explored hydraulic fracturing from differentperspectives. The intervention followed the same format in all three courses. Each 75-minuteclass period began with an introduction of the activity and series of pre-activity questions for
thatinterdisciplinary study grants students an increased ability to recognize preconceived biases andconsider alternative viewpoints—an extremely powerful tool when working with ethics [14].Research also demonstrates that interdisciplinarity enhances comfort with ambiguity andimproves critical thinking.[12, 13] Because interdisciplinarity emphasizes integration, it aids in the development ofcreativity: rather than focusing on fixed phenomena within a discipline, interdisciplinarityencourages students to make connections between distinct disciplines. With a focus onconnection-building, as opposed to knowledge acquisition of specific disciplinary skills andpractices, students are pushed to think creatively. Interdisciplinarity encourages interrogation
engineering education; design tools; specifically, the cost modeling and analysis of product development and manufacturing systems; and computer-aided design methodology.Dr. Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University Dr. Bimal Nepal is an Associate Professor in the Industrial Distribution Program at Texas A&M Univer- sity. His research interests include integration of supply chain management with new product development decisions, distributor service portfolio optimization, pricing optimization, supply chain risk analysis, lean and six sigma, large scale optimization, and engineering education. He has authored over 100 refereed articles in leading journals and peer reviewed conference proceedings in these areas. He has
working with the US Navy and industry partnerson a common comprehensive diesel maintenance, education, and training tool. Otherinitiatives involve integrating various digital shipbuilding curriculum within various service ratesand military operational specialty training pipelines. Most recently, VDSP has been teamingwith a local contractor on developing a platform to launch an integrated ship maintenanceuniversity where common and stackable qualifications for in-service and civilian shipbuildingand maintainers can be achieved. The intention of this program is to standardize some of thecommon core skill sets building synergy and aiding in transitioning veterans. With thedevelopment of the certificate program as noted above, we are hoping to
a hands-on easy to navigate basic tutorial for the outreach effort [11].The K-12 teachers and college professors alike received the tool and the tutorial positively, andsome have successfully integrated BITES with appropriate lessons in their classrooms which inturn has motivated the author to include BITES in the thermodynamics course that he offers to theengineering undergraduates at UMES.The first course in thermodynamics in the engineering curriculum tends to be difficult for students.Unfortunately, a lot of students are unaware of how generation and utilization of energy inbuildings, industry, and transportation sectors that are discussed in the context of thethermodynamics course are intimately related to global warming and ozone
education and equity pedagogies. Her research interests include both formal and informal STEM education, with specialization in the integration of engineering and computer science into science education through preservice and inservice educator development.Dr. Krishnanand Kaipa, Old Dominion University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Enhancing teamwork skills through an interdisciplinary engineering service learning collaborationAbstractThe purpose of this research paper is to explore whether participation in an interdisciplinarycollaboration program partnering Preservice Teachers (PST) and Undergraduate EngineeringStudents (UES) results in an increase in teamwork
System. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Design and Construction of An Aesthetically Pleasing Vertical Axis WindTurbine (APVAWT) – A Case Study of Art and Engineering Collaboration in Engineering Capstone CourseAbstractThis paper proposes an enhanced approach for the capstone design course, as a part of theundergraduate engineering curriculum, through collaboration of art and engineering by designingand building an Aesthetically Pleasing Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (APVAWT). Suchcollaboration brings creativity to art and engineering students through an interdisciplinary projectconsidering both functionality and beauty for wind generation system.In order to assist the capstone
usage, while SWPDMS is now included in the educational bundle thatuniversities can purchase. This inclusion first occurred in the 2018-2019 version and existstoday. Depending upon the agreement, the cost per seat can vary widely and is therefore notdiscussed.3 Case Study- Implementation of SOLIDWORKS PDM StandardBoth Vault and SWPDMS offer full PDM functionality. Full functionality has been utilized inour curriculum to provide experiences to students that they can showcase at internships and intheir careers. Only at this level of PDM software can workflows be created that will allowstudents to have an industrial experience while they receive feedback for their assignments. Theimplementation and usage of this solution is more time consuming than
Paper ID #31588Designing an Engineering Computer Instructional Laboratory: Working withthe PanopticonDr. Shehla Arif, University of Mount Union I am a thermal-fluids sciences educator. My doctoral and postdoctoral work is on experimental fluid dynamics of bubbles. My emphasis is interdisciplinary moving between mechanical engineering, geology, and biology. I acquired PhD from Northwestern University, IL and a post-doc at McGill University, Canada. I am passionate about integrating Engineering education with liberal arts studies. To that end, I am interested in embedding social justice and peace studies into engineering
, Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, University of Manitoba, Ann Arbor, MI, MS26239, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://search-proquest- com.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/docview/1516608083?accountid=13360[6] M.-G. N. Svarovsky, "Unpacking the Digital Zoo: An analysis of the learning processes within an engineering epistemic game," PhD Doctoral, Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global, 3399952, 2009. [Online]. Available: https://search-proquest- com.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/docview/305030482?accountid=13360[7] S. F. Wolf, L. Doughty, P. W. Irving, E. C. Sayre, and M. D. Caballero, "Just Math: A new epistemic frame," in PERC Proceedings, 2014.[8] D
in assessing inventory and manufacturing equipment, and a manufacturing and product engineer for a Fortune 100 Fluid Power company fulfilling an integral role in developing a robotic welding program to produce hydraulic cylinders. Texas Hydraulics. • Project engineer for the USAF, moving manufacturing facilities from Kelly AFB in San Antonio, Texas to Tin- ker AFB, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. DME, Defense Military Engineers, subcontractor to Lockheed Martin. Academic Teaching: • Currently subjects, Undergraduate MMET 301 Mechanical Power Transmission MMET 401 Fluid Power Technology • Professional Development and Continuing Education Short courses Pump 101 Basic Pump Fundamen- tals Pump 102 Advanced Pump
fixated on one idea or design element, making it difficult for them to determine a way forward toward improvement. They may also fail to recognize that they have not followed constraints. Note that this is likely to be more of an innocent or careless omission rather than an intentional breaking of the rules.The teaching tips, together with the other task components, created a rich source of informationfor teachers to use to prepare for the post-testing argumentation discussion in the simulatedclassroom.Part 2: Study of Teacher Perceptions of the Task and AvatarsThe goal of the present mixed-methods study was to explore elementary teacher perceptions ofthe Design a Shoreline task and of the student avatars who are an integral
analysis scripting tool, such as R. Use of a scriptlanguage was a challenge on its own. CEE students are required to take an introductorycomputing class in the CS department, which currently covers coding in Python and MATLAB,but this class was not a pre-requisite for the ER&U class in the considered semester. Therefore,my assumption was that the student body of the class (similar to those in previous semesters) hadlimited coding experience. For this reason, R was introduced as an “smart app, useful toscientists and engineers” and it was integrated in a guided form, using base R functions, asneeded for class purposes. R is taught through its use for the purposes of the class, not as anindividual class topic.2. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT
engineering at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is currently the chair of the Department of Chemical, Biological and Bioengineering at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 The Impact of an Intensive Design Experience on Self-Efficacy, Valuation of Engineering Design, and Engineering Identity in Undergraduate Engineering StudentsIntroduction This paper reports on a NSF IUSE:RED project that is focused on integrating elements ofneeds finding and design into courses throughout all four years of the engineering curriculum.The project is based on the
new schools to develop GCSPs as part of the NAE GCSP Proposal review committee. She is also actively involved in the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN), focused on students’ de- velopment of entrepreneurial mindset through GCSP and curriculum. Amy recently received the 2019 KEEN Rising Star award for her efforts in encouraging students to develop an entrepreneurial mindset. Amy has contributed to the development of a new hands-on multidisciplinary introduction to engineering course and a unique introduction to engineering MOOC. She is interested in curricular and co-curricular experiences that broaden students’ perspectives and enhance student learning, and values students’ use of Digital Portfolios to
living-learning community where students learned about and practice sustainability. Bielefeldt is also a licensed P.E. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in en- gineering education include service-learning, sustainable engineering, social responsibility, ethics, and diversity.Mr. David ZhaoAlexandra KulichDr. Madeline Polmear, University of FloridaDr. Nathan E Canney P.E.,Dr. Chris Swan, Tufts UniversityDr. Daniel Knight, University of Colorado Boulder c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Paper ID #25567Student Views on their Role in Society as an Engineer and Relevant EthicalIssuesDr