as far west as Southern California to as far east as Pennsylvania.Dr. Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus SHAWN JORDAN, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of engineering in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of En- gineering at Arizona State University. He teaches context-centered electrical engineering and embedded systems design courses, and studies the use of context and storytelling in both K-12 and undergraduate engineering design education. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Education (2010) and M.S./B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Purdue University. Dr. Jordan is PI on several NSF-funded projects related to design, including an NSF Early CAREER Award entitled ”CAREER
, the quality and quantity of the support staff, in particular undergraduateteaching assistants, were found to be more crucial than anticipated and a robust recruitmentprocess became necessary. The high-stake design project in ME 250 changes each semester toprevent students from obtaining a set of solutions or project reports from prior terms, so teachingassistant training is continuous. The specifics of each problem encountered will be described inthe paper, along with lesson learned on how best to handle each situation and create a structurewhere continuous improvement can be made sustainable.Keywords: first year design, mechanical engineering, Arduino, project-based engineering1 IntroductionME 250 is a first-year design course offered at
Education in Advanced Transportation Sys-tems (CREATEs)Dr. Dan Offenbacker, Rowan University, Center for Research and Education in Advanced Transportation En-gineering Systems (CREATEs) c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Inclusive Learning Approach to Teach Concepts of Pavement Management Systems for Senior-Year Undergraduate and Graduates StudentsAbstract The goal of this paper is to disseminate an enhanced methodology and strategy to collegeinstructors that can be successfully employed in a data-driven, project based course likePavement Management Systems (PMS). PMS is a course offered in the Department of CivilEngineering at Rowan University’s
establishment of clear connections between theseoutcomes and the desired research skills including analysis, synthesis, evaluation, and thedissemination of results. Special attention was paid to the mentoring of students at various stagesof the sequence. This included regular meetings of the students with their faculty and technicaladvisors and assistance with proposal preparation to seek support for funding of the projects andfor conference attendance. The course sequence also provided opportunities for peer review andpeer mentoring [2].The paper details the development and structure of the two-semester sequence, identification ofdesired student outcomes and how these were measured, and assessment methods used.Features of Undergraduate
of glass at room and high temperature. Dr. Gonzalez has also a broad experience in the glass industry, specifically in fabrication of automotive safety glass. He worked for Vitro Glass Company for more than 19 years where he held different positions such as Process Engineer, Materials Planning and Logistics Manager, Production Superintendent, Manufacturing Engineer and Glass Technologist. During his time in the company, he co-authored two patents related to glass fabrication and glass coatings pro- cessing. Dr. Gonzalez is a Six-Sigma Black Belt and has participated in numerous process improvement projects. He has been trained as well in the Methodology of Inventive Problem Solving (TRIZ) that he applied to solve
students apply design methods, they rarely practice needs finding.All Canadian undergraduate engineering students participate in a capstone project in their fourthyear. Engineering instructors at the University of Waterloo have identified a lack of opportunitiesfor students to practice their need finding skills prior to fourth year. As a result, a set of needfinding instructional activities were conducted in-class for one term. The objective of thisresearch is to conduct evidence-based program improvement by identifying the teachingpractices that improve need finding competencies in engineering graduates. More specifically, inthis ongoing study, the authors explore how students identify, select, and justify their capstoneproject problem; and
the PI on an NSF INCLUDES (Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Dis- coverers in Engineering and Science) project/Symposium for ADVANCING STEM Latinas in Academic Careers. Prior to his Dean position, Dr. Qubbaj served as Senior Associate Vice President/Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs & Diversity at UTRGV. He is also a full professor in the department of Mechanical Engineering. Dr. Qubbaj received his Ph.D. from the University of Oklahoma with specialization in combustion and energy system. His research has been sponsored by NSF, the Department of Energy, and the Department of Defense.Dr. Emmett Tomai, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley Emmett Tomai is an
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 Environment (MDE). He is an elected Fellow of
into their courses. Additionally, these extended student outcomes have been mappedto ABET outcomes. To date, project-based learning (PBL) activities have been implemented orare planned in most of the second and third year Bioengineering integrated core classes, as well asseveral of the track-specific courses and upper level elective courses. As we move forward,establishing an effective assessment mechanism to measure student outcomes will be a keycomponent of our continuous curriculum improvement plan.Introduction:The concept of “Vertically Integrated Projects” and “Connected Curriculum” in university settingsis not new. The concepts were originally conceived at Georgia Institute of Technology and theUniversity College of London, respectively
Community Model addressing High Altitude Water Shortage Issues in Peru.AbstractIn July 2018, a team of 8 students, a faculty member and a staff member from the University ofLouisville left for Calca, Peru to meet with indigenous, marginalized communities to support andassist them in their efforts to address water access issues and concerns.This project developed out a need to increase global opportunities at a four-year, mandatory co-op engineering program that offered few opportunities for global exposure. The result was thedevelopment of a semester-long annual course which culminates in a 16 day in-countryexperience. This program utilizes three partners: the indigenous communities, a local non-profitorganization called Andean Alliance (that
Paper ID #30098Using the Entrepreneurial Mindset to Master Kinematics and Human BodyMotion in a Biomechanics CourseDr. Andrea T Kwaczala, Western New England University Andrea Kwaczala is an assistant professor at Western New England University in the biomedical engi- neering department. She teaches Biomechanics, Product Development and Innovation, Senior Capstone Design and Prosthetic and Orthotic Devices. She focuses on hands-on labs centered on student engage- ment and project-based learning. She works in affiliation with Shriners Hospitals for Children where her research focuses in the design of assistive technologies to
applied research in partnership.Rebecca D Levison, University of Portland Rebecca Levison is a graduate research fellow working on her doctorate in education at the University of Portland. As a research fellow, Rebecca works on a KEEN assessment project and partnership between the School of Education and the School of Engineering to improve engineering education. When not working on the KEEN project, she works full time for Portland Public Schools as an ESL Teacher on Special Assignment. In that role, Rebecca writes science curriculum accessible to language learners that aligns with the Next Generation Science Standards and trains teachers how to implement new strategies for all learners
management.Ms. Jennifer Nichwitz, University of Dayton I am currently an Industrial Engineering Technology student at the University of Dayton. I have com- pleted coursework in topics such as project management, engineering analysis, and human factors in manufacturing. My past professional experiences have included a cooperative education at an automo- tive manufacturing facility and an internship at a sustainable technology start-up in South Africa. During my time at the University of Dayton, I’ve participated in collaborative online learning classes with inter- national universities and had the privilege of working with Professor Appiah-Kubi on his research into online collaborative learning techniques
a Ph.D. in Electrical/Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Educational Benefits of Unmanned Aerial Systems Design and Interdisciplinary Engineering OpportunitiesIntroductionOne requirement for an Engineering program to be accredited by the Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology, Inc (ABET) is to “Provide both breadth and depth across the rangeof engineering and computer science topics…”. This is often done through paper-based designprojects where multiple aspects of a project will be theoretically designed but never implementedin the real world due to time and budget constraints, thereby
answers is a lessauthentic representation of computer programming skill than projects that ask students to writeand test real computer programs. To combat plagiarism, project-centric programming courses often use plagiarism softwarelike Stanford MOSS in order to flag and investigate potential plagiarism cases. The idea behindthe use of such a program is that of deterrence: If these tools are good enough at detectingplagiarized code, and students are aware of their existence, then students will not plagiarize, lestthey get caught with solid, algorithmic proof behind the potential accusation. In practice, it is notso simple. Some students attempt to beat plagiarism programs. More difficult still is whenstudents are not aware of their own
mechanical andindustrial engineering curriculum. A team of a social scientist, mechanical and manufacturingengineer and materials engineer teamed in the summer of 2018 to design a project where a classof 83 students would undertake a project in the Fall 2018 semester. The goal of the project wasto apply the understanding of the material’s structure-property-applications relationships toidentify specific materials for meeting engineering specifications for various components ofcommunity housing in Northwest Arkansas (NWA). The housing designs were produced byarchitects in close collaboration with a social scientist. Examples of various housing designcomponents included material recommendations for kitchen tents, bathroom shower flooring,outdoor
logic elements.While many engineering programs have already implemented PLC courses in their curricula,instruction remains lacking in many others. Since engineering students with some PLC trainingmay have better career opportunities than those who do not, this may represent an area forimprovement for some programs.Introduction to Projects and Tools is a freshman level course offered to electrical engineeringstudents at [XXX University]. This one-credit laboratory course serves to provide students withhands-on experience with a variety of projects such as the implementation of 555 timers, basiclogic circuits, and measurements of electrical quantities.A two-week PLC module was developed and implemented in the Introduction to Projects andTools
Paper ID #30578Implementing Entrepreneurial Mindset Learning (EML) in a Timber DesignCourseDr. Seyed Mohammad Seyed Ardakani P.E., Ohio Northern University Dr. Ardakani is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at Ohio Northern University. He has previ- ously served as Project Engineer at Englekirk Structural Engineers and Lecturer at South Dakota State University. He obtained his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from University of Nevada, Reno. His research in- terests include seismic performance and design of reinforced concrete structures, computational modeling of structures, and engineering education
learning, inquiry-based laboratory instruction, and any ini- tiative that empowers students to do hands-on learning. Additional service interests include teaching and leadership training for graduate students, enhancing communication education for undergraduate en- gineering students, developing evidence-based design project team formation strategies, and improving engineering design curricula.Dr. Molly H Goldstein, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Molly H. Goldstein is an engineering design educator and researcher at University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign. She previously worked as an environmental engineer specializing in air quality influencing her focus in engineering design with environmental
exclusion from high-profile team roles [5-9].Recent research indicates that first-year, team-based design courses represent a uniqueopportunity to address such disparities and providing early collaborative learning experiencessupports the success of students from underrepresented groups in engineering [10-13]. Whilelectures and readings may provide teams with basic tools for team and project management,these correlate team success with the creation of a high-quality final design [14]. Such tools mayinadvertently cue students to distribute work according to stereotypical social roles in the beliefthat by having team members “play to their strengths,” they are doing what is best for the team[15]. Such task distribution may limit new learning across
systems companies in the Midwest. In addition to one U.S. patent, Schilling has numerous publications in refereed international conferences and other journals. He received the Ohio Space Grant Consortium Doctoral Fellowship and has received awards from the IEEE Southeastern Michigan and IEEE Toledo Sections. He is a member of IEEE, IEEE Computer Society and ASEE. At MSOE, he coordinates courses in software verification, real time systems, operating systems, and cybersecurity topics. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 WIP: Integrating the Entrepreneurial Mindset into a Software Requirements Course through Project Based
the last decade. These practices have often beeninitiated, supported, and disseminated via the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network(KEEN), which has focused on students developing curiosity about the world around them,connecting information from a variety of sources to guide in analysis, and creating products thatprovide value to stakeholders. In the College of Engineering at Rowan University we havesought to strategically develop the entrepreneurial mindset in engineering students by building inEML principles – namely the KEEN 3C’s of Curiosity, Connections, and Creating Value – intoexisting and new first and second-year design projects.This full paper describes one such first-year project that leverages EML and Universal
student aspiration conforms to oneof the basic tenets of “design thinking” in that it is a methodology that imbues the full spectrumof innovation with a human-centered design ethos.At our university we have started to infuse the concepts of design thinking in our initialIntroduction to Engineering course and then later in our capstone senior design project courses.Between those “course bookends” we are working with our faculty to introduce to them thedesign thinking concept of “identifying the need” in place of only teaching “transactional”engineering concepts and theories and how to solve engineering problems.This paper will illustrate how we have introduced design thinking in our first-year introduction toengineering course and then conducted
-enabled frequent feedback. Prior to her role and Director of Instructional Effectiveness, she worked as the Education Project Manager for the NSF-funded JTFD Engineering faculty development program, as a high school math and science teacher, and as an Assistant Principal and Instructional & Curriculum Coach.Dr. Ryan J Meuth, Arizona State University Dr. Ryan Meuth is a Freshmen Engineering Senior Lecturer in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, and also teaches courses in Computer Engineering for the School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering at Arizona State University.Dr. Brent James Sebold, Arizona State University Dr. Brent Sebold is an expert faculty designer and administrator of
others.Dr. William A Kline, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Bill Kline is Professor of Engineering Management and Associate Dean of Innovation at Rose-Hulman. His teaching and professional interests include systems engineering, quality, manufacturing systems, in- novation, and entrepreneurship. As Associate Dean, he directs the Branam and Kremer Innovation Centers which house campus competition teams, capstone projects, and a maker space. He is currently an associate with IOI Partners, a consulting venture focused on innovation tools and systems. Prior to joining Rose-Hulman, he was a company co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Montronix, a company in the global machine monitoring industry. Bill is a Phi
Paper ID #30519Fostering Entrepreneurial Mindset and Innovation in a Cross-ListedScience and Engineering CourseDr. Bahram Roughani, Loyola University Maryland Professor of Physics and Associate Dean for the Natural and Applied Sciences at Loyola University Maryland. Experimental condensed matter physicist with emphasis on optical spectroscopy and Electron Microscopy of electronic materials. PI on the NSF-IUSE supported collaborative project, ”The PIPLINE Project”, a national effort in collaboration with American Physical Society (APS) aiming at enhancing Physics Innovation and Entrepreneurship (PIE) education
-Linn, Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning, University of IllinoisDr. Robert Thomas Baird, As Senior Associate Director at the Center for Innovation in Teaching And Learning Robert leads the faculty development, emerging educational technologies, media, and online instructional design units. He has extensive experience in technology-enhanced classrooms, online teaching environments, and web- based student writing and multimedia projects. Robert teaches cinema, new media, and digital video courses. His 1995 dissertation used cognitive psychology to understand how filmgoers can be frightened and startled by film scenes they know are fictional. In the early 1980s he worked as an assistant film editor in
Paper ID #29986Sustainable Low-Cost Household Energy Systems: Solar Photovoltaic andShallow Geothermal SystemsDr. Michael F MacCarthy, Mercer University Michael MacCarthy is an Assistant Professor of Environmental and Civil Engineering at Mercer Univer- sity, where he directs the Engineering for Development program (e4d.mercer.edu). He has 20+ years of experience in water resources engineering, international development, and project management, including nearly a decade living and working in less-developed countries (as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Cameroon, an infrastructure and community development engineer in the
include teaching Computer Science courses and labs, utilizing technology to maximize student learning process, developing curriculum and labs, and supervis- ing undergraduate students projects. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Improving Student Learning and Engagement in Cybersecurity Through Designing and Building Secure Internet of Things (IoT) SystemsCybersecurity education aims to bring the awareness of the importance of security and privacyissues to students. This will help students change how they think when they develop and implementcomputer applications to consider security problems while they design and test their products.As our life these days depends heavily on
10-weeksummer program where students are paired with faculty to engage in a research or design project.The student is paid a weekly stipend of $400 while being mentored one-to-one by a full-timefaculty member. Approximately 29 students took part in this program during the summer of 2019,culminating in a presentation to their peers and faculty mentors, and members of the Dean’sAdvisory Board for the school.It is hypothesized that the process and completion of the research or design project through theprogram positively impacted the students’ confidence and self-efficacy. To determine if thehypothesis is true, the students were assessed through a simple survey, the results of which arepresented. In addition, two of the 29 students were asked