. from Purdue in 1971, his doctorate in industrial engineering from Stanford University in 1975, and his masters in civil engineering from UAA in 1999.Dr. Neal Lewis, University of Bridgeport Dr. Neal Lewis received his Ph.D. in engineering management in 2004 and B.S. in chemical engineering in 1974 from the University of Missouri – Rolla (now the Missouri University of Science and Technology), and his MBA in 2000 from the University of New Haven. He is an associate professor in the School of Engineering at the University of Bridgeport. He has over 25 years of industrial experience, having worked at Procter & Gamble and Bayer. Prior to UB, he has taught at UMR, UNH, and Marshall University.Dr. Gillian M. Nicholls
learningincreased students' motivation and engagement in the learning process. The study found thatstudents who participated in collaborative learning were more likely to enjoy the learningexperience and feel a sense of ownership over their own learning.Improved Skill DevelopmentMany studies have shown that 10,000 h of practice are needed to fully master a skill [14], [21].Thus, implementing practice in the curriculum is necessary to move students from discoveringnew skills to mastering them. Allowing students to practice their skills in an environment withimmediate feedback greatly aids their skill development and puts them on the pathway tobecoming professional engineers.Improved Student OutcomesThe aforementioned tool has been implemented in three
” instead of actually learning the course content.Alternatively, competency or mastery-based learning (MBL) can shift students from a grade-drivenmentality to a learning-oriented mindset. MBL approaches have been described and evaluated in depthelsewhere [3, 4, 5]. In mastery-based learning, students must demonstrate mastery of fundamentalskills in order to pass the course. Their final grades are then improved by mastering more complex,higher-level skills throughout the semester. As part of the learning process, the students are able torepeat individual skill assessments as needed until the semester ends. As such, each failed assessmentbecomes a learning opportunity as the students progress towards mastery. MBL approaches arenormally delivered with
mentoring students working in industry-driven problems. Before joining Virginia Tech, she was tenured Associate Professor at the Computer Science Department, Aalborg University, Denmark, a Senior R&D Engineer in industry and academic research centers in USA and Europe, and the founder and Director of DataLab, George Mason University.Mr. Jianqiang Zhang Mr. Zhang is a Senior Learning Data Analyst at the Technology-enhanced Learning and Online Strategies (TLOS) at Virginia Tech, where he acts as a technical lead for several online teaching & learning platforms, and contributes to the learning data analytics efforts. He earned his Master of Arts in Education with a focus on Instructional Design and Technology (IDT
. Innovations are not deductions, butthey are also not random. What Bejan focuses on is the evolutionary reasoning, the why, thepurposes served by the innovations. One of the practical benefits for the aeronautical engineer of being introduced to thephilosophy of engineering thermodynamics and the engineering worldview is the value of theengineering perspective in understanding the structures and functions of the technological world,both how and why they might have evolved. This practical benefit is one of the ‘returns oninvestment’ as INCOSE thinks about the composition of the curriculum. 6 Master engineer George Bugliarello expands
training, and partner development. These business achievements are reflected in his academic activities through the designing of lectures and mobility programs with practical implementation perspectives. Ishizaki has been actively presenting and publishing his academic achievements at international conferences in the Asia Pacific region and North America such as APAIE, WERA, and NAFSA. He earned a Master of Business Administration majoring in international business at the University of Southern California in the United States of America, and a Bachelor in Law at Hitotsubashi University in Japan.Dr. Maria Anityasari, Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology - ITS Maria Anityasari is the Director of ITS Global Engagement
, it does not provide any explanation of the analysis steps. As with SPICE, it can be used to verify students’ abilities, but not for teaching analysis or for tutoring purposes. B. Learning systems integrated with textbook-style resources. This category of learning tools has seen rapid growth and adoption in the past decade. From a teaching and learning perspective these tools are among the most powerful. For example, Mastering by McGraw Hill [20], Wiley Plus [21], and ZyBooks [22]. These tools typically have links into textbook materials or are embedded within textbook resources. Some of these systems include related studies reporting improved grades [23]. However, available systems do not provide detailed step-by-step
Karyekar is currently pursuing her Master of Science degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech. She graduated with a Bachelor of Technology degree in Electronics and Telecommunication from the University of Mumbai. Her research interests focus on Machine Learning and Computer Vision.Liangliang Chen, Georgia Institute of Technology Liangliang Chen is currently pursuing his Ph.D. degree in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech. He received a B.B.A. degree in business administration, a B.S. degree in automation, and an M.Eng. degree in control engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology. His research interests are machine learning theory and applications.Yiming Guo
“Nerds Write!”: First-Year Writing Course for Engineering Students at the University of Hartford Beth Richards and Karen Walsh University of Hartford brichards@hartford.eduAbstractTo meet the engineering and technology challenges of the 21st century, engineers andtechnologists of the future, in addition to technical skills, need to master the significantinterpretive, rhetorical, and analytical skills required to communicate effectively. But how canthat happen, in a university’s first-year, general-education, required writing course, particularlywhen many first-year engineering students would rather be
oneanother [9].Like the example above, countless experiments and demonstrations are done throughout scienceclassrooms around the world that couple direct observations using our five senses withscientifically proven mathematical models that accurately describe the interactions betweenmomentum, energy, and matter that occur on the human scale and can be directly observed withand manipulated as part the five-stage learning cycle that many students that have excellent mathskill master with a modest amount of effort [10], [11], [12]. Unfortunately, as we begin toexplore areas and interactions on a scale that makes it impossible for the students to observe ormanipulate directly, their ability to master these concepts quickly diminishes. Often, this
Author C2 Concepts in HCI (Bachelors) Seminar-style Author C3 Accessibility and Inclusive Design (Masters) Project-based Author C4 Information Visualization (Masters) Project-based Author C5 Information Visualization (Bachelors) Project-based I1 Table 1: List of Courses covered in this paper, as well as course descriptions, level, type, and instructor.Interview/ Reflection Protocol The findings in this paper are presented through instructor perspectives of
Paper ID #42072Building an Identity in the MakerspaceDanielle Francine Usinski, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Danielle Usinski is an undergraduate research assistant in the Department of Engineering Education at the University at Buffalo. She is currently in her final year and is set to graduate with her Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering in May 2024. Next year, she will be graduating with her Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering in May 2025.Dr. Jessica E. S. Swenson, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Jessica Swenson is an Assistant Professor at the
“Nerds Write!”: First-Year Writing Course for Engineering Students at the University of Hartford Beth Richards and Karen Walsh University of Hartford brichards@hartford.eduAbstractTo meet the engineering and technology challenges of the 21st century, engineers andtechnologists of the future, in addition to technical skills, need to master the significantinterpretive, rhetorical, and analytical skills required to communicate effectively. But how canthat happen, in a university’s first-year, general-education, required writing course, particularlywhen many first-year engineering students would rather be
Paper ID #44234A Continous Evaluation System for a Challenge-Based Structural EngineeringCoursesJose G. Rangel-Ramirez, Tecnologico de MonterreySaul E. Crespo, Tecnologico de Monterrey Bachelor in Civil Engineering with a Master of Science in Structural Engineering and PhD candidate in Structural Engineering. From April 2011 to July 2017 he served as Senior Researcher of the ”Structural Health Monitoring” group of the Mexican Institute of Transportation, directing and collaborating in monitoring and structural prognosis projects applied to special highway bridges, transportation infrastructure, historical monuments and
optimize the learning experience.Of course, to be able to cover the knowledge architecture requirements of K-12 students, we havealso designed a knowledge map that is constantly updated to help students master what they needto know. This is shown in the diagram below. Figure 1: Knowledge Map Show Case.Personalized LearningOur theoretical framework coincides with the tenets of the National Academy of Engineering’sPersonalized Learning Grand Challenge. In order to focus on each student’s unique learningprogress 6 , our system employs adaptive mechanisms to ensure an independent and effectivelearning journey.System designArchitecture OverviewThe design of our system fully considers the combination of theoretical
laboratories to capstone physical laboratories,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 100, no. 3, pp. 540-573, July 2011.[7] B. Kollöffel and T. Jong, “Conceptual understanding of electrical circuits in secondary vocational engineering education: Combining traditional instruction with inquiry learning in a virtual lab,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 102, no. 3, pp. 375-393, July 2013.[8] W. E. Whiteman, “A survey of distance learning programs that offer a master of science in mechanical engineering degree,” in Proc. of the 2012 ASEE Annual Conf., San Antonio, TX, June 10–13, 2012.[9] N. B. Raut and G. Gorman, “Emergency transition to remote learning: DoIt@Home lab in engineering,” Learning & Teaching in Higher
Paper ID #36706Board 124: MAKER - Recycling HDPE in an Academic MakerspaceDr. Austin Talley, Texas State University Dr. Austin Talley is an Assistant Professor of Practice in the Ingram School of Engineering at Texas State University. Prior to joining the faculty at Texas State University, Dr. Austin Talley worked as a manufacturing quality engineer for a test and measurement company, National Instruments, in Austin, TX. Dr. Austin Talley is a licensed by state of Texas as a Professional Engineer. Both of Dr. Austin Talley’s graduate degrees, a doctorate and masters in Mechanical Engineering, manufacturing and design
/13613324.2021.1997971.[11] B. E. Rincón, É. Fernández, and M. C. Dueñas, “Anchoring comunidad: how first- and continuing- generation Latinx students in STEM engage community cultural wealth,” Int. J. Qual. Stud. Educ., vol. 33, no. 8, pp. 840–854, Sep. 2020, doi: 10.1080/09518398.2020.1735567.[12] B. E. Rincón and S. Rodriguez, “Latinx Students Charting Their Own STEM Pathways: How Community Cultural Wealth Informs Their STEM Identities,” J. Hispanic High. Educ., vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 149–163, Apr. 2021, doi: 10.1177/1538192720968276.[13] R. Zamudio, “From community college to 4-year institutions: Latinas’ successful completion of STEM baccalaureate degrees,” Masters Thesis. AA(California State University, Long Beach), p. 1, Jan. 01, 2015
laboratory exercise, 28 students submitted theirwork. The class average of 87.9%, stdev. = 4.6 are proof of the students mastering a newsoftware and use it for solving real-life scenarios, but also of their ability to be curious, to makeconnections, and to create.Indirect AssessmentsTables 1 and 2 describe the pre and post course self-reported entrepreneurial mindset of the MET4100 students. Table 1 Students’ Pre-Course and Post-Course Entrepreneurial Mindset Std. Mean N Dev t, p-value Connections: Course Work and the Real World 3.88
statistical information in everyday life. Collaborative learning Collaborating with peers in solving problems or mastering difficult materials deepens understanding and prepares student to deal with the messy, unscripted problems they encounter during and after college. Discussions with diverse others Interaction across difference, both inside and outside classroom, confer educational benefits and prepare students for personal civic participation in a diverse and interdependent world. Student
of the AmericanAcademy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists; https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0002013).Professor Oerther’s advice to others in academia is simple: never limit yourself to meeting theexpectations of others, but rather dream big and learn to use failure as a tool to promote a betterfuture. Engineers are NOT scientists. Engineering is the APPLICATION of science to solveproblems. That means engineers need to master listening; engineers MUST understand problemsfully if we want to make a significant contribution to solutions. This also means that our job asengineers is to look for ways to make improvements. Too often, faculty are encouraged to chasegrant funding, graduate students, and publish papers. Those are
Paper ID #36718Enhancing job-readiness through short courses: A case study in powerengineeringMr. Hua Chai, University of New South Wales Hua Chai received his dual Bachelor’s Degrees in both Electrical Engineering and Project Management from North China Electric Power University, China, in 2014. He received his Master’s degree (Master of Philosophy) in Electrical Engineering at the University of New South Wales, Australia, in 2019. He is cur- rently a Ph.D. student in the Energy Systems, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, UNSW. His research interests include power engineering education, curriculum
UTSA and only about one-thirdat UTSA. Calculus I is a major predictor of future success in science and engineering programs,hence it is critical that students master the course material [1]-[2]. The future success of transferstudents is essential to a 4-year University like UTSA which has many transfer students. It isreported that transfer students often experience difficulty feeling part of the student communityand this can negatively impact their future academic achievements [3]. UTSA, like many 4-yearuniversity engineering programs work with local community colleges to create a detailedsemester-by-semester course plans for eventual transfer [4], some social and academicintegration activities [5] as well as cohort activities for transfer
Paper ID #37352Enhancing Student Learning Using Article Reading AssignmentsTe-shun Chou, East Carolina University Dr. Te-Shun Chou is a Professor in the Department of Technology Systems (TSYS) within College of En- gineering and Technology (CET) at East Carolina University (ECU). He serves as the program coordinator of the Master program in Network Technology for the TSYS and the lead faculty of Digital Communi- cation Systems concentration for the Consortium Universities of the Ph.D. in Technology Management. He is also the point of contact for The Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD) at ECU. He has
example, Intel offers several programs forstudents to learn and solidify AI skills (Intel® Distribution of OpenVINO™ Toolkit) anddeveloping in cloud environments (Intel® Developer Cloud) [1]. For instructors, they offer acollection of lesson plans, labs, and assessments for the same curriculums mentioned [2]. In thesecond case, the company develops core products specifically meant for assisting instructors andstudents in learning. For example, Blackboard’s core product is a learning management systemfor hosting courses and handling classroom management. In addition to publishing textbooks,Pearson has developed the Mastering platform to provide interactive assessments for variouscourses and textbooks. In both of these cases, industry has an
recognition of one faculty or staff member per year who serves as an advocate for diversity in engineering. Prior to joining Auburn University, Jessica spent 4.5 years as an Assistant Director for Pre-Health and Law Advising at the University of Virginia. Prior to UVA, she provided academic advising at the University of Tennessee - Knoxville where she also completed her master of science in college student personnel. Jessica holds a bachelor of arts in organizational communications and psychology from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 GIFTS: Framing Understanding Implicit Bias as a Professional Skill to
Furterer is a Professor of Practice in the Integrated Systems Engineering Department, within the College of Engineering at The Ohio State University. She is also Lead Faculty in the Engineering Tech- nology program across the regional campuses. She has applied Lean Six Sigma, Systems Engineering, and Engineering Management tools in healthcare and other service industries. She previously managed the Enterprise Performance Excellence center in a healthcare system. Dr. Furterer received her Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering with a specialization in Quality Engineering from the University of Central Florida in 2004. She received an MBA from Xavier University, and a Bachelor and Master of Science in Industrial and Systems
, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE) Srinivas Dustker is a Ph.D. student in Engineering Education at Purdue University. His research interests include community engaged learning, integration of service-learning in undergraduate engineering cur- riculum, faculty development, curriculum development, education policy and technology integration in engineering education. He received his Bachelor of Engineering in Industrial Engineering and Manage- ment from B.M.S. College of Engineering, Bengaluru, India and his Master of Science in Industrial and Operations Engineering from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States. American c Society for
Paper ID #36365WIP: Eagle ExCEL-Engineers Connect, Engage, and Learn: An At-RiskAdvising ProgramDr. Elizabeth A. Powell, Tennessee Technological University Dr. Beth Powell has a doctorate in Rhetoric and Composition from the University of Louisville. Her research is in engineering communication, and she works as the Assistant Director for the College of Engineering Student Success Center at Tennessee Tech University.Mr. Harry T Ingle Jr., Tennessee Technological University Harry Ingle, Jr., a Nashville native, graduated from Tennessee Technological University with his B.S. in Business Administration and Masters of Arts in
Conclusion:Two methods for the solution of problems were presented. The Mathematical and the Physical-Mathematical. Both approaches were presented to the students during the past year. In class,discussions took place during the semester on the preferable and possibly more beneficialapproach to them. They supported the Physical-Mathematical more because it suits self-study byexplaining the thinking process and providing all the missing steps. Furthermore, it does notrequire the need to watch the recorded lecture/recitation which takes considerably more time; itrepeats the class time.But they suggested that the Mathematical approach is beneficial for fast review (i.e., preparationfor examination) after they have mastered the Physical-Mathematical approach