practical advice into effective educational strategies. In May, 2015, Ms. Klatman will graduate with integrated Bachelor of Architectural Engineering/Master of Architectural Engineering degrees. Page 26.190.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 An Innovative Solution to Teaching the Principle of Virtual WorkFigure 1: Truss model used for virtual work interactive class demonstration (16" wide x 8" tall).Each truss member is capable of +/- 1” of elongation. The left support is idealized as a pin; theright support as a roller.IntroductionProviding a balance of abstract
to process the data received, and then sends trigger signals from the cloud to thesolenoid valve to precisely control the amount of water flow to the soil. Page 26.454.6Figure 3: The Hub Controller Circuit Schematics and Interface modulesThe hub is configured also with Arduino and Xbee devices as coordinator or concentrator. Thecircuit schematic is as shown in Figure 3. The masters or coordinator stores an average for eachspecific value (i.e., sensor readings) into an Arduino UNO. The hub controller also controls theflow sensor interfaced to the Arduino to measure the volume and velocity of the flow of waterfrom the cistern. The Badger® ORION
consecutive summers (2011-2014), she worked in the National Science Foundation’s Division of Undergraduate Education on research and evaluation projects related to the use of technology in STEM education. Dr. London masters mixed methods and computational tools to address complex problems, including: science policy issues surrounding STEM learning in cyberlearning environments; evaluation and impact analysis of federal investments in R&D; and applications of simulation & model- ing tools to evaluate programs.Dr. Aditya Johri, George Mason University Aditya Johri is Associate Professor and Chair in the Applied Information Technology Department. Dr. Johri studies the use of information and communication technologies
andautomation operations1. They provide the ruggedness required for continuous operation inindustrial environments, the computing power necessary for control of manufacturing processes,and the re-configurability needed when transitioning from one process to another. Responding tothis important and widespread use of PLCs in industry, as well as to recommendations made bythe program’s industrial advisory board, the EET program developed a course entitledProgrammable Logic Controller Applications in the mid-1990s. The topic proved to be socentral to engineering technology education at Central Washington University that it was laterincorporated into the Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET), Industrial Technology (IET),and Master of Science in
acceleration through propermanipulation. Finally, the student is tasked to evaluate key kinetic information such as theapplied forces or moments by setting up and solving equations mastered in dynamics course.The software was completed in fall 2014 and tested through an end-of-semester mini-teamproject in one of the two dynamics classes. The efficacy of the “virtual” hands-on learningexperience in dynamic via VML was assessed by in-class survey and the statistical analysisconducted on the final examination scores. The mean score of the final examination of the classconducted the mini project has improved slightly in comparison to the other class without mini-project. This score improvement was not significant based on statistical analysis. However
Paper ID #13331Difficulties and opportunities when teaching about technological systems inK-12.Dr. Lena B. Gumaelius, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden Dr Lena Gumaelius has a background as a researcher in Biotechnology, in which field she still teaches undergraduate students at KTH. (Lena got her Master of Science in chemistry 1993 and her PhD in Environmental Microbiology in 2001.) In parallel with her research, she worked for several years with development of experiments for students at House of Science. In 2006 Lena became the director of House of Science, which she remained until 2012. House of
concepts and skills for analog and digital interfacing. Therefore,mastering microcontroller techniques is considered to be one of the important factors forstudent’s future study and career development.Our school used to offer a Z80 based microprocessor course. Due to the microcontrollers’ lower Page 26.553.2prices, more powerful functions, and wide application areas, we replaced our previousmicroprocessor course with a course in microcontrollers in the year 2010. The PIC18microcontroller from Microchip was chosen as the learning platform. The traditional “lectureplus lab” model was used in the first two years of teaching. However, in order to
American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Paper ID #12347Robert J. Culbertson is an Associate Professor of Physics. Currently, he teaches introductory mechanicsand electrodynamics for physics majors and a course in musical acoustics, which was specifically de-signed for elementary education majors. He is director of the ASU Physics Teacher Education Coalition(PhysTEC) Project, which strives to produce more and better high school physics teachers. He is alsodirector of Master of Natural Science degree program, a graduate program designed for in-service scienceteachers. He works on improving persistence of students in STEM majors, especially under
-building, working under time constraints. Problems: time constraints, only got to use one or two machines." "Enjoyed the hands-on aspect of the lab. The LTAs were all very helpful and make sure safety was first. Teamwork was encouraged and I like working with one machine and mastering the techniques of that machine. I learned more in lab than lecture without a doubt." "Sometimes it can get monotonous if you use the same machine for too long." "I cannot make my own parts!"Figures 2 a-f show the survey questions and student responses during 2013-2014. The surveyindicates that (i) students understand the idea behind Group Cell concept in manufacturing andmanufacturing fundamentals (questions 1, 5), (ii
there were also potential drawbacks to the electronic notebooks that wereconsidered. For example, students may be less organized in an online environment than aphysical paper based one. Additionally, students would have to learn a new tool to even use theelectronic notebooks that they before did not have to master. This meant that the time it took forstudents to integrate information from their design project to their notebooks would increase.Despite the potential challenges, we believe the benefits outweighed the drawbacks andproceeded with the implementation and assessment.BackgroundThe Fundamentals of Engineering for Honors (FEH) program11 at The Ohio State University(OSU) is a two course sequence. The purpose of the sequence is to expose
fuel cell power generation units. His current research interests are design methods and medical technology. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Rhode Island and his Bachelors and masters degrees from Lehigh University. Page 26.628.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Engineering Hope: Enhancing Quality of Life through Design EducationIntroduction Providing engineering students with challenging and meaningful design experiences isnecessary to prepare students to function as professional engineers. Engineering
years before returning to academia and disability law policy. Towards that end, he completed a J.D. and LL.M. in disability law, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science.Mr. Joseph S. Stanislow, National Technical Institute for the Deaf Joseph Stanislow is a faculty in the Information and Computing Studies Department at the Rochester Insti- tute of Technology/National Technical Institute for the Deaf. Joe has been teaching and tutoring computer and information technology to AOS/AAS/AS/ BS students for over 14 years. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering Technology from the Rochester Institute of Technology and a Master of Science in Computer Science from Stevens Institute of Technology. Before joining the
Paper ID #13079Enhancing Learning by Empowering Indian Students to Solve EngineeringChallenges: An Effort by SPEED and IUCEEMr. Rohit Kandakatla, SPEED Rohit is currently studying his masters in Embedded Systems from KG Reddy college of Engineering, Hyderabad. He is the founder and CEO of Footsteps, a social organization which works towards em- powering students by providing them with tools to improve their engineering education. He is also the President of Student Platform for Engineering Education Development (SPEED).Mr. Dhinesh Balaji Radhakrishnan, Student Platform for Engineering Education DevelopmentDr. Krishna Vedula
foundationfor prospective CS majors, while also attract students from other subject areas, a new pedagogy ofprogramming was adopted by using MIT App Inventor. It is a blocks-based programming envi-ronment that enables students to create apps for Android devices without worrying about syntax.We developed a series of hand-on modules into the course work. Thus, students were motivated tomake a grater effort to learn the concepts embodied in the modules. Through this engaging and in-triguing method, the freshly designed curriculum helped students master a number of vital skills inproblem solving, computational thinking, design, and teamwork. Pre-survey and post-survey wereconducted to study the acceptance of the new teaching method. The study indicated the
Paper ID #11985ESTABLISHING SUSTAINABILITY COMPONENT IN AN ENGINEER-ING DESIGN COURSEDr. Jaby Mohammed, The Petroleum Institute Jaby Mohammed is a faculty at The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE. He received his PhD in Indus- trial Engineering from University of Louisville (2006), masters in Industrial Engineering from University of Louisville (2003) and also a master’s in business administration from Indira Gandhi National Open Uni- versity (2001). His research interests include advanced manufacturing, design methodologies, six sigma, lean manufacturing, and engineering education. He previously taught at Indiana Purdue
innovation management. Recently his paper won the Best Teaching Strategies Paper award at the most respected international conference in the area of engineering education - Annual conference of American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE).Prof. Katsuyuki Ohsawa, Tottori University Prof Katsuyuki Ohsawa graduated from Master Course of Aeronautical Engineering in Nagoya Univer- sity in 1975. He joined Toyota Central R&D Labs. Lnc. and worked there 31 years. He worked on many projects such as mixture preparation in gasoline engine, high pressure diesel combustion, deposit formation mechanism, direct injection gasoline engine and exhaust emmision control. Prof Ohsawa received Ph D Nagoya University in 1992 and started
. He earlier served as Assistant Chair of the Systems Engineering department and helped launch the Masters of Systems Engineering and PhD in Engineering Science and Systems programs at UALR. He has taught a variety of courses in systems and electrical engineering program and written a monograph titled ’Fundamental Engineering Optimization Methods (published by BookBoon.com).’ His research interests include linear systems, biomedical engineering, biomechatronics, and computational intelligence. He is a member of IEEE, IET (UK), ASEE, IASTED, and Sigma Xi (former president of the Sigma Xi Central Arkansas Chapter). More information on Dr. Iqbal is available at syen.ualr.edu/kxiqbal
researchopportunities to undergraduate students from all over the US in the different facets of sustainableenergy research; 2) increasing the number of US citizens and especially underrepresented students(Hispanics, African-American, and women) who participate in graduate studies at TAMU-K andother institutions; and 3) using the REU site for building collaborative links among faculty andstudents from multiple disciplines from within the college of engineering at TAMU-K throughenergy related, interdisciplinary projects. As a result of the summer program, students areexpected to be able to: 1) master the process of formulating a research question; 2) design, carryout and modify a research plan; 3) disseminate research results in oral and written formats; 4)work
. Katsioloudis is an Associate Professor and the Industrial Technology Program Leader, Depart- ment of STEM Education and Professional Studies, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA. His research focuses on improving teacher and student performance in STEM education, and enhancing the develop- ment of a national STEM-educated workforce.Prof. Nathan John Luetke, Old Dominion University Nathan Luetke Received his BS in Mechanical Engineering Technology from Old Dominion University followed shortly after by an MS in Mechanical Engineering. While Pursuing his Masters degree Nathan spent two years at Swales Aerospace followed by one year at Lockheed Martin contracting for NASA Lan- gley Research Center in Hampton, VA. While there
Management Dr. Maria Hasenhuttl received a PhD from the University of Texas at Dallas. She received her Masters Degree from Karl-Franzens University in Graz, Austria. Dr. Hasenhuttl is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Organizations, Strategy and International Management Department of the Jindal School of Manage- ment at the University of Texas at Dallas. Her research interests are in the area of corporate governance, success factors in higher education, and positive organizational scholarship. Page 26.1017.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015Internships, Other
position as Associate Professor at Lund University, Sweden where she also serves as the Program Director for the master program Technology Management. Charlotta Johnsson has PhD in Automatic Control from Lund University, Sweden. She was a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology and the Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership, at UC Berkeley in 2013-2014. Her research interests include; technology management and innovations, entrepreneur- ship, automation, operations management, and pedagogy. She is also teaching and advising students in undergraduate, graduate and industrial programs.Dr. Mari Suoranta, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland Mari Suoranta is an Assistant Professor of Marketing in
choices that are self-endorsed instead of driven by external control. Competence refers to having a desire to master certain skills, and can promote intrinsicmotivation when accompanied by a sense of autonomy. Competence is also the belief in one’sself-efficacy to meet the challenges that they face. Lastly, relatedness can be construed as asense of purpose of pursuing certain actions or being connected to others in a social framework.Higher intrinsic motivation has been linked to increased student academic performance asmeasured by a variety of outcomes, including standardized test scores and subjective ratings byteachers [6,7,8,10,11,12,13
Paper ID #11244Investigating the Synergies of Sustainability and BIM through CollaborativeProject-based LearningDr. Wei Wu, California State University, Fresno Wei Wu, PhD, LEED AP, CM-BIM, A.M.ASCE, is an Assistant Professor of the Construction Manage- ment Program in Lyles College of Engineering at California State University, Fresno. He received the Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering with a focus on Built Environment from Hunan University in China, the Master of Science in Environmental Change and Management at University of Oxford in the UK, and the Doctor of Philosophy in Design, Construction and Planning at
subjects for engineering courses and also programming courses for computer and engi- neering courses and my doctoral thesis was about learning profiles in distance-learning environments. I still conduct researches with my students in this theme and also I research mobile applications and its uses in distance learning environments and also how to produce and use in scale multimedia didactic contents. My email is itana@ufabc.edu.br and my phone number is 55 11 996186681Prof. Wilson V Ruggiero, LARC-EPUSP Wilson V. Ruggiero born in S˜ao Paulo, Brazil (1948); earned the engineering and Master degree in Elec- trical Engineering (1972/75) from Escola Polit´ecnica University of S˜ao Paulo and the PhD in Computer Science (1978
Saddle River, NJ: 2006[5] O. D. Momoh, Developing a Renewable Energy Technology Course for a Master of Technology (MTECH) Program, 121st ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, June 15-18, 2014, Paper ID #9028.[6] M. Rabiee, Using MATLAB to teach Electric Energy Courses, 119th ASEE Annual Conference Page 26.1053.13 & Exposition, June 10-13, 2012.
, classrooms can excite and encourage students to explore the possibilities of microcontrollers, electronics, and physical computing. Brian Huang has a Bachelor’s of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign and a Masters in Education from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Page 26.1081.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Lending a Hand: Supporting the Maker Movement in Academic LibrariesAbstractMany libraries are embracing the Maker movement as an exciting new community to welcomeinto their
, and carried by a single person.B-FABDirected by Profs. Nate Siegel, Eric Kennedy, and David Cipoletti, this program takes place during thesummer and is currently aimed at rising sophomores. In contrast to K-WIDE, the emphasis here is onlearning the tools and techniques required to create a rapid prototype of a concept. Students are taken ona 10-day hands-on tour of CAD, CNC machining, 3-D printing, soldering, metal- and wood-working,composites fabrication, and plastic casting. By the end of the program, students create a prototype of anovel product as a master piece to display their improved skills. This experience was offered for the firsttime in the summer of 2014, and is discussed in much greater depth in another paper submitted to
design.Mr. Timothy F. Wheeler, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Timothy F. Wheeler is an assistant professor of Electrical Engineering at the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. He earned an Artium Baccalaureus degree in Slavic Languages and Literatures from Princeton University in 1975. After a decade as a crab fisherman in Alaska, he earned a Bachelor of Science de- gree in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University (1989) and a Master of Science in Curriculum and Instruction from Penn State University (2010). He is course coordinator for the Senior Capstone Design program. He has directed project-based programs for undergraduates with an interest in space-related fields as well as service-learning
National Academies panels: Survivability and Lethality Analysis, Army Research Laboratory (ARL) Au- tonomous Systems. Dr. Rodriguez received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1990. Personal Web site: http://aar.faculty.asu.edu/Ms. Anita Grierson Ms. Grierson holds Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering and Business Administration. She has served as Director of the METS Center for Motivated Engineering Transfer Students at Arizona State University for five years. Page 26.1169.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015
Paper ID #11969Novel Approach to Developing and Implementing Curriculum in a 2-WeekHigh School Summer Engineering Experience (Work in Progress)Ms. Lauren Redfern, Duke University I am a second year doctoral student in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Duke University. I have a B.S in Biological Engineering from the University of Florida and a passion for K-12 Engineering.Mrs. A. Leyf Peirce Starling, North Carolina State University Leyf Peirce Starling received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Virginia in 2003 and a Master of Arts in teaching with a focus on Special Education from UNC