design to research that applied engineering and molecular biology approaches to the study of the skeletal response to mechanical loading. As a Mechanical Engineer, she worked on facility design projects involving mechanical systems that included heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and energy conservation systems, as well as R&D of air conditioning equipment for Navy ships. Additional research interests have included the investigation of relationships among components of the indoor environment, occupants, and energy usage. Specifically, the effects of the indoor environment on occupant health and well-being and in parallel, how socially-mediated energy-saving strategies can increase awareness of energy use and/or
ConclusionThe course uses a variety of problem-solving strategies and encourages practice, exploration, andtinkering to increase students’ comfort not only with their technical skills but also with theirability to acquire new skills. Students can thus approach future coursework, research, andinternships with some introductory experience with version control, security, command line tools,web development, and user-centered design. The course is significantly composed of classworkactivities so that students are highly engaged and regularly expected to work with their peers.Furthermore, this course could be a gateway for students to engage in more computing experienceoutside of their college coursework: hackathons, online coding challenges, computing clubs
MAST center would give them many mentoring relationships thatwould continue to encourage them to pursue STEM.MethodsThe projects were designed to demonstrate relevant principles to membrane research. Membraneresearch is an effective topic for an introduction to STEM since students can easily visualize theprocess, the experiments are simple and efficient, and the field is highly interdisciplinary. Eachproject consisted of an introductory day where the instructors taught some of the relevant theoryand demonstrated the experiments, a learning day where the students practiced the experimentsunder heavy guidance and supervision from the instructors, and a research day where the studentsused the knowledge they gained over the first two days to make
engineer throughresearch and translational activities, and then leverage curricular approaches that allow them todirectly transition this knowledge into high impact experiences for their K-12 students.The Pitt RET Site places RET participants in state-of-the-art research projects and guides them Page 22.473.3through a design process that culminates in the realization of an actual product that is based onfundamental technology. Our teachers not only perform basic research, but they bringfundamental science to practice, which is the definition of engineering. The University ofPittsburgh is fortunate to have several interdisciplinary units that have
Paper ID #18607Embracing Ambiguity: A Framework for Promoting Iterative Design Think-ing Approaches in Engineering and Design CurriculaAnnie Abell, Ohio State University Annie Abell is an Assistant Professor of Practice at The Ohio State University in the Department of Me- chanical & Aerospace Engineering. Abell received her BS in Mechanical Engineering from Valparaiso University and a MFA in Design Research & Development from The Ohio State University with an em- phasis on Industrial Design. She teaches project-based, product design courses to senior-level and gradu- ate engineering students, as well as an
practice/experience with the mentor as a guide since the manuscripts are so diverse. Don't feel had enough experience with varied methodologies, writing style, examining fidelity between research questions and methods or data presented.This indicates a need for the program to be more flexible in terms of the number of manuscriptseach triad completes. In future rounds of the program, we plan to emphasize to participants thatthey can continue in their mentoring relationship beyond three manuscripts. The triad structure, where two mentees work with one mentor, was a noted benefit fromprogram participants. For example, one participant shared: The single best aspect of doing the programme has been working in a team of three. It
involved in several research projects focusing on competencies- based curriculum redesign and implementation aimed to integration across curricula; increasing the re- tention rate of early engineering students; providing opportunities for STEM graduate students to have mentored teaching experiences.Mr. Michael Cavanaugh, Michigan State UniversityDr. Subashini Nagendran Sivakumar, Michigan State University Suba Nagendran Sivakumar is a Research Scientist in The Center for Engineering Education Research (CEER). She received her PhD in Plant Pathology from Michigan State University. Her scholarly inter- ests include: research and teaching in Plant Pathology, Molecular Biology and improvement of STEM teaching and learning
. Journal of Developmental Education, 23(2), 2-4, 6, 8. 10. Boylan, H. R. (2002). What Works: Research-Based Best Practices in Developmental Education. Boone, NC: National Center for Developmental Education. 11. Engel, C E (1991) Not Just a Method But a Way of Learning, in Boud D and Feletti, G (ends) The Challenge of Problem Based Learning. London: Kogan Page. 12. Magill, S. L., & Herden, R. P. (1998, October). Using educational outcomes and student portfolios to steer management education. Journal of Management Education, 22 (5), 567-90. 13. Keefe, J. W. (1991). Learning style: Cognitive and thinking skills. Reston, VA: National Association of Secondary School Principals. 14. Keefe, J. W
. Halkiyo has been teaching different Civil Engineering courses at Bule Hora University, Ethiopia, where he also served as a department head and conducted various research and community projects. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.comEnhancing the Equity and Inclusivity of Engineering Education for Diverse Learners through an Innovative Instructional Design, Delivery, and Evaluation: International Students in FocusAbstractIn the United States, 64.9% of all engineering master’s and 59.0% of all engineering doctoraldegrees are awarded to international students [1]. These international students bring significantcultural and
implementation of bold, new potentially transformative models for STEMgraduate education training.” Some of the purposes of the IDR graduate certificate program wereto provide interdisciplinary graduate students with intentional training in integrating socialcontext into their disaster resilience research as well as facilitating students’ interdisciplinarydevelopment by engaging IDR faculty and graduate students in a community of practice. Theprogram, centered on disaster resilience, was designed to spur convergent research collaborationsas well as interdisciplinary skill development in resilience for both graduate students (mastersand Ph.D.) and faculty in STEM, business, policy, governance, natural resources, andhumanities. IDR offered courses to
design-based research, action research, and qualitative interviewing. We seek to explore thisconnection for multiple reasons. First, we find that both the lean and customer-centriccharacteristics of this approach are synonymous with engineering education’s iterative, adaptive,and user-centered forms of qualitative research. Second, we, like the National ScienceFoundation, predict these processes will have a positive impact on educational technologies,programs, courses (Chavela Guerra et al. 2014), and engineering education research. Lastly,while we are not the developers of Lean LaunchPad®/Customer Discovery process and have nofinancial stake in promoting it, our team is successfully using this approach and believe theinsights from this work are
. He has over 20 years of experience in the research and development of Enterprise systems at IGT, Sun Microsystems and Thinking Machines Corporation. Dr. Wade is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Douglas A. Bodner, Georgia Institute of Technology Douglas A. Bodner is a senior research engineer in the Tennenbaum Institute at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His research focuses on computational analysis and decision support for design, opera- tion and transformation of enterprise systems. His work has spanned a number of industries, including aerospace and defense, automotive, electronics, energy, health care, paper and pulp, semiconductors and telecommunications. Dr. Bodner is a senior
(a) (b) Figure 5. Different views of (a) single gear and (b) double gearThe 3D printer is currently being used in the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship forteaching the concept of additive manufacturing and rapid prototyping to undergraduate studentsin engineering. The printer has already been used by a number of student teams working on theirsenior design/research projects to print their parts and prototypes.Autonomous Robot Competition (ISE 429 Robotics: Course Module)19:The POP BOT19, a complete robot kit, was chosen as the robot platform for the competition.The kit comes with everything needed to construct an autonomous robot. This includes motors,wheels, chassis
should move forward to the larger scale building. As the projects focusedon early larger conceptual design of gravity systems, many of the calculations were centered onimplementing industry best-practice design procedures. These included items such as: rules-of- thumb for design (i.e. span-to-depth ratios and min. thicknesses) in each material, including procedures and charts used to teach architecture students structures. Both steel and concrete mini-projects were broken down into 4 Parts for each course (Table 2). Part 1 had students determine gravity loading and establish a logical load path based on ASCE 7- 10, IBC 2018, and from the architectural drawings. Part 2 had students select a single floor and provide a full system
offeredin the first semester of the junior year, there has not yet been opportunity to assess the valueof the learning opportunity for graduates entering the profession.Analysis and Design of Propulsion SystemsThe idea for this application came out of a workshop held a Baylor University in the summer of2010. The speaker, Jonathan Weaver of the University of Detroit Mercy, was introducing thefaculty to innovation and creativity. The initial intention was to place aspects of creativity andbusiness sense into the class. The class is mainly a gas turbine propulsion course which uses athree part design project. The design project was typically centered on a Request for Proposal(RFP) and was a very successful part of the course. Student teams designed an
systematically with risk, uncertainty and irreversibility. 2. Ensuring appropriate valuation, appreciation and restoration of nature. 3. Integration of environmental, social, human and economic goals in policies and activities. 4. Equal opportunity and community participation/sustainable community. 5. Conservation of biodiversity and ecological integrity. 6. Ensuring inter-generational equity. 7. Recognizing the global integration of localities. 8. A commitment to best practices. 9. No net loss of human capital or natural capital. 10. The principle of continuous improvement. 11. The need for good governance.Seay proposed a taxonomy of sustainable engineering and sustainable process design whichincluded professional
. in Science Studies. Prior to joining the von Liebig Center, Dr. Barrow undertook research,program development, and program management work for UCSD CONNECT.ARNOLD A. HEGGESTADDr. Heggestad is the Holloway Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance at the University of Florida. He also is theFounding Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. He is currently responsible for the College ofBusiness entrepreneurship program. At the University of Florida since 1974, Dr. Heggestad has served as Chairman,Department of Finance, Insurance and Real Estate; Associate Dean College of Business Administration; ExecutiveDirector, University of Florida Research Foundation; and Director of the Division of Entrepreneurial Programs inthe Office
, Virginia Tech My research interests include examining ways to improve engineering educational environments to facil- itate student success, especially among underrepresented groups. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Exploring Factors Influencing the Continued Interest in a Computer Science MajorAbstract: For this research paper, our study used a qualitative approach to better understandfactors that impact the retention of students in computer science majors and minors at VirginiaTech, a large research university, and whether there were differences by gender. With increasingindustry demand for graduates with computer science degrees, it is important
interesting insights that prompt furtherresearch and programmatic evaluations for global engineering education. The preliminaryresults presented here should be viewed as pilot studies that can help fuel a larger discussionabout – and research on –best practices in global engineering programs.Non-U.S. Citizens/ ResidentsOne other group of students that was not included in this paper’s discussion is internationalstudents. While many engineering schools focus on study and work abroad opportunities to bethe pathway to achieve global competency, many overlook the opportunity to leverage theinternational students population on home campus. In 2007/08, engineering continued to be oneof the most popular fields of study for international students, chosen by
to develop an awarenessof communication patterns within the design education community, describe the current state ofdesign education, and identify areas of improvement in design education.*The words “citation” and “reference” are used interchangeably throughout the document.Introduction:Engineering design education is vital to the successful instruction of future engineers. It hasrecently become apparent that graduates are deficient in vital areas of design, thus affecting theengineering industry as a whole. At the Center for Engineering Learning and Teaching (CELT)we know that research exists that could be of value to educators. We have envisioned aworkshop that would bring educators and researchers together where educators’ questions
, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.[3] Wessner, C.W., & Wolff, A.W. (Eds.) & Committee on Comparative National Innovation Policies: Best Practice for the 21st Century. (2012). Rising to the Challenge. U.S. Innovation Policy for the Global Economy. Washington, DC: National Research Council, Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy, The National Academies Press.[4] Obama, B. (2015, October 21). Strategy for American Innovation: Executive Summary. Retrieved from https://www.whitehouse.gov/innovation/strategy/executive-summary[5] Boult, T.E., (n.d.). Bachelor of Innovation™ - What is the BI? http://innovation.uccs.edu/what-is-the-bi/[6] Olson, S. (2010). Rebuilding a Real Economy: Unleashing
AC 2007-464: ACTIVE ASSESSMENT IN CAPSTONE DESIGN USING A SYSTEMAPPROACHKelley Racicot, Washington State University Kelley Racicot is a graduate student in Teaching and Learning at Washington State University. She is employed at the Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology at WSU.Charles Pezeshki, Washington State University Chuck Pezeshki is a professor in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, and Director of the Industrial Design Clinic. Page 12.168.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Active Assessment in Engineering Design Using a Systems ApproachAbstractA
, and product design methodology.Miss Michele Carolynn Williams, University of Texas, El Paso Background in Industrial & Systems Engineering with 15 years of experience, 7+ years of secondary STEM education, and currently Assistant Director at UT El Paso, grant administrator, creating and offer- ing new engineering education courses for K-12 STEM teachers. Graduate degrees in both Engineering and Education. Doctoral student at the dissertation stage. Research interests include: STEM focused schools and initiatives, Best practices for K-12 Engineering Education for the 21st century, college readi- ness, and general STEM education reform, policy and practice. c American Society for
AC 2007-2251: INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF A VIRTUALLABORATORY IN NANOELECTRONICS PROCESSINGDanielle Amatore, Oregon State University Danielle Amatore, a PhD candidate in chemical engineering at Oregon State University, has a research focus on engineering education, with a special interest in applying qualitative research to assess learning in the engineering classroom. In addition, she has developed curriculum built on active learning for nanoelectronics at the graduate and undergraduate levels, as well as for K12 level. She obtained experience in the semiconductor industry while working at Intel and LSI Logic.Edith Gummer, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
” [8]. The focus of this paper is Undergraduate Senior Design or Capstone projects (SDP). AnSDP is a culminating experience for undergraduate students, usually taking place during their lastyear of studies in the US education system. Their intent is to allow students to put into practice theengineering competences that they have acquired during their studies to solve a realistic problem.However, we contend that most programs center on establishing realism through the definition ofthe problem, and miss evaluating the realism exhibited by the solutions students develop. In order to study this gap further, this paper investigates whether the solutions that studentsdevelop as part of their SDP’s poses characteristics that are
developmentneeds. Tanner [11] proposes the use of metacognition to help students learn to learn.In addition to these student-responsive curricular developments, [12] recommend the inclusion ofdisciplinary concepts at an early stage for academic survival, retention and success. Theyadvocate that classrooms should include active and interactive learning in order to help studentsdevelop an understanding of core disciplinary concepts.The current study builds upon these recommendations for student-centered curricula that areintroduced at the early stage of the program, and that actively engage students to develop abilityand commitment.Research Design and MethodologyThis research hypothesizes that negative impacts such as attrition and delays in graduation
c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Quantitative Survey and Analysis of Five Maker Spaces at Large, Research-Oriented UniversitiesAbstractTechnical universities around the world are opening makerspaces on their campuses: facilitiesand cultures that afford unstructured student-centric environments for design, invention, andprototyping. Consequentially, there is a growing need to survey and understand emergent trendsand best practices, to compare and contrast them. Towards this end, we have conductedinterviews at five university maker spaces: Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology, Georgia Tech, Technical University of Berlin, and at Arizona State University. Thecomparison of
status quo. Kuratko (2016) appropriately viewed innovation as thecreative pursuit of ideas. The creative pursuit of new and enduring ideas is central to the domainof entrepreneurship and innovation. It has become imperative for educational institutions to facilitate entrepreneurship andinnovation by creating a significant economic impact on campus and its surrounding communities.The use of existing infrastructure of higher education institutions can relegate departments tooperating in silos, which makes it more difficult for administrators and faculty members tounderstand whether there are other departments that are doing similar activities around problemsolving, design, and engineering. There should be a push to take an inventory of what
Paper ID #22582Using Design Challenges to Develop Empathy in First-year CoursesJordan Orion James, University of New Mexico Jordan O. James is a Native American Ph.D. learning sciences student and lecturer at the University of New Mexico’s School of Architecture and Planning in the Community & Regional Planning program. He has served as a graduate research assistant on an NSF-funded project, Revolutionizing Engineering De- partments, and has been recognized as a Graduate Studies student spotlight recipient and teaching scholar. Jordan studies learning in authentic, real-world conditions utilizing Design Based Research
led VentureWell’s Community of Practice and social learning initiatives, their collaboration with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Frontier Set, a network of 31 post-secondary institutions working to close the student opportunity gap, and the NSF funded Pathways to Innovation program, a network of 50 post-secondary institutions working to embed innovation and entrepreneurship into undergraduate engineering.Dr. Andrew Schulz, Georgia Institute of Technology Andrew Schulz is a postdoctoral researcher at Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart, Germany working in the fields of bioinspiration of materials and mechanics for sustainability and wildlife conservation. Andrew received his Ph.D. from