support network that motivates them to succeed.Regardless of engineering discipline, students should graduate with engineering practice experience, theability to problem solve, and the ability to design. These three core competencies are also engineeringeducational objectives as dictated by ABET criteria21. Increasing the design component in theundergraduate curriculum better prepares graduates for engineering practice, the end result being a well-rounded engineer. Traditional engineering courses provided graduates with little, if any, experience inengineering application. Electrical and computer engineering courses and labs that have moved towardsan active learning approach through design and open-ended projects or labs offer the greatest
Industrial Engineering and an Honors Bachelor in Me- chanical Engineering from the University of Toronto. She also has a Master of Applied Science in Collab- orative Program in Engineering Education. Her thesis investigated team level factors affecting innovation in multidisciplinary capstone design course. In addition to her research in engineering education, she has been involved as a teaching assistance with more than four engineering design courses from first year to fourth year.Prof. Chirag Variawa, University of Toronto Professor Chirag Variawa is Director of First-year Curriculum at the University of Toronto, Canada. He received his Doctorate in Industrial Engineering, focusing on Language Inclusivity in
innovation as a learning process.Designers must move fluidly between concrete and abstract worlds, and use both analysis and Page 22.31.3synthesis to create new designs. For instance, they may begin with observations, then buildframeworks, settle on a list of imperatives, and finally reach the design solution (Figure 2). It isimportant to note that the best results are obtained when the students iterate through this cycle(i.e., the four quadrants) multiple times. As such, successful design teams must collectivelydemonstrate all four learning styles in the design process19.Survey Populations and MethodsMost of the data were gathered
tothe application or troubleshooting of a current machine. According to Faculty Center [5], atextbook adoption data warehouse among other things, 16 major universities are making do witha book [7] that was published in 1996 and is now out of print. This is the most used book inapplied robotics according to Faculty Center [5]. Several other universities, including the author’suniversity, aren’t using textbooks for their applied robotics courses, according to their websites.There are assuredly many reasons for this, but a lack of up-to-date selections is likely at the top. Given the current need in industry of more system designers of robotic workcells and lessrobot designers it seems necessary to shift the way we teach our undergraduate
Paper ID #8139A Senior Student Design Project in Marine and Coastal Environment Moni-toringDr. Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.) Dr. Radian Belu is Assistant Professor within the Engineering Technology (ET) program - Drexel Univer- sity, Philadelphia. He is holding the second position as Research Assistant Professor at Desert Research Institute – Renewable Energy Center, Reno, Nevada. Before joining to the Drexel University Dr. Belu hold faculty and research positions at universities and research institutes in Romania, Canada and United States. He also worked for several years in industry as a project manager and
University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering. Her research interests include the impact of instructional practices on student learning and motivation, and sources of within-person variation in motivation and self-regulated learning.Dr. Tareq A. Daher, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Tareq A. Daher is the Director of the Engineering and Computing Education Core for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, College of Engineering. Tareq earned his B.S in Computer Science from Mu’tah University in Jordan. He earned his M.A and PhD in Educational Studies with a focus on Instructional Technology at UNL. Dr. Daher collaborates with Engineering faculty to document and research the inte- gration of innovative classroom
Paper ID #30904International Faculty Professional Development: Utilizing HybridEnvironments to Deepen Learning and Grow CommunityDr. Mary Slowinski, College of the Canyons Mary Slowinski is an educator/consultant specializing in educator-industry partnerships and collaborative learning research and design. She received her PhD in Learning Science from the University of Washing- ton with a dissertation on communities of practice for educators. Mary is PI and co-PI on National Science Foundation research and special project grants focused on industry/education partnerships. In addition, she has worked with several NSF
large.Literature ReviewIn the past decade, there has been significant research aimed at assessing the teamwork skills ofSTEM students through the modification of course materials, the introduction of new techniques,and the implementation of technology-driven projects, as well as replacing traditional individualassignments with cross-disciplinary projects [7], [8]. A study on the impact of an NSF-supportedSTEM scholarship program revealed that a one-credit course focusing on teamwork significantlyimproved students' presentation skills and interpersonal confidence [9]. However, the projectwork was deemed too time-consuming for a one-hour credit course, and the issue of unevenwork distribution among team members remained unresolved. In another study, an
. Though the student’slearning outcomes are assessed prematurely, the proper impact of such implementation might takeextended periods when these students advance to upper-level courses. Hence, promoting students’communication capabilities in engineering courses would require future evaluation. However,herein students develop technical writing and oral communication skills individually andcollaboratively. Documentation formats consist of process writing exercises, executive summaries,scientific research reports, and other forms of engineering communication. The approach presentedmay prompt a feasibility study for specific integration of communication competencies intraditional coursework in other engineering programs. Therefore, induce a
the National Academies, Dr. Butler was an analyst for the U.S. Congress Office of Technology Assessment, a research associate in the Department of Environmental Health of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, conducted research at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, and practiced as a product safety engineer at Xerox Corporation. He has directed numerous National Academies studies on engineering and environmental policy topics. Dr. Butler earned his BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering with a concentration in biomedical engineering from the University of Rochester and his PhD in public policy analysis from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a recipient of the National Academies’ Cecil
assistant and frontend developer of ClassTranscribe. He was nominated for Illinois Innovation Prize 2020 because of his contribution to educational software.Dr. Maryalice S. Wu Maryalice is the Director of Data Analytics at the Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She holds a position as an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Illinois and has a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Illinois. Her recent research focuses on the economic and health empowerment of women in developing nations. Her other projects relate to program evaluations and learning analytics in academia. . She has taught several courses at
power electronics is the problem-oriented and project-basedlearning approach. Students are often unaccustomed to assimilating materials from manyareas at one time, thereby making it difficult for them to simultaneously bring togetherthe circuit, signal and system analysis, electromagnetics and control theory topics whichare required to fully describe the operation of a power electronic converter. The project-based course and laboratory described in this paper directly addresses these difficulties byhelping students to reduce theory to practice. This approach supports the prerequisitelecture material and allows study of some practical issues which are best handled in alaboratory setting. The course format makes the students gradually more
Technology does nothave dedicated research lab space, nor a data center. The primary desire for the NCA&Tresearchers was to have a data center for research of innovative configurations and applicationsof enterprise computing, and an environment that is conducive to active undergraduate andgraduate student research participation. The research plan called for the equipment to be installedin classroom labs. The primary location shares space with an industrial controls lab, and has Page 25.24.3existing three-phase power and network connectivity. The cooling capacity of the lab is notsuitable for 24/7 operation of several racks of servers, but is
instrumentation.Kyle Joe Branch, University of Utah Kyle Branch is a second-year graduate student at the University of Utah Department of Chemical Engi- neering. He has helped develop and teach the described freshman laboratory course. His main research interest is in engineering education, focusing on the creation and analysis of interactive simulations for undergraduate chemical engineering courses. Page 26.1337.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Results & Lessons Learned from a Chemical Engineering Freshman Design LaboratoryAbstractA
applied engineering and molecular biology approaches to the study of the skeletal response to mechanical loading. As a Mechanical Engineer, she worked on facil- ity 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 envi- ronment, 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 aware- ness of energy use and/or increase energy
platform to showcase the nexus of science and design using case studies, news, and articles. As an instructor, she was one of the recipients of The Allan Blizzard Award, a Canadian national teaching award for collaborative projects that improve student learning in 2004. In 2005, she was one of the recipients of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Curriculum Innovation Award. She is - as PIC II chair - currently a board member of ASEE. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Work in progress “Duct tape is magic and should be worshiped” Fiction in a first year design and communication class1.0 IntroductionMany universities and colleges have incorporated “a
studies.In addition, our review shows that the primary use of CIs in engineering education is to gaugestudents' understanding and to uncover any prevailing misconceptions. It also revealed that thepredominant use of CIs is in undergraduate education, accounting for 90% of the studiesexamined. However, there is need for studies that examine the use of CIs to examine studentconceptual understanding at graduate level as researchers have shown that students still havemisconceptions even after graduation. For example, Maries and Li [30, 31] emphasize the criticalneed to examine the impact of misconceptions at the graduate level, recognizing thatmisconceptions persist at all educational levels. Furthermore, our review highlights a significantresearch gap
Paper ID #42487Engineering Students’ Engagement and Learning Outcomes: A TypologicalApproachDr. Qin Liu, University of Toronto Dr. Qin Liu is Senior Research Associate with the Institute for Studies in Transdisciplinary Engineering Education and Practice, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada. Her research interests include engineering students’ learning experiences, competency development, and career development; student data analytics; and scholarship of teaching and learning.Dr. Greg Evans P.Eng., University of Toronto GREG EVANS PhD, P.Eng, FCEA, FAAAS is the Director of the Institute
otherlocal organizations, have seen increasing attendance and have become an increasingly importantnetworking and discussion forum for local entrepreneurs, inventors, business service providers,investors, students and faculty.Two NCIIA grants, totaling about $40K for Florida Tech have been central to the rapid increasein entrepreneurial participation by undergraduates in the College of Engineering. One of thegrants funded entrepreneurial multi-university wireless senior design projects, while the othersupported a series of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department senior design teams withentrepreneurial commitment. Additionally, Florida Tech has been an active partner of the NSF-funded Partnership for Innovation - Center for Entrepreneurship
Paper ID #6416The State of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in Engineering Educa-tion: Where do we go from here?Dr. Flora S Tsai, Singapore University of Technology and Design Dr. Flora Tsai is a lecturer at Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) and an associate lecturer at Singapore Institute of Management (UniSIM). She has over eleven years of teaching experience for undergraduate software engineering subjects. She was a graduate of MIT, Columbia University, and NTU. Dr Tsai’s current research focuses on developing intelligent techniques for data mining in text and social media. Her recent awards
Paper ID #23255Modeling and Design: a Hands-on Introduction to Biomedical EngineeringDr. Eileen Haase PhD, Johns Hopkins University Eileen Haase is the Director of Undergraduate Studies and a Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. She is also chair of the Johns Hopkins Applied Biomedical Engineering graduate program for Engineering Professionals. She received her BS in ESM from Virginia Tech, and her MS EE and PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Johns Hopkins. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Modeling and Design: A hands-on Introduction to Biomedical
the center since its launch and our progress after twoyears of operation with the help of tutors. We also present the formation of a tutor network,which is designed to be diverse in terms of academic background and culture. An evaluation ofthe impact of our approach on makerspace diversity, inclusion, and equity is presented throughthe analysis of statistics and reflections from the tutors involved in the initiative. The studyshows that our proposed tutor network can effectively serve as a role model for fosteringdiversity, equity, and inclusion in academic makerspaces for undergraduate students.BackgroundThe University of Hong Kong's Faculty of Engineering has established the Tam Wing FanInnovation Wing [1], also known as the HKU Inno Wing
the students enjoy a barbeque before an award Page 12.401.6ceremony. Awards are presented for several categories such as best cost estimate andbest schedule before the overall winning team is announced. The owner also gives abriefing on the actual project’s design and construction. Figure 2 – A Student Works with Industry Advisors during the Culminating CompetitionThis culminating competition helps bring the curriculum to a close on a high note as thecadets look forward to graduation and commissioning.Curriculum AssessmentThe Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering uses a variety of tools to assessthe success of its curriculum
NIOSH wrote a standalone chapter on PtD for anenvironmental engineering book on water and waste water delivery systems. He is alsoincluding case studies of PtD in practice. The project team is encouraging creativity among theauthors, and respecting the fact that the books are their own intellectual property.Some of the case studies given below are the result of retrofitting improvements to designs thatwere already in use by industry. Ideally, the best changes are made in the initial design phaseand thus any negative consequences avoided. The last example is different from the rest in that itis guidance for structural engineers on how to create an “erector friendly column” to preventconstruction worker injuries. The actual look and content of
. Jossey-Bass, 2007.[2] National Research Council. How students learn: History, mathematics, and science in theclassroom. National Academies Press, 2004[3] Mazur, E. Farewell, lecture? Science, 323(5910), 50-51, 2009.[4] Ambrose, S.A., Bridges, M.W., DiPietro, M., Lovett, M.C., and Norman, M.K. How learningworks: Seven research-based principles for smart teaching. John Wiley & Sons, 2010.[5] Barr, R.B. and Tagg, J. From teaching to learning—A new paradigm for undergraduateeducation. Change: The magazine of higher learning, 27(6), 12-26, 1995.[6] Weimer, M. Learner-centered teaching: Five key changes to practice. John Wiley & Sons,2002.[7] Handelsman, J., Miller, S. and Pfund, C. Scientific teaching. Macmillan, 2007.[8] Ebert-May, D
engineeringeducation in the United States, extensively exchanged with ABET officials and key membersof the Committee, explored the uniqueness, complexity and practical effect of the qualityassurance in engineering education, so as to have a more comprehensive perceptualunderstanding of the quality assurance in higher engineering education. In the process ofresearch, interviews were conducted by face-to-face interview. The interview time for eachinterviewee was approximately one hour. Prior to the interview, the researchers developedscientific interview outline and interview questions through repeated discussions with theadvisor, which provided a good expert validity.3.4. Data Collection3.4.1. Design of Research ProtocolThe researcher visited Purdue University
quantifytheir undergraduate experience. Students are able to track their progress, design their ownacademic path to graduation, and develop their own enrichment activity plan that best fits theirspecific interest. The engineering portfolio also assists students to prepare their resume for jobinterviews and, when used as a tool for interviewing, the portfolio highlights tangibleexperiences outside what is normally found in transcripts and conventional resumes.Our approach focuses on capturing the entire breath of each student’s educational experience,while setting the foundation for students to build an open-ended self-guided career plan thatdraws from their skills, experiences, and achievements that comprise their engineering portfolio
(1), 21-51.3. Fairweather, J. (2008). Linking evidence and promising practices in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) undergraduate education. A Status Report for The National Academies National Research Council Board of Science Education.4. Linenberger, K., Slade, M.C., Addis, E.A., Elliott, E.R., Mynhardt, G., & Raker, J.R. (2014). Training the foot soldiers of inquiry: Development and evaluation of a graduate teaching assistant learning community. Journal of College Science Teaching, 44(1), 97-107.5. Bohrer, K., Ferrier, A., Johnson, D., & Miller, K. (2007). TA training workshops. In K.L. Chase (Ed.), Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE) Proceedings, 29, 67
Director for Health Policy at The University of the Sciences in Philadelphia and a Visiting Scholar at the Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions at the University of Pennsylvania. Additionally, she currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Cheyney University Foundation. As a researcher and practitioner, Janelle is passionate, collaborative, and innovative. Her scholarship investigates college choice at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), the intersectionality of race and college selection, culturally inclusive approaches to address challenges facing HBCU enrollment, and HBCU advocacy in the higher education landscape through qualitative inquiry. Her most recent work explores the
technology; and teacher education and professional development. Due to her interest and background in teacher education, Dr. Yang designed, developed and coordinated the K-12 Online Teaching Endorsement Program at Boise State. Dr. Yang was a featured researcher of the Association for Educational Commu- nications and Technology (AECT) International Convention and the Young Researcher Award recipient from the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Recently she also received the Effective Practice Award (in online and eLearning) from the Sloan-Consortium. Page 24.1237.2 c