uniqueattributes of the high desert which make attracting and retaining new graduates difficult1.The Greater Antelope Valley is a triangular region extending from Ridgecrest, CA at thenorthern apex to Gorman, CA near the western apex, and the communities of Lake Los Angelesand Pearblossom, CA near the eastern apex2. The region defined as the Greater Antelope Valleyis often referred to as Aerospace Valley. The Aerospace Valley reference is due to the fact thatthe Greater Antelope Valley is the home of Edwards Air Force Base which also hosts NASADryden Flight Research Center, the Mojave Space Port, the China Lake Naval Air WeaponsStation, and Air Force Plant 42 at Palmdale Airport. These facilities have hosted the manufactureand flight test of such notable
. Their academic coursework is becoming more specific and therefore more relevant tothe development of ABET 2000’s specific attributes. Page 5.145.6University of Cincinnati, Second StudyThe second study, funded by the Midwest Cooperative Education Association, examined theperceptions of the Class of 1999 for the College of Engineering at the University of Cincinnati.This provided data from engineering students in the discipline areas of Aerospace Engineering,Chemical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Computer Engineering, ElectricalEngineering, Engineering Mechanics, Industrial Engineering, Materials Science andEngineering
Paper ID #38157Weekly Quizzes in Lieu of Homework in Large SectionsDr. Anna K. T. Howard, North Carolina State University, Raleigh Anna Howard is a Teaching Professor at NC State University in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering where she has led the course redesign effort for Engineering Statics. She received her Ph.D. from the Rotorcraft Center of Excellence at Penn State University.Azadeh Dashti Cole, North Carolina State University, Raleigh ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Annual Conference Weekly Quizzes in Lieu of Homework
role, he served in various academic-senate leadership roles at the department, college, campus and system-wide levels. While serving as chair of the academic-senate committee on admissions and enrollment, he played an integral role in designing the UC Davis holistic-review freshman admissions policy implemented in 2011. He has served also as chair of the UC Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools (BOARS, 2014-2016), which develops and recommends system-wide freshman and transfer admissions policies for approval by the UC Board of Regents. As a professor in the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering, Dr. Aldredge also performs research and advises graduate students in the areas of combustion
Civil Engineering Technology Programs, and her research focus is in student engagement and retention in engineering and engineering technology education. Contact: talley@txstate.eduVimal Kumar Viswanathan (Associate Professor)Kristi J. Shryock (Associate Department Head) Dr. Kristi J. Shryock is the Frank and Jean Raymond Foundation Inc. Endowed Associate Professor in the Department of Multidisciplinary Engineering and Affiliated Faculty in the Department of Aerospace Engineering in the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. She also serves as Director of the Craig and Galen Brown Engineering Honors Program. She received her BS, MS, and PhD from the College of Engineering at Texas A&M. Kristi works to
Engineering or Aerospace Engineering majors who were participating in the studythrough a standard Engineering Statics course. Therefore, this paper presents the research team’sefforts to increase the Construction majors’ completion and performance on the SCI.MethodsThe SCI was administered as an online pre- and post-semester survey for this research project.Students completed the survey as a homework assignment for class, with the data from studentswho did not consent to participate in the research study removed prior to analysis. The fiveuniversities chosen for the study had been selected to introduce a diversity of student populationsin order to look for any impacts based upon this diversity. For instance, the students atUniversities 1 and 2 were
from Mercer University. Dan worked in the aerospace industry for Grumman on the SpaceShuttle before working for Gulfstream Aerospace for 35 years in Savannah, Georgia. AtGulfstream, Dan was responsible for Research and Development, Program Management,Engineering, Flight Operations & Flight Test. Dan Nale retired from Gulfstream in April of 2019as the Senior VP of Programs, Engineering & Test. Dr. Nale has serve as an FAA DesignatedEngineer Representative for the FAA, is a professional engineering in the state of Georgia andholds a private pilot's license.Paper’s Third AuthorDr. Kweku Brown is an Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at TheCitadel. He received his Civil Engineering Master’s degree from the
, the damping characteristics of composite materials are becoming moreimportant. In particular, polymer composites have generated increased interest in thedevelopment of damped structural materials because of their low density and excellentstiffness and damping characteristics. Although there is a need for highly damped,lightweight structural polymer composites in applications such as aerospace andautomotive components, it appears that none are currently available. Vibration stiffness and damping are becoming increasingly important for improvedvibration and noise control, dynamic stability, and fatigue and impact resistance inadvanced engineering systems. There is a particularly strong need for information onmethods for improvement of
with the extent of the design effort in which they are involved. ExampleThe author typically models the Risk Management process to the students by walkingthrough an example from the aerospace industry, involving the design of a large jet-thrustdirecting vane that serves as a control surface for a vertical take-off aircraft.IdentificationFirst, the uses and operation of the vane must be described to the students. Then thestudents are afforded the opportunity to brainstorm risks associated with the vane. Oneof the risks that always arises is vane failure.Risk AssessmentSince failure of the vane means loss of thrust directional control in vertical take off mode,it has potentially catastrophic effects for
University, Dr. Alexandra Coso Strong works and teaches at the intersection of engineering education, faculty development, and complex systems design. Alexandra completed her doctorate in aerospace engineering at Georgia Tech. Prior to attending Georgia Tech, Alexandra received a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering from MIT and a master’s degree in systems engineering from the University of Virginia. Alexandra comes to FIU af- ter completing a postdoctoral fellowship at Georgia Tech’s Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL) and three years as a faculty member at Olin College of Engineering in Massachusetts. Alexandra’s research aims to amplify the voices and work of students, educators, and
problem solving project-based challenges. Kits providethe opportunity for students to engage in legitimate tasks where they can engage in practices theywill use in the engineering and aerospace industry [4]. Using components, technical tools (bothsoftware and hardware), and safety equipment, employed within the engineering field, thestudents engaged in project-based work throughout the Capstone course. The kits were designedto leverage all the prior technical skills students had developed during their studies in thecurriculum of their engineering degree. To a lesser extent, tools such as Zoom also provided alegitimate engagement to practice professional engineering skills, including collaboration andteam participation via video-conferencing. This
professor of engineering education at Florida International University, Dr. Alexandra Coso Strong works and teaches at the intersection of engineering education, faculty development, and complex systems design. Alexandra completed her doctorate in aerospace engineering at Georgia Tech. Prior to attending Georgia Tech, Alexandra received a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering from MIT and a master’s degree in systems engineering from the University of Virginia. Alexandra comes to FIU af- ter completing a postdoctoral fellowship at Georgia Tech’s Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL) and three years as a faculty member at Olin College of Engineering in Massachusetts. Alexandra’s research aims to
in the Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics Department at Virginia Tech. She earned her Bachelor’s of Science, her Master’s of Science, and her Doctoral degree from the Engineering Mechanics department also at Virginia Tech. Her research interests include exploring the most effective methods to teach students introductory level mechanics, especially in the large classroom environment.Dr. David A. Dillard P.E., Virginia Tech David Dillard is the Adhesive and Sealant Science Professor in the Biomedical Engineering and Mechan- ics Department at Virginia Tech. He has worked extensively in the field of adhesive bonding, having experience in structural adhesives for aerospace, automotive, and infrastructure
of support among each FYSE cohort. Teamwork was strengthenedthrough various team-building activities, such as a group challenge course, visits to engineeringfacilities and labs on [UNIVERSITY]’s campus, field trip to Washington, DC to see the Apollo11 Tribute, participation in the NearSpace Program Balloon Launch, and recreational activities.Furthermore, the FYSE program assisted in facilitating students’ acclimation, exposure, andaccess to the [SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING] and the [UNIVERSITY] campus. Studentsparticipated in a series of seminars featuring an open dialogue with the Deans of the [SCHOOLOF ENGINEERING], Aerospace faculty member, their Letters & Sciences Division academicadvisor, and the [SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING] transfer
to demonstrate what they learned from the robotic experiments by performingsupervised assisted welding trials when visited the fuse maker space at CNM. Students conducted Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Copyright © 2020, American Society for Engineering Education 3bench scale experiment to learn about mechanical and static forces by building different designbridges and compare the calculated forces versus the measured ones. They conducted time-of-flightexperiment to build their background on aerospace applications by predicting a projectile height
Paper ID #20902When Students Keep Timesheets during a First-Year Engineering Project:Assignment Evolution and Student PerceptionsDr. Krista M Kecskemety, Ohio State University Krista Kecskemety is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Engineering Education at The Ohio State University. Krista received her B.S. in Aerospace Engineering at The Ohio State University in 2006 and received her M.S. from Ohio State in 2007. In 2012, Krista completed her Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering at Ohio State. Her engineering education research interests include investigating first-year engineering student experiences, faculty experiences
engineering and is a Senior Member of the Society for Manufacturing Engineering (SME) and a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Student Perceptions of Concept Mapping in a Foundational Undergraduate Engineering CourseIntroductionEngineering dynamics is a foundational undergraduate engineering course that nearly all studentsin mechanical, aerospace, civil, biological, and biomedical engineering programs are required totake. Covering numerous fundamental concepts such as motion, force, work, energy, impulse,momentum, and vibration, this course is
. Zenan YuProf. Hyoung J Cho, University of Central Florida Hyoung Jin Cho is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Uni- versity of Central Florida. He earned his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati in 2002, MS and BS in Materials Engineering from Seoul National University in 1991 and 1989, respec- tively. He was a recipient of NSF CAREER award in 2004. His main research interest is in the develop- ment of microscale actuators, sensors and microfluidic components based on micro- and nanotechnology.Dr. Lei Zhai, NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central FloridaProf. Jayan Thomas, University of Central Florida Dr. Jayan Thomas is an associate
equivalentto a B+ as compared to a B of their peers” 6. Medsker et al. conducted an experimental study onthe impact of the S-STEM program on student outcomes 7. Based on relevant retention andgraduation data collected in their study, they found that unmet financial needs play a significantrole in student retention and when mitigated, led to enhanced academic success 7.Our project was funded in 2015 by the NSF S-STEM program. The project has two goals. Thefirst goal is to provide S-STEM scholarship support for academically-talented, financially-needyundergraduate students in two engineering departments at our university. These two engineeringdepartments include the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering (MAE) and theDepartment of Civil
University Dr. Rachel Louis Kajfez is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at The Ohio State University. She earned her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering from Ohio State and earned her Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech. Her research interests focus on the intersection between motivation and identity of undergraduate and graduate students, first-year engineering programs, mixed methods research, and innovative approaches to teaching.Dr. Krista M Kecskemety, Ohio State University Krista Kecskemety is an Assistant Professor of Practice in the Department of Engineering Education at The Ohio State University. Krista received her B.S. in Aerospace Engineering at The Ohio
educationalopportunities, including the following specific programs and facilities: i. Aerospace Education Services Program Professional Development Workshops (AESP): This program is designed to enhance educator awareness and understanding of scientific research and technological development. ii. Digital Learning Network (DLN): The DLN provides national standards-based educational modules relating to space exploration through distance learning technology. iii. Middle School Aerospace Scholars (MAS): MAS is a unique program where teams of middle school teachers from across the State of Texas learn to integrate NASA instructional materials into their own classrooms. iv. NASA Explorer Schools (NES
of this plug-in and discuss thepros and cons of such an approachIntroductionAchieving proficiency in designing systems with real-world signals has become a necessity in everyengineering discipline today. Systems of different scale are being created and used by mechanical,aerospace, biomedical, automotive, chemical and electrical engineers alike[1,2,3]. This is a very gooddevelopment – now domain experts from mechanical, biomedical and chemical engineering can createmuch more efficient embedded systems that help solve problems in their area of expertise.However, it is worth noting that unlike electrical engineers, the chemical, biomedical and mechanicalengineers are not core-embedded programmers. This is significant because the tools used to
AC 2009-1110: THE EFFECT OF REGULAR CLASS SURVEYS IN MECHANICALENGINEERING EDUCATION ON TEACHING QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ANDSTUDENTS’ EVALUATIONSBenxin Wu, Illinois Institute of Technology Dr. Benxin Wu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). He joined IIT in August 2007 after he completed his Ph.D. degree from Purdue University. Page 14.1207.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009The Effect of Regular Class Survey in Mechanical Engineering Education on Teaching Quality Improvement and Students
anentire spectrum of research experiences from design, data collection, analysis, to charting,illustration, presentation of experimental results. Course surveys at the end of the 2005 springsemester revealed that majority of students desire to take a subsequent class focused more onadvanced semiconductor fabrication and MEMS technology.Bibliography[1] S. A. Vittorio, “MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS), Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, October 2001, pp 1-11.[2] M. Mehregany and S. Roy, “Introduction to MEMS,” 2000, Microengineering Aerospace Systems, El Segundo, CA, Aerospace Press, AIAA, Inc., 1999.[3] J. Dorsch, “MEMS: Tiny Parts Face Tough Technical Challenges,” Semiconductor Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8., August 2001.[4] S. Borini, M
Lever Analogy Diagrams in Teaching Compound Planetary Gear TrainsAbstractThe planetary gear trains are widely used in many automotive, aerospace and marineapplications. The planetary gear trains are introduced to undergraduate mechanical engineeringstudents in the course of Kinematics and Dynamics of Machines. Traditional methods ofanalyzing planetary gear trains, by means of torque and speed calculations, tend to be slow andcumbersome. The complexity involved has, no doubt, kept many students from becomingfamiliar with the capability of planetary gearing. It is our intent in this paper to describe thelever analogy method of analysis and to present a miniature ‘cookbook’ of levers for variousplanetary arrangements
span a wide spectrum of specialization. The teams have delivered products from theareas of video game programming and development, aerospace, wireless communication, andcomputer/network security to automotive systems, alternate fuels, innovative casting, androbotics to name a few. The diversity of these accomplished projects in the technical field hasbeen transformed into significant benefits for many different industry areas. The types of outputs that have been created by some of these teams include the followingexamples:Wireless Communication Enterprise:Biomedical Wireless Project: Currently the Wireless Communication Enterprise is executing aR&D contract with Guidant, to integrate biomedical sensors with a web-based patient
Editorial Advisory Board of Materials Science and Engineering B, an Elsevier journal. He was a consulting editor (2010-2011) and Editor-in-Chief of Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing (2012-2015); he is currently Editor-in- Chief, Emeritus and Chair of the International Editorial Advisory Board.Vikram Shyam, NASA Glenn Research Center c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Pigs in space: a bio-inspired design and space challenges cornerstone project AbstractOn August 2-4, 2016, the Ohio Aerospace Institute (OAI) and Great Lakes Biomimicry (GLBio),in collaboration with NASA, presented the first annual National Biomimicry Summit andEducation
engineering education at Florida International University, Dr. Alexandra Coso Strong works and teaches at the intersection of engineering education, faculty development, and complex systems design. Alexandra completed her doctorate in aerospace engineering at Georgia Tech in Spring 2014. Prior to attending Georgia Tech, Alexandra received a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering from MIT (2007) and a master’s degree in systems engineering from the University of Virginia (2010). Alexandra comes to FIU after completing a postdoctoral fellowship at Georgia Tech’s Center for the En- hancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL) and three years as a faculty member at Olin College of En- gineering in Massachusetts. Alexandra’s
University. She received her Ph.D. in Engineering Education and M.S. in Aviation and Aerospace Management from Purdue University, and her B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from The University of Alabama. In addition to cooperative education research, she also studied student choice and migration between engineering and technology. Currently, she is the Associate Director of Policy Analysis for the Multiple Institution Database for Investigating Engineering Longitudinal Development (MIDFIELD). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Student Career Decision-Making Approaches and Development of Professional Engineering TrajectoriesIntroduction In becoming engineers
evaluation. She was selected to participate in the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Fron- tiers of Engineering Education Symposium in 2013 and awarded the American Society for Engineering Education Educational Research Methods Faculty Apprentice Award in 2014.Dr. Alexandra Coso Strong, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Alexandra Coso Strong is an assistant professor of systems design and engineering at Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering. Prior to starting a faculty position at Olin, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Geor- gia Tech’s Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning. She completed her Ph.D. in 2014 in Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Tech. Alexandra received her B.S. in Aerospace Engineering