following was observed regarding content areas in MGM. Specifically, the differencesbetween the percentages of correct responses for the WEB students versus the LEC studentswere greatest in the following content areas: Page 14.924.7 ≠ Position differentiation ≠ Career stages ≠ Change managementThe content of items dealing with career stages and change management was viewed as beingmore subjective than the content of the item on position differentiation. Students may have beeninfluenced by opinion, general knowledge, preconceptions and prior knowledge rather thanstrictly by what they learned in the course. The content of the item on
, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Dr. Krishna Madhavan is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering Education. In 2008 he was awarded an NSF CAREER award for learner-centric, adaptive cyber-tools and cyber-environments using learning analytics. He leads a major NSF-fundedprojectcalled Deep Insights Anytime, Anywhere (http://www.dia2.org) to characterize the impact of NSF and other federal investments in the area of STEM education. He also serves as co-PI for the Network forComputationalNanotechnology (nanoHUB.org) c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Paper ID #20540
number who completed the survey for thatpopulation and scaling it to 100. Many of the categories aligned with the Likert scale questions.One category that was not included in the Likert scale responses was students who wished theywould have done the other software design project. There were more comments about studentswho wished they could have completed the game project than there were students who wishedthey could have completed the IR project. Figure 7: Student Responses to Open Ended QuestionsStudents viewed the IR project as a realistic, but constrained, experience that can be encounteredin industry. The greatest number of positive comments focused on its applicability to the robotproject, their career, or their life
their careers requires a firm grasp of the fundamentals of the production pipelineand the processes therein. To overcome this challenge, it is important to balance courses with activitiesto allow latitude for their creativity whilst boosting critical-thinking and problem-solving skills. Thelab assignments typically include a part where they should summarize their understanding of the theorymaterials but also includes a creative part where they choose a theme of their own choice todemonstrate their graphics skillsets. A strong understanding of the fundamental mathematical,geometric, trigonometric, and physics fundamentals plays a crucial role in determining the career-success of computer graphics (CG) students. Students, especially those at the
Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Arizona. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Califor- nia, Riverside in 1999, 2000, and 2005, respectively. His research interests focus on embedded systems, with emphasis on runtime optimization, non-intrusive system observation methods for in-situ analysis of complex hardware and software behavior, data-adaptable system, and embedded system security. He was awarded the Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation Award from the European Design and Automation Associa- tion (EDAA) in 2006 for New Directions in Embedded Systems. He received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation in 2009 and four Best Paper Awards from the
security, and semantic web. He is a recipient of the US Department of Energy Career Award. His research has been supported by US Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Air Force Research Laboratories, Ohio Supercomputer Center, and the State of Ohio.Prof. Chi-Hao Cheng, Miami University Dr. Chi-Hao Cheng received the B.S. degree in control engineering from National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan in 1991, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from The University of Texas at Austin in 1996 and 1998 respectively, both in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is currently a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Miami University, Ohio. His primary
health and wellness, engineering stu- dent career pathways, and engagement of engineering faculty in engineering education research. She was awarded a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation for her research on undergraduate mental health in engineering programs. Before joining UIUC she completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Sanofi Oncology in Cambridge, MA. She earned a bachelor’s degree in biological engineering from Cornell University and a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from the University of Virginia.Karle Flanagan, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Karle Flanagan is a Senior Instructor of Statistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has taught introductory statistics
) felt that people with advancedMATLAB experience that are enrolled in this class should be offered the option of a project ormore complex programs. Students commented favorably on the integration of MATLABprograms in PowerPoint presentation, as well as on the rapid feedback provided by thediscussion of the homework problems in class.From the nine students answering the open-ended question regarding the strengths of thecourse (EML 4920), 6 students commented positively on MATLAB. One senior level studentwent on to say “MATLAB is a crucial tool in the future of any engineer. Providing studentswith a basis of its features and workings early in their college career is imperative.”Other Students’ Opinions on MATLAB Teaching and Miscellaneous
following software packages duringtheir first quarter: Microsoft Office, SolidWorks, Mathcad, and the Basic Stamp Editor (freedownload). While most of these packages are purchased and installed independently of the helpdesk, the Louisiana Tech College of Engineering and Science has a site license that allowsstudents to use SolidWorks for the duration of their undergraduate career. Help desk workersinstall SolidWorks on the students’ laptops, collect the associated fees, and keep records ofstudents that have (and have not) loaded the software. Additionally, the workers help studentsresolve problems encountered with any software associated with the course.3. Homework AssistanceStudents are allowed to visit the help desk when difficulties on homework
direct participants, and not be used in asecondary role.Villanova University has a structure of outreach to involve K-12 students including communitieswhich are under-represented in Science and Engineering. Two main projects are theV.E.S.T.E.D. Academy and BEST. The V.E.S.T.E.D. Academy in its fourth year at VillanovaUniversity aims to promote academic achievement in mathematics, science, technology, andengineering for at-risk middle and high school students. BEST is a non-profit, volunteer-based Page 15.1155.2organization whose mission is to inspire students to pursue careers in engineering, science, andtechnology through participation in a
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University in December 2002. His research has been funded by the NSF, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, and the US Army. He has been awarded the National Science Foundation’s CAREER award, the American Society of Engineer- ing Education (ASEE) Mechanics Division Ferdinand P. Beer and E. Russell Johnson Jr. Outstanding New Educator Award, the 2009 Outstanding Teacher Award from the Stevens Alumni Association, and the 2006 Harvey N. Davis Distinguished Teaching Assistant Professor Award from Stevens.Hong Man, Stevens Institute of Technology Dr. Hong Man joined the faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Stevens in January 2000. He received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia
standard isenriching not only to students’ education but also to their careers. Furthermore, many of thehardware and software design abilities the students gained will be useful in applications beyondthe Digital Radio Mondiale project, especially as communications technology becomesincreasingly software-driven. Ultimately, however, one of the most important contributions ofsuch a design project to engineering education is the practice that students gain with theplanning, management, and execution of a complex project. Page 15.426.6When a project is extended over multiple years with tasks divided among different teams, notevery student will have the
University was designed for intellectuallygifted, highly motivated students entering the School of Engineering & Computer Science (ECS)with a wide range of interests, who desire a more diverse experience across the disciplines. Theprogram seeks to broaden Computer Science Fellows’ backgrounds in their chosen area(s) ofdiversification while preparing them for a graduate studies or for successful careers. TheComputer Science Fellows is a major within the School of Engineering & Computer Sciencewhere fellows are free to create an individualized course of study with the advice of a programdirector who mentors them throughout the entire undergraduate experience. The program hascourse requirements in computer science as well as other core courses
. degree in Industrial Engineering/Human Factors and Ergonomics and the Ph.D. degree in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from Pennsylvania State University (PSU) in 2010 and 2012, respectively. Dr. Ashour was the inaugural re- cipient of William and Wendy Korb Early Career Professorship in Industrial Engineering in 2016. Dr. Ashour’s research areas include applied decision making, modeling and simulation, virtual reality, and process improvement. He contributed to research directed to improve engineering education.Mr. James Devin Cunningham, Carnegie Mellon University PhD student in Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, with research interests in machine learning and reinforcement
learneddramatically shifted towards the above average and well above average categories after theimplementation of the 3D technology project. Another set of questions in which the majority of the students agree on their perceivedlearning is shown in Figure 6 for the first year and Figure 8 for year two. In this set of questions theagreement of the students was higher than 60% and lower than 70% for year one and between 80%and 82.6% for year two. Here we can see that the 3D technology project had a high impact in theareas of time management, engineering career awareness and planning, research methods andtechniques, critical thinking concepts, and unit systems and conversions. From previous research wehave confirmed the fact that engineering students
grant funding over his career from NIH, NSF, AFOSR, and other sources. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Improving the Requirements Inspection Abilities of Computer Science Students through Analysis of their Reading and Learning Styles1. IntroductionDue to the complex nature of software development process, there is an increasing demand forskilled software engineers that is expected to grow more in future [1]. Students are expected tograduate with the necessary skillset for pursuing their careers in software industry. However,research [2] reports that students in academic settings mostly work on small scale projects andlack an exposure to industrial strength artifacts as well as team
Zhang, Z., Zhang, A., Zhang, M., Esche, S. K.Certainly, the important evaluation standards of pedagogy are (1) the improvements in respect tothe knowledge and the skills, (2) the students’ career prospects. For the first standard, the in-classprojects have shown that the students can master and apply the interdisciplinary knowledge, cansolve the practical problems, can explore the potential applications of the fundamental theories,can employ modern design tools, and can demonstrate the creativity. In the project-based courses,the students gradually increase their capabilities following the scaffolding structure of the courses.The final scores after completing the projects ranged from 82 to 96. An assessment survey isadministered at the
towardstaking computing courses in future, future interest in computer careers, and self-efficacy withregards to programming. Some of the key questions addressed in this survey include – for under-represented middle school students, can the approach applied in this course: 1. impact the choices regarding computing-related course work in the future? 2. alter perspectives on computing career choices? 3. enhance self-efficacy in programming? 4. provide better learning outcomes in programming?For our survey, a 4-point Likert scale (Strongly Agree, Agree, Disagree, Strongly Disagree) wasused. We calculated mean and standard deviation from the Likert items to produce a numericvalue for each of the questions mentioned above, in both the pre- and post
have little need for knowledge about environmental issues.11. Engineers have little need for knowledge about economics.*12. Engineers have little need to deal with questions about behavior that is morally right orwrong.13. Engineers have little need for knowledge about political matters.14. To be a good engineer requires an IQ in the genius range.15. Engineering is a poor career choice because job availability is dependent on defensespending.*16. Engineers need a great deal of inborn aptitude for science and mathematics.17. Most engineers have very narrow outside interest.18. Engineering is important to future US economic success in the world.*19. Engineers typically have very little common sense.20. A career in engineering would be
’ perception of how much they learneddramatically shifted towards the above average and well above average categories after theimplementation of the 3D technology project. Another set of questions in which the majority of the students agree on their perceivedlearning is shown in Figure 6 for the first year and Figure 8 for year two. In this set of questions theagreement of the students was higher than 60% and lower than 70% for year one and between 80%and 82.6% for year two. Here we can see that the 3D technology project had a high impact in theareas of time management, engineering career awareness and planning, research methods andtechniques, critical thinking concepts, and unit systems and conversions. From previous research wehave confirmed
and Wendy Korb Early Career Professorship in Industrial Engineering in 2016. Dr. Ashour’s research areas include applied decision making, modeling and simulation, virtual reality, and process improvement. He contributed to research directed to improve engineering education.Dr. Ashkan Negahban, The Pennsylvania State University, School of Graduate Professional Studies Dr. Ashkan Negahban is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Management at The Pennsylvania State University, School of Graduate Professional Studies. He has a PhD and MS from Auburn University and a BS from University of Tehran (all in Industrial Engineering). His research interest is in the application of agent-based, discrete event, and Monte Carlo
design and arduino development.Miss Chanteal Maria EdwardsMr. Cedric Stallworth, Georgia Institute of Technology, College of Computing Cedric Stallworth’s 20 year career as an educator has centered on helping students and their parents make successful transitions from high school to college and from college to the work place. He has developed and run bridge programs that give students and parents practice at the college experience. He has run mentoring programs that contribute to the academic and personal development of students and provide parents with supportive feedback. He is in constant contact with high school and undergraduate students, providing them with encouragement, advice and a sympathetic ear. He considers
AC 2012-5365: A CHARACTERIZATION OF SOCIAL NETWORKS FOREFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION IN COMPUT-ING EDUCATIONDr. Gerald C. Gannod, Miami University Gerald C. Gannod is a professor of computer science and software engineering and Director of the Mobile Learning Center at Miami University. He received M.S. (1994) and Ph.D. (1998) degrees in computer science from Michigan State University. Gannod’s research interests include mobile computing, software engineering, enterprise systems, digital humanities, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. Gannod received an NSF Career Award in 2002.Miss Kristen M. Bachman, Miami University Kristen M. Bachman is a Computer Science graduate student at Miami
computationally oriented courses in mechanical engineering. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Work in Progress: Collect, Carve, ClassifyAbstractThis work in progress demonstrates a simple example on data-mining and classification for amechanical engineering undergraduate elective course in the finite element method.As big data and machine learning continue to permeate and affect the viscera of society, newchallenges and career opportunities emerge. Organizations such as NSF, McKinsey globalinstitute, Gartner global newsroom, IBM, to name a few, have published projections on the globalimpact big data and machine learning on the job market and how these
being used in every industry, in aerospace, mechanical, chemical and evenbiomedical engineering. That said, there is a need to create excitement and awareness about thisexciting and pervasive field to the students freshly enrolled in engineering because no matterwhich major they choose, they will eventually have to deal with embedded devices. It is alsowidely acknowledged that embedded programming is not trivial and hence may not be the mostappropriate form to be introduced early in the engineering career; hence, there is a continualsearch for better tools and techniques to teach with embedded devices early in engineering. Oneof the more promising methodologies available today is Graphical Programming.2. Why Embedded Devices Early?Given the
microstructures in high-volume plastic coatings for non-imaging optics applications. He received a BS (1993) in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA).Erik Luther, National Instruments Erik Luther, Textbook Program Manager, works closely with professors, lead users, and authors to improve the quality of Engineering education utilizing National Instruments technology. During his last 5 years at National Instruments, Luther has held positions as an academic resource engineer, academic field engineer, an applications engineer, and applications engineering intern. Throughout his career, Luther has focused on improving education at all levels including volunteering
prepares students for careers that deal with software andhardware components of modern computer systems3. To educate computer engineering studentsat our university effectively and practically, we have instituted a Senior Design Project toprovide hands-on activity in class. This is beneficial since students are exposed to real-worldengineering problems, that involve both software and hardware components of computer systems.Utilizing a computer platform to build a wireless system provides hands-on and practicalexamples for students4. In this paper, we employ a wireless system to monitor the structuralintegrity of a model bridge, and to design a data acquisition system as the platform and developsignal analysis computer programs to determine
used, which isa small (900 MHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 CPU) single-boardcomputer [6]; and 3) Module 3: institutional strategies to supporteach team to design and implement team projects successfully alongwith the project-based learning and evidence-based researchstrategies [2].Figure 1. Flowchart of the technical platform through evidence-based teaching.Outcomes and measurement of the proposed platforms:The outcomes are rated by three factors, such as the measurement ofthe three modules, student feedback, and career development status.Firstly, the measurement of the three basic modules are as follows:1) Module 1 measurement: one (or two) exam(s) and teachingevaluations for several lectures; 2) Module 2 measurement: labreports’ grading
Concepts to Harness Future Innovators and Technologists) project. Since September 2016, she co-leads the NSF STEM+C project, Curriculum and Assessment Design to Study the Development of Motivation and Computational Thinking for Middle School Students across Three Learning Contexts, that builds on TECHFIT. Professor Harriger’s current interests include outreach to K-12 to interest more students to pursue computing careers, applying IT skills to innovating fitness tools, and wearable computing.Arjun Shakdher, Purdue University Arjun Shakdher is currently a graduate student in the department of Computer and Information Tech- nology at Purdue University. He has been working as a Graduate Research Assistant since 2017 on an