.• Professional Skills - Problem solving and managerial skills, positive attitude and motivation, business writing skills, communication skills (internal and external), foreign language proficiency (especially Spanish), respect for cultural differences, leadership and supervision skills; human resources knowledge e.g., organizational measurement), an understanding of marketplace differentiators, a mature work ethic with the goal of advancing professionally.The needs expressed by the industry leaders at the round table are reinforced through peer-reviewedjournal articles, such as those published by Akridge (2004) and Urutyan & Litzenberg (2010)[12, 13].Background Food and foodstuff is a stable industry poised for significant
and procedure, and ran the experiments. They then plottedand evaluated their results. After a discussion of results among peers (similar to what wouldoccur in a lab group), the volunteers took the post-test. Results from the pre- and post-test werethen compared to determine the effectiveness of the lab.The following semester, the new lab was assigned to 32 students in an Engineering HydraulicsLaboratory class. All students were senior undergraduates in Civil Engineering. Hydraulics is apre-requisite to the lab class, so all students understood basic hydrologic concepts. Based onfeedback from the volunteers, more explanation and guidance was included. Ideas were alsodiscussed in class when writing the procedure to guide students in their
AC 2012-5155: DEVELOPING INQUIRY-BASED LABORATORY EXER-CISES FOR A MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUMProf. Sriram Sundararajan, Iowa State University Sriram Sundararajan is an Associate professor of mechanical engineering at Iowa State University. He is currently the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Programs and oversees curricular and program matters including assessment and continuous improvement efforts. His research areas encompass scanning probe microscopy, multiscale tribology (friction, lubrication and wear), and surface engineering. More recently, he has focused on atom scale mapping of thin film material systems using 3D-atom probe microscopy. He has authored over 50 articles in peer-reviewed journals and
Professorial Re- search Fellow at Central Queensland University. He has degrees from Swarthmore College, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and the University of Florida. His research on the longitudinal study of engineer- ing students, team assignment, peer evaluation, and active and collaborative teaching methods has been supported by over $12.8 million from the National Science Foundation and the Sloan Foundation and his team received Best Paper awards from the Journal of Engineering Education in 2008 and 2011 and from the IEEE Transactions on Education in 2011. Dr. Ohland is past Chair of ASEE’s Educational Research and Methods division and a member the Board of Governors of the IEEE Education Society. He was the
thecourse material. Lord and Orkwiszewski (2006) implement inquiry-based methods in a collegebiology lab, where students were asked to develop a laboratory to investigate osmolarity. Theresults were compared to a control group which performed the original lab, and it was found thaton average students not only better enjoyed the inquiry lab, but also scored slightly higher on apost-lab quiz. Gormally, et al. (2009) showed that students who participated in an inquiry-basedintroductory biology course demonstrated more improvements in science literacy and researchskills when compared to peers who enrolled in a commensurate traditional course. Interestingly,the students in the traditional course were more likely to have more confidence in the
discussed codes for each interview until we agreed unanimously on all codes to reduceindividual variation in perceptions about students’ statements. Second, after theme development,we conducted peer debriefing where we asked two peers with knowledge of the course redesignproject and of relevant qualitative methods who were uninvolved in the study to debrief with uson our themes from the interviews. Through this process, we uncovered any interpretive leaps wemade during theme development and further refined our themes. Third, we carried out memberchecking by sharing a complete draft of the manuscript with the interviewed students and askingwhether it accurately reflected their experiences in the course. All students approved thepresentation of their
integration of students and development of student-faculty bonds. It is expectedthat eight seminars will be held per academic year. Potential seminar topics are: (1) The CSET-STEMProgram, (2) Applying for Graduate School and Financial Aid, (3) Finding a Mentor, (4) Ethics, (5)Public Speaking, (6) Understanding Group Dynamics, (7) Managing Intellectual Property, (8) TimeManagement, and (9) Technical Writing.(b)Graduate School and/or Employment Preparation -- Scholars will be urged to register with the SCState Career Center. This will ensure that they are prepared to connect with graduate schoolrepresentatives and employers.(c)Academic Mentors – Each scholar will choose an academic mentor from a list of available mentors.This list will include faculty
interventions the class works in small teams. To facilitate the team, peer facilitatorsand teaching assistants (whenever they are available) help during class periods. To provide an incentive to encourage the students to help each other, they wereoffered extra credit on exams. After scoring the first exam, the students were allowed tore-form their teams of three and the team composition remained fixed for the balance of Page 11.255.3the term. Extra credit for exam N was determined as follows. The team summed theirpoints on exam (N-1) and they summed their scores on exam N. If the sum on exam N isgreater than or equal to 30 plus the sum on exam (N-1) then
Page 25.613.4tasks. Students will write a report which summarizes their results.Lectures and Background InformationAs indicated previously, the assignment begins with lecture material that focuses on the sourcesof drag and rolling resistance. This includes tires, drivetrain components, body geometry andunderbody aerodynamic effects. The students see where the losses originate and how to estimatetheir impact. Lecture material also covers the coastdown experimental procedures and the datareduction process required to determine drag and rolling resistance from the experimental data.Through this process students become familiar with the functional form of the expressiondescribing the vehicle velocity as a function of time3 as shown in Equation 1
formultidisciplinary, project-based engineering experience for students at all levels3.The seven major course topics of FECI are measurements, engineering professions, teamwork,problem solving, communication, design process, and safety, professionalism, and ethics. Inaddition, FECI serves as engineering students’ Rowan Seminar course, which is a collegesuccess course and has objectives in writing and critical thinking, library research skills, Page 26.400.2cooperative learning, and classroom management skills. As such, students taking FECI areexpected to learn to take measurements in a laboratory setting, analyze and communicate theresults of those
calibration, static and dynamic signals, computer-controlled data acquisition,data analysis, documentation, and technical writing. All those topics are important andapplicable in the two-semester Capstone course in senior design project that the students arerequired to take, not to mention any future projects they may work on as professional engineers.As such, it is recommended that junior-level students take the Measurements andInstrumentation course before the Capstone project. In practice, however, a number of studentstake them concurrently.The Measurements and Instrumentation course is offered only in the spring semester, and is a 3-unit course consisting of two 1-hour lectures and one 3-hour lab session per week. The pre-requisites are 1
(NCEA) researching significantly funded industry projects examining the design and modelling of specialist conductivity instrumentation and modelling for foods in the dairy industry. Since 2009, he has been a lecturer in electronics and communications engineering at the Faculty of Engineering and Surveying at USQ. He has published commercial research reports, trademarks, patent, and academic peer reviewed research papers both nationally and internationally including two recent publications directly relating to improving STEM engagement in schools using remote access laboratories and robotics. His research interest includes surrogate instrumentation systems, remote and non-contact measurement, remote laboratories, and
advancement ofequipment whether due to increased enrollment or increasing functional capacity. Students aregiven the chance of using industry scale devices in the laboratory and are given increasingresponsibilities as the term progresses in terms of setting up equipment and writing their dataacquisition programs. The final culminating task is to simulate a set of previously conductedexperiments using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software packages.Historical Regional Teaching StyleThe Regional teaching styles have historically relied on rote memorization and reproduction, acarryover from the regional cultures as well as a result of the extreme pace of the modernizationthat has carried through much of the Region.4,7,9 The regional teaching style
accreditation boards, professional societies, and societal views.7-9 2. Rapid changes in technology introduce novel ethical concerns that challenge or transcend existing codes of ethics of engineering professional societies.10,11 3. Engineering students experience a wide range of ethics pedagogy but still have lower levels of ethical reasoning than their peers.12,13 4. A coherent framework and effective pedagogy are critical for teaching ethics in an engineering context.14,15For our research project we proposed that for case-study analysis to be used as an effective toolto develop higher levels of moral reasoning in engineering ethics, it must be taught within acoherent framework for ethical decision-making that involves a
, participants were given anassignment to identify a lesson taught in their classroom which could use the cloud as aneducational technology tool and then to write a revised lesson plan based on cloud computingintegration and standards-based lesson planning. The assignment also required participants tosubmit the revised and original lesson plans plus samples of student work. The submitted lessonplans reflected the diversity of subjects taught by the participants and shared with their peers.The completed assignments were presented at the second workshop session, which consisted of a1-day meeting in December 2012.Based on the teachers’ applications for the program, we were able to outline what the teachershoped to learn from the workshops. A pre-workshop
theirassignment but are encouraged to explore and ask questions. Students are tasked to complete theprogram so the user can draw with at least 5 different paintbrush sizes (either square or circular)in 5 different colors. Students then draw any school appropriate picture and submit their codeand drawing as the assignment. Examples from four different students from last semester areshown in the collage below: Figure 2: Collection of student images drawn from their own Microsoft Paint Clone program written in C++ and MATLAB. Speed Gait This lab activity is different from the others in that students don’t explicitly write code;instead they
design has been used by the research teams to enhance other laboratory courses inmechanical engineering [1]. Duis et al. used a similar approach to modify laboratory curriculumin chemistry [3]. The technique has been used more widely in traditional classrooms [4]–[7]. Inthis project we used backward design to build student skills in professional development andtechnical areas. We used a list of learning outcomes developed by Kuh [8] that employersconsider essential, specifically: Self-direction, timeliness, cogent writing, critical thinking,adaptability, quantitative reasoning, social responsibility, teamwork and collaboration.Active learning is a pedagogical method to engage students more directly in learning, typicallyusing small groups and
location in theMiddle East, students at TAMUQ are required to complete identical coursework as their peers onthe main campus, including courses on American politics and American history. The student bodyis comprised of students from around the world, but primarily students come to TAMUQ from theArab Gulf region and Asia. TAMUQ offers Bachelor of Science degrees in chemical, electrical,mechanical and petroleum engineering. The university maintains an enrollment of around 550students, of which 58% are male and 41% are female [4]. Nearly all of the students at TAMUQspeak English as their second or third language. The faculty of the university is as diverse as thestudents, with faculty from the United States of America, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Greece
reveal a strong trendtoward engineering more functionality in smaller dimensional scale. Examples of technologyareas include wireless communication, portable audio, and digital video. Accelerometers inlaptop computers, pressure sensors inside automobile tires, and micromirrors for wide-area videodisplays are some specific transducers that show how microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)are growing more ubiquitous in engineered systems. Other common examples include diskread/write heads, inkjet printing nozzles, and bio-analysis chips.1,2 Such devices add relativelylittle cost to engineered products, yet contribute dramatic benefits in safety, speed, reliability,and functional performance. MEMS enable new products using much less spatial volume
serving as the department chair. His current research interests include incremental and online learning, learning in nonstationary and evolving environments, ensemble based systems, and various applications of computational intelligence in bioinformatics and biomedical engineering. He has over 140 peer-reviewed papers in journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Polikar is a senior member of IEEE, and member of ASEE, Tau Beta Pi, and Eta Kappa Nu. His recent and current works are funded primarily through NSF’s CAREER and Energy, Power and Adaptive Systems Programs. He is also an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems.Dr. Ying Tang, Rowan University Ying Tang received the B.S. and
order of magnitude judgments and use measurement unit systems and conversions. • Evaluate: Competence in selection, modification and operation of appropriate engineering tools and resources. Page 25.627.6 • Communicate: Communicating effectively both orally and in writing at levels ranging from executive summaries to comprehensive technical reports.In parallel, the success rate of generating maximum learner involvement, leading to activelearning, is likely to increase if the facilitator also chooses to pay sufficient attention to thefollowing important aspects of group work: a) Group Formation: a
Research, 61(2), 218–238.12. Kulhavy, R.W., & W.A. Stock. (1989). Feedback in written instruction: The place of response certitude. Educational Psychology Review, 1(4), 279–308.13. Nelson, M.M. & C.D. Schunn. (2009). The nature of feedback: how different types of peer feedback affect writing performance. Instructional Science, 37(4), 375–401.14. Bjorklund, S.A., J.M. Parente, & D. Sathianathan. (2002). Effects of faculty interaction and feedback on gains in student skills. Journal of Engineering Education, 93(2), 153-160.15. Kuh, G.D. & S. Hu. (2001). The Effects of Student-Faculty Interaction In the 1990s. The Review of Higher Education, 24(3), 309-332.16. Moreno, R., M. Reisslein, & G. Ozogul. (2009). Optimizing
Paper ID #9116Characterizing and Modeling the experience of Transfer Students in Engi-neeringDr. Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University and Central Queensland University Matthew W. Ohland is Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University and a Professorial Re- search Fellow at Central Queensland University. He has degrees from Swarthmore College, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and the University of Florida. His research on the longitudinal study of engineer- ing students, team assignment, peer evaluation, and active and collaborative teaching methods has been supported by over $12.8 million from the National
the 50 percentile populations. Thus the assessment results compiled are based on course performances and grades, exams, projects, presentations of students, and writings as required in some courses. Furthermore, each course specifically addresses the learning outcomes and relation between the course and the Program outcomes, the methods used for the evaluation of students’ performance and the relevance of the course materials to the Program outcomes following the standards adopted for the assessment process. Students will be provided with the course descriptions including learning objectives and outcomes. Students also will provide their input on the Program outcomes. The results from this
and how fast they receive information. They can pause, rewind, take notes, and replay a screencast so they manage the pace, as opposed to a classroom where instructors cannot go at a pace that is ideal for everyone. are short and focus on one topic so they hold students’ attention. They do not feature the instructor and they do not contain extraneous material, both of which can hinder learning. allow instructors to use class time for active learning (e.g., ConcepTests, clicker questions, peer instruction, group exercises), since information delivery is outside of the classroom. minimize cognitive overload by presenting diagrams and verbal explanations simultaneously, which enhances learning [11
ideas. Moreover, a physical papernotebook was flexible enough to incorporate printouts of code (already typed for the compiler Page 13.1283.3anyways) and digital photographs (after the lab obtained a digital camera) by taping or staplingthem in, or else keeping the notebook as a 3-ring binder, to allow easy insertion of pages. Somestudents made rough handwritten notes in class and then typed them into a word processor ontheir own computers, especially those who had poor handwriting but were efficient typists.Overall, the immediacy afforded by just writing down observations in real time during classallowed high-quality documentation to be
-known higher education administrator, fund raiser, educator, and researcher with co-authorship of 11 peer-reviewed research journal articles, 15 refereed research conference articles, and 17 refereed pedagogical conference articles. As a PI or Co-PI, Traum has attracted over $800 K in funding for research, education, and entrepreneurial ventures from multi- ple sources including NSF, NASA, ASHRAE, the Texas State Energy Conservation Office, and several industry sponsors. Most recently as Associate Professor and Director of Engineering Programs at Philadelphia University, Dr. Traum led the Mechanical Engineering Program through a successful ABET interim visit resulting in no deficiencies, weaknesses, or concerns
Technical Committee on Healthcare and Medical Systems. She has co-authored more than 30 peer reviewed articles, is a senior member in IEEE, and received the NSF CAREER award in 2009. Page 23.434.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Development of Verification and Validation Engineering Design Skills through a Multi-year Cognitive Apprenticeship Laboratory ExperienceAbstract:In this study, a sophomore-level Biomaterials and Biomechanics laboratory, junior-levelBiotransport laboratory, and senior-level Professional Elements of Design
Prepare progress reports; interview graduate students; (3) Summarize -Describe the principal findings of the project present findings to mentors and both the technical -List the attributes of a successful graduate student peers; offer feedback on and experiential improving the program; co- aspects of the -Describe a typical workday for a graduate student author technical papers and research -Write an effective technical paper or report reports; prepare research posters; experience
goal, because it relates to a large literature oninequality in the engineering field among males and females at all stages of the academic ladder.4In particular we document the extent to which females report learning less as a result of theshake table experiment than their male peers. The plan of the paper is as follows. First, we briefly describe recent developments inbench scale shake tables and teleoperation and teleobservation technologies designed to allowstudents at institutions without shake tables to be able to perform real-time exercises in structural Page 22.883.3dynamics and earthquake engineering. Second, we introduce