results obtained from such a teaching method could be compared with results from amore traditional teaching technique. The data available from such a study may be more useful inshowing the importance of using cases to teach deeper technical concepts.Acknowledgement: National Science Foundation award No.DUE-0442531References 1. “How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience and School,” John D. Bransford, Ann L. Brown, and Rodney R. Cocking, editors, National Academy Press, Washington D.C., 2005. 2. Fromm, E., “The Changing Engineering Educational Paradigm, Journal of Engineering Education,” 92(2):113-121, April 2003. 3. Sankar, C.S. and Raju, P.K. "Use of Multi-Media Courseware to Teach Real-World Decision Making Skills
Paper ID #10202An Interactive Steel Connection Teaching Tool - A Virtual StructureProf. Saeed Moaveni, Minnesota State University, Mankato SAEED MOAVENI is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Dr. Moaveni has over 25 years of teaching and professional practice experience and is a registered P.E. in New York.Dr. Karen C. Chou, Northwestern University Karen C. Chou, Ph.D., P.E. is Assistant Chair and Clinical Professor at Northwestern University. Dr. Chou has over 30 years of teaching and professional experience and is a registered P.E. in 7 states. She was a recipient of Charles W
Paper ID #9411Development and Implementation of Interactive Virtual Laboratories to HelpStudents Learn Threshold Concepts in Thermodynamics – Year 1Dr. Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University Milo Koretsky is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Oregon State University. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from UC San Diego and his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley, all in Chemical Engineering. He currently has research activity in areas related engineering education and is interested in integrating technology into effective educational practices and in promoting the use of higher-level cognitive skills in engineering problem
AC 2008-2856: NAVY OUTREACH: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATIONPARTNERSHIPDouglass Sugg, Navy Department Head at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Corona, California Board member of several professional Measurement Science organizations.John Fishell, STEP Attorney and Counsel Science and Technology Education Partnership (STEP) Executive Board of Directors Page 13.921.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 NAVY OUTREACH: The Science and Technology Education Partnership (STEP) ProgramAbstract:The Science and Technology Education Partnership (STEP) is addressed as an
Paper ID #9261Developing Highly Qualified Middle Grades Teachers With Expertise in STEMDisciplines via SUSTAINSDr. Melissa M. Bilec, University of Pittsburgh Dr. Bilec is an assistant professor in the Swanson School of Engineering’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Dr. Bilec’s research program focuses on sustainable healthcare, the built environment, and life cycle assessment. She is interested in improving the overall environmental perfor- mance of buildings while connecting the occupants in a more thoughtful manner. She is the Principal Investigator in a multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional
Paper ID #9774Transfer-to-Excellence: Research Experiences for Undergraduates at Cali-fornia Community CollegesDr. Sharnnia Artis, University of California, Berkeley Dr. Sharnnia Artis is the Education and Outreach Director for the Center for Energy Efficient Electronics Science, a NSF-funded Science and Technology Center at the University of California, Berkeley. She oversees undergraduate research programs to recruit and retain underrepresented students in science and engineering and science and also outreach to pre-college students to introduce them to the exciting career opportunities in science and engineering. Dr
documented well that in many engineering science courses, deepunderstanding of the subject material is usually associated with a good understanding ofconcepts. Therefore, it became necessary to organize the educational research in identifyingcore concepts and then to finding means of gauging students understanding of those concepts.With this goal in mind, several authors outlined in the reference section published theirfindings in many conferences. This paper describes some of the results from using StaticsOLI to measure students‟ background in Statics concepts and the measures taken to offer helpsessions to the students needing better understanding of the concepts.Engineering Statics is a subject that is very important to draw a high level of
Paper ID #8892A Systems-Centric, Foundational Experience in CircuitsDr. Tom Weller, University of South Florida Thomas M. Weller received the B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering in 1988, 1991, and 1995, respectively, from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. From 1988-1990 he worked at Hughes Aircraft Company in El Segundo, CA. He joined the University of South Florida in 1995 where he is currently professor and chair in the Electrical Engineering Department.Dr. Carol M. Haden, Magnolia Consulting, LLC Carol Haden holds a doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction from Northern Arizona University, with
further confirmation that the capstone experience was the appropriate vehiclefor achieving the course outcomes.On the items relating to more general social and communication skills (Figures 11 and 12), thecourse did not seem to make much impact, at least in the students’ own minds.5. SummaryThe second of two courses whose development was funded by an NSF CCLI grant has beendescribed. The courses address a critical need in the development of mechatronics systems, amultidisciplinary area of increasing importance in products and processes in engineering,particularly in the automotive industry. A major aspect of the course construction was tosupplement theoretical treatment of sensors and actuators with laboratory exercises that requiredworking with
Paper ID #8812Solaris One – A Serious Game for ThermodyanmicsDr. Ying Tang, Rowan University Ying Tang received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from the Northeastern University, P. R. China, in 1996 and 1998, respectively, and Ph.D degree from New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, in 2001. She is currently a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Rowan University, Glass- boro, NJ. Her research interests include virtual reality and augmented reality, artificial intelligence, and modeling and scheduling of computer-integrated systems. Dr. Tang is very active in adapting and devel- oping
, and tools for integrating probabilistic forecasts with other data sets.Many other industries, groups, and individuals use weather information. For example, theconstruction industry uses weather information to schedule specific activities and to purchasematerials. K-12 teachers use weather data to develop math and engineering skills in theirstudents, which is essential for the future [4, 5, 6]. Following the classic Boyer Report, it is very important that no gap exists between teachingand research [7]. In addition, faculty members who creatively combine teaching with researchare essential to the improvement of undergraduate education [8, 9, 10, 11]. With this in mind,we now introduce the model that governs and sustains the teaching and
experiments to calibrate an automotive fuel injector. A schematic of the test benchis shown on page 2 of this handout.The target engine conditions for this lab are: V-6 Engine, <290> hp at <6500> rpm.Experiment:1. Before coming into the lab, pre-calculate the injection period necessary to model the target engine speed and the required fuel flow rate for the engine specified above. Also, conduct an uncertainty analysis so that you have some reasonable collection volumes and times in mind.2. Use the volume collection method, along with the Fuel Injector Test Bench, to calibrate your fuel injector over a reasonable range of pulse widths. To insure repeatability, repeat each test two times (for a total of three trials
necessarily adaptable to the needs of a general electrical engineering educationallaboratory.6,7 In most cases it appears that the equipment and space required are not necessarilyadaptable to a studio-style classroom environment, which we have found to be a successfulinstructional approach.8,9Our laboratory equipment as well as the overall course approach is designed with several goalsin mind. We required a small laboratory footprint due to space limitations. Furthermore due tobudget concerns we wished to exploit conventional bench equipment as much as possible,allowing us to leverage both space and the instruments used for our core 2nd and 3rd-year courses.Also, we wished to introduce switching regulator concepts at a level that is approachable
AC 2010-310: THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP (STEP): GROWTH,CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN STEM OUTREACHDouglas Sugg, United States NavyElizabeth Gentry, National Institute of Standards and TechnologyJohn Fishell, STEP Conference Page 15.1254.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 The Science and Technology Education Partnership (STEP): Growth, Challenges and Opportunities in STEM OutreachAbstract:This paper explores a comprehensive and proactive approach that is currently being used by theScience and Technology Education Partnership (STEP) Program in Southern California to helpensure that the pipeline of
AC 2012-3527: A LABORATORY-BASED, PROBLEM-SOLVING PEDA-GOGY PREPARES STUDENTS TO HIT THE JOB MARKET RUNNING!Dr. John Marshall, University of Southern Maine John Marshall received his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University and is the Departmental Internship Co- ordinator at the University of Southern Maine. His areas of specialization include power and energy processing, applied process control engineering, automation, fluid power, and facility planning.Mr. William Marshall, Alief Independent School District William Marshall is the Director of Instructional Technology and Career and Technical Education for the Alief Independent School District in Texas. He provides supervision of Program Managers in the areas of career
skills1- 5. Furthermore, “scaffolding” is a method claiming that new knowledgeis assimilated best when it is linked to previous experience6, 7. The discussed multipurposelaboratory was developed with the benefits of active learning and scaffolding in mind. Page 15.593.2A number of educators in CIS, CS, Computer Engineering Technology (CET), and ComputerEngineering (CE) developed computer laboratory environments for their courses, often underbudgetary constraints. Usually, these environments serve one course8, 9. This work describes acomplex computer environment serving most of the technical courses in a CIS program.Lab Environment and the
2006-944: ASSESSING TEACHING METHODS FOR A COURSE IN NUMERICALMETHODSAutar Kaw, University of South Florida Autar K Kaw is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Jerome Krivanek Distinguished Teacher at the University of South Florida. With major funding from NSF, he is developing customized and holistic web-based modules for an undergraduate course in Numerical Methods (http://numericalmethods.eng.usf.edu). He has authored the textbook - Mechanics of Composite Materials, which is currently in its second edition. His scholarly interests include development of instructional technologies, integrating research in the classroom, thermal stresses, computational mechanics, and nanomechanics of
Paper ID #18313Manual Revision Process for Project-Based Laboratory InstructionProf. Gene Hou, Old Dominion University Dr. Gene Hou is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering of Old Domin- ion University (ODU). He received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from University of Iowa in 1983 and joined Old Dominion University since then. His expertise is in computational mechanics, multidis- ciplinary design optimization and system integration and risk management. He is the co-director of the Marine Dynamics Laboratory. During his tenure, he has the privilege of developing 3 new undergraduate
] Crown, S., “Improving Visualization Skills of Engineering Graphics Students Using Simple JavaScript WebBased Games.” Journal of Engineering Education. July 2001.[3] Bransford, J. D., Brown, A. L., and Cocking, R. R. (Eds.), “How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, andSchool, National Research Council, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., (1999).[4] Brophy, S., and Bransford, J., “Design Methods for Instructional Modules in Bioengineering”, Proceedings ofthe 2001 American Society for Engineering Education (2001). Page 11.313.16
(ASEE, St. Louis, MO, 2000).13. Hesketh, R. P. & Slater, C. S. in 1997 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition (ASEE, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1997).14. Hesketh, R. P. & Slater, C. S. Innovative and economical bench-scale process engineering experiments. International Journal of Engineering Education 16, 327-334 (2000).15. National Research Council. How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School (National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 2000).16. McDermott, L. C. Oerstead Medal Lecture 2001: "Physics education research - The key to student learning. American Journal of Physics 69, 1127-1137 (2001).17. National Research Council. (eds. McCray, R. A., DeHaan, R. L. & Schuck, J. A.) (National Academy of Sciences
when confronted with assignments that do not have cookbook like instructions. There is little comfort in explaining to students that real engineering problems do not come with cookbook instructions. 3. Making the experimental apparatus “interesting” or “practically relevant” does not fully compensate for the student discomfort at being confronted with a task that they feel unprepared to successfully complete. 4. The post-lab surveys did not clearly tell the student to limit their answer to the inquiry- based experiments. This error in our instrument caused many students to report on their experience with both types of experiments in mind. The next version of our instrument will correct
. Richard, and M.R. Cutkosky, "Feeling is believing: Using a Force-Feedback Joystick to Teach Dynamic Systems," ASEE Journal of Engineering Education., Vol. 92, No. 3, pp. 345-349, 2002.[2] J. Bransford, A.L. Brown, and R.R. Cocking, eds., How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School, Expanded Edition, NAS Press, 2000[3] R. Bonert, “Interactive simulation of dynamic systems on a personal computer to support teaching,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 1989.[4] E. Conley and K. Kokjer, “Classroom computers: don’t forget the analog,” CoED (journal) Computers in Page 11.680.14 Education Divisions of ASEE
AC 2007-1363: INTERNET-BASED ROBOTICS AND MECHATRONICSEXPERIMENTS FOR REMOTE LABORATORY DEVELOPMENTRichard Chiou, Drexel UniversityYongjin Kwon, Drexel UniversityShreepud Rauniar, Drexel UniversityHoracio Sosa, Drexel University Page 12.952.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Internet-Based Robotics and Mechatronics Experiments for Remote Laboratory DevelopmentAbstract This paper describes a series of laboratory experiments in Internet-based roboticsand mechatronics, as well as the design, development, and evaluation of an Internet-based laboratory facility to be used to deliver an undergraduate laboratory course forengineering and
2006-535: VIRTUAL AND DISTANCE EXPERIMENTS: PEDAGOGICALALTERNATIVES, NOT LOGISTICAL ALTERNATIVESEuan Lindsay, Curtin University of Technology Euan D. Lindsay is a Lecturer at Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia. He has recently completed a PhD in Engineering Education at the University of Melbourne, Australia, investigating the effects of remote and virtual access to laboratory hardware upon students’ learning outcomes. His research interests include engineering education, telecontrol (particularly internet-based telecontrol), animatronic puppetry, and technology-mediated interfaces for deaf-blind communication.Malcolm Good, University of Melbourne Malcolm C. Good received the
), Measurement Science Conference (2003); • MSC Andrew J. Woodington Award in (1997); and • Department of Commerce Bronze Medal (1992). She holds a Bachelors Degree in Biology from the MN State University (Moorhead) and a Masters Degree in Technical Management from Johns Hopkins University, Whiting School of Engineering.Christopher Grachanen, Hewlett Packard Company Chris started his Metrology career in 1979 as a USAF PMEL technician - Chris presently is Hewlett-Packard’s (formerly Compaq Computer) manager of Houston Metrology group. Prior to HP (Compaq) Chris was a principal engineer supporting IC manufacturing for DEC, an electronic engineer supporting NASA calibration
Paper ID #19754An Educational Laboratory Experimental System for Teaching Chemical Re-action Process Dynamics and ControlMalia L. Kawamura, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Malia Kawamura is an M.S. candidate in Mechanical Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the Alleyne Research Group. She is funded by the National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship Program.Prof. Andrew G. Alleyne, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Dr. Andrew G Alleyne is the Ralph & Catherine Fisher Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Uni- versity of Illinois (UIUC). He received his
electronics for military avionics and is currently an Associate Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Minnesota, where he has been voted Best Professor five times. His current interests include the wide ranging topics of energy and deciphering the minds of electrical engineering students.Ned Mohan, University of Minnesota Ned Mohan is an Oscar A. Schott Professor of Power Electronics Systems at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. His research areas are Power Electronics, Electric Drives and Power Systems. He has authored or co-authored five books on these subjects and written several technical articles. He received the Distinguished Teaching
Paper ID #8985Emerging Themes in a Distance-Delivered Calculus I Course: Perceptions ofCollaboration, Community and SupportMs. Angela Minichiello, Utah State University Angie Minichiello is a Principal Lecturer in the Department of Engineering Education at Utah State Uni- versity. She instructs undergraduate engineering courses via distance delivery to students at regional campuses located throughout Utah. She is a registered professional mechanical engineer and has more than 15 years industry experience as a practicing engineer. Angie’s research interests include understand- ing barriers to entry and persistence in
Paper ID #16267Integrated Fluids and Electronics Labs to Measure Fluid FlowDr. Kristen Ann Thompson, Loras College Dr. Kristen Thompson is currently an Associate Professor of Engineering at Loras College. She teaches Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Dynamics Systems, and Introductory Physics courses. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin - Madison and her B.S. from Michigan Technological Uni- versity both in Chemical Engineering.Dr. Danial J. Neebel PE, Loras College Dr. Danial Neebel, PE is a Professor of engineering and computer science at Loras College. During the 2013-2014 academic year he served as
15.1247.4associated engineering and mathematics, is increasingly also involved in research involving 3biology and biotechnology related fields. This wide range of research provides multipleopportunities for overlap with the middle school curriculum, including forensics, chemicalreactions, materials science, magnetism, and earthquakes, as shown in Figure 1,the 2009schedule.When considering the topics to be taught in the NIST Summer Institute, the focus and purpose ofNIST is also kept in mind. NIST, as the premier U.S. measurement science, or metrology,research laboratory has much to teach regarding the role of measurement science and itsimportance. The NIST