AC 2010-776: OPEN-MINDED LABS: HOW DO WE EMBRACE ORGANISEDCHAOS IN ORDER TO SUPPORT COURSE CONTENT?Andrew Trivett, University of Prince Edward Island Page 15.930.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010
Paper ID #12013Chua’s Circuit for Experimenters Using Readily Available Parts from a HobbyElectronics StoreMr. Valentin Siderskiy, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering Valentin Siderskiy received his B.Sc. degree from the NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering and M.Sc. degree from Columbia University. He conducts research in the Mechatronics and Controls Laboratory, where his interests include controls and chaos. Siderskiy is also the CTO of a technology startup.Mr. Aatif Ahmed Mohammed, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering Aatif Mohammed is currently enrolled in his second year of B.S. Mechanical Engineering at NYU Poly
degrees in science, engineering andmathematics allowed leveraging of resources across the partnership to achieve impacts that nosingle partner could afford or achieve individually. NSWC, Corona Division utilizes the STEPProgram as it’s dominate outreach activity regarding the 3rd to 12th grade focused developmentof the earliest stages of the engineering pipeline. With this in mind, a discussion of theformation, development and activities of STEP will be addressed in a general sense with theunderstanding that NSWC, Corona Division remains an instrumental, active partner in theseSTEP activities.The Science and Technology Education Partnership (STEP) Program:The Beginning:The beginning of STEP involves California Congressman Ken Calvert who
label of “Maker” is the source of pride.Discussing Overlapping IdeasDuring both approaches terms that overlapped in the descriptions of making and engineeringwere recorded. These terms were used to create a definition of the relationship between Makersand engineers.From the ad-hoc post-it approach several key concepts were seen in both responses to What isMaking to You? and What is Engineering to You? First is the use of ambiguous direct objectssuch as thing(s), something, and stuff when talking about accomplishing tasks. This suggests thatwhile engineers may be considered more specialized both groups accomplish some various task.Next is the use of action verbs making, building, creating, and make. What comes to mind whenMakers thing of
community or marketplace in a community. “In my mind, innovation is recognizing a need, or a gap, or a circumstance that could be better and then bringing to bear new ways of putting things together, [things] that usually exist, to be able to meet that need, or that gap.” Richard “Simply put, it’s a new way of doing things. It’s breaking tradition and taking a new approach to solving an old problem. I think an innovation is actually only truly innovative if it is delivered to the world and widely adopted, and enjoyably used.” Riley2. A two-stage definition of the engineering innovation process: the front-end, or discovery and development stage, and the back-end, or implementation and adoption stage. Engineering innovators defined
difficultto creatively apply to practical engineering problems. Felder and Brent confirm this intuitionwith several studies that show students need repetitive practice with consistent feedback todevelop new skills (1). Simply showing students how to solve a particular problem doesn’tguarantee they can apply these concepts on their own. With these ideas in mind, the lab morphedfrom a traditional recitation to weekly programming challenges solved in a group setting. Thelaboratory and lecture now focus on the C++ and MATLAB languages with plans to alsoincorporate Python in future semesters. This paper details the changes to the laboratory portion of the course to use problem-based learning (PBL) and just-in-time teaching (JiTT) in a collaborative
Paper ID #9201The Washington STate Academic RedShirt (STARS) in Engineering ProgramMr. Jeremy Kingma, Washington State University STARS Director M.S. Material Science & Engineering B.S. Mechanical EngineeringProf. Eve A. Riskin, University of Washington Eve Riskin received her BS degree in Electrical Engineering from M.I.T. and her graduate degrees in EE from Stanford. Since 1990, she has been in the EE Department at the University of Washington where she is now Associate Dean of Academic Affairs in the College of Engineering, Professor of Electrical En- gineering and Director of the ADVANCE Center for
experimental characterization of multiphase flow phenomena. Page 12.895.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Innovative Fluid Mechanics Experiments for Modern Mechanical Engineering ProgramAbstract One of the primary objectives of the Petroleum Institute (PI) is to prepare futuremechanical engineers to assume successful career paths in the Oil and Gas industry.With this in mind, a state of the art core measurement laboratory represents an importantfacility for teaching use within a Mechanical Engineering Program. Such a facility hasbeen developed at the PI, and is utilized at undergraduate level
the type of students entering our College of Engineering and Science; particularly, students appeared to have less self-reliance and low exposure to working with their hands. 3. The National Academy’s reports; “The Engineer of 20209” was of particular interest. 4. A desire to incorporate more hands-on activity while simultaneously increasing the rigor 5. Student retention data that indicated our previous curriculum was not properly preparing our freshman for their future engineering courses 6. Evidence that indicates robotics curricula tend to attract students10With these and other factors in our mind we began piloting various modifications to our existingIntegrated Engineering Curriculum. Our current Living
static friction between your shoe and the sample of carpet provided.Labs in the Engineering ProfessionPracticing engineers use research laboratories and development laboratories. In ResearchLaboratories they seek broader knowledge that can be generalized and systematized, oftenwithout any specific use in mind. They carry on what is called Observational experiments andTesting Experiments. They also go to Development Laboratories to obtain experimental data toguide them in designing and developing a product. The lab is used to answer specific questionsabout nature that must be answered before a design and development process can continue. Inthis case they carry on the so called Application Experiments. They also go to these developmentlaboratories
, engineering societies, and government that there had been a decline in the qualityof undergraduate engineering education over the previous two decades10-11. The result was astrong push towards providing both intellectual and physical activities (such as dissection) toanchor the knowledge and practice of engineering in the minds of students12-13.Product dissection was successful in achieving this for several reasons. First, it helps coupleengineering principles with significant visual feedback14 and increase awareness of the designprocess15. Product dissection activities spread around the world as a community emerged aroundthe development and propagation of these activities12-13,16-22. These activities have since evolvedto all levels of undergraduate
AC 2011-1543: DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS IN INTRODUCTION TO THER-MODYNAMICS COURSETeodora Rutar, Seattle University Teodora Rutar Shuman is a Paccar Associate Professor at Seattle University, Department of Mechanical Engineering. She received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Belgrade University, Yugoslavia, and an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Washington. She pursues research in electro-mechanical systems for sustainable processing of microalgae. email: teodora@seattleu.eduGregory Mason, Seattle University Page 22.434.1 c American Society for Engineering
comprehensivewriting-across-the-curriculum program): (1) large lecture format required “core” courses and (2)traditional technical electives. Our initial focus is large sophomore- and junior-level lectureformat courses, while subsequent work will broaden and adapt our approach to technicalelectives. The types of courses that we have in mind cover topics such as statics, dynamics andmechanics, fluid mechanics, materials, surveying, linear circuit analysis, and thermodynamics.These courses are typically required for undergraduate engineers and taught in a traditional largelecture format. Unless mandated by the individual department or school, instructors are unlikelyto implement writing in these types of courses because of the large numbers and
AC 2007-410: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN MECH LAB I AT THE UNIVERSITYOF SOUTH FLORIDADon Dekker, University of South Florida Don Dekker is currently an Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Florida. He is currently teaching Mechanical Engineering Laboratory I, and Capstone Design at USF. Before his retirement in 2001, Don taught at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He first joined ASEE in 1974 and some of his ASEE activities include Zone II Chairman (86-88), Chairman of DEED (89-90), and General Chair of FIE ‘87. His degrees are: PhD, Stanford University, 1973; MSME, University of New Mexico, 1963; and BSME, Rose Polytechnic Institute, 1961
Paper ID #18112Online Delivery of Electrical Engineering Courses Using the Online FlippedClassroom ApproachProf. John M. Santiago Jr, Colorado Technical University Professor John Santiago has been a technical engineer, manager, and executive with more than 26 years of leadership positions in technical program management, acquisition development and operation research support while in the United States Air Force. He currently has over 16 years of teaching experience at the university level and taught over 40 different graduate and undergraduate courses in electrical engineer- ing, systems engineering, physics and
2006-1337: IMPLEMENTATION OF A PROBLEM-FINDING ANDPROBLEM-SOLVING ORIENTED ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT COURSE IN ALARGE CLASSNobuyuki Kitashoji, Kanazawa Institute of Technology Dr.Eng., Assistant Professor Practical Engineering Education Program Nobuyuki Kitashoji is an assistant professor of the Division of Practical Engineering Education Program at the Kanazawa Institute of Technology in Japan. He has been engaged in the problem-finding and problem-solving oriented engineering experiment course since 1999, endeavoring to improve a learning environment and textbooks so that students will be able to flexibly apply an experiment to deal with problems in any field. He has experience in research in
AC 2008-83: DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTERDISCIPLINARY LABORATORYCURRICULUM FOR EMERGING PRODUCT MANUFACTURINGFrank Liou, Missouri University of Science & Technology Frank Liou is a Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Missouri University of Science and Technology (MST). He currently serves as the Director of the Interdisciplinary Manufacturing Engineering Program at MST. His teaching and research interests include CAD/CAM, rapid prototyping, and rapid manufacturing. He has published over 150 technical papers, and has research grants and contracts over $8M. Page 13.422.1© American
), 865-872.Menekse, M., Stump, G., Krause, S., and Chi, M. T. H., 2013, “Differentiated Overt LearningActivities for Effective Instruction in Engineering Classrooms,” Journal of EngineeringEducation. 102: 346-374.Shavelson, R.J., Ruiz-Primo, M.A., and Wiley, E.W., 2005, “Windows into the mind,” HigherEducation, Vol. 49, No. 4, pp 413–430.Smith, E.S. and Kosslyn, S.M., 2006, Cognitive Psychology: Mind and Brain; Chapter 5:Encoding and Retrieval from Long-Term Memory, Pearson, NY.Stewart, S. A., 2013, “The design, enactment, and impact of an inquiry-based undergraduateastronomy laboratory learning environment,” Ph.D. Dissertation, Syracuse University, ScienceTeaching - Dissertations. 25, http://surface.syr.edu/scied_etd/25.Volkmann, M. J., &
are provided bycourses that explore electromagnetics, electromagnetic compatibility and signal integrity.System-level issues are then discussed in courses in high-speed design and are extended viaapplications in wireless systems. Planned courses include a laboratory-based course in modelingand measurement and a course in RF integrated circuit design.In this paper we report on courses in electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), signal integrity (SI),and high-speed design that will provide the foundations of the high-speed design program beingdeveloped . The needs of both disciplines, electrical engineering and computer engineering,must be kept in view. In the discussion below, therefore, keep in mind that, since electricalengineering and computer
Paper ID #12901Incorporating Multimedia Content to Enhance and Re-focus Course Deliveryfor a Multidisciplinary Engineering LaboratoryDr. Ventzislav Karaivanov, Colorado School of Mines • Ventzi Karaivanov, Teaching Associate Professor, PhD, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Col- orado School of Mines. Education • PhD – Mechanical Engineering, Swanson School of Engineering at University of Pittsburgh, 2009. ”Life prediction modeling of thermal barrier coated turbine airfoils” Teaching and Professional societies • Teaching Interests: Mechanics of Materials, Computer Aided En- gineering, Dynamics, Engineering Vibrations
gave a conventional introduction to engineering analysis and computerprogramming. Over time, feedback from industry partners indicated that our freshman sequencewas becoming outdated and less able to meet the needs of our students and the firms who hiredthem. With this in mind, we replaced the original courses with EE-specific versions to emphasizeelectrical engineering and computing topics and to increase student motivation and engagement6.The subject matter from the original two courses was expanded into three new courses: ECE 101Exploring Electrical Engineering, ECE 102 Engineering Computation, and ECE 103 EngineeringProgramming. ECE 101 introduces incoming students to the electrical engineering field, its manyapplications in society, and
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certainly not without itschallenges. While it is a common practice at many Universities to require engineeringstudents to take courses in the liberal arts, the opposite is often not the situation. AtUSMA, however, all graduates receive a Bachelor of Science degree regardless of theiracademic major. With this in mind, students who choose to major in the liberal arts arerequired to take, at a minimum, a three-course engineering ‘core’ sequence from one ofthe Academy’s eight engineering programs in order to graduate. Table 1 shows the three-course core sequence for the Mechanical Engineering Department: Table 1. Mechanical Engineering Three-Course Core Sequence Course Content
fund his research. His research and teaching focuses on engineering as an innovation in P-12 education, policy of P-12 engineering, how to support teachers and students’ academic achievements through engineering, the measurement and support of the change of ’engineering habits of mind’ particularly empathy and the use of cyber-infrastructure to sensitively and resourcefully provide access to and support learning. Page 24.528.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Enhancing the STEM Curriculum Through a Multidisciplinary Approach that Integrates Biology and Engineering
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Paper ID #10091Game-Aided Pedagogy to Improve Students’ Learning Outcomes and En-gagement in Transportation EngineeringDr. Montasir Abbas P.E., Virginia Tech Dr. Montasir Abbas is an Associate Professor in the Transportation Infrastructure and Systems Engineer- ing at Virginia Tech. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from University of Khartoum, Sudan (1993), a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from University of Nebraska-Lincoln (1997), and a Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering from Purdue University (2001). Dr. Abbas has wide experience as a practicing transportation engineer and a
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cause failed hatches, altered hatch time, and birth defects. However, many ofthe students failed to refer to this requirement at various design stages (average score: 2.73 out of4). While one cannot conclude from these results that those students conducted experiments Page 26.1163.9unethically during the project, it does necessitate the need to remind the students to keepprofession ethics in mind throughout their daily engineering practice.Examining the objectives/outcomes assessment results helps to identify opportunities to improvethe project in the future. For example, the students did not think the project helped them withthermal dynamics