offers ABET accreditedprograms in Chemical, Civil, Computer, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering. All theseprograms are built on the Multidisciplinary Engineering Foundation Spiral Curriculum(MEFSC). This foundation program was developed to provide students with a broadengineering background and to develop the essential skills needed for the practice ofengineering.Previous WorkConsiderable work has been done at several engineering schools to address some deficiencies inengineering education, resulting in many models of curriculum integration. The comprehensivearticle by Froyd and Ohland3 traces the history and discusses the merits of various models.Drexel University, an early pioneer, established the merit of integrating math and science
, resource recovery from waste, and bioremediation. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Integration of a Local ‘Wicked’ Problem into the Environmental Engineering Laboratory CurriculumINTRODUCTIONThe Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology Inc. (ABET) works to ensureconfidence in programs and ensure graduates are prepared for the workforce. One outcome ofspecific importance is ABET outcome j, which is for students to ‘gain a knowledge ofcontemporary issues’ or outcome 4 which comes into effect in 2019 and states that students musthave “an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situationsand make informed judgments, which
Paper ID #11547Design of an extended engineering curriculum to increase retention and eq-uityProf. Diane Grayson, University of Pretoria Diane Grayson is Extraordinary Professor of Physics at the University of Pretoria and Director: Institu- tional Audits at the Council on Higher Education, which is responsible for quality assurance in higher education in South Africa. She designed the ENGAGE program when she was academic development manager in the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology at the University of Pretoria. ¨Dr. Erika Muller, University of Pretoria, RSA Dr Erika M¨uller
integrates computers, electronics and physical hardware. Prof Lindsay’s background is in Remote laboratories, investigating whether remote and simulated access alternatives to the traditional in-person laboratory experience can provide the high quality learning outcomes for students. Prof Lindsay’s work in Remote and Virtual laboratory classes has shown that there are significant differ- ences not only in students’ learning outcomes but also in their perceptions of these outcomes, when they are exposed to the different access modes. These differences have powerful implications for the design of remote and virtual laboratory classes in the future, and also provide an opportunity to match alternative access modes to the
20th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AaeE) Conference, , Adelaide, Australia.[40] Fink, L.D. 2013. Creating significant learning experiences: An integrated approach to designing college courses. John Wiley & Sons.[41] French, M.J. 1998. Conceptual design for engineers. 3rd ed. London: Springer-Verlag.[42] Pahl, G., Beitz, W., Feldhusen, J., and Grote, K.-H. 2007. Engineering design: a systematic approach. Third ed. London: Springer-Verlag.[43] Mellor, S.J., and Balcer, M.J. 2002. Executable UML: A foundation for Model-Driven Architecture. Addison-Wesley, Indiannapolis, IN.[44] Knight, P.T. 2001. "Complexity and Curriculum: a process approach to curriculum-making
P-12 Engineering Research and Learning (INSPIRE). Her P-12 research interests center on the integration of engineering into elementary education.Brenda Capobianco, Purdue University Dr. Brenda Capobianco is an Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and holds a courtesy appointment in the School of Engineering Education and an affiliated appointment in Women’s Studies at Purdue University. She holds a B.S. in biology from the University of Alaska Fair- banks, M.S in science education from Connecticut Central State University, and Ed.D. from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her research interests include girls’ participation in science and engineering; teacher’s engagement in
Innovations in Software Engineering Education: An Experimental Study of Integrating Active Learning and Design-based LearningABSTRACTSignificant advancements have been made in engineering education in recent years. An importantoutcome of these advancements is the integration and extension of fundamental pedagogies as part ofengineering curricula, as well as the need for continued research into the effectiveness of thesepedagogies on students’ learning within engineering knowledge domains. In this paper, we focus on anengineering educational research study in the domain of software engineering. This study considers theimportant research question of the efficacy of traditional lecture-homework-project teaching approachescompared to peer-to
University Mary- land. Her primary research is in writing pedagogy and assessment, and she has taught a wide variety of writing courses including first year composition, professional writing, rhetoric, and style. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 WIP: Integrating Writing into Engineering Labs: Developing Curriculum and Creating a Writing Fellows Program I. IntroductionThis paper presents a Works-in-Progress. Communication competency is critical for practicingengineers [1]. Research demonstrates that learning to write and communicate in engineering islinked to learning to think like an engineer and to developing a professional identity as an engineer[1], [2]. ABET lists
AC 2007-270: SYSTEMS THINKING AND INTEGRATIVE LEARNINGOUTCOMESJeffrey Froyd, Texas A&M University Jeff Froyd is a Research Professor in the Center for Teaching Excellence and Director of Academic Development and the Director of Academic Development in the Texas Engineering Experiment Station. He served as Project Director for the Foundation Coalition, an NSF Engineering Education Coalition and helped create the Integrated, First-Year Curriculum in Science, Engineering and Mathematics at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. His current interests are learning and faculty development.Larissa Pchenitchnaia, Texas A&M University Larissa Pchenitchnaia is a Curriculum Renewal
: Knowledge Integration to Understand Why Tom Chen, Branislav M. Notaros, Ali Pezeshki, Sourajeet Roy, Anthony A. Maciejewski, Melissa D. Reese Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Colorado State University1. Introduction Mastering key concepts within electrical engineering often involves students taking coursesin electronics, signals and systems, and electromagnetics. These courses are typically taughtduring the middle two years of an electrical engineering program where these courses are oftentaught in parallel during semesters, however, typically few interactions occur among them.Consequently, students learn key concepts in
Paper ID #19281Comparing Team Member Effectiveness in Integrated and Non-IntegratedFirst-year Introductory Design CoursesMr. Tejasvi Parupudi, Purdue University Graduate student at Purdue University, pursuing my PhD in Electrical Engineering. I am passionate about curriculum design and design thinking courses for first year engineering technology students. I am also passionate about diversity education and how peer groups work to solve globally relevant grand challenges.Sarah Knapp, Purdue University Master of Architecture, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA PhD Candidate, Purdue University, West Lafayette, INAmelia
curriculum was formed in the crucible of the cold war.8 Since that time, Page 13.684.2radical changes in transportation, communication, and computer technology9 leave us in a verydifferent world. Popular books such as The World is Flat,10 A Whole New Mind,11 and The Riseof the Creative Class12 suggest that returns to innovation and creativity are especially importantin a world where routine analysis and engineering tasks can be outsourced globally for dimes onthe dollar. Scientific discovery and the integration of technology in everyday life are occurringat an increasing rate. These trends demand a more direct involvement of engineers in
2006-1042: DEVELOPING AN ENGINEERING EDUCATION RESEARCHCOMMUNITY OF PRACTICE THROUGH A STRUCTURED WORKSHOPCURRICULUMMaura Borrego, Virginia Tech MAURA BORREGO is an assistant professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Dr. Borrego holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Stanford University. Her current research interests center around interdisciplinary collaboration in engineering education, including studies of the collaborative relationships between engineers and education researchers and how engineering faculty learn educational research methods.Ruth Streveler, Colorado School of Mines RUTH A. STREVELER is the Director of the Center for Engineering Education
workshops wereattended by four teams, resulting in fifteen educators in total. The activities were designed todevelop curriculum design capacity with an emphasis on the National Academy of Engineering(NAE) Engineer of 2020 Attributes3. Learning goals for the engineering focused workshopparticipants included: understanding commonalities and differences among participating schools‟curricula and choosing learning outcomes appropriate for their setting; understanding therelationships between student learning outcomes, learning principles, and assessment principles;observing student assessment in action and learning how to foster student learning; examiningissues surrounding the design and implementation of curriculum that integrates theory, research
and control groups. The students in the control group were computer science majors; thestudents in the treatment group were a mix of computer science and other majors. CCP chose twodifferent courses in which to implement the curriculum. The first introduced a modified version of theAlice curriculum as a module in a course in which the primary focus was computer literacy. The modulelasted for two to three weeks on average, and focused primarily on the tutorial sessions available in theAlice software. Certain sections of this course were designated as treatment, others as control. In addition,CCP integrated the Alice curriculum into an introductory programming course as a five-week module. Nocontrol groups were selected for this course. TC3 had
experiences for students. Indeed, althoughmost institutions have not yet found a way of integrating STEM and humanities learning within asingle course, a surprising number of these experiments have been tried [26, 16, 11, 12, 3, 4, 27],including in the first-year curriculum [28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33]. In spite of the richly varied examplesof integrative learning, assessments have been much more scarce. It is not a difficult matter toassess disciplinary content within an integrative course; in our case, we had disciplinary expertsassess the discipline-specific student work within disciplinary and interdisciplinary assignments. It1 One intriguing exception [5] considers the inherently integrative “problem-based learning” in amedical program, controlling
integrated in various ways: reflection journals, portfolio reflection, endof course meta-learning, peer assisted learning session, online reflections, and team reflections.While the authors note the dedication to reflective activities, they also note opportunities to moresystematically incorporate reflection into undergraduate engineering education.In earlier work on reflection in engineering, Turns, Newstetter, Allen, and Mistree report on thedesign of the “Reflective Learner”: an electronic system to support students in the writing oflearning essays.35 They argued that “learning essays can help students expand and enhancelessons that they are learning from design experiences” (p. 1).35 The learning essays aredescribed as short and structured with
affective issues in mathematics education, professional development of preservice and in-service teachers, and engineering education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Integrated Engineering in Elementary Education: Tackling Challenges to Rural Teacher TrainingAbstractResearchers worked with a rural education cooperative to deliver engineering educationprofessional development to 38 elementary teachers. Teachers received training in Engineeringis Elementary (EiE) and Family Engineering curriculum and then implemented those lessonswith their 2nd-5th grade students. Researchers administered pre- and post- measures to gaugechanges in teachers’ and students’ knowledge
assist in supporting the Communities. In the case of campuses pursuing G.E. Paths,an FLC will be created for each path. For all campuses there will be an FLC created to developthe minor. Each FLC has a suggested size of 12. Table 2 Three FLCs models on each campus University Northridge Los Angeles Pomona Approach Integrating liberal Integrating Liberal Arts Across Integrating Liberal arts and the Curriculum with an Urban Arts into upper level engineering with a Sustainability Theme engineering courses G.E. Path theme with the energy
been conducted and analyzed aswell. Our study showed the evidence-based teaching practices fostered both the students’cognitive and non-cognitive skills. The DFW rates were also decreased in all semesters in all thetargeted STEM gateway courses in this study. Based upon the success and lessons learned, ourfuture work will expand and test the interventions in more gateway courses across STEMdisciplines at AAMU, to enhance the minority student success, retention and graduation.1. IntroductionSTEM education is the gateway to prosperity for our ever-evolving technology-dependentsociety in the 21st century. To succeed in an increasingly integrated global, innovative-driven,and “labor-polarized” economy, the future prosperity of the U.S. depends in
determiningthe appropriate integration points, timing, and interactive tactics for weaving all of the contentfrom Table 3. Whether delivering the material through in-class activities or industry ledexercises, this process allows her to see how soft skills development can be integrated andreinforced across multiple points in the curriculum, and how industry partnerships can beleveraged to enhance the overall learning experience. The approach is unlike previousprofessional formation activities, which delivered professional content in silos. As an example,Table 4 illustrates how anchoring concepts and professional learning might come together in aknowledge integration activity.Table 3: Content for professional formation thread Professional Formation
: Transformation or assimilation?Purpose of the study and research questionsThe aim of this study is to examine how elementary school teachers translate what they learnedfrom using the Engineering is Elementary (EiE) curriculum. The research questions include thefollowing: 1) What are the teachers‟ first steps in developing engineering design-based sciencelessons? 2) What are the teachers‟ actual attempts at integrating the engineering design process?3) How can we characterize teachers‟ attempts? The context of this research study is auniversity-based initiative focused on creating an engineering literate society throughpreeminence in P-12 engineering education research and scholarship.Theoretical frameworkCentral to this study is the work of teachers
at Harvey Mudd College. His research interests include experi- ential and hands-on learning, and integrating mechanical, chemical and quantum devices into circuits and communication links. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Engineering Identity, Slackers and Goal Orientation in Team Engineering ProjectsAbstract -- This research paper will describe the results from a qualitative investigation oflong-running, team-based engineering projects at a small liberal arts college. Long-running,team-based engineering projects are projects in which groups of students perform an engineeringtask over three or more weeks
Learning Outcomes Specific, detailed learning outcomes for personal and interpersonal skills, and product, process, and system building skills, as well as disciplinary knowledge, consistent with program goals and validated by program stakeholder 3 Integrated Curriculum A curriculum designed with mutually supporting disciplinary courses, with an explicit plan to integrate personal and interpersonal skills, and product, process, and system building skills 4 Introduction to An introductory course that provides the framework for engineering practice in product, process, and Engineering system building, and
Program, College of Engineering and Applied Science, Uni-versity of Colorado at Boulder Nick Stites is an engineer with the Integrated Teaching and Learning Program at the University of Col- Page 26.405.1 orado Boulder. He also serves as an adjunct instructor for the General Engineering Plus program and the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Nick holds a BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering and is currently pursuing a PhD in engineering education. His research interests include how technology can enhance teaching and learning. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015
, signal and power integrity analysis of electronic packages, and uncertainty quantification of microwave/ RF circuits. Dr. Roy is a recipient of the Vice-Chancellors Gold Medal at the undergraduate level in 2006, the Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology in 2012, and the Ontario Graduate Schol- arship in 2012. He currently serves as the reviewer for IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MICROWAVE THEORY AND TECHNIQUES, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMPONENTS, PACKAGING AND MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPAT- IBILITY and IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS I: REGULAR PAPERS. He also serves as an associate editor for IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMPONENTS, PACKAGING AND
an educative technique to aidstudents in assigning meaning to experiences. Educators have the unique opportunity to take anactive role in helping to facilitate reflection through many activities. Activities that support Page 26.1196.2reflection are diverse in nature and purpose in the classroom, but can be achieved by usingassorted methods including portfolios, reflective essays, journals, and other activities.5Many fields have investigated reflection as an integral part of their approaches to both their workand educative practices such as health sciences and human-computer interaction (HCI).6,7 Morerecently in engineering education
research being conducted in engineering education. He received teaching awards at Clemson and the University of Kentucky. He has been active in curriculum and course development over the past 20 years. He received his BS in Civil Engineering from NC State University and his MS and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Duke University. Page 15.1222.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 The Effect of an Integrated Dynamics and Statics Course on the Progress and Pathways of Mechanical Engineering StudentsAbstractAt Clemson University, the three-credit statics and dynamics courses required
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 and social skills in engineering problem solving. His research interests particularly focus on what prevents students from being able to integrate and extend the knowledge developed in specific courses in the core curriculum to the more complex, authentic problems and projects they face as professionals. Dr. Koretsky is one of
past president of the Association for Science Teacher Education.Dr. Elizabeth Ring-Whalen, St. Catherine University Elizabeth A. Ring-Whalen is an Assistant Professor of Education at St. Catherine University in St. Paul, MN. She holds a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction - STEM Education from the University of Min- nesota. Her research focuses on STEM education and what this looks like in PreK-12 classrooms and explores teachers’ beliefs of integrated STEM as well as how these beliefs influence teachers’ practices and student achievement in the classroom. Alongside this research, she has worked to explore the atti- tudes and beliefs teachers hold about cultural diversity and teaching culturally diverse students. Past