Goldberg machine construction as the foundation of a pilotstudy for the development of an interdisciplinary PBL teaching method that incorporates open-ended design challenges. If successfully developed, the approach would be used to enhance theearly stages of an existing five-course PBL sequence in the engineering curriculum at WesternCarolina University (WCU) where this work was conducted. The PBL sequence at WCU hashistorically employed more closed-ended, single-solution design projects. It has been observedby the authors that, particularly in the early stages of the curriculum, emphasis on effectivecommunication, teaming, open-ended problem solving, and an understanding of quality is ofhigh instructional impact.With these objectives in mind, a
me want to do grad school. I’ve always wanted to probably be an engineering professor. I thought that’d be cool because I like teaching. I was a tutor in high school and stuff like that. But I knew I would have to get a Ph.D., and that was kind of the ‘I don’t know if I want to do this’ part of it. And now that I’ve done this, the Ph.D. work doesn’t seem so bad.” “[the program] Opened my mind to different possibilities, and confirmed my interest in research. ”One student talked about her change in goals before and after the program by saying, “it [thesurvey] asked me if I was going to go to graduate school and I said ‘no,’ now I’ve changed mymind.”Specifically, students repeatedly talked about the panel
Paper ID #18265Utilizing Cluster Analysis of Close-Ended Survey Responses to Select Partic-ipants for Qualitative Data CollectionMs. Katherine M. Ehlert, Clemson University Katherine M. Ehlert is a doctoral student in the Engineering and Science Education department in the College of Engineering, Computing, and Applied Sciences at Clemson University. She earned her BS in Mechanical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University and her MS in Mechanical Engineer- ing focusing on Biomechanics from Cornell University. Prior to her enrollment at Clemson, Katherine worked as a Biomedical Engineering consultant in Philadelphia
Engineering Education & Practice. 1995;121(2).3. Berthouex P.M. Honing the writing skills of engineers. Journal of Professional Issues inEngineering Education & Practice. 1996; 122(3).4. Bransford J. How people learn: Brain, mind, experience, and school. National Academy Press;2000.5. Yalvac B, Smith H.D., Troy J.B. Promoting advanced writing skills in an upper-levelengineering class. Journal of Engineering Education (Washington, D.C.). 2007; 96(2).6. Carvill C, Smith S, Watt A, Williams J. Integrating writing into technical courses: Stepstoward incorporating communication into the engineering classroom. Proceedings of the 2002American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition
sharplyinfluence students’ experiences in and perceptions of engineering. To begin to unpack thiscomplexity, we present an initial exploration of the intersections of disciplinary, institutional,and national cultures on the departmental cultures within two different engineering disciplinesacross six universities.2. Examining culture2.1 Disciplinary cultureAs noted above, research on academic disciplines as cultures began to emerge in the 1970s asBiglan [1] explored the ways in which the values, norms, and beliefs of students and faculty arealso shaped by disciplinary cultures. As Becher [14] explains, “[d]isciplines are also culturalphenomena: they are embodied in collections of like-minded people, each with their own codesof conduct, sets of values and
Paper ID #10520Visual Models for Abstract Concepts towards Better Learning Outcomes andSelf-EfficacyDr. K. Jo Min, Iowa State University K. Jo Min is an Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Education in the Department of Indus- trial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering at Iowa State University. He teaches courses in sustainable production systems and market-based allocation mechanisms. His education research interests include continuous improvement for objectives and outcomes, teaching and learning of global enterprise per- spectives, and international student team management and effectiveness. His research
through peer networks, a significant portion of a student’s academic life is experienced as afamily, which provides them with support, encouragement, motivation, guidance and assistanceto persist. Conversely, course difficulty and individual professors with undesirable teachingstyles negatively affected the learning environment. Additionally, the one factor that wascorrelated with students’ overall satisfaction with their collegiate experience was theirsatisfaction with faculty instruction. The current research may not only have implications forHBCUs, but for all institutions educating minority engineers. A premium needs to be placed onthe formation of peer groups. Although campus-wide events may be initiated with a similar goalin mind
change the traditional norms in the institution of engineering education.It is with McIntosh’s challenge in mind that we turn our focus to unearned advantages anddisadvantages experienced by students within engineering education. Scholars have writtenabout engineering education as being a “raced, gendered and classed” institution. This is a wayof saying that the system educating engineers has historically been designed by and for Whitemen, mainly in the upper-to-middle class1–5. Unfortunately, it is this history that hasconsequences even today for the content of engineering curriculum as well as who becomes anengineer3,6,7. Even now, women, students of color, first generation college students, lower
Paper ID #30927Examining Pathways into Graduate School through Stewardship TheoryMr. Kanembe Shanachilubwa, Pennsylvania State University, University Park First-year graduate student at Pennsylvania State University in the mechanical engineering department. Previously a member of the Beyond Professional Identity research group based in Harding University based in Searcy, Arkansas. Current research interests include graduate school attrition and Stewardship Theory as applied to higher education.Dr. Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Catherine G.P. Berdanier is an Assistant Professor in
Paper ID #17799Beyond the Interpretive: Finding Meaning in Qualitative DataDr. Elliot P. Douglas, University of Florida Elliot P. Douglas is Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering Sciences and Distinguished Teach- ing Scholar at the University of Florida. His research interests are in the areas of active learning pedago- gies, problem-solving, critical thinking, diversity in engineering, and qualitative methodologies. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Beyond the Interpretive: Finding Meaning in Qualitative DataAbstractThis theory paper compares two different
AC 2012-3118: THE IMPACT OF COGNITIVE STYLE ON CONCEPTMAPPING: VISUALIZING VARIATIONS IN THE STRUCTURE OF IDEASDr. Joanna F. DeFranco, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley Joanna DeFranco earned her Ph.D. in computer and information science from New Jersey Institute of Technology, M.S. in computer engineering from Villanova University, and B.S. in electrical engineering from Penn State, University Park. She teaches graduate courses, including Problem Solving, Project Man- agement, Software Systems Design, Computer Forensics, Ethics and Values in Science and Technology, Advanced Software Engineering Studio, and an Information Technology seminar. Previous to entering academia, DeFranco held a number of
Paper ID #18740Stories of Change: Faculty in Reflective DialoguesDr. Lizabeth T. Schlemer, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Lizabeth is a professor at Cal Poly, SLO in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. She has been teaching for 23 years and has continued to develop innovative pedagogy such as project based, flipped classroom and competency grading. Through the SUSTAIN SLO learning initiative she and her colleagues have been active researching in transformation in higher education.Luciane de Greef, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoDr. Trevor Scott Harding, California
certain to keep the emphasis on you. 1.6 Include claims about what you know, not just claims about what is important.2. Make choices with the audience in mind 2.1 Fit in yet stand out 2.2 Remember that your audience wasn’t there 2.3 Anticipate your audience’s concerns3. Link specific phenomena to general engineering principles 3.1 Explicitly state both the general claim about engineering practice and the key engineering concept 3.2 Contextualize the key engineering concept through explanatory text. 3.3 Use the key engineering concept to make a more nuanced understanding of the general claim.4. Connect to the future5. Provide details to add credibility, while acknowledging space limits.6. Work
STEM FacultyAbstractChanging teaching strategies in engineering education to become more interactive is important,though difficult. Intentional design of faculty development to engage faculty to make small,incremental changes within the context of a supportive, like-minded community, is important. Inthis paper, we merged two different methods to examine the PIs design decisions, and evaluatethe program’s implementation and outcomes. For the first method, the grant evaluator appliedconjecture mapping,1 a design-based research method, to examine the design and theoreticalconjectures, the mediating processes, and outcomes of implementation of a faculty developmentproject. The high level conjecture was that faculty who participate in a supportive
startup developing visual learning media for schools. From 2011 to 2016, he was technical specialist (Airflow, Combustion and Thermodynamics) with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, and played a key role in the redesign of their V6 gasoline engine to achieve improved fuel economy and performance. He also served as a Mentor and reviewed technical training programs. From 2002 - 2010, he was Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University School of Engineering at IUPUI (Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis) where he experimented with several teaching approaches inspired by the ASEE National Effective Teach- ing Institute Workshop. His 2009 ASEE (American Society for Engineering
AC 2012-3933: A FIRST TAKE ON AN INDIVIDUAL DATA GENERA-TION ASSIGNMENT FOR OPEN-ENDED MATHEMATICAL MODEL-ING PROBLEMSProf. Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette Heidi A. Diefes-Dux is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue Uni- versity. She received her B.S. and M.S. in food science from Cornell University and her Ph.D. in food process engineering from the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Purdue Univer- sity. She is a member of Purdue’s Teaching Academy. Since 1999, she has been a faculty member within the First-year Engineering program at Purdue, the gateway for all first-year students entering the College of Engineering. She has coordinated
Physics webpage; http://physics.dickinson.edu/~abp_web/abp_homepage.html, accessed10/12/10Bernhard, Jonte. Improving Engineering Physics Teaching - Learning From Physics Education Research.In Physics Teaching in Engineering Education. 2000. Budapest.Bransford, J., Brown, A., and Cocking, R. 2000 How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience and School.Washington, D.C.: Commission on Behavioral and Social Science and Education, National ResearchCouncil.Carlton, K. (2000), 'Teaching about heat and temperature', Physics Education, 35 (2), 101.Chi, M. T. H. Commonsense Conceptions of Emergent Processes: Why Some Misconceptions AreRobust. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2005. 14. 161-99.Chi, M. T. H. (2006). Laboratory methods for assessing experts’ and
Paper ID #14971Measuring Student Response to Instructional Practices (StRIP) in Traditionaland Active ClassroomsMr. Kevin A. Nguyen, University of Texas, Austin Kevin Nguyen is currently a Ph.D. student in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education department at University of Texas at Austin. He has a B.S. and M.Eng in Environ- mental Engineering both from Texas Tech University. As an engineering education researcher, he has worked on projects regarding self-reflection, teamwork, active learning, and participatory science com- munities.Dr. Maura J. Borrego, University of Texas, Austin
have blinds so they can close this room and how did they fix these blinds to the wall. And is that the most elegant way of fixing these blinds into the wall. The could have fixed these blinds in the gap between the ceiling and the glass wall so that I will not see them...So maybe did they want me to see them or did they not want me to see them and think about it. So you see it’s a sickness.DiscussionThis investigation began with two questions in mind:• How do designers within and outside of engineering experience design similarly?• What themes emerge from these experiences that could facilitate common ground?What emerged is that the designers interviewed, while the content and contexts of their
Engineering Education at Penn State. She holds a doctoral degree in educational psychology emphasizing applied measurement and testing. In her position, Sarah is responsible for developing instructional support programs for faculty, providing evaluation support for educational proposals and projects, and working with faculty to publish educational research. Her research interests primarily involve creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship education.Dr. Esther W Gomez, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Dr. Esther Gomez is an assistant professor in the Departments of Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Gomez’s research program focuses on how me- chanical
Paper ID #27396Board 52: Cultivating the Maker Culture through Evidence-Based Pedago-giesDr. Yonghui Wang, Prairie View A&M University Dr. Yonghui Wang received his B.S. in Optoelectronics from Xidian University in 1993, his M.S. in electrical engineering from Beijing Polytechnic University in 1999; and his Ph.D. in computer engineering from Mississippi State University in 2003. From 1993 to 1996, he was a Research Engineer with the 41st Electrical Research Institute in Bengbu, China. From July 1999 to December 1999, he worked as an IT Specialist in IBM China, Beijing, China. From 2000 to 2003, he was a research
Brain, Mind, Experience, and School. Washington, D.C.: NationalAcademy, 1999. Print.9. Kuh, George D. "Assessing what really matters to student learning inside the national survey of studentengagement." Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning 33.3 (2001): 10-17.10.Felder, Richard M., and Rebecca Brent. "Active learning: An introduction." ASQ Higher Education Brief 2.4(2009): 122-127.11. Chickering, Arthur W., and Zelda F. Gamson. "Seven Principles for Good Practice in UndergraduateEducation. From The American Association for Higher Education Bulletin, March 1987." (2011).12. Toto, Roxanne, and Hien Nguyen. "Flipping the work design in an industrial engineering course." Frontiersin Education Conference, 2009. FIE '09. 39th IEEE. IEEE, 2009.13
, engineers and technicians to fuel the transition from macro- to nano-engineering will be a great challenge 1.One of the initial steps for the development of new curricula is a clear notion of the keyconcepts or habits of mind that will remain with a learner long after the actual learningexperience has ended. Wiggins and McTighe have coined the term “enduringunderstandings” for these essential, long-term outcomes 2. However, enduringunderstandings should not be the only focus of effective curricula; effective pedagogical Page 22.1038.2methods and learning strategies that help learners make sense of such concepts must alsobe incorporated. These pedagogical
Paper ID #17359Golden Eagle Flight Plan Online: A Web-Based Advisement Tool to FacilitateDevelopmental AdvisingDr. Chengyu Sun, California State University, Los AngelesDr. Deborah Won, California State University, Los Angeles Deborah Won is an Associate Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at California State Uni- versity, Los Angeles. Her specialization is in Biomedical Engineering and her scientific research area focuses on neuro-rehabilitative technology. Her educational research interests include use of Tablet PCs and technology to better engage students in the classroom as well as pedagogical and advisement ap
AC 2010-376: STUDENTS IMPROVING: IDENTIFYING FACTORS THAT SEEMTO MATTERElizabeth Otto, Stanford University Elizabeth Otto is a second year graduate student at Stanford University pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Applied Physics with interests in Biophysics and Science and Engineering Education. She received her B.S. degree from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 2008 in Physics and Mathematical Sciences and expects to receive an M.S. degree from Stanford University in Applied Physics in 2010.Helen Chen, Stanford University Helen L. Chen is a Research Scientist at the Stanford Center for Innovations in Learning and Research Associate in the Center for the Advancement of Engineering
AC 2009-1394: TEACHING THE MILLENNIAL STUDENT, ADAPTING THELEARNING FRAMEWORK FOR MATERIAL SCIENCECindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University Page 14.1158.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 TEACHING THE MILLENNIAL STUDENT, ADAPTING THE LEARNING FRAMEWORK FOR MATERIAL SCIENCEAbstractFaculty are responsible for teaching courses that are current and use pedagogy up to date with thestudents of today. The current generation of university students consisting of those born after1980 and graduating high school following the year 2000 are pegged the Millenials1. Thisgeneration, has demonstrated many
incoming freshmen cope with first year mathematics classes. She developed teaching modules to improve students’ learning in mathematics using technology.Dr. M. Javed Khan, Tuskegee University Dr. M. Javed Khan is Professor and Head of Aerospace Science Engineering Department at Tuskegee University. He received his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from Texas A&M University, M.S. in Aero- nautical Engineering from the US Air Force Institute of Technology, and B.E. in Aerospace Engineer- ing from the PAF College of Aeronautical Engineering. He also has served as Professor and Head of Aerospace Engineering Department at the National University of Science and Technology,Pakistan. His research interests include experimental
have equal value overall, we realize that adiversity of styles within an engineering team is desirable – but this diversity must be understoodand managed well, or it may create conflicts (Problem Bs) that distract the team from its main,original aim (Problem A).With all of these factors and issues in mind, we have begun to explore the cognitive diversity ofour students from a problem solving perspective. For example: there is a common misperception(found most often in the creativity literature) that portrays engineers as “highly structured,Adaptor-inclined”. Based on personal experience (both in and out of the classroom), we believethis to be a false image of engineers and decided to test its accuracy. In addition, we wanted toexplore the
Paper ID #22514A Protocol-Based Blended Model for Fluid Mechanics InstructionDr. John T. Solomon, Tuskegee University John T Solomon is an assistant professor in the mechanical engineering department of Tuskegee Univer- sity. He received PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Florida State University, USA in 2010. Prior join- ing Tuskegee University he was a research associate in Florida Center for Advanced Aero- Propulsion. Dr. Solomon’s research interests include high speed flow control, actuator development, experimental fluid mechanics and engineering education.Dr. Eric Hamilton, Pepperdine University Eric Hamilton is
AC 2009-878: A REVISITED STUDY ON THE USE OF CLICKER TECHNOLOGYTO EVALUATE SHORT-TERM CONCEPT RETENTIONAdam Czekanski, United States Military Academy ADAM J. CZEKANSKI is an instructor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. He teaches introductory courses in environmental science, environmental engineering, and hydrogeology. Mr. Czekanski’s academic and research interests include engineering education and drinking water treatment in developing nations. Mr. Czekanski is a licensed professional engineer in the Commonwealth of Virginia.David Roux, United States Military Academy DAVID-MICHAEL P. ROUX is an instructor