informing themabout the course. The course was nominally geared towards freshmen, but sophomores andjuniors were included as a way to recruit transfer students. While the course did provide studentswith a unit of credit, it did not fulfill specific graduation requirements and the pass/no pass gradedid not impact student GPA. Accordingly, the motivation for taking the class was based upon adesire for self-improvement. This study was reviewed and approved to be in compliance withfederal regulations regarding the protection of human subjects (IRB project number 130252SX).Students who signed the IRB consent form also completed a survey about their experiences inthe course.The initial enrollment in MAE7 was 75 students, but not all students showed up
Paper ID #30111Engineering graphics in a community-college setting: Challenges andopportunitiesDr. Hannah Dawes Budinoff, Pima Community College Hannah D. Budinoff is a researcher interested in additive manufacturing, geometric manufacturability analysis, design for manufacturing, and engineering education. She received her BS in mechanical engi- neering from the University of Arizona and recently completed her PhD in mechanical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, where she was awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Dr. Budinoff teaches CAD classes in her role as Instructional Faculty at Pima Community
prior to Fall 2016. Thethree major areas of concern for the redesign effort are summarized in Table 1. This paperdescribes the efforts to reach the target population, promote multidisciplinary connections, andprovide a novel curriculum developed around the course workbook5 and designed to enrichstudent learning at Colorado School of Mines.Table 1: Significant Revisions to CSM 151 Implemented in Fall 2016 Target Topic Proposed Solution Improve Course Structure Design in-class activities to develop aspects of spatial visualization and move workbook to out-of-class homework Promote Multidisciplinary Introduce a team research project to explore the role spatial skills Connections play in
plans for the future. A discussion on theconcept of a polytechnic institution, its definition, and transformative nature is included to clarifythe reasons behind this radical and somewhat unsettling approach to education reformation.IntroductionAcademic institutions of higher learning are facing many difficult challenges, includingdeclining enrollment trends, complaints about costs vs. value, curricular stagnation, and inabilityto adapt quickly to changing environments facing graduating students. Many researchers andauthors claim that the traditional educational methods and structure espoused by universities isoutdated and potentially restrictive to learners. 1, 2 The College of Technology at PurdueUniversity is dealing with these challenges
received her BS from Georgia Tech in 2006, double-majoring in Psychology and Management.Dr. Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Meltem Alemdar is Associate Director and Senior Research Scientist at Georgia Tech’s Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC). Dr. Alemdar has experience evaluating programs that fall under the umbrella of educational evaluation, including K-12 educational curricula, K-12 STEM programs after-school programs, and comprehensive school reform initiatives. Across these evaluations, she has used a variety of evaluation methods, ranging from a multi-level evalua- tion plan designed to assess program impact to methods such as program monitoring
draft),CNC machining (tool access), casting, etc. That said, like any manufacturing technology, thereare still design rules that, when followed, will impact part strength, durability, build time, etc.The best practices for 3D printing part design are learned by students as they build, assemble,modify, and repair the prosthetics. Most additive manufacturing technologies continue tostruggle with accuracy and repeatability but improvements continue to increase part quality. The3D printer used for our prosthetic work is shown in Figure 2. Figure 2. The Fusion3 F410 3D printer (www.fusion3design.com/f410-3d-printer/) and some prosthetic components printing in our lab3D printing is a great fit for affordable prosthetics. The
Efficacy in Inverted Classrooms was awarded the William Everett Warner Graduate Student Research Award from Epsilon Pi Tau. Daniel is also a recipient of the Foundation for Technol- ogy and Engineering Educators/Maley Outstanding Graduate Student Award (2016). He is the author of the book Falling Down and founded the PUSH Initiative, a non-profit organization that raises funds for at-risk youth. Daniel’s current research explores the use of the flipped classroom instructional model and its impact on student and teacher efficacy.Dr. Aaron C. Clark, North Carolina State University Aaron C. Clark is a Professor of Technology, Design, and Engineering Education within the College of Education, as well as the Director of
focused on developing software applications to assist manufacturers design and plan operations on advanced machining lines that could be rapidly reconfigured to meet changes to a product’s design or production volume. In 2003 he joined the faculty of the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of British Columbia as junior chair of the NSERC sponsored research program in Virtual Machining. His work at this time focused on the modeling of cutter/workpiece engagement geometry to support process modeling for aerospace machining applica- tions. He is currently on the faculty of the Engineering and Design Department at Western Washington University where he is director of the Manufacturing Engineering program
Paper ID #28748A Simple Method Allowing Students to Improve Their 3-D VisualizationSkillsDr. Dan G. Dimitriu, San Antonio College Dan G. Dimitriu has been practicing engineering since 1970 and taught engineering courses concurrently for more than 20 years at various institutions. In 2001, he joined San Antonio College full-time as the Coordinator of its Engineering program. He has been involved with several engineering societies and became a member of the Two-year College Division of ASEE in 2002. His research interests are in engineering graphics, 3-D Visualization, fuel cells, plastics, and engineering education. He
important sources of data for identifying areas for improvement. When several options present themselves, time constraints forces a choice, and it is not always an easy matter to decide which. The Lean Manufacturing framework presented here can be used to develop a mechanism for instructors to use to weigh options and point them towards the ones that have the highest potential to positively impact Just-In-Time delivery, use of available brainpower and building-in quality. This can be motivational for the instructor by giving them a priori a degree of confidence that the changes they are considering will have benefit, as opposed to just hoping for the best.3. Promotes collaboration, ownership and teamwork: Teamwork and collaboration
Paper ID #16321Mr. Atiq Islam, Prairie View A&M University I was born and raised in Houston Texas. I have worked in the professional field for five years as a environmental technician at Southern Union. I am also currently attending Prairie View A&M University to pursue a Mechanical Engineering degreeT Fulya Eyupoglu, North Carolina State University T. Fulya Eyupoglu is a graduate research assistant in the Department of Curriculum, Instruction and Counselor Education with a specialization in Digital Learning and Teaching. Besides being enrolled in an NSF Project as a researcher, she is also serving as a teaching assistant in the Instructional Design Course.Miss Tianyun Yuan, Prairie View A&M University
and 23.7, respectively. By the time of graduation, the gap hasnarrowed slightly, such that average test scores for graduating male and female engineeringstudents are 25.1 and 24.5, respectively. Gender differences in entrance exam scores(F(1,118)=2.055, p=0.154) and in exit exam scores (F(1,118)=0.724, p=0.396) were not found tobe statistically significant. It is interesting however that women still lag behind their malecolleagues in measures of spatial ability, a result that is also commonly observed in the literature.In order to examine the impact of spatial skills on success in the course of their studies, thecumulative GPA of the graduating students (n=120) is compared with their exit test scores inFigure 9. There is no observable