Paper ID #19389Assessment of physics course outcomes, general education outcomes, andABET course outcomes of engineering majors, technology majors, and healthsciences majors at a community collegeDr. Raul Armendariz, Queensborough Community College Assistant professor of physics at the Queensborough Community CollegeProf. Tak Cheung Tak Cheung, Ph.D., professor of physics, teaches in CUNY Queensborough Community College. He also conducts research and mentors student research projects.Dr. Charles Neuman, Queensborough Community College, CUNY c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Assessment of
nanophotonics and nanomedicine, including discoveries of a plasmon explosion of nanoparticles, new dynamics modes in selective nanopho- totherapy, RF and X-ray optics of nanoparticles. A well-respected international researcher, Letfullin has authored 150 articles and conference proceedings, including 12 book chapters in 10 different books. His work has garnered many grants and awards includ- ing 4 patents in laser technology and optical engineering. He has led the development of several new research laboratories for research on biophotonics and nanomedicine, created innovative teaching tools including online video courses and webinars, and supervised numerous masters and doctoral students. For his achievements in optics
the first course ofCalculus for engineering students, and it has been taught once a year since 2012. The goal for thecurricular project is to complete a sequence of three Fis-Mat courses corresponding to the firstthree courses of Physics and the three Calculus courses for engineering students. So far, we havegained experience in a) implementing Modeling Instruction as well as teaching from a Modelsand Modeling perspective, b) taking advantage of the classroom settings, c) tailoring theactivities to enhance active learning, d) using the technology and the laboratory equipment in anefficient and meaningful way, and e) designing activities that provide formative and summativeassessment to all (students, teachers, and researchers).The main goal
. Austin University, teaching at the program in Engineering Physics. His research interests include: Radar Systems, Wireless Communications and Antennas.Dr. Christopher J. Aul, Stephen F. Austin State University Mechanical Engineering professor at Stephen F. Austin State University serving the Engineering Physics degree within the Department of Physics, Engineering and Astronomy. Research interests include com- bustion chemistry, laser diagnostics, engineering education, and outreach programs in STEM.Dr. Dan Bruton, Stephen F. Austin State University Dr. Dan Bruton is a professor of Physics at Stephen F. Austin State University. He is an Associate Dean of the College of Sciences and Mathematics and recently developed a new
/index.cfm/page/CourseAdmin.ViewABET?coursecatalogid=501&pdf =True); Stanford’s ME220 Introduction to Sensors (http://www.stanford.edu/class/me220/).Sites accessed January 2014.6 See, for example, U. Minnesota’s AEM 4601 Instrumentation Laboratory(http://www.aem.umn.edu/teaching/curriculum/syllabi/UGrad/AEM_4601_syllabus.shtml);Johns Hopkins’ 530.420 Robot Sensors and Actuators(https
Paper ID #20410Physics is the soul of Engineering in General and Electrical Engineering inParticularDr. Kanti Prasad, University of Massachusetts, Lowell Dr. Kanti Prasad is a professor in the department of electrical and computer Engineering and is found- ing Director of Microelectronics/VLSI Technology Laboratories at the University Massachusetts Lowell. Professor Prasad initiated the Microelectronics/ VLSI program in 1984, and is teaching 16.469/16.502 VLSI Design and 16.470/504 VLSI Fabrication courses since its inception. From the spring of 1986 Pro- fessor Prasad developed 16.661 Local Area/Computer Networks, and
Wentworth will also help improve the PER literature’s deficiency ofinvestigations at non-R1 universities3.2 Control and Experimental Group We implemented our initial study with two different faculty members, both usingsimilar teaching styles. The typical classroom setting consists of a combination oftraditional lecture content prepared by the instructors (not a universal slide prepared bythe department or supplement provided by the MLM), example problems, clickerquestions, and group work. All courses are comprised of two 75-minute lectures perweek, as well as a one 110-minute laboratory period once per week. Each professor taught at least two sections of the same course at different timesduring the day. For each faculty member, one
replaced a traditional introductory collegemechanics laboratory curriculum, which was not inquiry-based and provided only limitedopportunities for students to construct their own knowledge by performing open-ended activities.Research into physics education provides insight for the design of innovative curricula andpedagogy. 3 The learning environments that are able to demonstrate the highest rates of studentachievement, as measured by standardized examinations, involve some form of what iscommonly called interactive engagement. Hake defines, ‘‘Interactive Engagement’’ (IE)methods as those designed at least in part to promote conceptual understanding throughinteractive engagement of students in heads-on (always) and hands-on (usually) activities
AC 2008-1562: USING LEGO BASED ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVEUNDERSTANDING CONCEPTS OF SPEED, VELOCITY, AND ACCELERATIONNataliia Perova, Tufts University Natasha is currently a graduate students at Tufts University majoring in Mathematics, Science, Technology and Engineering education. She previously earned her M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Tufts University in 2005 and B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Suffolk University. Natasha is currently a research assistant at the Center for Engineering Outreach where she is involved in using engineering approaches to teach high school students science and mathematics.Walter H. Johnson, Suffolk University Walter got his PhD and M.S. from
AC 2008-923: DIRECT ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES INPHYSICS FOR ENGINEERS COURSESAnca Sala, Baker College ANCA L. SALA, Assistant Professor, is Chair of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Baker College. Dr. Sala coordinates several engineering and technology programs, is actively involved in teaching and developing engineering curriculum, and leads the ABET accreditation activities in the department. She is a member of ASEE, ASME, and OSA.Raghu Echempati, Kettering University RAGHU ECHEMPATI is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University (formerly GMI Engineering & Management Institute). He has over 20 years of teaching, research and consulting
disciplines in Spanish, focuseson integrating physics and calculus for first-year engineering students13. The Fis-Mat coursemeets three times a week for a total of 5 blocks of 80 minutes each in three sessions (one blockon Monday and two consecutive blocks on Wednesday and Friday). In terms of teaching load,two blocks correspond to the Physics course, two blocks to the Mathematics course and oneblock corresponds to the Physics Laboratory. Both professors were present and participating atall times. During the actual sessions there was no distinction between the blocks, each professorled the class depending on students’ needs. The course program was structured in a coherent andarticulated way without paying much attention on whose block corresponded
-lectureassignments and are provided with the needed data to use Just-In-Time Teaching strategies andquickly modify lecture content to best serve the students’ overall strengths and weaknesses. Thissame data can be used to determine if a topic should be revisited before an exam. Studentachievement can be tracked though the provided learning outcomes or objectives connected toeach assigned problem. This data can be used when assessing individual student learning orreporting course efficacy for purposes of institutional assessment.This paper will evaluate the online learning systems Pearson’s MasteringPhysics and Wiley’sWileyPlus as used by the physics program at the University of Southern Indiana (USI) for bothalgebra and calculus based first semester
AC 2008-2143: USING WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK AS AN EDUCATIONALTOOL FOR LEARNING SCIENCE CONCEPTSNataliia Perova, Tufts University Natasha is currently a graduate students at Tufts University majoring in Mathematics, Science, Technology and Engineering education. She previously earned her M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Tufts University in 2005 and B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Suffolk University. Natasha is currently a research assistant at the Center for Engineering Outreach where she is involved in using engineering approaches to teach high school students science and mathematics.Patricia Hogan, Suffolk University Patricia Hogan, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Physics and
Labs Transforming the Introductory Laboratory,” Eur. J. of Phys., 28 (2007), S83-S94 Page 26.615.6[3] For more information on the institute EPIC Learning initiative, seehttp://wit.edu/epic-learning[4] James G. O’Brien and Greg Sirokman, “Teaching Vectors to Engineering Students throughan Interactive Vector Based Game”, American Society of Engineering Educators ConferenceProceedings, 2014[5] Information on The Marshmallow Challenge can be found athttp://marshmallowchallenge.com Page 26.615.7
), S38 – S44.[24] Thornton, R. and Sokoloff, D. (1990). Learning motion concepts using real time microcomputer-based laboratory tools. American Journal of Physics, 58(9), 858 – 867.[25] Redish, E. F. and Steinberg, R. N. (1999). Teaching physics: Figuring out what works. Physics Today, 52(1), 24 – 30.[26] Van Heuvelen, A. (1991). Overview, case study physics. American Journal of Physics, 59(10), 898 – 906.[27] Larkin, T. L. (2013, January). The evolution of assessment within an introductory physics course. International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy (iJEP), Vol. 3, Special Issue 1, pp. 39 - 48. Kassel University Press GmbH, Kassel, Germany. eISSN: 2192-4880. http://dx.doi.org/10.3991/ijep. v3iS1.2393.[28
governmental) are assessing colleges and universities.As engineering educators we have been assessing student learning and course and programoutcomes for years under the context of ABET evaluation, we are much better positioned thansome of our liberal arts colleagues. Those of us who teach as part of the engineering curriculumhave recognized for many years that if we do not measure what students are learning then wereally do not know what or how to teach. We believe that by measuring student learning, withvalid and robust instruments, we can adjust the curriculum and pedagogy to increase studentlearning. We should be teaching with research based active-learning activities, assessing whatour students know and address their misunderstandings before they
AC 2008-2378: PHYSICS FUNDAMENTALS, ENGINEERING DESIGN, ANDRESEARCH: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ATHREE-WEEK SHORTCOURSEWinston Jackson, California Institute of Technology Winston Jackson received his BS in Civil Engineering from Southern University and A&M College and his MS degree in Applied Mechanics at the California Institute of Technology, where he is currently continuing his PhD work. His research is in the area of experimental solid mechanics, and he has been a teaching assistant for a course in solid mechanics as well as the Physics Curriculum Coordinator for the 2007 YESS Program.Jennifer Franck, California Institute of Technology Jennifer Franck is currently a
(from smallest to largest) green, yellow, orange and red quantum dots.Temperature DependenceThe experiment as outlined in the Background section is described in the handout thataccompanies CENCO Physics’ quantum dots and is a standard experiment for Modern Physicslab that can be done in a short amount of time – one laboratory period or less. Temperature alsoimpacts the size of the band gap.6, 7 It was our goal to develop an undergraduate-level experimentwhere this parameter is explored in order to enhance our class discussion of material structureand properties.Experimental ProcedureMaterials: CENCO InP Quantum Dots 405 nm (near-UV) light source (included with CENCO Quantum Dots kit) OceanOptics USB650
superconducting puck capable of displaying magnetic levitation via the Meissnereffect. As with any experiment, favorable results are not guaranteed. This is itself a valuablelesson, and this project will require continued work over several semesters. As successive 5students add to the project, we hope to develop an educational condensed matter laboratorypackage for our upper division classes. A continuing issue at institutions focused on teaching isthe lack of laboratory equipment compared to more research-minded campuses. This projecttherefore encourages collaborations with local research universities for more in depth analysis ofour materials. This exposes our students to the larger scientific community
Center of the City University of New York in 1991. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Incorporating Quantum Technologies into Engineering CurriculumAbstract: This paper first reviews the present status of quantum technologies that are rapidlymaking inroads to various fields of science and engineering. The author then suggests, in light ofthese developments, how one may incorporate the key principles, ideas, and topics of newquantum technologies into undergraduate quantum mechanics courses and laboratories to prepareand equip future engineers. Concrete examples of curriculum changes in modern physics,quantum mechanics, and advanced quantum mechanics courses are presented based on threeyears of
University Dr. Adam Fontecchio is an Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Vice-Dean of the Graduate College, and Director of the Center for the Advancement of STEM Teaching and Learning Excellence (CASTLE). He is the recipient of a NASA New Investigator Award, the Drexel Graduate Student Associ- ation Outstanding Mentor Award, the Drexel University ECE Outstanding Research Achievement Award and the International Liquid Crystal Society Multimedia Prize. In 2003, he received a NASA/ASEE Sum- mer Faculty Fellowship to research NEMS/MEMS adaptive optics in the Microdevices Laboratory at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Dr. Fontecchio received his Ph.D. in Physics from Brown University in 2002. He has authored
Paper ID #13421Engineering Program Growth with Mesh Network CollaborationDr. Hank D Voss, Taylor University Dr. Hank D. Voss, Taylor University Dr. Hank D. Voss received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from University of Illinois in 1977. He then worked for Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratories prior to coming to Taylor University in 1994. He is currently a Professor of Engineering and Physics at Taylor University. Some of the courses that he regularly has taught include Principles of Engineering, Intro to Electronics, Statics, Advanced Electronics, Jr. Engineering Projects, FE Review, Control Systems
Minnesota. Dr. Mowry spent 25 years in corporate America as an inventor, team builder, R&D scientist, and engineer. His work focused on Nano-technology (both design and processing), materials engineering, micromagnetics, laser optics, and biomedical engineering. Dr. Mowry is also an entrepreneur with experience in several techni- cal startups. He is named on 40 patents along with multiple publications in four different technical fields. In 2003 Dr. Mowry joined the School of Engineering at the University of St. Thomas. He teaches ME, EE, and Physics courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. He is the Director of the MSEE program, which has a power emphasis, and the Director of REAL – the Renewable Energy
Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Technology and an affiliated faculty at the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She holds a B.E. in Information Systems, a M.S. in Technology, both from Tec de Monterrey; and a M.S. in Educational Technology and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University. Her research is focused on identifying how model-based cognition in STEM can be better supported by means of expert technological and computing tools such as cyberinfrastructure, cyber-physical systems, and computational modeling and simulation tools.Prof. Lynn A. Bryan, Purdue University Lynn A. Bryan is a Professor and Director of the Center for Advancing the Teaching and
24.1152.2students; it gives teachers opportunities to gain insight into what their students are thinking andlearning about science content, therefore, to make changes in instructions. It also helps studentsto improve their conceptual understanding of physics and their basic communication skills inwritten format.I. IntroductionYou are lecturing to your conceptual physics class about Newton’s 3rd law. You’ve carefullyexplained the content of the law and the relationship between the action and reaction forces.You’ve shown a few examples or perhaps videos and animations to help your students to connectthe law to their real life experience. You may have tried some interactive teaching strategies inclass, encouraged your students to ask questions if they don’t
the students’ lack of abstraction,especially when seeking to understand Electromagnetism concepts. Many active learningmethodologies and cases are presented in the Classical Mechanics research, but there are fewreferences for Electromagnetism and Waves. Since 2013, the Physics course in MauaEngineering School has used an innovative method for teaching the concepts ofElectromagnetism and Waves in the Engineering Courses, which allows the student to gain adeeper understanding of Physics Concepts1.Characteristics of the developed projectAll projects were applied to all students in the basic cycle (2nd year of Engineering Course –Basic Physics) of the discipline Physics II (Electromagnetism and Waves) and were aimed atthe following:• using an
AC 2008-1983: A LEARNER-CENTERED APPROACH FOR PREPARINGAT-RISK STUDENTSGlenn Ellis, Smith College Dr. Ellis is an Associate Professor of Engineering at Smith College. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering and Operations Research from Princeton University. Now in his seventh year at Smith College, Dr. Ellis teaches courses in engineering mechanics, artificial intelligence and educational methods for teaching science and engineering. He has published numerous papers on K-16 engineering education and works with various organizations on issues of educational reform. The winner of numerous teaching awards, Dr. Ellis recently received the 2007 U.S. Professor of the Year Award for
Paper ID #16886Using Engineering Design Notebooks to Evaluate Student Understanding ofPhysics Concepts in a Design ChallengeDr. Pamalee A. Brady, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo Pamalee Brady is an Associate Professor at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. She teaches courses in structural systems, concrete, steel and wood design as well as structural engineer- ing courses for architecture and construction management students. Prior to joining the faculty at Cal Poly she worked in applied research at the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory in Champaign
learning and assessment tool in her introductory physics courses for non-majors. She has been an active member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) for over 25 years. Dr. Larkin served on the Board of Directors for ASEE from 1997-1999 as Chair of Professional Interest Council (PIC) III and as Vice President of PICs. Dr. Larkin has received numerous national and international awards including the ASEE Distinguished Educator and Service Award from the Physics and Engineering Physics Division in 1998. Dr. Larkin received the Outstanding Teaching in the General Education Award from AU in 2000. In 2000 – 2001 she served as a National Science
Paper ID #17238Integration of High Performance Computing into Engineering Physics Edu-cationDr. Evan C. Lemley, University of Central Oklahoma Professor Lemley teaches thermo-fluid engineering and works with undergraduates to perform fluid dy- namics research that is mostly focused on small scale flow problems. He is currently an Assistant Dean of Mathematics and Science and a Professor of Engineering and Physics at the University of Central Oklahoma, his home institution for more than fifteen years. Previously, Professor Lemley worked as a mechanical engineer in the power industry. His bachelor’s degree is in physics from