Paper ID #32327Developing an Equally Effective Alternate-access Plan forVision-impaired and Blind Students Enrolled in Mechanical EngineeringTechnology CoursesDr. Nancy E. Study, Pennsylvania State University Dr. Nancy E. Study is an Associate Teaching Professor in the School of Engineering at Penn State Behrend where she teaches courses in engineering graphics and rapid prototyping, and is the coordinator of the rapid prototyping lab. Her research interests include visualization, standardization of CAD practices, design for 3D printing, and haptics. Nancy is a former chair of the ASEE Engineering Design Graphics Division
Paper ID #24614Integrated Assessment Model for Multiple Outcomes and CriteriaDr. Sabah Razouk Abro, Lawrence Technological University Dr. Sabah Abro is an internationally educated professor and program Director at Lawrence Technological University. He graduated with a Bachelor degree from the University of Baghdad, pursued a post graduate diploma in planning from the United Nations institute in the middle east, Went to Wales in the United kingdom to get his Master’s degree and then to Belgium for his Ph.D. He has also international work experience; he served as Faculty at Al Mustansiria University in Baghdad, a regional
, renewable energy and micro-manufacturing. His current research interests include robotics, CIM, sus- tainable manufacturing, micro machining and engineering and technology education. He has published several papers in these areas in various national and international conferences and journals. He has worked in heavy and light manufacturing industries, manufacturing pumps, motors, and CNC machine tools in the areas of system design, production planning, and control and manufacturing. Edinbarough also served in paramilitary forces and in the Air Force. He is a Life Member of the ISTE, a senior life member of the IE (India), a member of ASEE and SME, and a licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) in the state of Texas.Ms. Adriana
instructor? Animplementation intention is a clear strategy for achieving a goal, in the form of an “if-then”plan, that specifies the when, where and how a goal is to be reached1. For example, “If I havejust finished my 10AM circuits class, then I will go to the library and work on my calculushomework until my next class.” There is a rich body of literature in the field of psychologyshowing the success of implementation intentions, applied to things as diverse as exercise,impulse control, and overcoming addiction. However, prior to this study, very little work hasbeen done applying this practice to academics.Authors of motivational theories assert intentions play a causal role in behavior, including thetheory of reasoned action2 and the theory of
. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Impact of COVID-19 on Engineering and Technology Course OutcomesAbstractStudent learning experience can be disrupted significantly if the plan of study changes suddenlylike it did due to the COVID-19 global pandemic in March 2020. The purpose of this paper is tocompare the outcomes of two courses at Indiana State University such as student grades, numberof students dropping the course, available resources, etc. before (pre-) and during (post-) thepandemic. The compared two courses are from two separate departments where one course isEngineering Economics and the other course is DC Circuits and Design. The course DC Circuitsand Design has both theory and
degrees from the University of Washington. He is the author of the text Embedded Microcontrollers, which covers assembly and C programming in small real-time embedded systems, and has been teaching the upper level embedded systems and senior project courses in EE/EET at WWU for 30 years.Dr. Derek M. Yip-Hoi, Western Washington University Dr. Yip-Hoi received his Ph.D. from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan in 1997. His dissertation research focused on developing Computer-Aided Process Planning methods and software tools to support automation of machining on Mill/Turn machining centers. Follow- ing his Ph.D., he worked for several years with the NSF Engineering Research Center for
experimental and theoretical STEM research. Additionally, students were expected toselect a future research topic with the assistance of an active faculty researcher who was willingto serve as a mentor; design and present a research prospectus, complete a mini review of literaturerelevant to their chosen research topic; and to make preliminary plans for starting the researchproject in the following semester.Although designed with the best of intentions, the course ran into substantial institutionalroadblocks that prevented its continuation. The paper concludes with a summary of the discussionsheld with stakeholders about the course, its goals, and its challenges, and the evolution from acourse-based strategy into a more institutionally viable
tenure at ETSU, he has authored several papers, taught numerous courses, and presented at professional meetings. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 A Graduate Program Review and Lessons Learned Mohammad Moin Uddin and Keith Johnson East Tennessee State UniversityAbstractThe Department of Engineering, Engineering Technology and Surveying at East Tennessee StateUniversity offers a graduate program – MS in Engineering Technology. The program has twoconcentrations – Engineering Technology and Entrepreneurial Leadership. The EngineeringTechnology concentration is for students who plan to become, or are now, involved insupervising or
importance of lessening thebarrier of location and socioeconomics is important to continue to provide equal opportunity inSTEM.Educational System:Informal learning environments serve as supplemental classrooms for students across the globe.The types of supplemental programs have a diversity in focus interest and demographics. Thecontent is generally more applied and practically focused. The types of program directlyinfluence interest in STEM careers and boost self-efficacy in STEM based content. [4]The classroom education system has a curriculum dictated by state and federal educationalstandards such as Common Core. This leaves less time and flexibility to teach subjects outside ofthe planned semester. While students learn STEM in the classroom
. Students complete an integrative design project in each courseand apply presented theory into real-world engineering problems. Course deliverables includewritten reports with detailed design data and analysis, group and individual presentations, andone or more working, physical product prototypes. Projects are also used to introduce enterprisesoft skills, including various levels of communication, teamwork, professionalism, andrecognizing ethical values. The sequence is finalized by a senior level capstone “Senior Design”course that requires student participation in interdisciplinary teams to bring a product fromconceptual design through manufacture. Activities include detail design, material selection, costestimation, process planning, schedule
also a broad experience in the glass industry, specifically in fabrication of automotive safety glass. He worked for Vitro Glass Company for more than 19 years where he held different positions such as Process Engineer, Materials Planning and Logistics Manager, Production Superintendent, Manufacturing Engineer and Glass Technologist. During his time in the company, he co-authored two patents related to glass fabrication and glass coatings pro- cessing. Dr. Gonzalez is a Six-Sigma Black Belt and has participated in numerous process improvement projects. He has been trained as well in the Methodology of Inventive Problem Solving (TRIZ) that he applied to solve complex problems. In the manufacturing operations field
east)Figure 1: Pictures of the bridge.Figure 2 shows the schematic of the bridge presenting the plan view, elevation, and a typicalcross section of the superstructure. The bridge has three continuous spans, 67-ft at both endspans, and 112-ft at central span. The transversal section shows five steel beams receiving a 7.5-in slab with a sidewalk at the east side and safety rails at each edge.Figure 3 shows the elevation of the steel beam and details of the splice, studs, and supports. Thebeams are continuous with variable cross section and symmetric with respect to the bridgecenterline. Close to the ends, the section is W36x135; at the supports the section is W36x230with a cover plate of 10”x7/8” welded at top and bottom flanges; the central
Robotics and Advanced ManufacturingAbstractThis paper presents the curriculum, courses, laboratory modules and other student-centricactivities for a new Robotics Engineering Technology baccalaureate degree program which iscurrently being developed at Miami University. The new program consists of theory andlaboratory courses on industrial robotics, advanced manufacturing and automation systems, to bedelivered in a mixed format to support workforce development in the Southwest Ohio region. Inthis paper, we present the curriculum, course structure and planned evaluation methods of thenew RET program and discuss the challenges and opportunities that motivated us to develop theprogram.1. IntroductionRecent advances in robotics and automation have
limits resulted in the removal of five credits from the manufacturing plan of study andseven credits from the mechanical plan. Ensuring that graduates continue to be well prepared forengineering technology careers within the constraints of reduced curricula requires betterlearning and more effective corresponding instruction. Lower than desired manufacturing andmechanical engineering technology retention rates juxtaposed against national calls forincreasing the number of engineers and other STEM professionals also point to a need forinstructional change.4. For these reasons, effective educational innovation must happen inengineering technology education. The strategic question of how to connect innovation inteaching with the creation of learning
purposes, the program has defined four competencies that providegreater specificity to Outcome #6. Competency 1 calls for students to be able to “Develop anexperimental plan to answer a specific question or test a hypothesis.” Competency 2 requiresstudents to have the ability to “Collect data appropriate to the experiment or test.” Competency 3requires students to be able to “Analyze data collected using appropriate methods.” And finally,Competency 4 requires students to “Draw appropriate inferences from analysis results toimprove processes.”To improve student achievement of these competencies, lessons in Statistical Process Controls(SPC) and Design of Experiments (DOE) were designed and added to the ETME 415 – Designfor Manufacturing and Tooling
of skills and knowledge and end with documenting and presenting their work.The project engineering design stages include literature review, problem formulation andanalysis, project planning, creating design alternatives, evaluating and selecting the best designalternative.During each of the project engineering stages, challenges are compared and analyzed. Project-related challenges were ranked the highest for all comparisons performed. The study also showedthat two out of the five student outcomes were harder to achieve and faced higher challenges.When comparing how each of the course evaluation methods helped to reduce the identifiedchallenges towards each student outcome, it was found that the project-related assignmentscontributed the
tailored the IEEE/ACM guidelines for ITprograms to the local needs, following a continuous quality improvement (CQI) plan thataddressed the eight General Criteria and the Program Criteria established by the EngineeringTechnology Accreditation Commission (ETAC) of ABET. In October of 2014, the IET wasaccredited by the ETAC Commission of ABET, with the next comprehensive review beingscheduled by 2019. This paper describes the accreditation process for the IET program atNorthern New Mexico College from its conception to accreditation. Index TermsABET, Accreditation, Information Engineering Technology, Student Outcomes.1. IntroductionFounded in 1909 as the “Spanish American Normal School at New Mexico,” Northern
and Automation As program faculty began researching existing robotics platforms and software toimplement in these courses, it became immediately apparent that a wide gap exists between whatwe define as “robotics toys” and “industrial robotics.” The realization of this educational chasmsparked an entire new set of pedagogical challenges and research. This paper chronicles ourjourney from concept to initial implementation.Pedagogical ApproachCurriculum development for the RAM course sequence began with an overall plan of increasingpedagogical complexity throughout the course sequence. The idea started with a progressionfrom simple robotics fundamentals in the introduction course (ETSC 277), to more complextopics in the advanced course
demonstrate an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics. (b) Students will demonstrate an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data with the use of computer applications current to industry; (c) Students will demonstrate an ability to design and apply creativity in the design of engineering systems, components and process; (d) Students will demonstrate an ability to function effectively on teams that establish goals, plan tasks, meet deadlines, and analyze risk and uncertainty; (e) Students will demonstrate an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences (f) Students will demonstrate an
. While this course uses active learning approaches and team projects, the scope of theircontents distinguish them from similar courses that seek to achieve improved graduation andretention rates. For instance, in this course, soft skills such as technical writing, use of Excel,developing an individual academic plan of study, cooperative education, internships, culturaldiversity, quality, safety, and ethics are covered. Basic technical skills covered include math,mechanical, electrical, and computer engineering technology. The rationale for this course is toexpose students to these subjects and topics before they enroll in core engineering technologycourses such as applied statics.Assessment of learning:While the author plans to conduct this
Theory (ELT). Experiential learning was introduced byJohn Dewey in 1938, and later refined by Kurt Lewin and David Kolb. Dewey describedlearning as a process of participating in an activity, reflecting on that experience and later usingthe conclusions when doing other activities.3 Lewin, a social psychologist, believed that thechallenge of modern education was how to implement “concrete experience” based on Dewey’sprocess.4 Kolb unified the process in 1984 as the “Experiential Learning Cycle”, which connectsthe four actions of learning.4 Kolb’s cycle depicts experience explained by reflection, reflectioncreating new concepts, and new concepts used to plan new experiences. He refers to the cycle asconcrete experience (CE), reflective observation
, Charlie was a fac- ulty member and former chair in the Department of Construction Management and Engineering at North Dakota State University in Fargo. Dr. McIntyre’s current research includes sustainable construction / green building and pedagogical activ- ities involving active learning. Since 2010, he has co-chaired the ”ACCE Industry Advisory Board (IAB) Event” planning committee. As an active member of the American Society for Engineering Education, he is the current Zone III Chair and serves on the ASEE Board of Directors. Dr. McIntyre is an ASEE Fellow.Ms. Tiffany Erin Whinery, Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis Tiffany Whinery is a Graduate Research Assistant at the STEM Education Research
adjust to the distance learning mode include: a) decomposition of the course context into three modules and clear specification of the corresponding learning objectives of each module; b) combination of different technologies to create friendly and inclusive learning environment; c) frequent assessment of students' performance via online quizzes/tests; and d) carefully- designed laboratory assignments via MATLAB simulations that are able to demonstrate the entire feedback control process. A comparison of students' performance under the traditional face-to-face learning mode and the new distance learning mode is conducted. Based on assessment results, we will evaluate the effectiveness of our current teaching methodology/plan developed
questions, the options given were the standard selections for such a survey: stronglyagree, agree, fair/neutral, disagree, or strongly disagree. Some questions offered a range ofoptions pertaining to each specific question; a few of these questions asked students to selectmore than one option.An initial questionnaire was created as a “test survey” for students. It was administered in aclass to sophomore students noted as being primarily. The students were asked to answer a set ofquestions regarding their perception of the program’s education. Additionally, they wereinquired about their future education and career plans. The students completed thequestionnaires promptly and returned them. After reviewing the first questionnaire, theresearchers
institutions. There is an urgent and growing need for workforce ready technicians to fill industry roles.The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) indicated that the job outlook for mechanical and civilengineering technicians showed a 3% and 5% increase respectively in the 10-year span from 2018-2028, where the median salary is over $50,000 [2]. An innovative plan must be developed to assurethat the number of students enrolled in surrounding for-credit Tech Ed programs increases, andthat increasing retention and graduation rates is a priority [3]. A solution to this problem is rootedin our Center for Workforce Development (CWD) and in soft skills training through our CWD,and our Business and Innovation Department. In order to increase the number of
of glass at room and high temperature. Dr. Gonzalez has also a broad experience in the glass industry, specifically in fabrication of automotive safety glass. He worked for Vitro Glass Company for more than 19 years where he held different positions such as Process Engineer, Materials Planning and Logistics Manager, Production Superintendent, Manufacturing Engineer and Glass Technologist. During his time in the company, he co-authored two patents related to glass fabrication and glass coatings pro- cessing. Dr. Gonzalez is a Six-Sigma Black Belt and has participated in numerous process improvement projects. He has been trained as well in the Methodology of Inventive Problem Solving (TRIZ) that he applied to solve
, industry feedback, and the challenges involved during the process indetail from the engineering technology perspective. It also includes discussion on the twodifferent tracks for earning the MSET degree with a flexible selection for the research focus area.This paper will add value to the technology programs planning to develop a new MEROcurriculum in the future.1. IntroductionThe US Department of Labor projects an increase in the number of engineers in the USA from1.68 million to 1.82 million by 2026 [1]. The fastest-growing demands are in Data Science andMachine Learning, and Mechatronics and Robotics. The term ‘Mechatronics’ is expanding itshorizon due to the current digital disruptions in industrial automation. Starting with a concept
instructors.Active distance learning environments typically capitalize on high-speed Internet connectionsusing televised lectures and demonstrations via satellite connections, video streaming, orconferencing applications. Typical streaming, collaboration, and conferencing applicationsinclude Adobe Connect Pro, MSN Messenger, Yugma, iPod/iPad, Google Chat, Skype,Facebook, YouTube, and others are typically utilized in the on-line teaching environment4.Couse Delivery Methodologies 1. Synchronous/real-time lectures Planning, designing, and implementing active learning in a distance education environment is similar to those activities for traditional classes except that planning for courses without face- to-face contact makes the design process particularly
, includingmodernizing the user interface with a microcontroller and a graphical user interface (GUI),allowing easy user customization of the PEMF parameters.Multiple criteria and testing parameters were created in order to ensure the safety, effectiveness,functionality, and accuracy of the device. Three 11-week terms were devoted to the research,development, and testing of this device, which required precise planning during each stage of theproject. Funding for this project was the responsibility of the group; however, severalcorporations provided in-kind support. The oral presentation and the final written report wereevaluated by the assessment committee comprising ET faculty and industry representatives. Thecompleted working prototype was registered with the
to changes in geometry or operating conditions.In the course of developing this ability, students need to gain experience both in analyticalmodeling, and in making experimental measurements. In industrial scenarios in particular, it isoften important that experimental measurements be planned and executed in manner that causesminimal disruption of operations in addition to being carried out with sufficient accuracy for theresults to address the interests of the business.Development of these skills in the course of baccalaureate engineering technology programsaddresses three of the outcomes from the Criterion 3. Student Outcomes section of the 2019-20ABET documentation for accrediting engineering technology programs [1]. These Outcomesare:(1