sustainability. Prior to joining the JMU Engineering faculty in 2012, Dr. Barrella was at Georgia Tech completing her Ph.D. research as part of the Infrastructure Research Group (IRG). She also completed a teaching certificate and was actively involved with the Center for the En- hancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL) at Georgia Tech. Her academic interests focus on two primary areas of sustainable transportation: (1) community-based design and planning and (2) strategic planning and policy development. Dr. Barrella is also interested in investigating how to best integrate these research interests into classroom and project experiences for her students
served more than 2000 students since its inception. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Paper ID #16190 Dr. Wickliff is blessed to work daily in the area of her passion – developing young professionals – in her exciting current role at Texas A&M University. She is the Director of the College of Engineering’s, Zachry Leadership Program and a Professor of Engineering Practice. At Texas A&M University, she has taught Capstone Senior Design and Foundations of Engineering courses, but now teaches Engineering Leadership Development courses. She has also taught Project
learning, where students work toward completion of a fully realizedproject. Typically, the project is something tangible and utilizes a hands-on approach [11] [12][13] and can be either ill- or well-defined. The first-year Cornerstone project in ENGR 111 tendsto be more well-defined in comparison to the more ill-defined Capstone project experiences duringrespective senior years. Finally, discovery-based learning in employed throughout ENGR 111course lesson plans. In discovery-based learning, students are given tasks, such as explainingobservations or answering a question, with the educational objective of discovering the underlyingengineering phenomenon [14] [15].ENGR 111 Course OverviewAs previously mentioned, the ENGR 111 course structure is
exclusion from high-profile team roles [5-9].Recent research indicates that first-year, team-based design courses represent a uniqueopportunity to address such disparities and providing early collaborative learning experiencessupports the success of students from underrepresented groups in engineering [10-13]. Whilelectures and readings may provide teams with basic tools for team and project management,these correlate team success with the creation of a high-quality final design [14]. Such tools mayinadvertently cue students to distribute work according to stereotypical social roles in the beliefthat by having team members “play to their strengths,” they are doing what is best for the team[15]. Such task distribution may limit new learning across
skills as opposed to directly lecturing about them. Over 60% of the students in ourclass had no prior programming experience, yet all of the student teams were successful indeveloping engaging Flash-based games. Student surveys revealed that nearly all studentscharacterize computer science as collaborative, multi-disciplinary, and creative. We believe ourclass can serve as a model to create other discipline-specific introductory courses.1.0 IntroductionProject-Based Learning (PBL) has been shown to improve student retention, increase long-terminterest, and improve performance in future design courses.2, 6, 9, 12 Capstone and cornerstone3courses are a common home for PBL in many universities. Capstone courses are well-known andcornerstone courses
lessons learned along the way to make both Cornerstoneapproaches successful. A description of various projects and themes used to create the projectbased courses is included. Overall results show that the Cornerstone approach is successful andhas created a positive student culture centered on the projects and the learning center wherestudents work. Students have seen a positive improvement in their perspectives on engineeringand self-efficacy in their abilities to become an engineer.IntroductionFollowing a successful pilot, the first-year engineering program at Northeastern Universitydecided to adopt the “cornerstone to capstone” curriculum design for all incoming first-yearengineering students. The Cornerstone course specifically incorporates
Paper ID #9120Assessing Knowledge and Application of the Design ProcessDr. Ann Saterbak, Rice UniversityDr. Tracy Volz, Rice University Tracy Volz, PhD, is the Director of Rice University’s Program in Writing and Communication. Prior to this role, she spent fourteen years teaching technical communication in the Rice Center for Engineering Leadership and in the Cain Project in Engineering and Professional Communication at Rice. In addition to working with Rice faculty and students, Dr. Volz has conducted communication seminars for professional engineering societies and corporations. Her scholarly interests focus on oral
team could be tasked to design a new activity for a spring carnival at a local school. These situation are all open-‐ended and would require non-‐trivial problem formulation. In contrast, none of the prior studies nor the current work presented in this paper use the word “engineering design” to refer to very constrained design optimization-‐ Page 26.1510.2type projects. In an ethnographic study of a third year mechanical engineering design class at Georgia Tech, Wendy Newstetter embedded herself in a design
of a “boot camp” of increasingly more complex projects paired withan in-depth project on topics shown to be successful in engaging undergraduate engineeringstudents provides a learning experience that results in student knowledge of the engineeringdesign process – is answered in the affirmative for the short term. Whether this instructionaldesign is successful in student long-term retention of design knowledge remains to be seen.Depending on the major and participation in extracurricular activities, students at my institutionmay not have another design course until their fourth year capstone. I have observed that anumber of capstone students need remedial instruction in the engineering design process due tothe passage of time without
AC 2011-1625: IMPROVING STUDENT RETENTION IN STEM DISCI-PLINES: A MODEL THAT HAS WORKEDAndrew Kline, Western Michigan University Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering PhD, Michigan Technological UniversityBetsy M. Aller, Western Michigan University Betsy M. Aller is an associate professor in industrial and manufacturing engineering at Western Michigan University, where she teaches first-year engineering and coordinates capstone design project courses. Dr. Aller’s research interests include professional development of students to enter and succeed in the engineering workplace, and enhancing engineering and technology-related experiences for women and minorities.Dr. Edmund Tsang, Western Michigan University
data obtained through amixed-methods approach. Results indicate that students’ attitudes toward teamwork andtheir perceptions of their own teamwork skills improved over the semester.IntroductionTeamwork is vital to engineers’ professional lives. Passow 2012 surveyed over 4000practicing engineers representing eleven different disciplines asking them to evaluatethe importance of the different ABET competencies in their careers [1]. Teamwork(ABET Outcome 5, formally ABET Outcome D) received the highest rating.Considering its importance to the field, team-based assignments, particularly semester-long design projects, are commonly employed in engineering curricula. Whileteamwork can be a rewarding experience, it can also be a source of anxiety and
facility.Future WorkCourse modifications, such as the mapping of course learning objectives and backgroundstatements on assignments, were implemented for fall 2009. Student feedback at this point ispurely anecdotal as specific data has not yet been reduced. It is planned to have that dataavailable for examination prior to presentation of this paper.Our next major undertaking will be to modify the structure of the projects currently offered inEGR 100. Based on instructor and student feedback, we plan to reduce our lab projects fromthree to two by eliminating the second project. This will allow our students to have a morecomplete design experience by transitioning our larger project into more of a capstone-likeexercise.With the continued evolution of
students (how they chose their 100 website (WR) major, internship experience, capstone projects) were created by an undergraduate student and added to the set of web resources; Student blogs about their summer internships and study abroad programs were also added to the set of web resources. Presentations about the disciplines were available on the EGR 100 website.In order to create lecture time for the new labs, the presentations about the professions were notgiven during lecture time. Instead, those presentations were posted to the course website andstudents were encouraged to view these resources when preparing their student
will provide an overview of the Engineering 100 curriculum, the systems engineeringdesign process taught, and a description of the capstone boost glider project. Since this is nowthe seventh year the course has been offered, course development, feedback, and improvementsto the course will also be discussed. The detail in this paper is intended to provide enoughinformation for others to use a similar model for course development.IntroductionThe purpose of Engineering 100 is twofold. The primary purpose is to introduce first-yearstudents to the USAFA engineering disciplines in the context of the systems engineering designprocess. Students integrate these disciplines using a semester-long boost glider design project.They must use aeronautical
City College of New York and her Doctorate degree at University of Florida in Environmental Engineering. She has over 10 years of experience developing international and national research experiences for STEM majors, as well as project management. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Works in Progress: Integrating Information Literacy into a Multi- Disciplinary First-Year Engineering ProgramMotivationThis Work in Progress paper describes a pilot program of integrating a librarian-led guest lectureinto a first-year engineering program. While many first-year engineering programs historicallyhave provided students with a lecture-based
studentproject posters are highlighted. Figure 3. Representative student posters proposing future R&D of their designed interventions.Assessment and EvaluationOver the four offerings of this cornerstone seminar, we have made adjustments to the courseschedule, reading list and assignments, class activities, and project pace. We now highlightsome of those features of the course’s evolution, as well as course assessment.This is a cornerstone, not a capstone, experience: there are no prerequisites, no expectationsof a priori knowledge, and no assumptions made regarding students’ anticipated fields ofstudy after this first-semester seminar. The course is designed for students from allbackgrounds, with the paired goals of empowerment and humility
, andpromote critical thinking [2]. In the learning context of PBL, students develop authenticquestions for problems that are situated within real-world practices [3], which leads tomeaningful learning experiences [4].Competences, such as critical thinking and communication skills promoted by PBLmethodologies, are increasingly important for engineering practice. In the labor market it isexpected that engineers not only work in technical contexts, developing solutions that meetclients’ needs, but also perform their work through effective collaboration with others [5]. Inengineering schools, these competencies are usually taught in the design courses at the finalstages of the career (Capstone Course), which use project-based learning
experiences.Dr. Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech Marie C. Paretti is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she co- directs the Virginia Tech Engineering Communications Center (VTECC). Her research focuses on com- munication in engineering design, interdisciplinary communication and collaboration, design education, and gender in engineering. She was awarded a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to study expert teaching in capstone design courses, and is co-PI on numerous NSF grants exploring com- munication, design, and identity in engineering. Drawing on theories of situated learning and identity development, her work includes studies on the teaching and learning of communication
listening are key to success in a highly collaborative working environment [6].Studies have shown that involving students in engineering projects helps improve technical andinterpersonal communication within teams, with the suppliers of technical parts, and non-engineers. It has also helped improve English writing skills for international students [7].One would expect engineering students to possess high levels of these skills upon graduation;however, the results of past surveys show that engineering students are inadequately equipped tomeet this need [8-9]. Although engineering students are typically required to communicate theirdesign to a broader audience at the end of the senior capstone course, there is not much emphasisand attempt to provide
education since 2003 (at Bucknell University) and began collaborating on sustainable engineering design research while at Georgia Tech. She is currently engaged in course development and instruction for the junior design sequence (ENGR 331 and 332) and the freshman design experience, along with coordinating junior capstone at JMU. In addition to the Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Dr. Barrella holds a Master of City and Regional Planning (Transportation) from Georgia Institute of Technology and a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Bucknell University.Dr. Justin J. Henriques, James Madison UniversityDr. Kyle G. Gipson, James Madison University Dr. Kyle Gipson is an Assistant Professor at James Madison University (United States) in
engineering education research interests focus on learning through service-based projects and using an entrepreneurial mindset to further engineering education innovations. He also researches the development of reuse strategies for waste materials. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Incorporation of Ethics and Societal Impact Issues into First Year Engineering Courses: Results of a National SurveyAbstractThis paper summarizes the results of a national study that asked engineering and computingfaculty to report the types of courses where they incorporated ethics and/or societal impacttopics. An online survey was conducted in spring 2016, with 1216 responses from
entrepreneurial mindset by internationaldevelopment project”, in American Society of Engineering Education Conference, proceedingsof, Seattle, WA, 2015.[9] Gerhart, A. L., and Carpenter, D. D., “Campus-wide course modification program toimplement active & collaborative learning and problem-based learning to address theentrepreneurial mindset”, in American Society of Engineering Education Conference,proceedings of, Atlanta, GA, 2013.[10] Boulanger,B.O., and Tranquillo, J., “Blending entrepreneurship and design in an immersiveenvironment”, in American Society of Engineering Education Conference, proceedings of,Seattle, WA, 2015.[11] Brouwer, R., Sykes, A., VanderLeest, S. H., “Entrepreneurial mindset development in asenior design/capstone course”, in
Investigating Student Learning (ISL) Program was funded by the University of Michigan Office of theProvost, the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, and the College of Engineering.1. Borrego, M., Karlin, J., McNair, L. D., & Beddoes, K. (2013). Team effectiveness theory from Industrial and Organizational Psychology applied to engineering student project teams: A research review. Journal of Engineering Education, 102, 472-512.2. Davis, D., Trevisan, M., Gerlick, R., Davis, H., McCormack, J., Beyerlein, S., … Brackin, P. (2010). Assessing team member citizenship in capstone engineering design courses. International Journal of Engineering Education, 26(4), 771-783.3. Schultz, T. (1998). Practical problems in organizing students
program and allow students to explore before committing to a specific plan of study.For the new computer programming course, the content pairs the sensors and actuatorscommonly utilized by a variety of engineers with the programming skills needed to collect andinterpret data. These skills carry over to the team design project that involves programming,sensors, actuators, construction and testing of a complete system. The programming skillscarried into the sophomore level courses have been well received by some departments and lessthan satisfactory to other departments which has led to more deliberate independentprogramming assignments. In this paper, we describe the implementation of in a new coursesequence for ~900 students per year and
" ● "contemporary design tools"Mechanical ● "computer-aided ● "numerical methods"Engineering three-dimensional design" ● "heat transfer laboratory" ● "Computer-based analysis ● "modeling of thermal equipment" in support of design" ● "predictive models" ● machine elements and ● alternative energy systems mechanical systems ● "measurement of stress, strain, ● "Advanced 3-D solid vibration, and motion" modeling" ● "capstone design" ● "Computer based design projects" ● thermal systems
and Technology (CRESMET), and an evaluator for several NSF projects. His first research strand concentrates on the relationship between educational policy and STEM education. His second research strand focuses on studying STEM classroom interactions and subsequent effects on student understanding. His work has been cited more than 2200 times and he has been published in multiple peer-reviewed journals such as Science Education and the Journal of Research in Science Teaching.Lydia Ross, Arizona State University Lydia Ross is a doctoral student and graduate research assistant at Arizona State University. She is a third year student in the Educational Policy and Evaluation program. Her research interests focus on
collaborative team situations arms students with a powerfultool to promote effective teams.Social Style Applications in Engineering EducationSocial style theory potentially has several applications in engineering education — including theareas of teamwork, diversity and assessment. The team has become an important learningmechanism in engineering education, with Capstone senior design project teams common acrossengineering programs and Cornerstone first-year team-based courses ubiquitous.[8, 9] If teams areadopted as an engineering learning mechanism, students must be taught how to work in projectteams, as success is far from assured when five first-year students are assigned a designproject.[9, 10] Our experience, gained though teaching a first-year
-level engineering classes. As a result, manyuniversities have cornerstone design projects for their first-year students, allowing them to gethands-on experience throughout the design process [2].CNC milling is a widespread technology with many useful applications in both industry andresearch. Typically, however, this equipment is not introduced to all engineering students, andeven then, only introduced in higher-level classes. The Ohio State University has created a first-year engineering course that is focused towards students interested in nanotechnology andmicrofluidics, utilizing CNC milling for manufacturing [3].At the aggregate level, students had a positive reaction to their CNC milling experience,regardless of declared major
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atechnical report documenting results of the design process; 5) managing design projects, developproject timelines and negotiate individual responsibilities and accountability in the teamenvironment; 6) applying strategies of ideation to develop novel and innovative solutions; and 7)prototyping solutions for purposes of design, testing and communication. Grouping strategiesdiffer based on the project during the semester. There are three projects, two mini and one mainproject (capstone) in the course during the course of the semester. The mini project aims to helpstudents explore their college major more deeply, so, students are teamed with peers that sharethe same or similar majors. The capstone project is situated within an Engineering