Paper ID #23537An Integrated Supplemental Program to Enhance the First-year EngineeringExperienceDr. Ordel Brown, Northwestern University Dr. Ordel Brown is an instructional professor in the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University, where she currently teaches first-year engineering design courses. Her research interests in engineering education include the identification of variables that impact the first- year experience and the development of strategies to enhance it, retention of underrepresented populations in STEM fields and service-learning in engineering.Robin A.M. Hensel
helpingpeople through engineering find something else. They find an educational system stuck in a rut.”Big Beacon also notes that there are educators who “strive to overcome tis educational rut [4].”Louisiana Tech University heeded this call many years ago. The College of Engineering andScience at Louisiana Tech University has established itself as an innovator in engineeringeducation through its pioneering first-year curriculum called Living with the Lab (LWTL) [5],[6]. The LWTL curriculum was featured in the paper “Integrated Engineering Curricula” writtenby Jeffrey Froyd and Matthew Ohland where the authors discussed various engineering programsthat have taken inventive approaches to engineering education through integrated curriculaefforts [7]. The
Educational Activ- ities (2005-2007) IEEE launched tryengineering.org and expanded greatly its pre-university engineering programs, including EPICS-in-IEEE. Kam is a Fellow of IEEE ”for contributions to the theory of deci- sion fusion and distributed detection.” He received the IEEE Third Millennium Medal and the C. Holmes MacDonald Award ”for the Outstanding Young Electrical Engineering Educator.” c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 An Application-Oriented Course to Improve Student Performance in Mathematics CoursesAbstractThis is an evidence-based practice paper. Performance in pre-calculus and calculus courses has astrong impact on student success
the similar way we would test with the middle school students. This helped us get feedback onthe feasibility of the app and the usability of the interface.Research methodologyOur study examined the degree to which 3D modeling and AR can help enhance engineeringdesign skills in youth, ways AR can be integrated into an after-school engineering curriculum,and possible ways to enhance and analyze spatial reasoning skills in youth.ParticipationEight middle school (6 male, 2 female) youth from a PK-8 School in Colorado participated in theprogram. At the school, 84% of the students are Hispanic, 12% are Caucasian, and 83% qualifyfor free-and-reduced lunch. In our program 7 of the youth were Hispanic and 1 was Caucasian.All the youth who participated
Engineering from Wright State University, in Day- ton, Ohio. Her experience with teaching first-year engineering students has led to research interests in curriculum development, student empowerment and the development of holistic engineers through the collaboration with engineering stakeholders.Prof. Amy Rachel Betz, Kansas State University Dr. Amy Betz is an Assistant Professor and the director of the Multiphase Microfluidics Laboratory at Kansas State University. She received her PhD from Columbia University and her Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the George Washington University. Her research aims to acquire new fundamental understanding of phase-change processes. She is passionate about research
withthe CSF framework would enhance our ability to mentor students to feel more confident abouttheir ability to contribute to their teams, value the talents of their teammates, and avoiddefaulting to stereotypical roles. For our Engineering students we work to instill anunderstanding of the CSF Strengths as natural talents. From this position of personal strength allstudents develop the required engineering skills, as defined through the lens of the ABET a-klearning outcomes. As each student possesses unique strengths, they will find a unique path tomastering the skills required for engineering practice. Figure 1: Strengths poster displayed in department commons.We were motivated to integrate Strengths into our Curriculum
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Depart- ment at ASU. His interests include student pathways and motivations into engineering and developing lab-based curriculum. Recently, he has developed an interest in non-traditional modes of content delivery including online classes and flipped classrooms.Dr. Daniel M. Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette Daniel M. Ferguson is CATME Managing Director and a research associate at Purdue University. Prior to coming to Purdue he was Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at Ohio Northern University. Before assuming that position he was Associate Director of the Inter-Professional Studies Program [IPRO] and Senior Lecturer at Illinois Institute of Technology and involved in
innovative ideas to the commercialization stage, and wewant to support their aspirations. Thus, we included in the pre-collegiate curriculum someaspects of innovation and entrepreneurship. Thirdly, we consider design thinking as an importantenabler of innovation. Design thinking is an iterative and interdisciplinary collaborative processthrough which students are able to exercise and practice different types of thinking, includingdivergent, convergent, critical, analytical, and integrative thinking.Teaching DynamicsThe teaching methodology for the program assumes that students have no prior knowledge inany particular subject area, but through the workshops, mentorship, and the hands on activitiesoutlined in figure 2, they learn quickly. Two of the
the curriculum relates to broader engineering themes on the way to Senior Design.Linkages of first year and senior design teams has shown early academic career engineeringstudents were able to effectively decide on whether engineering was an appropriate career path[14]. Future plans include organizing facilitated meetings between Freshmen and Seniorstudents, which could accelerate the development of engineering identity through role acquisitionand socialization [16, 17].ConclusionsThe Senior Design Capstone class in the Chemical and Biological Engineering department atMontana State University was integrated into three undergraduate classes at the freshman-juniorlevel. In Fall 2016, these efforts focused on using technical aspects of the
anexperimental section (n=51) in which real-world examples were integrated. For example, thereal-world examples of capacitive and inductive coupling were a touchscreen and mobile phonewireless charger; the real world example of sinusoidal steady state analysis and frequency filterswas spectral analysis of an ECG signal. Through pre- and post-test questionnaires, it wasdetermined that intrinsic motivation differed significantly post-test between sections [21]. Whileother introductory circuits or analog electronics courses have not incorporated real-worldexamples, these courses have been administered using both a traditional lecture approach and aPBL approach. In a two-course sequence of introductory circuits, the mean exam grade forstudents in the two
Paper ID #23690Work in Progress: Strategic, Translational Retention Initiatives to PromoteEngineering SuccessDr. Elizabeth Anne Stephan, Clemson University Dr. Elizabeth Stephan is the Director of Academics for the General Engineering Program at Clemson University. She holds a B.S. and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Akron. Since 2002, she has taught, developed, and and now coordinates the first-year curriculum. As the lead author of the ”Thinking Like an Engineer” textbook, currently in its 4th edition, she has been the primary author team–member in charge of the development of the
Paper ID #23233Work In Progress: Using Current Crowdfunding Projects as Case Studies toEnhance Students’ Understanding of the Design ProcessDr. Derek Breid, Saint Vincent College Derek Breid is an assistant professor of Engineering Science at Saint Vincent College. His interests in- clude integrating active learning techniques into classic engineering courses, and studying the mechanical behavior of soft materials. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Work In Progress: Using current crowdfunding projects as case studies to enhance students’ understanding of the
, planning, and implementing design solutions. Theauthors found that students who participated in the creative lab demonstrated a higher confidencein continuing in engineering coursework than those who did not. As the study states, “Creativityis an important attribute for engineers practicing their profession in a global society” [12].Although students struggled with the open-ended nature of the design problems, they enjoyed thecourse and saw the value in the addition to their curriculum. Illustrating the importance of incorporating real-world engineering design problems, Odehet al. write, “Nowadays, engineering education needs to meet the requirements and needs ofbusiness and industry. This can be achieved by collaborating with the local
Paper ID #22582Using Design Challenges to Develop Empathy in First-year CoursesJordan Orion James, University of New Mexico Jordan O. James is a Native American Ph.D. learning sciences student and lecturer at the University of New Mexico’s School of Architecture and Planning in the Community & Regional Planning program. He has served as a graduate research assistant on an NSF-funded project, Revolutionizing Engineering De- partments, and has been recognized as a Graduate Studies student spotlight recipient and teaching scholar. Jordan studies learning in authentic, real-world conditions utilizing Design Based Research
after students have beenoffered admission to the College of Engineering. Recruitment largely targets students whoparticipate in programs that bring students to campus, including the IDEA Engineering StudentCenter Overnight Program, which overlaps significantly with the desired student population forRedshirt. The marketing plan for recruiting Redshirt scholars also includes distributing flyers atUCSD’s Triton Day for admitted students, an email campaign specifically targeting potentialRedshirt students, and phone calls from UCSD engineering students. The Redshirt program alsoworked with UCSD’s Summer Success Program to integrate the Redshirt application intoUCSD’s “Common Application” for all summer programs, since all Redshirt students
become a permanent part of the engineering curriculum. Before offering the ELC in thefall of 2017, several improvements were made to the program. One of the major improvementswas to include a Precalculus course in addition to Calculus I, and a core composition Englishcourse. The added option of taking either Calculus I or Precalculus allowed all of the students inthe learning community to be enrolled in an ELC math course. The improved fall 2017 ELC alsoincluded courses for the students to take in their second semester including a second semesterEnglish course, a second semester math course and a Solidworks design course. Having linkedclasses through the entire first year allowed the students to stay with the same group of peers insmaller class
. Her background in in K-12 education where she has served as a high school science teacher, Instructional and Curriculum Coach, and Assistant Principal. Her research and areas of interest are in improving STEM educational outcomes for Low-SES students through the integration of active learning and technology-enabled frequent feedback. She currently works as the Project Manager for the NSF faculty development program based on evidence-based teaching practices.Lydia Ross, Arizona State University Lydia Ross is a doctoral candidate 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 higher education
, Clemson University Dr. Elizabeth Stephan is the Director of Academics for the General Engineering Program at Clemson University. She holds a B.S. and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Akron. Since 2002, she has taught, developed, and and now coordinates the first-year curriculum. As the lead author of the ”Thinking Like an Engineer” textbook, currently in its 4th edition, she has been the primary author team–member in charge of the development of the MyEngineeringLab system. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 (PREP)ARE: A student-centered approach to provide scaffolding in a flipped classroom environmentAbstractThis complete
Executive Leadership and Team Development, Strategy Design & Execution, Supply Chain Optimization, Change Management, System Integration and LEAN Process Improvement (technical and business), Dr. Wickliff is passionate about Organizational Wellness and the Holistic Well- ness of individuals. She is also a professional Facilitator and Motivational Speaker. Dr. Wickliff earned a PhD in Interdisciplinary Engineering from Texas A&M University where she com- bined Industrial Engineering and Organizational Development to conduct research in the area of talent management and organizational effectiveness. She also completed an executive MBA from the Univer- sity of Texas-Dallas and a BS in mechanical engineering from the
helps in understanding the projects. Not too many pictures on one slides.Presentation Requirements with a maximum score of 16 pointsPresenter spoke slowly and clearly.Presenter did not read from the slides which gives an indication that the presentation wasrehearsed.Presenter showed enthusiasm in explaining the content/projects and made eye contact withaudience.Presenter answered audience questions in a polite manner.The presentations indicated that more than 77 % of the camp participants exceeded theexpectations of overall score on their final PowerPoint presentation. The oral presentationsincluded students reflections on projects and possible integration of MATLAB programming intotheir respective STEM fields. Figure 3: Student
the resultsof an informal focus-group discussion among first-year educators focused on identfying high-level outcomes of the first-year engineering experience at our instiution. These interpretations ofthe goals of the first-year curriculum on the part of the first-year educator, speaks to the demandsand expectations that construct the students’ learning environment. Faculty articulate theirexpectations for the curricular foundations of the first-year experience, which include theknowledge, skills and attitudes they consider essential to establishing better alignment withincoming student expectations in hand with instructor expectations.As they exit first-year, faculty assert that students should be able to: 1. Understand the principles of
compensate for days when you are unable to attend class. No make-up quizzes willbe given. Quizzes will be closed book with no calculators unless otherwise stated.Final Exam. There will be a final exam on the last day. This will be closed book except for onepage of notes.Project. The project will be a team activity that emphasizes creative engineering design usingpre- calculus math skills. This will culminate in a design competition.Academic Integrity The University’s Code of Academic Integrity will be fully enforced and can be found at [website].Program Evaluation You will be invited to submit an evaluation of the program on the last day. Your feedback is important and all responses are confidential. Schedule of Topics Day
Environment at Arizona State University.Mrs. Lindy Hamilton Mayled, Arizona State University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Paper ID #21161 Lindy Hamilton Mayled is a PhD candidate at Grand Canyon University. She is pursuing her PhD in Psychology of Learning, Education, and Technology. Her background in in K-12 education where she has served as a high school science teacher, Instructional and Curriculum Coach, and Assistant Principal. Her research and areas of interest are in improving STEM educational outcomes for Low-SES students through the integration of active learning and
. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Aksense: A General-Purpose Wireless Controlling & Monitoring Device for Teaching First-Year Electrical and Computer Engineering FIRST-YEAR PROGRAMS DIVISION CALL FOR PAPERS1. AbstractThis Work-in-Progress paper describes the integration of Aksense, a low-cost general-purpose wireless controlling and monitoring device, within the first-yearmultidisciplinary Introduction to Engineering at Sonoma State University. Our focus inthis project has been creating an affordable educational open source wireless platformthat enables first-year engineering and non-engineering students with any background todesign their own engaging
: Creating a First-Year Culture with a Multi-Faceted ApproachAbstractThis complete evidence-based practice paper presents an update of analysis and observations in arequired first-year engineering curriculum at Northeastern University, which is a medium-sized,private, urban university. A curricula redesign resulted in a “cornerstone to capstone” approachwith a pilot program rolled out to 2 sections of a first-year engineering course in the Fall of 2014.The goal of this cornerstone approach was to integrate design, programming, graphicalcommunication, and engineering analysis previously taught in two separate first-yearengineering courses by creating an 8 credit hour, 14 week course that focuses on real world,hands-on design
and to better appreciate the concrete applications of their engineering education. 3.1 Computational Method with MATLAB and C++ Application This topic in the SEE program provided students with some fundamental knowledge of engineering analysis and programming using both MATLAB and C++. Students were introduced to topics with application to engineering problems, such as Taylor Series, finite difference, root determination, complex number, and numerical integration. Both MATLAB and C++ were presented to students as a computing tool to generate results and investigate behavior in an engineering system. Through both computational and programming (MATLAB and C++) sessions, students were introduced to the following computational processes
material before submitting a final answer for eachquestion.Format #3: After watching the entire video, students were required to submit a single completionentry to receive completion marks. Figure 1. An example screenshot of a Category #1 video lecture module.Category #2: Video TutorialsIn video tutorials, an instructor would break down examples, further explaining the applicationof concepts while also demonstrating necessary problem-solving skills. While there was noassessment integrated in this video type, the step-by-step example solutions were a valuablestudy resource for exam preparation.Category #3: Just-In-Time HelpJust-in-time help videos require additional instructor time and effort, but are an important part ofsupported
thermodynamics. He greatly enjoys advising all levels of undergraduate and early graduate students. He has been highly involved with the Lightboard studio and exploring models for effective online and hybrid teaching methods.Dr. Ordel Brown, Northwestern University Dr. Ordel Brown is an instructional assistant professor in the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University, where she currently teaches first-year engineering design. Her research interests in engineering education include the identification of variables that impact the early undergraduate engineering experience and the development of strategies to enhance it, curriculum development and service-learning in engineering.Dr. Emma
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effectively we can impress upon students the benefits ofgrowing grittiness. The discussion will center on EduGuide’s features, accessibility, and reportedeffectiveness.IntroductionThe research of Angela Lee Duckworth that culminated in her New York bestseller Grit: ThePower of Passion and Perseverance [1] brings forth two big ideas: first, that grit (comprised of aperson’s perseverance and passion) can be among the most important predictors of success, and;second, that one’s grit can indeed be self-developed. The popularity of these ideas hasencouraged a conflagration of efforts to incorporate and integrate grit into every facet of theeducation system, from curriculum development to personal and professional development.As posited by Duckworth, the