as the K-12 Outreach Coordinator where she plans and organizes outreach activities and camps for students in the Fargo-Moorhead area.Mr. Enrique Alvarez Vazquez, North Dakota State University Enrique is an experienced Systems Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the electrical and electronic manufacturing field. Highly skilled in Embedded Devices, Software Engineering, and Electronics. He is a strong information technology professional with two MSc’s and working on a Doctor of Philosophy - PhD focused in Electrical Engineering from North Dakota State University.Mary Pearson, North Dakota State University Mary is a Ph.D. candidate in biomedical engineering with research focused in the area of
Decision Making (IDM) and HUM 207h:Science, Medicine and Reason (SMR), respectively.This is an exploratory paper about the two courses (and plans for additional future courses),detailing the experiences of students and the instructor in the pilot (IDM) as well as the designand the plan of assessment of the resulting new course (SMR). In the process, we examine theneed for and some challenges in integrating liberal education into engineering, technology, IT,and management curricula, along with the role of the humanities, social sciences, andcommunication in engineering education as the means for deepening students’ undergraduateexperiences.1 Although the course has a Humanities prefix, it involves almost equal parts psychology
scholarly resources. Our vision includes acting as a model of professionalism for other institutions and striving for excellence in exhibitions and public programming, all while reinforcing the mission of the university in alignment with the university’s strategic plan.When conceiving of the plan to establish an art museum in the center of a technical campus. themuseum’s founder and the university’s president felt strongly about the impact art could make onthe student body and how it might supplement their very technical education. The thought wasto encourage a friendly confrontation with art placed not just in the museum, but also in anumber of campus buildings and public spaces. In fact, the museum’s collection was gifted tothe
andphysical disabilities. These community based projects were added based upon student interestsand research indicating that women and minorities are likely more interested in projects with asocietal or humanitarian objectives. Additionally, while the Baja and Formula projects are a largeattractor for mechanical engineering students, the ECE students have little engagement in theprojects.As will be discussed in the findings section, a key element of this study is examining the facultyroles and student reactions to these two project types (competition and community-based). Asignificant challenge with the community-based projects is the need to source, plan, and managethe projects outside of the capstone semester. These elements will be discussed in
internship and study abroad opportunities.Mr. Mathew Verghese, Virginia TechNick Falls, Virginia Tech Nicholas Falls was born in Roanoke, Virginia on June 30, 1995. After graduating from James River High School, he attended Virginia Western Community College where he received an Associate’s degree in Engineering in 2015. Upon graduation from community college, he transferred to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University where he studied Electrical Engineering with plans to graduate in the spring of 2018. Over the summers he worked as an intern at Gala Industries where he worked along side elec- tricians reading and troubleshooting schematics and wiring the equipment. He was also involved in an the LEWAS lab, an
owncommunity that we could all wrap our heads around to solve.” A variety of projects involvingrecycling and sustainability were mentioned. They wanted “a bigger scale community projectthat’s going to have a lasting impact.” From this conversation it appears that, while they enjoythe “making” process, it is not just tinkering, but engineering design for social good that excitesthis group of students.How would you describe your experience of working in the makerspace?While the interview protocol included a question about the makerspace, students’ references towanting more “making” in the course prompted raising the question earlier in the discussion thaninitially planned. Student 1: We had an intro and nothing else. [Student 2: Yea.] However, I’m
previous student team members were analyzed to determine the extent to whichmultidisciplinary composition of the student teams impacted student perceptions of projectsuccess, skills acquired, and overall team environment.To complement the student perspectives, faculty perspectives regarding supportingmultidisciplinary teams in the EPICS program were also collected through a roundtablediscussion. Results of a roundtable and SWOT (Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities, Threats)analysis are included and discussed. This paper reports the results of the student-focused andfaculty-focused analysis of multidisciplinary EPICS teams and plans for further work.1. IntroductionThe Engineering Projects in Community Service Program was started at Purdue University
, mechanical, and plumbing plans, andspecifications. The project is, then issued for bid to hire a general contractor, usually using acompetitive low bid procurement process. However, this system has often proven to developadversarial relationships among the project participants, majorly attributed to the lack ofcontractor's input in the design process, leading to change orders. Since the design process iscompleted with no contractor input, the probability of disputes deriving from behavioral andtechnical problems is significantly high. As for DB, the owner hires one single entity that servesas both the contractor and designer, allowing a single point of responsibility, contractor’s earlyinvolvement in design, and faster delivery [2, 3]. This setting
(Sino-US Strategic Alliance for Innovation) was formed as aninternational institute committed to innovating for sustainable design in rural Chinesecommunities. As soon as the partnership began to identify sustainability indicators for the worktogether, the U.S. team realized that it didn’t have a legitimate voice in the partnership since theU.S. is itself out of sustainable balance. SUSTAIN SLO was established in 2009 to mirror theChinese partners’ collaboration between university, local government, business, non-profits andcitizens. One portion of the work is a freshman learning initiative that was launched in 2012 atCal Poly, SLO, after several years of planning and capacity building by the collaborators. Thefaculty involved are dedicated to
Mehwish Butt, University of Alberta Mehwish Butt, BSc., is a Graduate Research Assistant at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alberta. Her research area lies in Transdisciplinary Engineering Design Processes, Product Development and Evolution, Design interface across disciplines, and identifying the commonalities of design concepts across disciplines.Dr. Jason P. Carey, University of Alberta Jason P. Carey, PhD., PEng., is a Professor and Associate Dean of Programming and Planning, in the Faculty of Engineering, at the University of Alberta. He is a collaborator of the Transdisciplinary Design Education for Engineering Undergraduates research project. Dr. Carey research interests are in
. Brogno, G. Hendrix, and N. MacDougall, “Layingthe Foundation for Transdisciplinary Faculty Collaborations: Actions for a Sustainable Future,”Sustainability, vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 2893–2928, 2014.[8] K. A. Holley, “Interdisciplinary Strategies as Transformative Change in Higher Education,”Innovative Higher Education, vol. 34, no. 5, pp. 331–344, 2009.[9] T. Stone, K. Bollard, and J. M. Harbor, “Launching Interdisciplinary Programs as CollegeSignature Areas: An Example,” Innovative Higher Education, vol. 34, no. 5, pp. 321–329, 2009.[10] L. L. Bucciarelli and D. E. Drew, “Liberal Studies in Engineering – a Design Plan,”Engineering Studies, vol. 7, no. 2–3, pp. 103–122, 2015.[11] J. T. Klein, Interdisciplinarity: History, Theory, and Practice. Wayne
second is a final oral presentation describing every step of eachproject developed, in presence of the parents, family, and friends. Examples of project (designsfrom the summer camp) are shown in the figures 1 to 8 (Appendix).Lessons learned from summer camp:The activities of the camp and the degree of their success will be shared with other CAM membersto determine the possibility that some of the activities would be implemented on other campuses.Knowing that other campuses in CAM plan to have similar summer camps, we also plan to learnfrom the success of activities from these camps. 1) During the summer, twelve high school students and a teacher participated in the summer camp. A number of lessons were learned from that program among
, personal, and professional development. Science education, 91(1), 36-74.10. Kinkel, D. H., & Henke, S. E. (2006). Impact of undergraduate research on academic performance, educational planning, and career development. Journal of Natural Resources & Life Sciences Education, 35(1), 194-201.11. Olson, S., & Riordan, D. G. (2012). Engage to Excel: Producing One Million Additional College Graduates with Degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Report to the President. Executive Office of the President.12. Russell, S. H., Hancock, M. P., & McCullough, J. (2007). Benefits of undergraduate research experiences. Science (Washington), 316(5824), 548-549.AppendixSkull Fracture Biomechanics (2013)This
, [and] collaborative learning.”1 Faculty at FloridaGulf Coast University (FGCU) set out to improve their gateway course to the engineeringcurriculum, a one-credit hour course common across three of the four programs within the U. A.Whitaker College of Engineering, being mindful not only of including identified high impacteducational practices, but also incorporating the University’s upcoming 5-year QualityEnhancement Plan (QEP), which focuses on “improving student learning in relation to Writing,Critical Thinking, and Information Literacy.”b The result of these efforts is a course with anemphasis on the development of information literacy, teamwork, and communication skills,focusing on engineering innovations related to the Grand Challenges
engineeringdegree programs of 155.7. The GE+ program plans to seek accreditation under ABET’s generalengineering program criteria.BackgroundIn the 2005 publication, Educating the Engineer of 2020, the National Academy of Engineeringrecommended that undergraduate engineering programs introduce interdisciplinary learning and“more vigorously exploit the flexibility inherent in the outcomes-based accreditation approach toexperiment with novel approaches for baccalaureate education.”1 The American Society ofMechanical Engineers (ASME) Vision 2030 Task Force echoed this recommendation and named“increased curricular flexibility” as one of seven recommended actions intended to strengthenundergraduate mechanical engineering education.2 Developmentally, infusing
digitizeddata, and plan the flow of information through newly designed systems. This paper providesdetails on course content division, textbook selection, lecture and lab adjustments, studentreaction and other lessons learned, for the benefit of those who wish to try this approach.I. IntroductionA course on electric circuits has long been one of the core courses in a traditional engineeringcurriculum, providing a basic foundation for students specializing in a variety of disciplines. Atypical first semester engineering course on electric circuits such as Circuit Analysis emphasizeslinear, discrete elements such as the voltage and/or current source, resistor (R), capacitor (C) andinductor (L), focusing on how to find simplified equivalent circuit
notable migration of e+’s direct-matriculation students out of theprogram and into discipline-specific engineering programs to three distinct shared studentmotivations: 1) students who developed a new or greater passion for a more traditional,discipline-based engineering program; 2) students who strategized acceptance to the CEASthrough the (not enrollment-limited) e+ program with the intention of transferring later to amajor they perceived as enrollment-limited; and 3) students who inadvertently arrived to the e+program thinking that it was the engineering college’s “open-option” major.Perhaps not surprisingly, the program advisor noted that many first-year students did not arrivewith a curricular plan for themselves and were slow to select
both West Point and RISD studentsthe opportunity to better understand the challenges associated with a dense urban operatingenvironment.Background The term ‘design’ is used in a wide variety of contexts such that it is often unclear what onemeans by design, even when the context is relatively clear. There have been numerous bookspublished in the last decade on design thinking e.g., [7]–[9], usually in a business context.Engineers apply a design process to engineering problems [10]. Industrial designers apply adesign process to a variety of problem types. Even the United States Army has taken up a designprocess in service to operational planning [11]. Then there is architecture, graphic design,fashion, organizational design, and so forth
Dr. Elise Barrella is an Assistant Professor and Founding Faculty Member of the Department of Engineer- ing at Wake Forest University. She is passionate about curriculum development, scholarship and student mentoring on transportation systems, sustainability, and engineering design. Dr. Barrella completed her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at Georgia Tech where she conducted research in transportation and sustain- ability as part of the Infrastructure Research Group (IRG). 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. Barrella has investigated best
, although writing a report and giving a technicalpresentation also have merit. Several participants also provided additional skills that theyconsidered vital, such as working well on teams, good communication skills, collaborative workethic, and networking. There were also a couple of project management skills highlighted, suchas task and risk estimation, planning and scheduling a project, and delegating responsibilities. Figure 2: Professional Skills for Mechatronics and Robotics studentsIndependent LearningThe workshop participants identified the following independent learning skills as key for astudent completing an MRE curriculum: perform an internet search for technical information,read and interpret a data sheet, perform a
co-advisors and the consultants. This approach will also help the students to describe in morespecificity their skills inventory and in a timely manner identify those who may be potentially“the glue” of the project and those who may need to be “separated” for special training and tasks.In addition, the course advisor should offer an example of best practice in the area of systemintegration and/or management.As we mentioned above, we are planning to improve the process and form of soliciting students‟skills inventory. In addition, we believe that including, at the onset of the project, learning stylesin higher education [16] assessment as part of the skills inventory exercise may help theinstructor, the consultants and the entire class to
group is responsible of only one designcomponent: architecture, structure, HVAC or Lighting/electrical. An office standard prepared by thedepartment of civil and architectural engineering is distributed over the students.This course teaches the student how to prepare a final set of discipline specific construction documents,including engineering calculations production drawings, and specifications. The student will discusscontracts, ethics, and construction administration as they relate to the project.Autodesk Revit 2013 is pivotal in system design. This program allowed students to layout the architectureplans, sections and elevations of the architecture plans, structural, ductwork, piping, lighting fixtures,power panels, power and lighting
Educator Award. In January 2010, Liz stepped down as Director of the E- SHIP Minor to help define expansion plans for undergraduate entrepreneurship education across Penn State. Liz is co-Director of the Lion Launch Pad, a new student-centric on-campus business incubator. Liz is also involved in NSF-funded research, supporting both PFI and IEECI grants, and is the incoming Program Chair for the ASEE Entrepreneurship Division (2010-2011). Since 2006, Liz has been involved in developing the ASME Innovation Showcase (I-Show), which pro- vides a platform for top collegiate student teams to compete for seed money and attend 4-day business start-up workshops with the goal to commercialize their product idea. In the three I
distributed to each team member. 4. Students have a standup meeting to plan out development and integration. 5. Students work using side-by-side development to build the solution. 6. Students frequently integrate and test the developed components. 7. Students demonstrate the completed work to the customer who provides feedback. 8. The students have a reflection meeting to identify what process issues were encountered, what process elements were useful and worth keeping, and what possible solutions exist to ensure the team performs better on future iterations.Description of Mini-ProjectsThe mini-project sequence consists of three consecutive two-week modules. These modules aredesigned as a guided sequence for the design of a hand
of power and energy consumption by DC loads4.3 Assessment of LearningA plan has to be created to develop the assessment tools required to collect informationthat allows generating conclusions about student understanding of the targeted concepts.Next is the assessment plan for this example challenge: Page 15.396.9 Formative Assessment: it consists of practice activities, which should not count in a significant way as grades; however, it needs to provide feedback to the students and the professor in order to address any learning problems or difficulties. à Pre-test. à Classroom activities: ″ Study working principle and
how do design a course from the ground upwith a goal not only of creating a high quality learning experience for the students, but to do sowith an eye towards the goal of meaningful assessment. As it turns out, the class is reasonablywell planned out in terms of leaning objectives and outcomes that feed into and support those Page 22.192.14objectives. Our challenge into the future is to more carefully document and asses this process.Fortunately a number of institutional resources exist and to which we have access to address thisimportant goal. In essences what is a serious shortcoming currently is easy to address.Another series of lessons
Page 24.1067.9 Figure 6: UNP Mechanical design process UNP review deliverables include required documentation. Deliverables for the FlightCompetition Review (FCR) include: ● Assembly Procedures ● Personnel Budget ● Block Diagrams ● Power Budget ● CAD of Spacecraft ● Press Related Information ● Concept of Operations ● Pressure Profile ● Data Budget ● Proof of Licensing ● Document Tree ● Protection Plan ● EMC/EMI Mitigation Design ● Quad Chart ● Experiment Plan ● Radiation
educational process has been limited. Forexample, Mitchell, Hunsader and Parker 23 propose a simulation of a futures market togive students a grasp of how to value futures. They establish a lesson plan and even go sofar as to define the class size and time required to complete the simulation. Similarly,Hull, Kwak and Walker15 develop a simulation-based lesson to teach the intricacies ofIPO management and establish all the same metrics. Stretcher and McLain30 flip theprocess by developing a lesson wherein the students themselves must program asimulation to calculate net present value. Observably, there exist a number of singular simulation proposals for individualtopics in relatively introductory finance. However, none go so far as to simulate
employ these new tools in classrooms.Additionally, through the virtual tools, more “voices” appear to have been heard. Consistentwith studies of leadership in virtual teams, power and leadership are not bound by traditionalroles and often shift to focus on the purpose of meeting [14]. With everyone occupying the same“Zoom square”, collaboration has greater potential, especially in the often-hierarchical world ofrank, title and department found in academics.ChallengesUnexpected and unprecedented change occurred with COVID-19 and the movement to ERT.With a growth mindset, new learning occurred. Yet, this was not without challenges. Newlearning took time and energy. Fatigue was experienced, as were moments of panic when thebest-laid plans did not
collaborative and inclusive environment, establishgoals, plan tasks, and meet objectives, and Outcome 7 - an ability to acquire and apply newknowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies. This paper discusses the issues,benefits, and effective approaches in designing and executing multidisciplinary undergraduateresearch projects.The remainder of this paper is organized as follows: Section 2 introduces Marine Corps weaponoperation and maintenance. Section 3 describes the design and implementation of the ARproject for M16A4. Section 4 presents current results. Section 5 discusses future work andchallenges.2. Marine Corps Weapon Operation and MaintenanceOne important use of augmented reality is equipment operation and maintenance [1, 2