, making their Interests, Qualifications, Experience,Expertise, and perhaps most importantly, their contact information viewable to potentialteammates. Students use the website to schedule and attend team formation meetings where theynot only learn more about the project(s), they also help to formulate its deliverable and thusdictate project direction. Once students have more or less settled into teams, they update theirstatus to “joined” and seek instructor approval, usually around week eight. The project modulesare then utilized by instructors to track team progress and host all project documentation throughthe end of the year.In this way, teams are self-selected and self-aggregated; students must justify their presence totheir peers and show
the given image. For example, one student (S03) wrote the following in hispre-VTS essay: “This mural shows us a landscape ... As for the content of this mural, ...[y]ou see a man in the middle who looks to be working next to some kind of fence in the pond that take[s] water closer to the house in the background.”InterpretationLike the quote above, most essays also contained writing that functioned to interpret the contentin the image. For example, another student (S02) wrote in his pre-VTS essay: Table 5. Preliminary Results of Inductive Coding of Short Essay Responses Before and After VTS Workshop (n=6) Total # of
. Figure 3. IDEAS StagesAfter the proposal is approved, the groups start working in a literature review to develop a betterunderstanding about their research topic. The students then produce an abstract (Figure 3 b),which is submitted online by the deadline, to be peer reviewed by the course’s teachingassistants. The groups prepare their physical model(s) and experimental set-up (Figure 3 c) to betested according to their experiment design (Figure 3d). Once the laboratory results, handcalculations, and simulations are completed, the groups write and submit a paper according to theprovided template and guidelines (Figure 3f). The students also create a poster (examples areprovided) which is presented at the showcase along with the model(s), video(s
by a user with a web browser • Safe operational constraints in the event of network errorsSpecifications for the mobile telepresence robot’s design are based on the desire to make a robotsufficiently large to interact with humans, sufficiently small enough to navigate normally-sizedhallways, and that had a platform substantially sturdy and robust. The robot needed to be capableof driving forward at approximately 4.0 ft/s. The robot will also be expected to be able to turn in-place at 60 degrees per second and halt motion if impending collision is detected by the onboardsensors. This should allow for the robot to navigate through doorways and around corners whilestill being able to avoid a collision with both fixed and moving objects.IV
in the project increasedtheir confidence to enter the workplace [16]. Likewise, students involved in the project discussedin this paper have stated that they are more comfortable and competent with working withacademic/industry professionals through this research experience.SE Student 1:SE Student 1 is the first author of this paper and considers this type of research disseminationactivity to be highly reflective of the unique opportunities that have been presented to him on thisproject. SE Student 1’s main motivations are to expand his professional network, contribute toresearch and writing of conference papers/presentations, and to collaborate with industryprofessionals on a project that has a humanitarian outcome. The research team is
95 R-Square 5.57% R-Square Adjusted 3.21% S (Pooled Standard Deviation) 1.454 Table 7. Analysis of Variance Results for Problem 1 ANOVA Source df SS MS F P Group 1 10.287 10.287 4.867 0.029* Grade on Exam 1 2 2.827 1.414 0.669 0.514 Error 120 253.64 2.114 Total 123 268.60 2.184 *5% significance level, ** 1
: If yes, what disadvantages did that introduce? o Free Response, only answered by students in multidisciplinary groups • Q9: Based on your experiences, what is the greatest challenge for effective communication between team members? o Free Response • Q10: I feel the collaboration within my team was successful when working together towards our learning objective(s). o 5-Point Likert Response (strongly agree to strongly disagree) • Q11: I feel that my groups learning objectives were achieved. o 5-Point Likert Response (strongly agree to strongly disagree) • Q12: I feel the deliverable(s) my team achieved are appropriate for our defined group learning objectives
] L. J. Virguez Barroso, “A Quantitative Analysis of First Year Engineering Students’ Courses Perceptions and Motivational Beliefs in Two Introductory Engineering Courses,” Ph.D. Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2017.[3] M. K. Orr, C. E. Brawner, S. M. Lord, M. W. Ohland, R. A. Layton, and R. A. Long, “Engineering matriculation paths: Outcomes of direct matriculation, first-year engineering, and post-general education models,” in 2012 Frontiers in Education Conference Proceedings, 2012, pp. 1–5.[4] V. Tinto and A. Goodsell, “Freshman interest groups and the first-year experience: Constructing student communities in a large university,” Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 7–28, 1994
. Mechanical design requirements and challengesincluded the performance of the following functions: 1. Pick up, attach to, or grasp / clamp onto the bottle(s). 2. Lift or raise the bottle(s) off the ground. 3. Hold onto or store the bottle securely for the return journey. 4. Release, eject or deposit the bottle within the square area.The bottle collection and release system also had to satisfy the following objectives andconstraints: 1. Made of locally available lightweight (under 3 kg) and affordable materials. 2. Easy to mount on a remote controlled vehicle. 3. Easy to manufacture. 4. Fits within the maximum size limits (400 mm long x 300 mm wide x 400 mm tall). 5. Fast, reliable, and predictable performance. 6
Title: VectorsPivotal Concept: Vectors represent objects that have magnitude, direction, and satisfy linearityconditions.Multidisciplinary Theme(s):Representations - Representations enhance our understanding of a system’s structure, properties, Page 23.1347.8and function. Linearity - Many complex systems are modeled or approximated linearly because of themathematical advantages.Prerequisite Knowledge: Students should be familiar with vector algebra in two and threedimensions.Intended Learning Outcomes: After watching this video, students will be able to: • Understand the properties of vectors using displacement as an example, and
a GCSP (5.0% (n=1) did not provide enoughinformation to determine their affiliation). Those who were affiliated with a GCSP includeprogram directors, committee members, faculty members, and staff while those who were notaffiliated with a GCSP were either faculty members preparing to start a GCSP at theirinstitution(s) or were unrelated to GCSP. Users were asked to select from a list of options andindicate how they found the online course modules platform. The results show that 40.0% ofusers (n=8) found the modules via the KEEN card on EngineeringUnleashed.com and 40.0% ofusers found the modules via email communication from the NAE GCSP. The modules were alsofound via the KEEN GCSP subnet, forwarded emails/recommendations from colleagues
. Ro, and B. J. Novoselich, “Supporting the Development of Engineers’ Interdisciplinary Competence,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 106, no. 1, pp. 71–97, 2017, doi: 10.1002/jee.20155.[4] A. L. Pawley, “Universalized Narratives: Patterns in How Faculty Members Define " Engineering ",” 2009.[5] E. Godfrey and L. Parker, “Mapping the Cultural Landscape in Engineering Education,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 99, pp. 5–22, 2010, doi: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2010.tb01038.x.[6] T. Fletcher et al., “Ignored Potential.”[7] E. O. McGee and L. Bentley, “The Troubled Success of Black Women in STEM,” Cogn. Instr., vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 265–289, 2017, doi: 10.1080/07370008.2017.1355211.[8] S. M. Lord, M. M. Camacho, R. A. Layton, R. A. Long, M. W. Ohland, and M
withMatlab and modeling software, and experience on how to conduct background research on newor previously unreported research. Additionally, because of the received grant, the students willbe able to further continue their learning while continuing the project through device fabricationand testing.VI. AcknowledgementThe team appreciates the efforts of the MURI administration at the School of Engineering andTechnology at IUPUI for their financial and technical support of this project.VII. References 1. http://www.muri.iupui.edu/ 2. C. W. Liu, W. T. Liu, M. H. Lee, W. S. Kuo, and B. C. Hsu. A Novel Photo detector Using MOS Tunneling Structures. IEEE ELECTRON DEVICE LETTERS, VOL. 21, NO. 6, JUNE 2000 3. S. M. Sze. Physics of Semiconductors
. The biennial NSF digest “Women,Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering” gives a definition ofURM. The report states: “Women, persons with disabilities, and underrepresented minority groups—blacks or African Americans, Hispanics or Latinos, and American Indians or Alaska Natives—are underrepresented in science and engineering (S&E). That is, their representation in S&E education and S&E employment is smaller than their representation in the U.S. population” [4].Persons with disabilities are not included in the scope of this study. The survey instructions givenwere, “For the purposes of this study, we consider underrepresented minorities (URM) to beblacks or African
2006-2504: INTEGRATING TC2K INTO A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY SEMINARCOURSE: FINDING A HOOK FOR THE “SOFT” OUTCOMESDavid Cottrell, University of North Carolina-Charlotte DR. DAVID S. COTTRELL is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1978 and retired in 2000 after more than 22 years of service with the US Army Corps of Engineers. Studies at Texas A&M University resulted in an MS Degree in Civil Engineering in 1987 and a PhD in 1995. He is a registered Professional Engineer and has taught courses in statics, dynamics, mechanics of materials, graphic communications, engineering
invitecomments and contributions from the readers, and we hope that the editor(s) of this journal willencourage the publications of comments and exchanges on this subject. The purpose of theseexchanges would be to bring a collective educational wisdom to bear on the development andrefinement of a course on accident causation and system safety, a course that can be taughtbroadly in all engineering schools.4.1 Anatomy of accidents: case studiesBefore discussing concepts and abstractions in accident causation and system safety, it isimportant to motivate and ground the course in case studies of actual accidents. We believe theuse of case studies is particularly important for this course in general, and for the introduction tothis course in particular. The
accountable for their performance during onlineassessment.Bibliography[1] S. Downes, "E-Learning 2.0." International review of research in open and distance learning, vol. 6, issue 2, Oct 2005. https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v6i2.284.[2] E.J. Banas and W.F. Emory, "History and issues of distance learning," Public Administration Quarterly, vol. 22, issue 3, pp. 365-383, Fall 1998. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40862326.[3] M. Allen, E. Mabry, M. Mattrey, J. Bourhis, S. Titsworth, and N. Burrell, “Evaluating the effectiveness of distance learning: A comparison using meta-analysis.” The Journal of Communication, vol. 54, issue 3, pp. 402–420, Sep 2004. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.2004.tb02636.x.[4] R.M
traditionis a capstone design experience within each program in the senior year. Each program hasevolved its own senior design course over the years to suit its particular curricular needs.Typically projects have been team-based with representation from within the disciplineexclusively.A few years ago, the College of Engineering initiated a program to offer a multi-disciplinarydesign opportunity for the senior design project. The “No Walls” program had students takean engineering design course (ENGR 401) offered through the general engineering programas a substitute for their discipline’s capstone course(s). The faculty coordinator identified theappropriate disciplines as dictated by the project requirements, and recruited students (largelythrough
considerationsCourse Grading: Grades will be based on the following:Assignments 30%Class Tests/Quizzes/Exams 20%Final Examination 10%Project(s) 40%Grades: A (90+ to 100%), B (80+ to 90%), C (70+ to 80%), D (60+ to 70%), F (0 to 60%)resources14-17 have been extensively used.Use of guest speakers to fill the knowledge gap of the instructor has proven to be effective.Typical list of guest speakers include faculty from Industrial Engineering, Economics, PoliticalScience, environmental managers from local industries, and representative of nonprofitenvironmental organizations. Presentation by a
with a variety of long-termcareer objectives including premedical students pursuing a baccalaureate inenvironmental engineering.Table 1. Summary of six seminal learning opportunities including a course at theUniversity of Cincinnati (CEE600) and a course at the Missouri University of Scienceand Technology (CE390/CE4099).Description; Co-leaners Outcome(s)Time frameCEE600 MDG7: Ensuring Author Development and deliveryEnvironmental 3 additional faculty of a term-length, dual-levelSustainability (dual-level, approx. 80 undergraduate course with two tripsterm-length course) and 40 graduate students abroad to IndiaAutumn, 2004
communication and management acumen (e.g., technicalwriting, technical presentations, and project management). Such an approach is essential topreparing future engineers for the workplace [1]. The challenge becomes providing studentswith effective exposure to both kinds of skills within engineering programs.Traditionally, the development of such skills has been a matter of content-specific courseworkintegrated into a school’s engineering program(s). (A classic example is the technical writingcourse often offer by English or communication departments and required of engineeringundergraduates.) As institutional resources shrink and student demand increases, the need tofind alternative methods for offering training in these “soft-skill” areas grows
standard resultsSuppose a conduction electron in a quantum dot emits a photon with Calculation not statisticallyfrequency of 600 THz as it drops to the valence band. Determine its band significantgap in units of both J and eV. p=0.68Calculate the Reynolds number of a 100 nm diameter spherical fullerene Calculation not statistically(i.e., buckyball) falling by gravity at 1 m/s in air (density = 1.23 kg/m3, significantviscosity = 1.72 x 10–5 Pa-s). p=0.81Name and
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not have been possible without the financial support. Furthermore, we would liketo acknowledge the technical contributions of the following SIUE students: Nicholas Coglianese,Hunter Meadows, Zachary Hauck, Pratik Lamsal, and Tyler Austin, who helped at differentstages of the experimental platforms’ development.References [1] I. Nourbakhsh, K. Crowley, A. Bhave, E. Hamner, T. Hsiu, A. S. Perez-Bergquist, S. Richards, and K. Wilkinson, “The robotic autonomy mobile robotics course: Robot design, curriculum design and educational assessment,” Autonomous Robots, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 103–127, 2005. [2] A. Soto, P. Espinace, and R. Mitnik, “A mobile robotics course for undergraduate students in computer science,” in 2006 IEEE 3rd Latin
thefindings of the qualitative and quantitative research design developed and discussed in the workfollowing the completion of the semester.References[1] K. Schwab, The Fourth Industrial Revolution. New York: Penguin Random House, 2017.[2] J. Manyika, S. Lund, M. Chui, J. Bughin, J. Woetzel, P. Batra, R. Ko, and S. Sanghvi, “Jobs Lost, Jobs Gained: Workforce Transitions in a Time of Automation,” McKinsey Global Institute, Technical Report, Dec. 2017.[3] D. Garvin, A. B. Wagonfeld, and L. Kind, “Google’s Project Oxygen: Do Managers Matter?” Harvard Business School Case 313-110, April 2013.[4] C. Duhigg, “What Google Learned From Its Quest to Build the Perfect Team,” The New York Times Magazine, February 25, 2016.[5] S. Schaffer, K. Lei, L
diverse student backgrounds. The course can be adapted to several teaching formatsfrom classroom to sustainable online implementations. CART at BSC is currently working toimplement the course as an online course in the near future.References 1. Atkins, DE, Droegemeier, KK, Feldman, SI, Garcia-Molina, H, Klein, ML, Messerschmitt, DG, Messina, P, Ostriker, JP and Wright, MH. (2003) Revolutionizing Science and Engineering Through Cyberinfrastructure: Report of the National Science Foundation Blue-Ribbon Advisory Panel on Cyberinfrastructure. 3 Feb. 2003 (http://www.communitytechnology.org/nsf_ci_report/) 2. Greene, K. and S., Donovan. (2005) Ramping Up to the Biology
in the Senior Design student surveys was the replacement of theword “Enterprise” with “Senior Design” (i.e., students rated the impact of their Senior Designinstructor, mentor, coursework, and project involvement). The Senior Design group was used asour control.Figure 2. Differentiating the Roles of Advisors for Survey ParticipantsYour Enterprise Advisor: This is the faculty member(s) who advises and mentors your Enterprise team, provides project/team guidance, and evaluates your work and assigns a grade for your participation in the Enterprise project courses.Your Academic Advisor: This is the person who provides academic advice for your department
AC 2011-1103: AGILE METHODOLOGIES FOR HARDWARE / SOFT-WARE TEAMS FOR A CAPSTONE DESIGN COURSE: LESSONS LEARNEDRichard Stansbury, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach Richard S. Stansbury is an assistant professor of computer science and computer engineering at Embry- Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, FL. He instructs the capstone senior design course for computer and software engineering. His current research interests include unmanned aircraft, certification issues for unmanned aircraft, mobile robotics, and applied artificial intelligence.Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach Massood Towhidnejad is a tenure full professor of software engineering in the department
and ground. His team deployed a bomb finding robot named the LynchBot to Iraq late in 2004 and then again in 2006 deployed about a dozen more improved LynchBots to Iraq. His team also assisted in the deployment of 84 TACMAV systems in 2005. Around that time he volunteered as a science advisor and worked at the Rapid Equipping Force during the summer of 2005 where he was exposed to a number of unmanned systems technologies. His initial group composed of about 6 S&T grew to nearly 30 between 2003 and 2010 as he transitioned from a Branch head to an acting Division Chief. In 2010-2012 he again was selected to teach Mathematics at the United States Military Academy West Point. Upon returning to ARL’s Vehicle
that the students’perception of their negotiation style in the pre-assessment survey does not match with thenegotiation style observed during the activity and self-reported in the post-assessment survey.Based on the feedback from industry and the prior research conducted on soft skills andnegotiations specifically, it appears that the need for an activity of this type is warranted.Reference List[1] V. Domal and J. Trevelayn, “An engineer’s typical day: lessons learned and implications forengineering education,” Proceedings, 20th Australasian Association for Engineering EducationConference, pp. 637-643, 2009.[2] S. M. Katz, “The entry-level engineer: Problems in transition from student to professional,”Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 82