participate voluntarily via the Collaboratory for Strategic Parnternships and Applied Research. His on-going projects include improving flight tracking and messaging systems for small planes in remote locations, and developing assistive communication technology for those with cognitive and behavioral challenges, such as high- functioning autism, or PTSD. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Formalizing Experiential Learning Requirements In An Existing Interdisciplinary Engineering Project CurriculumIn education, experiential learning has become a best practice, high-impact strategy, becauseengaging with real life problems heightens students’ interest, teaches them career
with the necessary skill-set ofnew students, recruited by existing project team leaders to fill positions that becomeavailable as students graduate or as the project progresses. While effectively matching theinterest of upcoming students with project needs, the competitive approach also shiftsresponsibility for selections more fully to both student leaders and recruits, who live andwork with these choices. Beyond its immediate practical value, the competitive processexposes students to some dynamics of a real job search, better preparing them for their post-graduation career job search. It also provides an opportunity for students to practice at leastthree of the ABET Student Outcomes: functioning on interdisciplinary engineering teams(d
were targeted in this study; applying and creating. Forapplying, 3D models were made available that could be viewed on a smartphone using an ARapplication or on a computer. The models were generated for problems that students in previousyears found challenging or expressed difficulty in visualizing. Students were then encouraged touse this model to inform their problem solving. For creating, students were given the opportunityto generate 3D models based on textbook examples, indicate types of stresses and displaydeformed shapes. For both activities, student perceptions, best practices, and lessons learned arenoted. Students were also asked to provide feedback about their experience and the effectivenessof AR models in their learning in class
Ph.D. degree in Engineering from TTU in 1999. From 1999 until 2004 he was employed by Square D Company / Schneider Electric in Nashville, Tennessee, where he served as a senior electrical engineer, then as an engineering manager. He is currently an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green. His research in- terests involve computational electromagnetics, application of electromagnetics to the analysis and design of electromechanical devices, and photonics. Page 22.1090.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011