learn aboutSTEM subjects and introduce them to careers involving STEM. Girls completing 6th grade or8th grade can attend the program. Variations of this program has been offered for 15 years andhave reached over 3,000 girls. The new curriculum, using e-textiles, was implemented in thesummer 2014 program. The evaluation of the curriculum was done through observations of thee-textile sessions, feedback from the participants, and information gathered in participant'sengineering notebooks. The evaluation offered is primarily anecdotal, though participantfeedback and notebook analysis is compiled into quantitative data. While the overall feedback onthe e-textile projects was positive, the girls exhibited some displeasure at having sewing be partof
. This paper describes an approach taken to meet thischallenge with a collaborative learning experience that combines students from two institutions.Students from CVEEN 6460 Sustainable Urban Water Engineering at the University of Utahwere teamed with students from CIVE 6670/8670 Life Cycle Engineering at the University ofToledo in a semester project experience. The design project required the students to complete thedesign of a rainwater harvesting project, servicing an institutional building, based on technical,economic, environmental, and social performance criteria. The project was setup to includeseven deliverables, each of which included a report submission and a team presentation update atboth institutions. Each deliverable encouraged
Paper ID #12107History and Heritage as a Vehicle for Contemporary IssuesDr. Douglas G Schmucker, University of Utah Dr. Schmucker has 15 years experience focused on high quality teaching following the T4E, ExCEEd, and NETI teaching models. A full-time teaching professional, he focuses on practice, project, and problem- based teaching methodologies.Dr. Steven J. Burian, University of Utah Page 26.847.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 History and Heritage as a Vehicle
innovation management. Recently his paper won the Best Teaching Strategies Paper award at the most respected international conference in the area of engineering education - Annual conference of American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE).Prof. Katsuyuki Ohsawa, Tottori University Prof Katsuyuki Ohsawa graduated from Master Course of Aeronautical Engineering in Nagoya Univer- sity in 1975. He joined Toyota Central R&D Labs. Lnc. and worked there 31 years. He worked on many projects such as mixture preparation in gasoline engine, high pressure diesel combustion, deposit formation mechanism, direct injection gasoline engine and exhaust emmision control. Prof Ohsawa received Ph D Nagoya University in 1992 and started
graduate student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Uni- versity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; choi88@illinois.edu. Page 26.1438.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Creating Scalable Reform in Engineering Education Through Low-Cost Intrinsic Motivation Course Conversions of Engineering CoursesAbstract The low-cost intrinsic motivation (IM) course conversion project is an effort to improvethe quality of undergraduate engineering education by creating course designs that promotestudents’ intrinsic motivation to learn while keeping the
Multidisciplinary Capstone Design: VIA Dynamic Load Simulation On A Journal Bearing Test Rig In 2010, Dresser-Rand, a global supplier of rotating equipment, donated ESH-1 reciprocating compressor to the Rochester Institute of Technologyand has continually sponsored multidisciplinary senior design (MSD) projects. Dr. Jason Kolodziej, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineeringat Rochester Institute of Technology, commissioned the construction of a dynamic journal bearing similarity test rig. The objective of this rig is toreduce the time required to perform seed of fault research of journal bearings. The project was split into a two phase build utilizing twoconsecutive multidisciplinary senior design teams. While the
Paper ID #12099Mini-Design Projects in Capstone: Initial Design Experiences to EnhanceStudents’ Implementation of Design MethodologyMajor Cory A Cooper, United States Air Force Academy Major Cory Cooper is currently an Assistant Professor of Systems Engineering and Capstone Coordinator at the US Air Force Academy (USAFA) in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He holds a PhD an MSc in Systems Engineering from the Technical University of Delft and the Air Force Institute of Technology respectively. He has held various developmental engineering and program management positions in the US Air Force, to include Deputy Director for
Science Achievers, and ACS Project SEED. She’s been invited back do pharmaceutical engineering research with Research Experience for Teachers at NJIT every summer for the last 8 years now, with her Project SEED students. In 2008 one of her research students became a Science Talent Search Finalist. He also won best in category awards at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair two years in a row. In 2010 she was named a Society for Science and the Public Teacher Fellow, and served on the Advisory Council for Intel ISEF since 2012. Marie currently teaches three levels of engineering courses, that she designed, and coaches students doing science research projects for competitions.Dr. Howard S. Kimmel, New Jersey
Paper ID #11107Capstone and Faculty Mentors/Advisors/CoachesDr. Gene Dixon, East Carolina University Gene Dixon is a tenured Associate Professor at East Carolina where he teaches aspiring engineers at the undergraduate level. Previously he has held positions with Union Carbide, Chicago Bridge & Iron, E.I. DuPont & deNemours, Westinghouse Electric, CBS, Viacom and Washington Group. His work expe- rience includes project engineer, program assessor, senior shift manager, TQM coach, and production reactor outage planner, remediation engineer. He gives presentations as a corporate trainer, a teacher, and a
establish, launch and maintain international relationships that fosters successful trans-continental research efforts and second, a practical application focusing on research exchangecentered on developing and implementing a biogasification system for use in the classroom witha team of undergraduate students from each respective location. These two components arenatural progressions, and takeaways for successful research collaboration include a solidunderstanding of differences in cultures and values, a mutual understanding between each groupto undertake pieces of the project within the capabilities of their own facilities as well asrecognition and adaptability when technological constraints hinder project progression.In addressing energy demands
University-Kingsville Dr. Abdelrahman is currently the Associate Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies and a Professor of Electrical Engineering at Texas A&M University Kingsville. Dr. Abdelrahman has a diverse educational and research background. His research expertise is in the design of intelligent measurement systems, sensor fusion and control systems. He has been active in research with over 80 papers published in refereed journals and conferences. He has been the principal investigator on several major research projects on industrial applications of sensing and Control with focus on Energy Efficiency. He is a senior member of IEEE, ISA, and a member of ASEE.Dr. David Ramirez, Texas A&M University
programs aredifficult to create without college wide support and structure to foster this growth.7The Ohio State University (OSU) offers students, through its Multidisciplinary CapstoneProgram (MDC), a broad range of opportunities for both engineering and non-engineeringstudents to work directly with industry personnel on company-sponsored product and processdesign projects. OSU provides students an opportunity to apply their academics and professionaland practical skills to real-world problems as a member of a multidisciplinary team. Theprogram is a two-semester project design sequence. Based on the project scope, the coordinatorsform teams and assign a faculty advisor to ensure project success. The sponsor is vested in theprogram by assigning an
culminating in the collaborative design and fabrication ofan autonomous vehicle. Students were provided a realistic design scenario early in the course,with subsequent lecture and laboratory activities tying directly to the proposed problem.Following the submission of student design work, and demonstration of their mechatronicdevices, student learning outcomes were assessed both indirectly and directly. Indirectassessment implied both the course content and collaborative design project contributed tostudent learning. Direct assessment of student designs showed improvement from previoussemesters.IntroductionLawrence Technological University (Lawrence Tech) is engaged in a seven-year process toincorporate active and collaborative learning (ACL) and
Paper ID #14366Integration of Simulation Tools in Manufacturing Processes CourseShawn Waterman Page 26.1003.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015Group Dynamics and Project Management in EcoCAR 3 Shawn Waterman Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Patrick Currier Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University John Longshore Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Page 26.1003.2 Group Dynamics and Project Management in EcoCAR
School of Engineering, University of Calgary, Canada. She teaches graphical, written and oral communi- cation in their first Engineering Design and Communication course taught to all 650 incoming engineering students. With co-editors Tom McKeag (San Francisco) and Norbert Hoeller (Toronto) she co-founded and designs ZQ, an online journal to provide a platform to showcase the nexus of science and design using case studies, news and articles (zqjournal.org). As an instructor, she was one of the recipients of The Allan Blizzard Award, a Canadian national teaching award for collaborative projects that improve student learning in 2004. In 2005, she was one of the recipients of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
experiences of graduate students in a blended interviewing experienceAbstractSocialization in graduate school is critical to personal and professional success, and encompassesboth the development as a researcher and as a member of the field. This paper discusses theexperiences of 28 graduate students through their participation in an engineering educationresearch project. The blended experience included online training workshops, qualitativeresearch tasks, and culminated in a final meeting at the 2014 ASEE annual conference inIndianapolis. The graduate student participants reflected on their participation in an onlinesurvey, which was coded for individual descriptions of their experiences.The results are presented as four
. Passionate about the intersection of education and technology, her dual degree in computer science and education has helped her to contribute to projects such as automatic essay grading and Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s App Inventor, a blocks-based programming language. She is inspired to help people of all ages enjoy learning. Page 26.1455.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Ta-Da! You’re a design thinker! Validating the DesignShop as a Model for Teaching Design Thinking to Non-Designers and Achieving Systemic Re-Design in the Education
Impact of Engineering Solutions:A Collaborative General Education-Engineering Effort Page 26.721.2AbstractAt the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), General Education (GenEd) requirements forBachelor Degrees include six credit hours dedicated to project work that brings students from allacross the university to work in teams that resemble a professional work setting. These inter-professional student teams work with faculty and/or industry mentors on a wide range ofprojects. Students assume different roles in the team and are encouraged to approach the projectfrom their own perspective and to contribute their respective discipline-specific knowledge whileperforming within their
and German in 1987, and returned to academia after a 22 year engineering career in industry. During his career Dr. Hamrick served in a broad range of positions including design, product development, tool and die, manufacturing, sales, and management. His teaching style brings practical, innovative, experience based learning to the classroom, where hands on projects that reflect real world applications are valued by students. Since 1998 he has mentored and lead youth organizations including Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, 4-H, and First Robotics, with youth ranging in ages from first grade through high school. He was named a Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources Outstanding Teacher for 2013-14
describe the course’s desired student learningoutcomes which were developed based upon needs identified in the preparation of studentsentering the senior design experience. For previous ECE students their first exposure to manydesign concepts and tools was during their senior year course. Building key design skills andconceptual understanding via exposure to multiple small, open-ended projects that increase incomplexity through the semester during their junior spring semester will enable students to entertheir capstone course the following year in a higher state of readiness. The course providesexposure to multiple design processes prevalent in academe and industry and encouragesstudents to internalize the key steps common to nearly all
University of Cluj-Napoca, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Indiana and R@D engi- neer for The Institute of Scientific Research for Automation and Telecommunications, Bucharest Roma- nia. Over the past ten years she taught several undergraduate and graduate courses on Electronic Compo- nents and Circuits, Digital Design, Design of Fault Tolerant Systems and Testing of Digital Systems. Her current research interest includes Reliability and Fault Tolerance of Electronic Systems, Programmable Logic Devices and new educational methods teaching digital system design and analog electronics, em- phasizing ”hands-on” experiences and project-based-learning. She has
development ofcourse projects. The Launchpad includes a 32-bit ARM Cortex M4 microcontroller (MCU)integrated with 10/100 Ethernet MAC and PHY. TI’s Code Composer Studio (CCS) – anEclipse-based Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and some open source software likethe lightweight TCP/IP stack called IwIP are used for software development. In this course, weintroduce students the TCP/IP protocols, and wireless communication technologies like WiFi andBluetooth. Through course projects, students study the implementation of TCP/IP protocols inpractice, and learn how to use drivers of Ethernet port and WiFi connection to developmicrocontroller-based networking applications. Our primary experiences indicate that TI’sconnected Launchpad with various
Paper ID #12425A Module to Introduce the Entrepreneurial Mindset into Thermodynamics -a Core Mechanical Engineering CourseDr. Jennifer A. Mallory, Western New England University Dr. Mallory joined Western New England University after earning her Ph.D. from Purdue University in August 2012. Dr. Mallory’s current teaching interests include integrating problem- and project-based learning into core mechanical engineering courses to enhance student learning and motivation. She is currently the primary instructor for the Thermodynamics I and II courses in Mechanical Engineering. Her research interests are in engineering education
project and be part of a design team on a CNC project. These projectsrequire that the students complete fully dimensioned and toleranced engineering drawings and awork order including material selection and a planned build process.The third course in the sophomore year is a product development course focused on sustainableenergy. The lecture content includes renewable and sustainable fossil and nuclear energy. Thestudents complete a supporting lab series including solar, wind, fuel cell and hydroelectricexperiments. During the last half of the course the students design, build, and test an energyrelated product of their own invention receiving guidance and critique throughout the process
. IntroductionThe ultimate goal of engineering education is to graduate engineers who can design andimplement solution to existing societal problems. To accomplish this goal, meaningfulengineering design experiences are integrated into the curriculum as early as during the firstyear. In addition to the cornerstone project course such as introduction to engineering design, thefirst two years of the curriculum are devoted primarily to the basic sciences, followed byadvanced courses in the last two years that familiarize the students with discipline specifictechnical contents. To conclude the engineering design learning experience, engineeringundergraduate education has a capstone senior design project course that allow students toimplement design process
Paper ID #11724The Impact of Personal Interactions on the Experience of African-AmericanMales on Multiracial Student TeamsMs. Kelly J Cross, Virginia Tech Ms. Cross earned her Bachelor’s of Science in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University in 2007. She earned her Master’s of Science in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Cincin- nati in 2011. Ms. Cross is currently completing her studies in the Engineering Education PhD program at Virginia Tech and involved with multiple educational research projects with faculty and graduate students. Her research interests include diversity and inclusion
Vigeant is a professor of chemical engineering and an associate dean ofengineering at Bucknell University. Her research interests center on teaching andlearning in engineering, and in particular the ways that active learning techniques canenhance conceptual learning. Current projects include developing and testing differentmodes of inquiry-based activities for learning in heat transfer, studying changes insituational curiosity and motivation associated with different pedagogies, and the impactof student-produced instructional videos. Upcoming projects include considering howmaker spaces impact student learning and the use of games to teach engineering concepts.She is an Apple Distinguished Educator, and has previously presented versions of
Using 3D Printing and Physical Testing to Make Finite- Element Analysis More Real in a Computer-Aided Simulation and Design CourseAbstractThe mechanical engineering curriculum at Loyola University Maryland includes a junior-levelcourse in computer-aided simulation and design (EG426). In this course, students useSolidWorks® to create computer models of three-dimensional parts and assemblies and learnhow to generate engineering-quality design drawings. The class also covers the use of finite-element analysis (FEA) to evaluate stresses and deflections of parts under load. Ultimately, thecourse culminates in a professional project where each student designs a mechanical part to meeta set of specific
Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Peace, Conflict, and Sustainability: Addressing Global and Ethical Issues in Engineering EducationEngineers play central design and policy roles globally in infrastructure and construction projects-- in transportation, power generation, irrigation, mining and other sectors. Particularly indeveloping countries, this may thrust them into violent conflict situations arising fromgeopolitical disputes, rival claims over resources, unequal distribution of benefits and costs, orpower struggles. Conflicts among communities, peoples, and nations can arise from manycauses. Engineering programs and projects may themselves be among the problems at issue.Where efforts to bring about peaceful
The Neglected Art of Sourcing in Engineering Education Alex Antunes, Angela Walters & Amanda Raab, Capitol Technology UniversityWe present methods for teaching schedule and cost delays in engineering projects as experientialteam learning within a classroom, without incurring unscripted schedule or cost delay to thecourse. Matching design and schematic specifications to a single vendor solution is a necessarybut rarely taught step in engineering. Engineers need parts, but most courses magically provideeither kits, chosen parts, or single-sourced components to speed student focus on the coreengineering topics. Sourcing of parts, however, involves real world process- and people-relatedissues that can add schedule and