, with a strong industry connection. Now after three years, each of thethree universities have in place formal minors and options in design and manufacturing as well asnew laboratories known as Learning Factories 1. A cornerstone of this project has been thegrowing interest and support of local industry to participate in the development of theseprograms, particularly in the area of senior design projects. Currently, nearly 100 companies aresupporting senior projects for students in these programs at the three universities. Such projectsrequire major commitment of resources for planning and execution from both the universitiesand the companies. This paper describes some of the processes, some of the successes and someof the failures in this
can compete commercially. You are expected to do a rigorous review of the tile market. Consider other tile products as well including tiles for bathrooms, exterior facades and interior wall coverings as well as others you may think. Page 2.235.9This project immerses the students in a simulation of a real-world situation. They mustresearch the market, consider the limitations of the materials they have to work with,design a development plan, design the test methods, produce samples and full-scaleprototypes communicate the results to others and convince their peers that their product isviable.The student directed design project is similar
the actual teaching sequences. These interpersonalinteractions tended to constitute a form of socializing (e.g., what students did over the weekend,their plans for the evening, the next day, and so on). In Group B, by contrast, which had thehighest percentage of collaborative sequences, interpersonal interactions were generallyembedded within the teaching sequences and were somehow, if only tangentially, related to theproblem at hand. Group B participated in very little truly off-task discourse. Its members didengage in interpersonal interactions; however, they commented on things like the professor’s ortheir own work expectations and idiosyncrasies rather than talking about details of their personallives. Of Group B’s 10 interpersonal
reading, he willalso contribute to a course-wide multimedia database of text and audio introductions/reviews ofbooks, articles, reports, and government documents about engineering education. We believe thisdatabase may prove attractive to instructors at other institutions who may want to use the course.We also plan to work with other STS colleagues to integrate Engineering Cultures in betweengeneric introductory courses to STS-related issues and more focused STS in engineering designcourses. This sequence of three STS courses for engineers would not only satisfy upcomingABET 2000 accreditation criteria but further meet our goal to enable students to understand andreflect on their own problem-solving and design activities as perspectives that both
involved in introducing undergraduate students to thejoys and frustrations of signal and image processing research. Experiences are described from worksupported in part by National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) grantnumber MIP-9624849, entitled “A Career Plan for the Integration of Image Processing Education andResearch.” Research-based projects were included in several required and elective courses taught by theprincipal investigator, including Computer Aided Measurement and Controls; CommunicationsEngineering; Digital Image Processing; Discrete Real-Time Filtering; Capstone Senior Design; andIndependent Study. Some of the projects attempted by the students included a hybrid DiscreteCosine/Wavelet Transform for
fabricated in the engineering shop and analyzed using basic statics. Thestrain gages were added and wired. In the second semester, another group obtained theappropriate data acquisition devices and generated a LabVIEW virtual instrument for the trussproject. This group also tested the truss using a conventional strain gage indicator to recordstrain gage output before connecting the gages to the strain gage data acquisition system. Thedata acquisition system was then used in obtaining the loading in each member of the truss, withthe loading values being compared using basic statics. This year’s projects being planned willretrofit existing fluid mechanics and mechanics of materials experiments with modern electronicsensors that will support data
departments plan to incorporate using the formula into their procedures for assigningand/or annually evaluating faculty work. The other two departments have not indicated any plansto use it but these policies are still not firm in all departments. The original intent for developing the academic workload formula was to assist in fairlyassigning classes for individual faculty to teach and in helping to resolve any conflicts that mayarise. These conflicts can be • between faculty who feel the grass is greener on the other side of the teaching load fence • between departments and upper administration regarding the need to add or lose faculty positions or • between upper administrators and non-academic critics outside the university
Marshall Plan scholarship.From 2008 to present, 32 students have participated in research at KTH in Sweden. In theNetherlands, from 2010-2019, 21 students were hosted at the Maastricht University. During theperiod, a total of seventy-four students participated from 2008 to 2018 in programs based inSweden, the Netherlands and Austria, twenty-five in Brazil based programs [44], and overtwenty in Morocco. All programs were modeled after the REU programs funded by the NSF.Toyohashi, Japan - At Toyohashi University of Technology (TUT) research projects for studentswill include areas such as Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, BiomedicalScience/Engineering, Material Science and Nanotechnology.Beijing, China - A partnership with the
settings it is possible to determine the overflow period, this being thevalue of the controllers' sampling time of 10 ms. And the last part within the MCC is choosing and configuring the pins used,these are those of the peripherals such as the UART and PWM, the digital outputs forthe H bridge (outputs) and the input pins (Input) for the encoder, which must beconfigured to have interrupt on the rising edge, IOC (Interrupt On Changing). Figure 9 — Datasheet PIC16F18877 At this moment, the microcontroller has the capacity to do what was planned,however, to facilitate the development of the program, some functions were developedfollowing the logic diagram: Figure 10 — Microcontroller
there is a course management challenge, and it is incumbent upon the instructor to ensurethat there are support mechanisms for students who may be struggling with the course materials.In addition to the training of peer tutors and TAs, in my case this has meant ensuring that wheneverI am teaching CS 1, I have accounted for extra time needed for the course. In the CS 1 course studentsare required to meet with me 1-on-1 which helps me assess student progress as well as strategize,often with student agency, how to help each student succeed. Active learning and peer learningtechniques are also critical to ensuring there is a greater opportunity for students to learn from eachother and form a learning community. In the future, I also plan to
severaliterations take place before reaching the final solution. Each iteration is improved upon based onfeedback from the previous iteration.”“Iterative design is characterized by a process in which the design is refined and improved througha series of multiple iterations. Each iteration, the design is improved incrementally based onfeedback and testing from previous iterations.”“More specifically, the iterative design methodology begins with an initial planning step, whereinthe engineering requirements for a new device are developed and enumerated.”“Essentially, each subsequent stage of the iteration process only occurs after the current stagehas been made successful. This leads to much more efficient development of technologies andensures the final
that encouraged participants to express their thoughts andexperiences freely and openly.The structure of the interview was meticulously designed to evaluate four critical constructs thatare pivotal in understanding students' engagement with data science within the chemicalengineering curriculum [20]. These constructs are: 1. Interest: Participants' enthusiasm and curiosity about data science. 2. Career Aspirations: How participants see data science fitting into their future professional plans. 3. Perceived Value: The importance participants attribute to data science skills in the context of their education and future career in chemical engineering. 4. Self-Efficacy: Participants' confidence in their ability to learn and apply
reasons affecting participants’ stress levels. Furthermore, the results revealed thatconflicts with family and/or friends regarding one’s future career plans were identified as theleast significant reason contributing to stress. Figure 3. Key Factors Contributing to Personal/Family-Related Stress Among Participants Within the category of Academic-related stressors, as depicted in Figure 4, “DiscussingMental Health Openness”, and “Mentor Discussion Comfort” were the significant reasons thataffect participants’ stress levels the most, with average scores of 2.86 and 2.71, respectively. Thisfinding highlights the importance of creating an environment where individuals feel comfortableand supported in talking openly about their mental health
. This entails raising awareness about the social, economic, andpolitical obstacles faced by women and girls and equipping engineers with the tools to respondcreatively and critically in the dismantling of unjust barriers. (Kantharajah, 2022). In the context of humanitarian engineering and critical consciousness, learning aboutgenerative themes of poverty, sexual violence against girls, and other systemic inequities allowstudents to think about how they would plan, create, and design technologies to solve thoseproblems (Kantharajah, 2022). Encouraging students to learn about and reflect on theseinequities fosters critical reflection and motivates them to envision their roles in driving positivechange through their agency and commitment to
approaches and studentcognitive development. An additional challenge associated with ChatGPT usage, as argued in [22],lies in the potential for learners to rely on AI models for task completion excessively. This over-reliance can potentially impact their critical thinking and problem-solving skills, fostering a senseof lethargy and indifference towards independent investigation. ChatGPT stands as a versatile tool with the potential not only to aid students in their learningjourneys but also to offer valuable assistance to tutors and educators across a spectrum ofapplications. In [23], diverse ways educators can harness this tool in teaching have been delineated.Notably, it proves beneficial in personalized learning, lesson planning, language
lateral transfers, which made this group underrepresented. Having a small samplesize reduced the number of ego networks that could be analyzed and made it difficult to make acomparison of the social networks between the two types of transfer students. In addition, therewas a lack of specific subpopulations, with respect to lateral and vertical transfer students andwhether they were either in-state or out-of-state transfers. This might have skewed the egonetworks by not treating each subpopulation as an entity on its own. These limitations can befurther addressed with more individualized survey questions and in the next round of dataanalysis.For the next phase of this study we plan to separate the different subpopulations of transferstudents and
improvementDisseminate Engaging with &Scholarship & contributing toPublic Scholarship ofDissemination Teaching & LearningFigure 1. The U21 Conceptual Framework for Teaching is a four by three matrix whichdistinguishes four Dimensions of Teaching across three Forms of Enactment (or Roles) [17], [18]. Itis a resource designed to help faculty categorize, articulate, and plan their activities in the emptyboxes.3.3 MethodsThis work draws from the lived experiences of people within a social network to explore the ideaof developing as an educational leader through mentorship. The primary node shares experienceswith all other actors, each of whom are constructing meaning of the mentorship experiencewithin the network through
consistently lower than thosereported by default. Such discrepancy could be capturing the plethora of other factors that areknown to influence engineering identity and sense of belonging [17].Finally, our analysis is only descriptive and not causal in nature. We plan to implementalternative methods to explore the potential of causality, as well as dive deeper into thedescriptions of students’ experiences in the course through qualitative interviews. Other futureanalysis of this data will include a breakdown of these trends by subgroups, paying specialattention to those with marginalized identities. While sample sizes are limited at this point, thesurvey remains open to strengthen such numbers.ConclusionIn this study we conducted a retrospective
1.315and 3.7 (average=2.77); two students withdrew. After one semester, nine of the students are stillenrolled in their original major. One of the ten students did not return.9. Implications and Future WorkLooking ahead, we aim to integrate this course into the standard first-semester curriculum acrossthe involved engineering departments. This goal will require careful coordination and facultysupport to ensure curriculum alignment among the three programs and foster a collaborativeteaching environment. For summer 2024, plans are underway to host two course sessions,expand faculty participation in teaching the course, and recruit incoming sophomores. Based oninitial feedback, we are refining some aspects of the curricular activities to enhance
to make engineering education more inclusive in different ways.For instance, Rooney (2020) developed a workshop that helped faculty work through topics suchas implicit bias, growth mindset, interpersonal and teamwork skills, and other evidence-basedpractices that can promote inclusivity. Further, Dewsbury & Brame (2019) developed aninteractive guide that would help instructors develop inclusive teaching practices. They emphasizethe role of instructor empathy and self-awareness as well as the kinds of classroom climates theycreate. Relatedly, Hunter et al. (2010) lay out a professional development plan for lab instructionthat emphasizes diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM. They focus on diversity in terms oflearning styles and
,when asked about other identifying characteristics of engineers, participants talked aboutsupplementary connections and experiences that further defined them as engineers.The findings from this study lead us to believe that students move through a set of learning andexperience milestones throughout their academic career, initiated and supplemented by socialconnections. As students find themselves going in a different direction than originally planned,they compensate for a lack of experience in one area with additional experience or interpersonalconnections in another. Students’ perceptions of success stemmed from a culmination ofexperiences and connections that are valued by them as individuals. While many studentsfollowed a prescribed
4 language, cultural awareness Interest 3 student interest Resources 3 funding Project management 3 planning, scope, leadershipacademic calendar, be it semester or quarter, often does not match the natural cadence of theproject. Even during the summer, there can be a narrow window of time when students can be inthe community. This is a well known challenge of HE projects more generally [20].Several participants found that offering multi-year projects alleviated the time pressure. In thisapproach, the project is divided into phases. Each student cohort considers only one phase of theproject. This then naturally requires a longer view of the project and
. Porter and M. Kilbridge, Eds., Cambridge, MA: MIT Laboratory of Architecture and Planning, 1978, pp. 551–660.[7] S. Dinham, “Research on Instruction in the Architecture Studio: Theoretical Conceptualizations, Research Problems, and Examples,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mid-America College Art Association, 1987.[8] NCTQ, “Classroom Management.” National Council on Teacher Quality, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.nctq.org/review/standard/Classroom-Management[9] B. M. Dewsbury, “Deep teaching in a college STEM classroom,” Cult. Stud. Sci. Educ., vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 169–191, Mar. 2020, doi: 10.1007/s11422-018-9891-z.[10] A. Thompson, B. Sattler, and J. Turns, “Understanding a studio environment: A complex
students utilized the REV Robotics kits. They were then taskedto design and assemble a robot with a functioning operation system to sense, have a plan they willprogram through an algorithm, and act accordingly based on the final challenge tasks. Instructionsand tips were provided to the students so they could utilize the required tools to assemble differentframes, screws, brackets, and motor mounts. Figure 5 shows a team working on their basic robotstructure with all the required tools and materials.On the second day, the students focused on designing and creating a robot that will accomplish allthe required tasks for their competition that was held on the final day. The students were taskedwith competing as teams in a final challenge that was
processes visually benefit learners with visual proficiency abilities. Becauseof this, teaching students’ visual literacy, which means the capacity to decode, understand andcreate graphic images or messages, is of utmost importance, especially for those who plan theinformation, like instructors.Visual literacy has been defined in several ways in the literature. These definitions originated fromseveral fields, and those fields helped provide the groundwork for visual literacy. Hortin [8]defined visual literacy in 1980 as the capacity to use and comprehend visuals and to study andthink conceptually. In 1973, Case Gant coined the term “visual literacy” to describe a collectionof skills that enable individuals to understand, produce, and read graphical
a case study research: plan, design, preparation, data collection,analysis and reporting [8], [51]. This process allowed us to consider the nuances of theundergraduate’s experience in a CoP that were not apparent in the survey, as well as how theirself-efficacy changed based on modeling and observational learning [27], [52], [53], [29], [54].The case-study interviews assessed the potential of student involvement in cultivating acommunity of practice, which, in alignment to Wenger’s Theory, is expected to enhance aperson’s sense of belonging and self-efficacy [35].III. RESULTS 1. DemographicsThree hundred forty-nine (349) participants responded to the survey. Two hundred eighty-three(283) students are in a community college, sixty-four (64
board routing sions. Identifying tools and techniques Basics of 3D CAD, sketching, Professional documentation to model parts modeling. practices; ability to read profes- sional documents Notebook drafting, CAD de- Iterative design cycle Time management, task plan- sign, slicing, tolerancing, 3D ning, and estimating task dura- printing tionWeekly StructureA typical week begins by flipping the classroom; it starts with a prelab
arrows point away from positive point charges and point towardsnegative charges. We plan to follow up with this hypothesis in the next round of interviews byasking students to use paper arrows and styrofoam balls to indicate charge polarity in before- andafter-interviews.A second example of understanding of representational conventions that appeared to emerge isthe use of color gradations and vector sizes to indicate relative strength of the electric field of apoint charge. In slide 8, the red sphere of positive fixed charge becomes larger, and the field linesbecome longer than in slide 7. The text on slide 8 asks the students what this change representsand if they notice anything else. Students often responded that the electric field had become
practices, and if the practicewas fundamental to creating an accessible course.Development of UDL nuggetsOur goal was to increase engagement of instructors with universal design and accessibilityprinciples. We determined that short, actionable suggestions would be the most likely method toreach busy instructors. We planned to share weekly, action-oriented UDL changes that wouldbe simple and easy to understand by instructors without prior experience of UDL oraccessibility. We would also identify, where possible, the most scalable changes and to tietopics together to build upon each other as we introduce them.Audience DevelopmentWe decided early-on to allow nugget recipients to subscribe and unsubscribe from the weeklynugget communication, which