Paper ID #20520Incorporating Autodesk Moldflow as a Tool for Promoting Engaged StudentLearningDr. Ergin Erdem, Robert Morris University Ergin Erdem is an assistant professor of Department of Engineering at Robert Morris University. Dr. Er- dem holds BS and MS degrees in industrial engineering from Middle East Technical University, Turkey and a PhD in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering from North Dakota State University He has previ- ously worked as a lecturer and research associate at Atilim University and North Dakota State University. His research interests include; modeling for facility planning, genetic algorithms
ideas of quantum information. We briefly introduce adensity matrix formalism as it is essential to quantum information and quantum computation.Besides our existing lab experiments on thin-film growing, STM analysis, NMR analysis, etc.,we have added three experiments from our new QIL: (1) Quantum random number generator, (2)Coincidence measurements of entangled photons, and (3) Quantum eraser using entangledphotons. Students usually find the entanglement–based quantum eraser to be the most striking.Advanced Quantum MechanicsAdvanced Quantum Mechanics is required for physics and engineering physics students but isnot required for general engineering students. However, we strongly recommend it to studentswho plan to work in the fields of materials
engineering team. Keeping sizedown allowed everyone to get hands-on (Figure 3). At the most basic level they would comparethe assembled circuit to their designed layout or original circuit diagram. At a higher level theywould follow voltages/signals through the circuit with a multimeter or oscilloscope. Each of thefour oscillator circuits needed for pitch and volume heterodyning should produce a highfrequency output and many Theremin designs specify the typical frequency and voltage of thissignal. An oscilloscope was used to visualize the high frequency heterodyning process thatcreated the oscillation in the audible range. The voltage regulator could be checked for thecorrect DC voltage output. The students also planned the Theremin enclosure and the
as combine two or more datasets, add or remove variable(s), transformnumerical data to categorical (or vice versa), create new variable and assign value, andconditionally-screen output data. An in-class test will be graded.Research Project and PresentationThe group project will be assigned to students during the fourth module of the curriculum. Eachproject team includes three students, and they will be either assigned a topic or propose theirinterested analytical research project. The objective of the project is to develop and answer anaviation-related question by using aviation databases and statistical software package(s). Theteam will develop a research question, a methodology, data collection plan, and analysis plan.Ideally, the project
et al.’s study by offering more in-depth narratives of students’perspectives on reflection through semi-structured interviews.In our work, we captured narratives about students’ engagements with reflection, such as thenarratives shared by Boswell [8]. Boswell reports on a specific effort to support studentreflection during an experiential learning opportunity (an alternative spring break). Initially,Boswell’s team had planned highly structured, daily reflection activities. Over time, they learnedstudents had negative reactions to the trips’ structured reflections. Using the notion of the“structure trap” to capture the unintended consequences of over-structuring student reflection,Boswell goes on to explain how her team let go of a commitment
-cultural dimensions of pre-college engineering education. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Educational Studies from Emory University.Dr. Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Meltem Alemdar is Associate Director and Senior Research Scientist at Georgia Tech’s Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC). Dr. Alemdar has experience evaluating programs that fall under the umbrella of educational evaluation, including K-12 educational curricula, K-12 STEM programs after-school programs, and comprehensive school reform initiatives. Across these evaluations, she has used a variety of evaluation methods, ranging from a multi-level evalua- tion plan designed to assess program
nonlinear and iterative characteristic of the designprocess, though there were still about 20% of participants whose design process representationwas completely linear at the end of the course, indicating an area of improvement in the course.Another weakness in students’ understanding was found to be about the ‘Research’ phase in thedesign process. Many participants were not able to provide any specific details about this phaseat the end of the course, and for those who did provide specific details, their understanding aboutit is limited to ‘research existing solutions’.As for future work, the authors plan to address the weaknesses found in the course based onresults from the data analysis; collect more data to increase the total number of
. (1999). The Project Manager’s Desk Reference: A Comprehensive Guide to Project Planning, Scheduling, Evaluation, and System. New York: McGraw-Hill.Meadows, D. H. (2008). Thinking in systems. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing, 77-78.Midgley, G. (2003). Science as Systemic Intervention: Some Implications of Systems Thinking and Complexity for the Philosophy of Science. Systemic Practice and Action Research. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022833409353Repenning, N. P., Sweeney, L. B., & Stroh, P. D. (2000). Leveraging Change: The Power of Systems Thinking in Action: COMMENTS. REFLECTIONS-SOCIETY FOR ORGANIZATIONAL LEARINING, 2(2), 51-66.Stroh, D. P. (2015). Systems thinking for social change
job to make sure people know how to use and dispose of themproperly.”Several students were struck by the need to address the problem of e-waste at the design stage,combatting planned obsolescence.“Over all going there and seeing all of the electronic waste just makes me want to be anengineer who is good at future proofing technology.”“As an engineer I should be developing electronics that can adapt to the growing demands ofsociety instead of designing electronics that are meant to be replaced as soon as they come outto stores because they are already obsolete.”“Professionally, this makes me want to look into ways to improve the recycling process. If aprocess was able to be created that could recycle e-waste faster than it was produced
research (DBR) study[22], [23]. DBR is a method that allows researchers to test their hypotheses about how learningcan be supported by conducting iterative cycles of classroom-based study. In this method, thecourse instructor typically collaborates with a learning scientist to document and analyze theimpact of carefully planned instruction. Each cycle provides an opportunity to evaluate how theinstruction did or did not support learning as intended. This study, therefore, builds on findingsfrom the previous two iterations.Participants & settingThe participants included 56 students in 10 teams enrolled in a sophomore-level materials andenergy balances course, a core course in the chemical engineering program at a Hispanic-servingresearch
understanding the People work better and feel Knowing about the design I am planning on studying engineering design process, better when they feel included process makes it possible to aerospace engineering. In I will have a fuller in the process of learning, such re-define a complex my field, I will be designing understanding of
successful union of art into the sciences. The first showcase will be at the AmericanPhysical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, as an education symposia lecture. Another plan isto present this work as a workshop at Lilly Conferences that provides opportunities for thepresentation of the scholarship of teaching and learning. With more historical background, thiscould present the developments within fluid mechanics against the backdrop of scientificdevelopment.In April 2015, the University Faculty Senate (UFS) at Penn State University approved a newIntegrative Studies requirement within General Education; implementation details wereapproved in March of 2016. This requirement applies to students who start at Penn StateUniversity during or after the
, staff, and resources within the BME department. It was great to get to know the people behind the scenes and to give feedback in various ways throughout the summer. As a result of my CPM position I was included in many planning and feedback sessions and found myself with new leadership opportunities and visibility in the department. The CPM program was crucial to my college development and has led to many other opportunities.”Likely, this is because CPMs were given opportunities to participate in teaching facultyinterviews, work with staff (e.g. IT, facilities), and provide their input on the BME design space. Other Skills/Knowledge Acquired as a CPM I have a deeper understanding of
student sense-making and instructor responsiveness to thissense-making, answering our second research question.Future WorkWe are planning much future work that employs the TENOR Protocol to address the content ofquestion-initiated dialogue and, eventually, responsive teaching in engineering science courses.First, we will apply the TENOR Protocol to a different set of classroom data than was used todevelop the protocol. During the Fall 2018 semester we conducted 21 observations of 7 differentengineering science courses. These courses range from 200- to 400-level across fivedepartments. After transcribing question-initiated dialogue from the lecture capture video ofthese 21 class meetings, we will code these utterances and use this data set to
, 66(6), pp.888~898.[21] China Ministry of Education official website http://www.moe.gov.cn/srcsite/A08/s7056/201803/t20180329_331767.html[22] Barriball K L, While A. Collecting data using a semi-structured interview: a discussion paper.[J]. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2010, 19(2):328-335.[23] Kolbe R H, Burnett M S. Content-analysis research: An examination of applications with directives for improving research reliability and objectivity.[J]. Journal of Consumer Research, 1991, 18(2):243-250.[24] Zhang Lei, Wang Chen. A comparative study of public policy issues in urban planning between China and the United States based on content analysis [j]. Urban Development Research, 2011, 18(11): 33 - 38.[25] Miles M B
given a unique hint meant to simulate therole of different perspectives on problem solving. For example, one hint asked students toconsider the effect of the moving crane load on the maximum shear and moment experienced bythe crane rail. Another hint gave students design tables from the AISC Manual of Steel Designand guidance to help them pick an appropriate shape. Teams completed the assignment outsideof class as homework. Plan View (view from above) Section View (view from end) 35 ft. 35 ft. Hoist is free to move Hoist
… and then yes it's going pretty well I think”In addition, even though the project courses ‘’advertised’’ the freedom of students, studentswere bounded to several limitations in terms of project planning, externally imposed deadlinesand mandatory feedback meetings. “I think if you, we go very often to these meeting, because we think they are important and we want to ask questions and it's nice to have time that we all sit together, however if it's not necessary ,then I feel that it's not really useful..if you have to go, so that's why I like the freedom”Perceived competence of students in project based coursesFor students in project course, sense of competence was a result of being equipped withadequate knowledge in
, will be two closing ceremonies; one for the attendees and aseparate one for the presenters. In the closing ceremony for the presenters, each member will berecognized and will receive a "Certificate of Presenter" and a letter of recommendation signed bythe directors of the programs. The OST programs from both universities have the goal topromote teens to pursue careers in the STEAM field. Anecdotal data confirm two importantpoints: 1) many of the presenters enrolled in the OST program offers them the possibility to be apresenter and explore STEAM topics, and 2) many of the presenters at the STEAM conferencehad indicated that they want to pursue careers in STEAM and they plan to apply to STEAM-oriented high schools or STEAM-oriented
. The child shows that he is planning to consider them and even restates some of thecriteria. He explores the loop and tries to assemble it to use it which also shows that he isconsidering the criteria; we consider this to be problem scoping rather than solution modelingbecause he seems to be engaged in exploring the problem criteria and materials available moreso than creating a specific solution. He realizes the constraint of having only one loop and healso seems to know that without the loop he cannot solve the problem as it is one of his criteria. Narrative 7. Mom tells John, “Think about the rollercoasters we have been on, how do they work?” John responds, “They always go up first and should start very high. All go very
, because you know, it's never going to go 100 percentto plan.” Similarly, a student responded with, “It's nice to feel that push from professors toincorporate the use of the space in their classes, to let us know that it's okay to experiment and itis okay to do it once and okay if it doesn't come out how you wanted it to.”In the space the students were almost always working in teams, particularly on assigned projects.The communication, collaboration, and interactions are aligned with the norms and practices ofprofessional engineers. Thus, the space reinforces student development of a professionalidentity. The autonomy and support for the students in the space further provides them with theopportunity to internalize the opportunity to gain the
well-educated workforce is progressively increasing in both academia and industry. Thus, being exposed to researchmechanisms during the delineation of engineering problems can assist undergraduate students to betterunderstand options for sustaining career vitality. Those who are more aware are able to make moreinformed decisions regarding future career plans in both academia and industry. Moreover, connectingthe course materials to the related state-of-the-art researches that are being conducted in the researchcommunity helps the students to comprehend the course fundamentals while getting familiar with thecontemporary outcomes of the concepts they have learned. It also aids the course instructors to keeptheir course material up-to-date. In
tightlycoupled with the specifics of the current puzzle-generation engine. Further decoupling it is anessential step in making it even easier to connect a radically different component to generateParsons puzzles. This is particularly relevant to researchers focused on artificial intelligenceeducational applications. We also plan on developing a dashboard for both instructors and thesystem administrators, including runtime monitoring and intercession.We aim for EvoParsons to be a framework to not only serve students but also enable researchersto easily validate pedagogical or artificial intelligence hypotheses.AcknowledgmentsThis material is based in part upon work supported by the Association for ComputingMachinery’s SIGCSE Special Projects 2015 award
in Environmental Engineering. Most recently, he graduated with his Ph.D. from the Colorado School of Mines in Civil and Environmental Engineering. He teaches Water Resources and Planning, Environmental Science, and Environmental Engineering Technologies.Nathaniel Sheehan P.E., United States Military Academy Nathaniel Sheehan is a Captain in the United States Army and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering at the United States Military Academy. He is a 2010 graduate of the United States Military Academy with a B.S. in Environmental Engineering, and he earned an M.S. in Engineering with a focus on Sustainability from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in 2013. He
.).Implementation of the initiative will be part of the department’s larger assessment plan, whichincludes evaluation of students’ understanding of what it means to be an engineer in practice.Ongoing feedback will also be gathered from department faculty, in order to continue developingthe initiative in a way that allows the content to be integrated effectively into their courses.Effective in this instance meaning both productive and seamless for the instructors, andmeaningful for the students.A potential future area of study focuses on evaluating the extent to which the examples beingused across the curriculum correspond with students’ professional interest areas. That studywould use the data collected through the course inventory process, while also
]. Strong interpersonal skills are essential for an individual working with people tocomplete tasks and achieve results. It takes more than technical skills to differentiate a mediocreemployee from an outstanding one. Soft skills complement hard skills and broader soft skillssuch as critical thinking and communication create commitment and reduce uncertainty [24].Burrell, et al. [14], Corona [19], Deari, Kimmel, and Lopez [23] argued that organizations needto continually identify, develop, nurture, and retain leaders as part of an ongoing talentdevelopment strategy. Creating personalized development plans to assess American businessleaders’ abilities against recognized cultural competencies and identifying competency gaps andrisks associated with
to understand the evolution ofstudents’ motivation. Most notably, the author plans to conduct a longitudinal study that repeatsthe survey for Study 2 at the conclusion of the Winter 2019 term so that the same cohort of studentsis evaluated at two times relative to the term. Additionally, the repeated study will allow for acloser comparison between the two groups of students (those enrolled during the Winter 2018 andWinter 2019 terms), to see if the student responses are still different at the same point in time.Alternatively, more qualitative information can be collected through short answer questions andfocus groups to elucidate students’ thought processes with regards to CMSE assignments. AsCMSE topics are added to the undergraduate
access technologies available to them, there is more workto be done.LimitationsThis study has a few limitations. Based on the answers from the survey CAT student employeestook, a few students did not complete some areas asking for more information. For instance, noteveryone typed in their age. It seems, the mobile survey, where it asks for the person to type ininformation, is not intuitive. In other words, user experience design for the survey needs morework.For the focus groups, the original plan for the two focus groups (n=10) to consist of: 1.) fivestudents who did not report to supervisors A or B during the AY 17-18 and 2.) five students whodid not report to supervisor C during the AY 17-18. N = 5 per focus group x 2 groups equal 10.However
wouldscale better to larger class sizes.- Plan ahead. Submission is now spread over at least two days, depending on how quickly youreturn the initial submissions to the students. Near exams, this can cause homework to be turnedin before the material is fully covered. My solution to this problem is to collect the firstsubmission in the last class period before the exam, when we are reviewing material. Sinceassignments are returned immediately, students can use their corrections and reflections to helpguide their exam preparations by noting areas in most need of study. Students then re-submittheir work on the day of the exam.- Publish your own solutions, don’t just copy those from the manual. This not only sets a goodexample, but might also help
deviations to characterize errors in their measurements. They also investigate the effects of averaging multiple samples to reduce random noise and associated measurement error.• Learning Objectives 1. Become familiar with the equipment used for electrical measurements (power supply, multimeter, DAQ, etc.) 2. Understand the importance of inherent measurement error in the lab setting. Be able to articulate the difference between relative error and absolute error 3. Develop and implement an experimental plan to find a mathematical expression for the relationship between voltage and current in a simple resistor circuitLab 2 – Electric Potential and Electric Fields• Summary – In this lab, the students use a
learning, while meeting the community needs. Capstone senior project designcourses are a natural way for incorporating service-oriented learning into any engineeringprogram.There are a variety of ways in which service-oriented learning projects can beincorporated into senior engineering capstone design courses. Some of these experiences fulfillthe rigorous definition of service-oriented learning (SoL), while others meet some but not allrequirements. However, by exploring this instructional approach that is providing a frameworkfor an authentic learning experience, a comprehensive and sustainable plan is needed to ensure asuccessful, synergistic integration of service-oriented learning in an engineering pedagogicalframework. The design project goal