in K-12 outreach through sev- eral venues including Summer Ventures, high school STEM day, the N.C. Science Olympiad, a Math Science Partnership grant, volunteer work with a local literacy camp, Boy Scouts Robotics Merit Badge counseling, and teaching the science portion of VBS and children’s Sunday School at his local church. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Flipping the Microprocessors Classroom: A comparative assessmentAbstractAt East Carolina University (ECU), undergraduate students in an electrical engineeringconcentration within a general engineering program are required to complete a microprocessorscourse. This course has been
Sparkfun Inventor Kits and peripheral sensors.The Cage is home to all of our hand tools (e.g., portable drills, Dremels, sanding equipment,wrenches) and several benchtop tools (e.g. belt sander, drill press), as well as prototyping space.The Universal VLS4.60 laser cutter lives in the Hack-A-Torium next to a fume hood, severallarge work tables, and a lot of project storage bins. The Pit has room for group work and a walllined with desktop computers, as well as two lounge areas for more casual collaborations. TheTest Lab houses our sensor inventory and two large tension testing rigs, and the MechanicalSystems Lab is home to three out of four of our laboratory courses. Finally, the Hive is primarilyused for teaching assistant (TA) office hours and
introduce students to qualitative and quantitative perspectives of four factorsthat affect design, construction and management of the structures we live and work in. Thesefour factors, Safety, Sustainability, Style and Society, comprised the four principle modules of thecourse. The course explores the modules separately, as well as their interconnectedness. Inaddition, the course focused on drawing as a language for communicating building design andperformance. The class was organized as a weekly 2.5 hour seminar course to allow time forfield trips, laboratory activities, and class discussion, which were designed to strengthenstudents’ ability to analyze and communicate ideas about building design across disciplines.Weekly readings shaped the focus
community data tocalculate the mean and standard deviation for each, and then create a simulation to model thepopulation in the study. The final requirements are to analyze the data and prepare a writtensubmission. The laboratory material presented to the students is included as Appendix A.Assessment of student work and analysis of the Monte Carlo modeling lab will be completed in2016.ConclusionA preliminary survey of undergraduate environmental engineering courses was conducted toassess interpretation of risk and uncertainty criteria at different ABET programs. The majorityof hours within typical courses was dedicated to teaching topics of risk using the USEPA HHRA(BOK 5.1 and BOK 5.5). It was not surprising that courses allocate the least amount
).Dr. Steve Chenoweth, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Steve Chenoweth is associate professor of computer science and software engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. There, he has participated in launching bachelors and masters level software engineering programs, and a minor in robotics. His prior experience included teaching and assessing systems at Bell Laboratories, as well as teaching and designing software at NCR Corp. He brought from industry the alternative perspective of how training programs are assessed for effectiveness there.Dr. Kay C Dee, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Kay C Dee received a B.S. degree in chemical engineering, and M.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees in biomedical engineering
Paper ID #16239Attached Learning Model for First Digital System Design Course in ECE Pro-gramSeemein Shayesteh P.E., Indiana University Purdue University - Indianapolis Lecturer in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue School of Engineering at IndianapolisDr. Maher E. Rizkalla, Indiana University Purdue University - Indianapolis Dr. Maher E. Rizkalla: received his PhD from Case Western Reserve University in January 1985 in electrical engineering. From January 1985 until August 1986 was a research scientist at Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL while he was a Visiting Assistant Professor at
State University 2) Establishing an Undergraduate STEM Teaching and Research Laboratory at FVSU 3)Establishing an Interdisciplinary Bioinformatics Laboratory at Fort Valley State University 3) Computer-based Instrumentation Laboratory for Undergraduate Science and Mathematics Programs at the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Fort Valley State University. 4) Developing an Undergraduate Minor in Computer-based Mea- surement and Instrumentation at Fort Valley State University 5) Preparing Teachers for Problem Solving Instruction 6) Developing a State of the Art Physics Laboratory at Fort Valley State College.Mr. Nabil A. Yousif, Fort Valley State University Mr. Yousif is an Associate Professor in the
Faculty at Rutgers University. At Rutgers, he was heavily involved in research and teaching at both graduate and undergraduate levels. In the period of 2011-2014, Dr. Al-Sharab was a visiting professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering. In addition to his work with academic institutions, Dr. Al-Sharab was a consultant of various technological companies es- pecially in the areas of structure-property-correlations and advanced characterizations. Dr. Al-Sharab’s research interests are in the areas of Nanotechnology, Electron Microscopy, Structure-property correla- tions, synthesis and characterization of energy related materials (harvesting
in 2007. Dr. Wrate has now returned to his boyhood home and is teaching at Northern Michigan University. He is a member of HKN and IEEE, a Registered Professional Engineer in California, and is a past chair of the Energy Conversion and Conservation Division of ASEE.Prof. Michael D. Rudisill, Northern Michigan University Michael Rudisill received a B.S.E.E. from the University of Illinois and a M.S.E.E. from the Air Force Institute of Technology. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Michigan and has been with Northern Michigan University for over 20 years. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Update on the Development of an
this work is its focus on a number of hands-on practical activities thatare created for the students to perform.For the success of such introductory courses, it is essential to identify important topics that needto be covered and develop laboratory kits that offer opportunities for creativity and exploration ina meaningful manner, at manageable complexities and affordable costs. Small mobile robotshave been a common choice for many universities for teaching their freshmen introduction toECE courses3-6. Robots have been proven to be effective and engaging tool to excite the curiosityof students. Over the years several schools, including our university, have used the LEGOMINDSTORMS NXT7 or similar kits for building robots, and learning about
Paper ID #16380Vertical Integration of the Liberal Arts in Engineering EducationDr. Bingbing Li, California State University - Northridge Dr. Bingbing Li is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Manufacturing Systems Engineering & Management at California State University Northridge. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Manufacturing Systems Engineering. His research includes additive manufacturing (laser additive manufacturing, 3D bioprinting, FDM & SLA for plastics), sustainable design and manufacturing, and sustainability analysis of nanotechnologies.Dr. Robert G. Ryan, California State
Surrey since 2014. Incidentally, the ArchiVision Company from Iranassisted the design of the structural components of this full-scale teaching kit and the tubularelements were manufactured in the University Workshops. Each group of students has todesign a configuration using (all or part of) the available structural components and check thepracticality of their design in the laboratory, Figure 4. To facilitate the design process, a set ofmagnetic bars together with steel balls are available for making small scale models. Also, thefull-scale structural components are available to the students for assembling the structure, orparts of it, in the lab. This would give them confidence about the practicality of the design.After the group meeting in the
studentsfrom outreach activities that enter two-year technical programs and the number of graduatesfrom two-year technical programs who have a working knowledge of microcontrollertechnology.Workshop attendees gain “immediate value” by participating in workshop activities. Thisimmediate value is gained through the information presented and the activities, e.g. presentationsand laboratory exercises. Immediate value is assessed through pre-workshop and post-workshopsurveys. The post-workshop surveys will also point to “potential value,” i.e. the intent tointegrate workshop material into the classes that they teach or in other professional activities ifthey don’t teach. The “Applied Value” surveys have been conducted during fall semester 2014and spring
is focused on enhancing educational access for deaf and hard of hearing students in mainstreamed classrooms. He worked in industry for over five years before returning to academia and disability law policy. Towards that end, he completed a J.D. and LL.M. in disability law, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science.Mr. Gary W. Behm, Rochester Institute of Technology Gary W. Behm, Assistant Professor of Engineering Studies Department, and Director of NTID Center on Access Technology Innovation Laboratory, National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Rochester Institute of Technology. Gary has been teaching and directing the Center on Access Technology Innovation Laboratory at NTID for five years. He is a deaf
establish proper relationship and balancebetween instruction and research, as the commitment to undergraduate education is a crucialinstitutional priority. Intellectual energy comes not only from faculty talking with able studentsbut also from faculty talking with fellow faculty. Some of this activity represents the spirit ofcreativity and curiosity that supports both scholarship and teaching. These major efforts areneeded for faculty development to accomplish this educational challenge 2. Faculty developmentand mentorship programs are definitely important to prepare faculty members for their academicroles including teaching, research, administration, writing and career management 3. Facultydevelopment program in this case included amongst others
encourage undergraduate students to consider graduate level studies 10. Jiang and Maoattempted to implement SDR based courses in minority institution 11. Wu et al developed anaffordable, evolvable, and expandable laboratory suite to allow different institutions to offerlaboratories in communications and networking courses 12. However, to the best of ourknowledge, there is no existing work that introduces cooperative transmit beamforming, the keytechnique in next-generation communication systems, with SDR to undergraduate electricalengineering students.To bridge the gap between the undergraduate communication systems education and theindustrial demands of entry-level electrical engineers with SDR and beamforming expertise, aneducational module has
Paper ID #14652ME for EEs - Where Are All the ME Courses in the EE Curriculum?Dr. Dennis A. Silage, Temple University Dennis Silage received the PhD in EE from the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Temple University, teaches digital data communication, digital signal and image processing and embedded processing systems. Dr. Silage is past chair of the Electrical and Com- puter Engineering Division of ASEE, recipient of the 2007 ASEE National Outstanding Teaching Award and the 2011 ASEE ECE Division Meritorious Service Award.Dr. Keyanoush Sadeghipour, Temple University
P.E., University of Virginia Ronald Williams is a faculty member in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Virginia. His teaching responsibilities have typically been in the area of digital systems, embedded computing, and computer design. He has recently been actively involved in the redesign of the undergraduate electrical engineering curriculum. His research interests have focused on embedded computing for control and signal processing.Prof. Robert M. Weikle, University of Virginia Robert M. Weikle, II received a B.S. degree in electrical engineering and physics from Rice University, Houston, Tex., in 1986 and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the
visits each teacher four times throughout the academic year to give support with teaching and experimental methods. Guskey and Yoon note that “educators at all levels need just-in-time, job-embedded assistance as they struggle to adapt new curricula and new instructional practices to their unique classroom contexts”[3] Full Group Meetings These meetings were held four times throughout the year, and a new materials science topic and classroom laboratory was introduced at each one. Time was also allotted for the teachers to share experiences, strategies, and pedagogical best practices with each other. Spending over 70 hours together between the camp and full-day sessions
Gwen each carved one activity from their lesson plans to apply in their classrooms.Cristina engaged her students (about half female and 40% minority) in a laboratory activityrequiring the capture and detection of bacteria at low concentrations. She reports most studentswere highly engaged in the activity, with one student extending it for a science fair project andplacing at the state-level STEM fair. Students in Gwen’s archaeology course manufactured theirown adobe bricks and then participated in a guided inquiry lab for their preservation. She reportsthat many of her 21 students (57% female, 80% minority) have inquired about careers in researchas a result of the activity.Art, who teaches Physics at his school, is developing a pre-engineering
platform in teaching embedded systems and its usein Senior Capstone Projects [7]-[10]. For example, a study on the use of Arduino forteaching embedded system was presented in [7]. The study outlined a large group ofapplications created using the Arduino microcontroller. The study concluded that theArduino platform can be used to teach many aspects of embedded system design. A seriesof mechatronics laboratory exercises utilizing sensors, actuators, electronics and theArduino® microcontroller was presented in [8]. The laboratory teaches students how toshield the Arduino board, how to use the Arduino development environment and its codelibrary to develop C code for a variety of applications. A capstone design utilizing Wireless820.11 Wi-Fi technology
experiences that are not feasible toprovide to students directly, but can be simulated). For classes that traditionally do not includeexperiments, incorporating virtual experiments results in learning gains over equivalent coursesthat do not include experiments.17 For classes that include laboratory portions, virtual labs orsimulations can replace actual labs.18 In some studies, students using virtual simulationsoutperform those who completed an actual lab.19Simulations provide an opportunity to expand the reach of teaching, through engaging differentlearning styles. Diversifying course delivery methods can address a greater number of learningstyles, including those typically neglected by traditional lectures.20 In one study, thermodynamicsstudents
using qualitative and quantitative questions. Results indicate thatfaculty found the workshop useful and were motivated to improve their own teaching and pursueengineering education research. The first-year course was implemented for the first time in the fall 2015semester with an enrollment of approximately 500 engineering students. Student learning and motivationin the course were assessed using qualitative and quantitative survey questions. Course implementationand assessment are ongoing at the time of this submittal but results will be included in the finalpresentation.1. Introduction Poor retention rates within engineering are often due to a lack of competence of students as theyreach sophomore classes, poor instruction, a lack of a
, concept generation, and commercialization. Dr. Reuther received her BS in Biomedical Engineering from The College of New Jersey and her Ph.D. in Bioengineering, specializing in Orthopaedic Biomechanics, from the University of Pennsylvania.Mr. Michael John Cennamo, Columbia University Michael Cennamo is a Senior Educational Technologist at Columbia’s Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL). He is also an instructor and doctoral student at Teachers College, Columbia. Michael is currently designing both online and blended learning environments for Columbia faculty; his interest and passion lie in helping teachers to effectively use technology in their classrooms, both large and small. Michael lives in NYC.Ms. Tiffany
,” International Journal of Engineering Education 21, 103-112 (2005).[5] C. Crouch, et al, “Classroom Demonstrations: Learning Tools or Entertainment?,” American Journal of Physics, 2004. 72(6): p. 835-838.[6] R. Edwards, G. Recktenwald, “A Laboratory Exercise to Teach the Hydrostatic Principle as a Core Concept in Fluid Mechanics,” Proceedings of ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, 2009, Austin, TX.
Paper ID #15884Future K-12 Teacher Candidates Take on Engineering Challenges in a Project-Based Learning CourseDr. Pamalee A. Brady, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo Pamalee Brady is an Associate Professor at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. She teaches courses in structural systems, concrete, steel and wood design as well as structural engineer- ing courses for architecture and construction management students. Prior to joining the faculty at Cal Poly she worked in applied research at the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory in Champaign, Illinois. She is
concepts. Theinstructor generated a multiple choice, online quiz for each of the three modules of the coursewith the help of an external online testing website, ‘ClassMarker’. Each quiz had an averageof 50-60 multiple choice questions with five options. Results of the quiz were available uponcompletion of the quiz so that students were able to review their answers immediately.In addition to online quizzes, emphasis was placed on making students understand theimportance of practical aspects of learning environmental chemistry. Although engineeringacademics have expertise in teaching and research, they often lack the complete knowledgeof current industrial practices. In addition, professionals working in the field can provide firsthand evidence of
. J., 2005, “The Role of the Laboratory in Undergraduate Engineering Education,” Journalof Engineering Education, 94, p. 121-130.11. Steif, P., & Dollar, A. 2004, Reinventing The Teaching Of Statics, ASEE Annual Conference, Salt Lake City,Utah12. Kaul, S., & Sitaram, P. 2013, Curriculum Design of Statics and Dynamics: An Integrated Scaffolding andHands-on Approach ASEE Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.13. Ramming, C. H., & Phillips, J. J., 2014, June, Improving Retention of Student Understanding by Use of Hands-on Experiments in Statics ASEE Annual Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana.14. Hennessey, M., 2008, Statics and Dynamics Projects Emphasizing Introductory Design and Manufacturing, inProc. ASEE Annual Conf. & Expo
; Adams, R. (2015). The Evaluation of a New Hybrid Flipped Classroom Approach to Teaching Power Electronics. Global Journal of Engineering Education, 17(2), 61-69.14. Coito, F., & Palma, L. (2008). A Remote Laboratory Environment for Blended Learning. Proceedings of the 1st ACM International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments, Athens, Greece.15. Méndez, J., & González, E. (2010). A Reactive Blended Learning Proposal for an Introductory Control Engineering Course. Computers & Education, 54(4), 856-865.16. Tejedor, J., Martínez, G., & Vidaurre, C. (2008). An Online Virtual Laboratory of Electricity. International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 6(2), 21-34.17. Sell, R
student 3D printed NANOLYSERS can be found in Figure 2 on the following page. Figure 2: 3D Models (SolidWorks) and Physical Models of Student NANOLYSERsMethodsAll 3D printing for the course was done using the MakerBot Replicator 2 model printer using1.75mm diameter PLA filament. There were approximately ten of these printers available for usewhich greatly increased the amount of models that could be produced in a given time frame. Theprinters were maintained by program laboratory supervisors and the printing was done byundergraduate teaching assistants.Students submitted both SolidWorks part files or assembly files (.sldprt or sldasm) as well ascreating ".stl" files of all parts to be made. These files could also be made by SolidWorks