atechnical report documenting results of the design process; 5) managing design projects, developproject timelines and negotiate individual responsibilities and accountability in the teamenvironment; 6) applying strategies of ideation to develop novel and innovative solutions; and 7)prototyping solutions for purposes of design, testing and communication. Grouping strategiesdiffer based on the project during the semester. There are three projects, two mini and one mainproject (capstone) in the course during the course of the semester. The mini project aims to helpstudents explore their college major more deeply, so, students are teamed with peers that sharethe same or similar majors. The capstone project is situated within an Engineering
forward an overview of our effort tointroduce and grow the digital transformation and IBL in the mechanical engineering (ME)curriculum.At the University of Hartford, the first computational skills are obtained in a graphiccommunication course and an engineering computer application course taken by all engineeringmajors in the freshmen year. The former incorporates AutoCAD, and the latter consists ofcomputer programming, data science, and tools for solving problems (MATLAB, MS Excel). Formechanical engineering majors, another computer-aided design (CAD) course withSOLIDWORKS and ANSYS is encountered in the junior year. Most ME capstone projects aresourced from and sponsored by local industry and have at least one component that requiressimulations
and Environmental Engineering at Rowan University. Dr. Bauer holds a doctoral degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville. Dr. Bauer is the recipient of numerous awards and scholarships as a young professional. Her primary research interests are: water and wastewater treatment, renewable energy technologies, and pollution prevention. She has worked on a variety of educational projects to enhance environmental engineering education while at Rowan University. Dr. Bauer is an active member of ASEE and the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and currently serves as the Faculty Advisor for Rowan’s Student Chapter of SWE.Prof. Cheng Zhu, Rowan University Dr. Cheng Zhu
Engineering as a Program Coordinator Senior with the K-12 Engineering Education and Outreach team. Since then, Velez has managed such programs as FIRST LEGO League Robotics, MESA, and the National Summer Transportation Institute. She currently coordinates EPICS High (Engineering Projects in Community Service) to engage high school and mid- dle school students in human-centered engineering projects in their communities. Through this program, Velez works to build partnerships with school districts, industry, and non-profits to bring STEM program- ming to underserved communities across the state. Before joining ASU, Velez spent seven years as an elementary educator at a STEM focus school. She currently holds a Masters of
multidisciplinary teams," and 3k, "an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modernengineering tools necessary for engineering practice" [8] may motivate institutions to pursue theadoption of PDM software into their curriculum.Collaborative projects that are common throughout the curriculum, for instance: capstone designcourses, entrepreneurial courses, and IEG courses, would benefit from the safe, simultaneous useof CAD files provided by PDM. Students often devise unique systems that will be described laterto solve their file management problems. Most of these systems meet a few of the functions of aPDM system, but still provide issues and problems as they are applied to complex CAD filestructures.Undergraduates clubs would also benefit from a PDM
assembly/Test-stand/Dynamometer/Production control & Quality engineering) Education: BASc. Mechanical Engineering (Oct 2016) Capstone: SAE BAJA (front suspension) PhD. Candidate (2018-current) Research: Automotive composites/Neural networks Associations: PEO/SAE/OSPE/ASME/CSMEMs. Giselle St Louis, University of Windsor I act as the clinical therapist for students in the engineering department.Dr. Jennifer L Johrendt, University of Windsor Dr. Johrendt is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical, Automotive, and Materials Engineering and the Assistant Dean - Student Affairs at the University of Windsor. She holds degrees in Mathematics and Engineering from Queen’s University in Kingston (B.Sc
. Dally, J. W., & Zhang, G. M. (1993). A freshman engineering A4 120 design course. Journal of Engineering Education, 82(2), 83-91. Miller, R. L., & Olds, B. M. (1994). A model curriculum for a A5 capstone course in multidisciplinary engineering design. Journal of 113 Engineering Education, 83(4), 311-316.FindingsIn line with discourse analysis methods, the findings are presented through quotes and passagesfrom the five papers reviewed. It is important to note some of these quotes are paraphrased in thearticles, based off engineering design work done by others. We have not included these citations,as we
localcompany which presents them a technical data driven problem. Students, working in ateam, investigate the problem, collect and analyze data using statistical tools andtechniques, and devise a solution, which they present to the company. ENTC 5800 whichis a required course for non-thesis track students, serves as the capstone project course forgraduate students. The Industry Advisory Committee is very active in providing studentsvarious real-life working opportunities, such as course projects and internships. Mostgraduate faculty members also bring guest speakers from various industries who discussapplications of class learning to real life. Graduate students are also encouraged to internduring the summer months.MS in Engineering Technology
Paper ID #30274Development of a Mentorship Program between Upper-class and First YearEngineering Students through 3D printingDr. Charlotte Marr de Vries, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College Dr. Charlotte de Vries is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Penn State Erie, the Behrend College. She received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts in 2009. She received her M.S. (2013) and Ph.D. (2014) in Mechanical Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University. She teaches Introduction to Engineering Design, Capstone Design, Dynamics, System Dy- namics, and Instrumentation
the Materials Science Program in the Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University. He teaches in the areas of introductory materials engineering, polymers and composites, and capstone design. His research interests include faculty development and evaluating con- ceptual knowledge and strategies to promote conceptual change. He has co-developed a Materials Concept Inventory and a Chemistry Concept Inventory for assessing conceptual knowledge and change for mate- rials science and chemistry classes. He is currently conducting research in two areas. One is studying how strategies of engagement and feedback and internet tool use affect conceptual change and impact on students’ attitude, achievement, and
Capstone project in the junior and senior years. EPIC Scholars also were offered study group sessions run nightly by upper year EPIC scholars, right in their living-learning community. • Focused Mentoring: All EPIC scholars were assigned either one of the PIs or another women faculty as their academic advisor and informal faculty mentor. • Community Building: EPIC scholars were part of a college club and Society of Women Engineers Interest Group that provided mentorship, socializing, programming, and leadership opportunities. EPIC scholars were frequently (if not always) the club officers. Under goal (3), transition students into the workforce, the following activities were carried out: • Professional
modules were developed and used in classes at allundergraduate levels from introductory courses to senior capstone design and in undergraduateresearch projects such as REU and RET programs.The project successfully demonstrated that an experimental centric pedagogy combined withhands-on educational technology stimulates student interest in the STEM area, promotes contentacquisition, and problem solving, and retention. Hands-on activities were shown to be successfulacross a variety of instructional settings and EE topics. The momentum that the project has isremarkable. By the end of the project practically all the minority students at the 13 institutions(which represent over 35% of the entire population of the African-Americans in engineering inthe
industry sponsored capstone from at his school and is the advisor of OU’s FSAE team.Dr. Andrea L’Afflitto Dr. L’Afflitto is an assitant professor at the Grado Department of Industrial and Systems engineering at Virginia Tech. His research is in lightweight robotics, with special emphasis on unmanned aerial systems (UAVs) and lightweight robotic arms. Dr. L’Afflitto served as an assistant professor at the School of Aerospace and Mechanical engineering at the University of Oklahoma from 2015 to 2019. He gained his Ph.D. degree in aerospace engineering from Georgia Tech, MS in mathematics from Virginia Tech, and MS and BS in aerospace engineering from the University of Napoli, Italy.Dr. Wei Sun, University of Oklahoma
process design teaching team, manages the courses and industry interface. Her current research focuses on the application of blended and active learning to design teaching and learning, program content and structure, student assessment, and continuous course improvement techniques. She managed and was a key contributor to a two-year pilot project to introduce Blended Learning into Engineering Capstone Design Courses, and is a co-author with John M. Shaw on a number of recent journal, book, and con- ference contributions on engineering design education. Recently she has taught a short course on how to design and teach process engineering courses to professors in Peru and workshops on Metacognition and Lifelong Learning
noted from surveys conducted by the ASCE BOK EducationalFulfillment Committee (BOKEdFC) [7].High-Impact Learning Practices (HILP) have received the attention of higher educationinstitutions due to a developing case of benefits in student engagement, success, and persistence.In 2007, the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) published theCollege Learning for a New Global Century report and found several promising “high-impact”activities including first-year seminars, common intellectual experiences, learning communities,service learning, undergraduate research, study abroad, internships, and capstone projects,among others. This report recommends that institutions prioritize HILPs to enhance studentengagement and increase
students (60%). These numbers reflect the typical students in thismajor. Over the past five years, graduates of the program (n=51) have been 92% male, 39%adult learners, and 14% military veterans.We collected multiple sources of evidence for this study including pre- and post- survey data(scaled responses) using a career self-efficacy scale, student artifacts, and formative assessmentquestions. The career self-efficacy scale asked students to assess their confidence on a five-pointscale, and these rating were tested for statistical significance. Student artifacts, includingassignments and projects, were evaluated by two independent raters who used a 4-point scale(ranging from 0 (below) to 3 (exemplary)) across five desired outcomes: description
interests include improving the representation of young women in engineering fields and the development of Generation Z students.Dr. Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho Dr. Beyerlein has taught at the University of Idaho for the last 27 years. He is coordinator of the college of engineering inter-disciplinary capstone design course. He is also a co-PI on a DOE sponsored Industrial Assessment Center program in which several of the student authors have been involved. Dr. Beyerlein has been active in research projects involving engine testing, engine heat release modeling, design of curricula for active , design pedagogy, and assessment of professional skills.Mr. Dan Cordon, University of Idaho, Moscow Clinical faculty
,mathematics, and a final-year capstone design project, etc.). Two distinctions, however, can bemade between the two accreditation bodies. One is that graduate attributes in the United Statesare referred to as ‘student outcomes’. The seven student outcomes formulated by ABET [7] andtheir equivalent CEAB graduate attributes are listed in Table 2. These seven student outcomesmay be complemented by additional outcomes articulated by a particular program [7]. The otherdistinction is a criterion by ABET referred to as ‘program educational objectives’, which is againsomething published locally by a particular program. As far as the authors are aware thiscriterion does not exist in Canada.MethodologyThis section describes the course design and development
than 25 papers span a wide spectrum of problems in the dynamics of systems and structures. Dr. Orabi has also been involved in developing schemes for vibration control of space structures during the lift off and in orbit. Professor Orabi has taught courses in both undergraduate and graduate level Mechanical Vibrations and undergraduate level capstone design courses, thermodynamics, Measurement Systems, Engineering Mechanics and Introduction to Engineering. One of Professor Orabi’s most recent projects involves the development of learning modules. These modules provide undergraduate engineer- ing students with improved learning of basic, conceptually-difficult engineering concepts in the context of a basic knowledge
engineers who can design”[11]. Considering that design is widely regarded as the main activity in engineering, it has neverbeen more urgent for students to gain design experience from their education. However, whileevery ABET accredited engineering program is required to have a capstone or similarly namedproject, most universities only provide such an experience in the senior year of the degree [6].There are two primary solutions to the given issue: offer a curriculum with a rich-project baseand/or promote co-curricular activities. This type of curriculum would entail, say, yearly designprojects, while the extra-curricular activities would include both service-learning tasks as well aslarge cross-disciplinary programs such as the Baja SAE events or
professional development skillsgoing forward.” In this module, students had the opportunity to investigate their own interests, todevelop their CVs, and to prototype a Compelling Academic Problem plan (which describes theirproposed major courses and a capstone project), as well as ample time for reflection.Finally, module 5, following spring break, provided space (across several two-week segments)for faculty and students to prototype new courses, to test existing ideas, and to get to know eachother in reading groups. Faculty used this time as an opportunity to work with students, forinstance, to develop the transition to major experience, to co-design a new arts core course and arevision to the Logic & Limitations core course, as well as to run
World Prosthetics, dedicated to creating low-cost prostheticand assistive devices [14]. It is an integral component of the recently implementeddevelopment engineering doctoral courses at UC-Berkeley [15]. Finally, the capstone course ofthe software engineering program at Lappeenranta University in Finland incorporates thedesign process structure [16]. In all cases, use of the design process has resulted in increasedstudent engagement. However, a closer look at these examples and others suggests that thedesign process is most commonly found in advanced undergraduate or graduate courses with asmall enrollment. Given this, we wondered to what extent the design process is transferable tointroductory courses that enroll close to two hundred students
widely [2], [3]. The shift, over the last few decades, to morepracticed-based experiences through project-based learning (PBL) has resulted in a number ofpositive learning outcomes [1]. However, there is still a call for more practice-based experiencesthroughout the curriculum [4]. Instead of focusing on packing more into engineering curriculum,we explore the idea of leveraging the many design experiences students are already engaging inby advocating for the development of a “bridging language”.Students are already engaging in a breadth of design experiences throughout their lifetime.Engineering students engage in a number of formal design education experiences - such ascornerstone and capstone classes or design electives - throughout
session. The module also help highlymotivated students to initiate projects for applications in various IoT areas. The hands-onexperience in lab exercises and projects are organized at two difficulty levels: basic andadvanced. The basic level hands-on lab relies on the knowledge learned in the lecture and lets thestudents to interact with the real-world wireless signals over-the-air in real-time by transmittingthe data generated from the real world. Step-by-step guidelines and explanations are provided forlab implementation. Advanced level course projects are constructed to be open-ended andinquiry-based. They challenge students to acquire more theories and develop comprehensiveapplications for complicated cases in their capstone projects. Figure
Paper ID #31465Outcomes and Assessment of Three Years of an REU Site in Multi-ScaleSystems BioengineeringDr. Timothy E. Allen, University of Virginia Dr. Timothy E. Allen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia. He received a B.S.E. in Biomedical Engineering at Duke University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Bioengineering at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Allen’s teaching activities include coordinating the core undergraduate teaching labs and the Capstone Design sequence in the BME department at the University of Virginia, and his research interests
project- based learning objectives that introduce 3D modeling anddigital design. A 9-12th grade curriculum has been developed and pilot recently starting inSeptember 2019. Currently there are 45 students enrolled and this is expected to grow to 85 bynext fall as the greater maritime career curriculum is expanded. This course work project basedand is centered on 3D modeling and use of digital tools in the marine environment. In addition,digital shipbuilding curriculum fundamentals have been integrated into many existing coursesfrom K-16. Some of this integration includes capstone projects in high school level physicscourses, 8-12th grade drafting and technology elective courses, shipyard and industry pre-hireprograms, Apprentice School technology
Community Development, Environmental Science, and Environmental Engineering Technologies.Lt. Col. Landon M Raby P.E., United States Military Academy LTC Raby is an Engineer officer with experience within both US Army Corps of Engineers and within Combat Units at the battalion, brigade, district, task force and corps levels. His experiences include four operational engineer assignments in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and one engineer assign- ment in support of Operation Joint Guardian. His research and teaching interests are in master planning, water resources, sustainable LEED design, program and project management. LTC Raby teaches EV450 (Environmental Engineering for Community Development) and EV481 (Water
excellence and innovation in teaching, award- winning scholarship and sponsored research, and professional service at the national, regional and local levels. Creative activities encompass both technical research on geotechnical applications in transporta- tion, and interdisciplinary study of professionalism, ethics, and trust/ trustworthiness in professional-client relationships. A licensed engineer with over 35 years experience in engineering education and practice, Dr. Lawson has provided project management and technical oversight for geotechnical, construction ma- terials, transportation, environmental, and facilities projects nationwide. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020
think are the critical environmental problems of today (list a maximum of 5)?c) Identify practices that will enable us to mitigate these concerns (list a maximum of 5).Students enrolled in multidisciplinary capstone engineering courses were provided the samesurvey based on sustainability. The survey results were then collected and analyzed for directcomparison. The obtained data facilitates identification of key areas of sustainability thatstudents have been exposed to and retained during their undergraduate engineering education. Italso highlights areas that educational interventions need to target to efficiently disseminatefundamental knowledge in the area of sustainability. To fill this gap, the next research stagefocused on examining
physical or kinesthetic demonstrations. Theories that expound upon and methodological frameworks for analyzing kinestheticactivities and experimental lab work have existed in the domain of engineering education forquite some time [6, 7], and certainly are well documented within the mechanical engineeringdiscipline [8-13], ranging from the study of manufacturing, any number of forays and iterationsof the teaching of statics, interdisciplinary work heavily involving mechanical engineeringdesign and mechanical engineering students, senior capstone projects, and a barrage of industry-collegiate partnership research projects. One common theme among these works is that studentsare more engaged with where their interests lie, and if the community