from being able to integrate and extend the knowledge developed in specific courses in the core curriculum to the more complex, authentic problems and projects they face as professionals. Dr. Koretsky is one of the founding members of the Center for Lifelong STEM Education Research at OSU. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Data Analytics for Interactive Virtual LaboratoriesIntroductionWe have previously described the development and implementation of a set of InteractiveVirtual Laboratories (IVLs) in thermodynamics.1 Each IVL provides a set of activities to addresstargeted threshold concepts2 via actively engaging students in a series of actions. The IVLsprovide a less
, Virginia Tech Cassandra is currently a PhD student in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA. Her research interests include student engineering identity development, communication practices and discourse strategies, power negotiation, and student artifact development. She earned her Masters (2011) and Bachelors (2009) degrees in Civil Engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City, SD.Mr. Benjamin David Lutz, Virginia Tech Ben Lutz is a PhD student in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. His research interests include design teaching and learning, mentoring in design and project work, student experiences in engineering design
Pennsylvania.While the benefits to the students are vital, the impact of a co-op program goes beyond thestudents. Industry can gain benefit by obtaining staffing for projects at a substantially reducedrate (and typically without the benefits overhead). Moreover, by hiring interns and co-opstudents, industry can develop a recruiting system that allows them to make better hiringdecisions than can be done via a resume and interview alone.The benefit also extends to the higher education institutions. An organized co-op program canhelp the institution develop relationships with regional and national industry. Thoserelationships can be valuable in many ways. For example, at the authors’ institution, the industryrelations developed through the co-op program have
projects to those unfamiliar with them, as well as serving as the lead engineer onprojects.Two of five undergraduate subjects referred to a particular experience which discouraged themfrom continuing in the engineering field. One subject experienced a negative first workassignment which ties back to the importance of quality work assignments for engineeringstudents and the importance of feeling like part of the team. This subject mentioned that hergroup “set me up pretty poorly…with how it was run. So that was kind of discouraging because Icould not show up and no one would notice. So I hated that.” She mentioned that she overcameher negative feelings about the group by proactively seeking information from others in hergroup and learning all that
. Cross, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Dr. Cross completed her doctoral program in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech in 2015 and is currently working as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is involved with multiple educational research projects with faculty and graduate students at UIUC. Her research interests include diversity and inclusion, teamwork skills, assessment, and identity construction.Mrs. Jeremy Alexis Magruder, University of Florida Doctoral student in the materials group of the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering at the Univer- sity of Florida.Ms. Chanel Renee Easley, Techbridge Young woman of color with a Master of Science in
, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Lizabeth is a professor at Cal Poly, SLO in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. She has been teaching for 22 years and has continued to develop innovative pedagogy such as project based, flipped classroom and competency grading. Through the SUSTAIN SLO learning initiative she and her colleagues have been active researching in transformation in higher education.Dr. Jane L. Lehr, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Jane Lehr is Chair of the Women’s & Gender Studies Department at California Polytechnic State Uni- versity, San Luis Obispo. She is also an Associate Professor in Ethnic Studies, Director of the Science, Technology &
development advising, capstone projects program, industry partnerships, first-year interest groups, and other special programs.Dr. Mia K. Markey, The University of Texas - Austin Dr. Mia K. Markey is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Engineering Foundation Endowed Faculty Fellow in Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin as well as Adjunct Professor of Imaging Physics at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Markey is a 1994 graduate of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy and has a B.S. in computational biology (1998). Dr. Markey earned her Ph.D. in biomedical engineering (2002), along with a certificate in bioinformatics, from Duke University. Dr. Markey has been recognized for
research, and facilities layout. Before joining to SIUE he worked at Rochester Institute of Technology as a faculty member and Computer Integrated Manufacturing System project coordinator for RIT’s integrated circuit factory. He is a senior member of IIE and SME, and a member of ASEE, Alpha Pi Mu and Tau Beta Pi.Dr. Hasan Sevim, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville Page 26.718.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 International Cooperation in an Industrial Engineering Dual-diploma Program S
Paper ID #12879Exploring the Impact of Cognitive Preferences on Student Receptivity to De-sign ThinkingMs. Jessica Menold Menold, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Jessica Menold is a second year graduate student interested in entrepreneurship, the design process, and innovativeness of engineering graduates and professionals. She is currently working as a student mentor in the Lion Launch Pad program, where she works to support student entrepreneurs. Jessica is currently conducting her graduate research with Dr. Kathryn Jablokow on a project devoted to the development of a psychometric instrument that will
otherengineering disciplines.IntroductionEngineers must gain the ability to communicate and collaborate across disciplines in addition togaining a deep technical disciplinary knowledge. This is increasingly true in modern society inwhich scientists and engineers must address complex, interdisciplinary challenges on a globalscale. While current efforts at teaching interdisciplinary problem-solving at the collegiate-level(e.g., class projects, capstone courses) exist, the effectiveness of many of these approaches areineffective in achieving interdisciplinary learning objectives. Richter and Paretti (2009)identified two main learning barriers to common interdisciplinary approaches: (1) students areunable to identify the relationship between their own
Instructional Support in the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education at Penn State. She holds a doctoral degree in educational psychology emphasizing applied measurement and testing. In her position, Sarah is responsible for developing instructional support programs for faculty, providing evaluation support for educational proposals and projects, and working with faculty to publish educational research. Her research interests primarily involve creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship education.Irene B. Mena, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Irene B. Mena has a B.S. and M.S. in industrial engineering, and a Ph.D. in engineering education. Her research interests include first-year engineering
-funded project that these learning modules are a component of can be foundelsewhere16.It should be noted that the pedagogical foundation for this project is based, in part, on the KolbLearning Cycle17, which presents a four-stage cyclical model of learning that stresses theimportance of these four stages in the learning process; these stages are often simplified asevents that involve “feeling”, “observing”, “thinking”, and “doing.” Kolb’s Learning Cycle hasbeen applied extensively in engineering education18-19 and it has been reported that learningactivities that involve students applying all four-stages of Kolb’s model provide the maximumopportunity for complete comprehension of the material20. More details of the implementationof Kolb’s
improved communication (0%).When specifically queried “what skills did you learn that you did not know before class”, 54% ofstudents reported a topic based skill (e.g., using general circulation model output), whereas 38%reported an actual skill (e.g., improved statistics). When asked what they found most difficult,50% reported the topic, and 29% reported administrative issues (e.g., number of homeworks,final test/ project, etc.). Page 26.786.5 How much of current climate related classes are overlaps of previous material as a) listed
Networks IIEECE Wireless and X X X342 Mobile ComputingIT 350 Database X X X ManagementEECE Web Engineering X355IT 410 Info. Assurance X X X X & SecurityEECE Software X X435 EngineeringEECE Advanced X X X X X X440 Computer NetworksENGR Engineering X X X X474 Project ManagementIT 490 Capstone I X X X X
performance incourse exams. They report that student performance in the course projects in the FC version of thecourse was better than student performance in the traditional version by an average of 12 percent. Page 24.1395.3They also report that this improvement was not seen in one section of the FC version of the course;and they attribute this to the fact that the instructor in that section “neglected to utilize modelingand demonstration techniques . . . ”. This, of course, raises the question, which the authors do notconsider, of whether the performance of the students in the projects in the traditional version ofthe course would have matched
development included four courses the first year, sixcourses the second year, and up to nine courses the third year (all of which already existed intraditional course formats). The initial four courses—applied quantum mechanics, digitalsignal processing, digital image processing, and convex optimization—were chosen basedprimarily on the interest and availability of the regular instructors to develop online coursematerials. All were graduate courses, though at the introductory level, and therefore open toadvanced undergraduates.Funding for the program came from the University’s recently created Office of the ViceProvost for Online Learning (VPOL), which had requested proposals from departments thatwent beyond single-course projects. Each of the four
for educational proposals and projects, and working with faculty to publish educational research. Her research interests primarily involve creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship education.Mr. Philip M. Reeves, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Mr. Reeves is a graduate student in the Educational Psychology program at Penn State.Irene B. Mena, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Irene B. Mena has a B.S. and M.S. in industrial engineering, and a Ph.D. in engineering education. Her research interests include first-year engineering and graduate student professional development.Dr. Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Thomas A. Litzinger is Director of the Leonhard Center
ratio of notes in each chord are equal.III. Conclusion and Future Work In this paper, we have tried to create a vivid description of the general physics classroom by reviewing several of the most commonly cited problems that result from the course content and method of instruction. We realize that without having implemented our project in an actual classroom or obtaining any data of our own, we cannot make any new conclusions. However, by describing a broad set of issues as well as simple solutions, we hope to offer the average teacher with at least one new idea to try and use with his or her own students. This process is in the preliminary stages, and we would like to
. He also worked on projects and consulted for a number of private companies, including Lockheed Martin, Harris, and Boeing. Zalewski served as a chairman of the International Federation for Information Processing Working Group 5.4 on Industrial Software Quality, and of an International Federation of Automatic Control Technical Committee on Safety of Computer Control Systems. His major research interests include safety related, real-time embedded and cyberphysical computer systems, and computing education.Mr. Gerardo Javier Pinzon P.E., Texas A&M International University Page 26.180.1
process forapplying for grants: where to get NSF Fastlane or NIH Commons accounts; what internal formsneed to accompany an application; who needs to sign off on grant applications; when are thedeadlines for submitting a proposal; and, how does one build a budget including correct amountsfor indirect costs and fringe benefits. New faculty were also given copies of the OU Researchmagazine, which is another source of information about research projects currently underway atOU.As new faculty work on writing research proposals, one of the ways that they can hone theirproposal writing skills and build a funding record early on is to apply for internal fundingopportunities. Such opportunities clearly vary from institution to institution, but at OU, one
increasing number of flipped classroom resources to support technical education for renewable energy technicians. Jim sincerely believes energy independence through development of renewable energy sources is the correct course for our nation’s future and actively promotes and supports development of renewable energy projects in the Pacific Northwest. Page 26.494.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015Developing and Deploying Flipped Classroom Resources for RenewableEnergy TechniciansMr. James Pytel, CREATE and Columbia Gorge Community CollegeJim Pytel received a Bachelor
. Courses are often integrated into these two major fields to allow for some exposure to themanufacturing industry. A paper in the Journal of Engineering Education notes that amovement to move to higher course content on manufacturing in both of these disciplines isneeded8. Many current engineering programs do not emphasize the marriage of design andmanufacturing in a modern industrial technical workforce.Many research studies have assessed the quality of exposure to manufacturing through the senior“Capstone” design project course. McMasters and Lang believe that too few in industry have anunderstanding of how the current engineering education is set-up. Therefore, if industry partnersare brought into the education process through design projects
support a subset of existing literature that shows studentsengaging in expert engineering practices and approaching problems with more nuance and skillthan is often expected of children in grade 3-5.11,12 This is further supported by an ongoing studyin its second year looking closely at teachers’ use of textbook based science and engineeringcurriculum versus teachers using researched project based science, hands on science andengineering curricula that directly addresses NGSS’ call for integrating engineering andscience.14 In the first year results of their study, students engaged in the hands-on project basedcurriculum outperformed their peers in the comparison curriculum, that used textbook basedwork, on outcome measures aligned to the core
simulation tools for quantum mechanics learning?Method and Research DesignThis work is part of Quantum Learning in Engineering And Physics (Quantum LEAP)project. The Quantum LEAP project aims to develop an integrated framework for the designand assessment of effective simulation-based learning environments for quantum educationbased on studies about engineering and physics students’ non-normative conceptions andmetacognitive learning strategies.Research Design. The presented study is guided by interpretive research design. Interpretiveresearch design enables the researcher to presume that knowledge and understanding areresults of interpretation and based on individual’s subjective experiences12. Interpretiveresearches consider that knowledge and
Society for Engineering Education, 2015 The DeFINE Program: A Clinical Immersion for Biomedical Needs Identification I. IntroductionThere is a need for biomedical engineering students to more fully engage in the problemidentification and needs-finding stages of the biomedical device design process throughexperiential learning and immersive experiences. Many publications have documented theimportance of immersion outcomes in design, technology commercialization, and overall studentlearning.Kline et al. documents eight best practices for technology commercialization projects that fosterinnovation education and fit a variety of innovation stages that might vary per student design.1Zappe et al. agrees
-making duringthe student-to-student interaction of collaborative engineering design projects? To confirmopportunities for all six reflective decision-making elements during classroom project work, weconducted content analysis of the EiE curriculum units. As discussed above, in Lesson 4 of allunits, we found learning tasks that could reasonably be expected to call upon these six elements.Partnering with four elementary teachers, we video recorded seven EiE units at four differentgrade levels (water filters in 2nd grade, bridges in 3rd grade, circuits in 4th grade, and maglevvehicles, windmills, pollinators, and knee braces in 5th grade). During each unit, we focusedvideo recorders on one or two student groups. We also collected students’ paper
Paper ID #11853Using an Instrument Blueprint to Support the Rigorous Development of NewSurveys and Assessments in Engineering EducationMs. Jessica Menold Menold, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Jessica Menold is a second year graduate student interested in entrepreneurship, the design process, and innovativeness of engineering graduates and professionals. She is currently working as a student mentor in the Lion Launch Pad program, where she works to support student entrepreneurs. Jessica is currently conducting her graduate research with Dr. Kathryn Jablokow on a project devoted to the development of a
beginning of class. 6At Michigan Technological University (Michigan Tech), an initiative to encourage the inclusionof blended learning in the classroom began in the 2013-2014 academic year. Faculty wereencouraged to submit proposals to the Jackson Center Blended Learning Grant program for“course/program reform or expansion projects using blended and online learning”.7 Through thisprogram, faculty can receive funds to help them incorporate blended learning or on-lineresources into their courses or programs. Faculty within the First-Year Engineering Programreceived a small grant to develop pre-lesson instructional modules for the coverage of first-yearENG course topics on MATLAB. These pre-lessons would allow for additional course support,instruction
Paper ID #12501Presenting Test Benches and Device Characteristics of Programmable LogicIn An Introductory Logic Circuits CourseDr. Krista M Hill, University of Hartford Dr. Krista M. Hill is an associate professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Hartford in Connecticut. PhD and MSEE from Worcester Polytechnic Inst. in Worcester MA, and previ- ously a project engineer at Digital Equipment Corp. She instructs graduate and undergraduate computer engineering computer courses, directs graduate research, and performs research involving embedded mi- croprocessor based systems. Her current projects
supports Innovation and Start-Up Projects. While at Un- ternehmerTUM, Florian was involved in a marketing project for a tourism startup (Social Tourist) and consulting for another startup that monitors super lightweight structures (fos4x). He joined the Designing Education Lab to learn more about entrepreneurial decision making for profit or non-profit organizations and social entrepreneurship in general.Dr. Qu Jin, Stanford University Qu Jin is a postdoctoral scholar in the Designing Education Lab at Stanford University. She earned her Ph.D. degree in Engineering Education from Purdue University in 2013, M.S. degree in Biomedical En- gineering from Purdue University in 2009, and B.S. degree in Material Science and