interactions between student moti- vation and their learning experiences. Her projects involve the study of student perceptions, beliefs and attitudes towards becoming engineers and scientists, and their problem solving processes. Other projects in the Benson group include effects of student-centered active learning, self-regulated learning, and incor- porating engineering into secondary science and mathematics classrooms. Her education includes a B.S. in Bioengineering from the University of Vermont, and M.S. and Ph.D. in Bioengineering from Clemson University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Effects of an Intensive Mathematics Course on Freshmen
Paper ID #17074Flipping the Microprocessors Classroom: A Comparative AssessmentDr. Ricky T. Castles, East Carolina University Dr. Ricky Castles is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering at East Carolina University. He is primarily affiliated with the ECU Electrical Engineering concentration. His research work focuses on the use of wireless sensor networks, microcontrollers, and physiological data collection for a variety of applications. His primary interest is in the area of adaptive tutorial systems, but he has ongoing projects in the area of hospital patient health monitoring. He is actively engaged
an arbitrary flow or heat transfer experiment. The FlowGo toolkitaims to promote several outcomes. First, fluid mechanics and heat transfer could help a different demo-graphic of students become interested in engineering. For example, research on female students’ interestin science has shown that they are motivated by projects that have personal connections or allow themto help [8]. FlowGo could support female interest as it can be used for projects to help people or animals,such as irrigation or pet water-providing systems, or artistic expression, such as fountains or water sculpture.Second, FlowGo could serve as a classroom tool that helps teachers meet new teaching standards on engi-neering subjects. For example, the Next Generation
Columbia University Medical Center, working on research and implementation projects as a senior Information and Communication Technologies lead in various U.S. CDC-funded multi-year re- search grants in public health informatics. His current research grants study mobile data collection in cloud-based health informatics infrastructures. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Toward Engineering-Oriented Health Informatics EducationAbstractThe need for informatics-trained professionals in health organizations has been ever-increasing.In addition, there is also a significant need to orchestrate data collection through informaticsinfrastructure, manage computing resources, store data, and
Adopted by the Board of Direction on October 10, 2015Policy The American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE) believes that prior to licensure as aProfessional Engineer, an engineering graduate should have progressive experience in technicalbreadth and depth in their chosen sub-discipline(s) of civil engineering, and in the followingprofessional practice components pertinent to their practice area: • Assessment of risk and impacts of engineering activities • Communication skills • Professional ethics • Project management processes • Business and governmental processes Employers, mentors, and supervisors of Engineer Interns have a professional obligation toassist Engineer Interns under their supervision
Paper ID #14789Low-Cost Robot Arms for the Robotic Operating System (ROS) and MoveItDr. Asad Yousuf, Savannah State UniversityMr. William Lehman, Bill’s Robotic Solutions William Lehman is President of Bill’s Robotic Solutions which he started in July of 2013. He has had over twenty years of experience in software and hardware development. He has worked on numerous projects in digital communication systems, robotics, and aerospace applications. Mr. Lehman received his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering in 1979 from Catholic University of America.Dr. Mohamad A. Mustafa, Savannah State University
and technology education by connecting college students to community members in service learning projects. Clark is a maker who has built electric go-carts, scooters, bikes, hybrid automobiles and co-launched the first student-designed college campus solar-charged, electric bike share in the US. He holds 12 US patents ranging from Megawatt-scale power inverters to hydrogen fuel cell membranes. Before teaching, he worked 11 years in industry as an engineer for Westinghouse, Ford/Visteon, and General Motors R&D. His current research is on using smartphone technology to prevent automobile crashes. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 MAKER: Spirographtm-Style Drawing
“see/recognize” geometry in theirsurroundings and in problem solving, in order to ground the concepts and help them develop asense the reasonableness in their answers. Estimating forced students to ignore their “tools” butthey were still able to provide a quality solution to the large-scale problem. The exercises castmath as a useful tool instead of an abstract language. These projects were well-received bystudents; surveys suggested that they felt like they were doing something with the math. Theseprojects were offered in classes that emphasized problem solving, but had more flexible contentand learning objectives.The next step was to identify ways to extend the underlying concept, by adding context intocontent rich foundation courses. One
factor analysis, the 22 characteristics were categorized into seven differentfactors, defined in Table 2. Five of these factors (intrinsic, extrinsic, social, altruistic, andleisure) directly align with factors found in the work by Twenge et al [10] with a largelongitudinal data set from the Monitoring the Future project. The two additional factors (long-term and supervision) were from other literature on work expectations found in these agegroups [11,12,13].Table 2: Job Expectation Factors Factors Description Intrinsic Does the job provide a sense of personal meaning (be creative, learn, see results, maintain current skills)? Extrinsic Does the job provide financial
becauseCIE is not the accreditation organization in Taiwan. When CIE was nominated as thementor of Myanmar for accreditation system of engineering education under FEIAP, IEETwas inevitably called again to help CIE in this endeavor. Under this project, IEET hasinvested a significant amount of time and human resources in helping FEIAP setting upthe FEIAP Engineering Education Guidelines, and it also helped on the mentoring effortof MES in establishing the engineering education accreditation system. The Ministry of Education played an important role in this endeavor because itprovided CIE and IEET with millions-dollar financial support. FEIAP has not providedany financial support so far. Without the Ministry of Education’s funding, CIE and IEETwere
member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), serving as the past Program Chair for the Minorities in En- gineering Division. He has served as a chair, vice-chair, program chair, and program committee member for numerous conferences of ASEE.Dr. Jinan Ziade, I have a PhD in Organizational Leadership with emphasis in IST from University of Phoenix, and an MBA from the same university. I have over 7 years of extensive leadership experience in advertising, marketing, strategies, and project team lead. Currently serving as Program Chair of Guild volunteer at St. Jude Medical Center and working with Memorial Foundation on philanthropic endeavors. My research interest include knowledge of cultural
use 3D printers in many of theircourses. Individual interviews with a number of students addressed questions about the usefulnessof 3D printing technologies. Our results show that students show great enthusiasm for 3D printingtechnologies and through years of use they develop expertise.A new engineering design culture has emerged. It revolves around the 3D printing lab whichbecame a crucial element in required courses, special projects, independent studies, senior projectdesign courses, master thesis research, as well as, events supported by student sections ofengineering societies (IEEE and IIE), and community events. Funding from the University and theDepartment of Engineering enabled this cultural change by supporting two half
the weight of the bridge. Another adaption of this lesson is assigning “costs” tothe gumdrops, toothpicks and coins that are used in the bridge construction. A ratio can then beformed between the mass of the coins and the cost of the materials used. The values usedthroughout this lesson can be adapted to be whole number or decimals and fractions.Context of Program The lesson plans described here were created and implemented as part of a university K-8collaborative project. STEM graduate students or “fellows” were hired to assist elementary andmiddle school teachers in their classrooms. The program begins the summer before thefellowship with the teachers and fellows jointly attending a two-week summer workshop. CSMfaculty instruct the
documentation, document their own work, and give and receive clear make effective presentations, and give and receive clear instructions instructionsProject Management and SA11: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of DA11: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding ofFinance: engineering management principles and apply these to engineering management principles and apply these to one’sLevel of management required one’s own work, as a member or leader in a team and to own work, as a member or leader in a technical team and tofor differing types of activity manage projects in
develop a comprehensive program to extrapolate the cost effectiveanalyses of using these materials in construction and developing an environmental friendlyalternative. This research will also document any existing methods available in applying the costeffectiveness of different projects involving Supplementary cementitious materials (SCM). Acomparison among different SCM including concrete projects are analyzed for economy andenvironmental impact.This research is focusing on waste SCM and concrete management for optimizing theconstruction costs. The ways for reducing the greenhouse gases (GHG) are one of the assumedbenefits of this research. The future research can be in developing an ecofriendly concrete withgreater strength and durability with
miss important points in a traditionallecture setting, which is an instructor-centered, relatively passive method of learning. Whilelecturing still remains an effective and important way of conveying knowledge, it is critical toget students engaged in active learning through activities such as solving problems, working witheach other, asking questions and getting feedback.To enhance student learning in Statics, researchers at various institutions have explored othermethods for teaching Statics, such as developing concept map and quantifying students’conceptual understanding[1, 2], developing on-line homework or learning modules[3, 4], peer-led-team-learning[5], project-based learning[6], emporium-based course delivery[7]. Among them
accreditation effort.QM Standards and Course Content DevelopmentThis course teaches database system design concepts followed by SQL queries. Theoreticaldatabase models were developed during the designing period. After practicing SQL querylanguage, students practice on developing a database on the server side. The server-sideprogramming language PHP is used to access the database producing a dynamic database drivenwebsite. Many practical skills are involved in the course project development. Delivering theskillset effectively over the online format poses challenges to the instructor.Before QM was applied, the course used traditional syllabus for online teaching which covers thefollowing contents: Instructor’s name, course offering date period, material
Simulinksimulation in the digital communication course for two semesters. The inexpensive PlutoSDR, asan alternative to the USRP, has now also facilitated an open laboratory and the partial surveyresults, as shown in Table 1, confirm the utility of this approach. 10The suggested responses were numbered from 1 - Strongly Disagree, 2 - Disagree, 3 – Neutral, 4– Agree and 5 – Strongly Agree. I found that the use of the USRP and PlutoSDR for laboratory projects improved my understanding of digital communication 4.8 The USRP in the regular laboratory provided a better environment for projects in digital communications
. In fact, implicit biases can directly conflict with our explicitly held beliefs.This makes implicit bias a sensitive subject by nature.To introduce students to common implicit biases and spark reflection on their own potentialimplicit biases, each student takes an online Implicit Bias Assessment from Project Implicitdesigned at Harvard University [15]. This is done in class, and each student is given an implicitbias worksheet to guide their reflection and keep them engaged in the process. This worksheetincludes questions such as: (1) What assessment did you choose to take?; (2) Without sharingyour results [to protect student privacy and avoid discomfort on this sensitive topic], did yourresults surprise you at all?; (3) Based on your
to other courses, conflicts with other courses (e.g., due to scheduling, workload, due dates, etc.). Feedback to Instructor Information regarding opportunities to provide input on the course or teaching, as well as the instructor’s responsiveness to that feedback. Example student comments: “instructor gathered too much feedback” and “nice that she collected and responded to feedback before the end of the quarter”. Guests Information regarding the guest speakers, project advisors, project evaluators, or other visitors. Facilities/Equipment Information regarding the classroom space, physical infrastructure
Paper ID #22151On Epistemic Diversity of Engineering and Engineering EducationMr. Soheil Fatehiboroujeni, University of California, Merced Soheil FatehiBoroujeni is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Cal- ifornia, Merced. His research interests are in nonlinear mechanics of biological filaments and uncertainty quantification. He has been also actively involved with education research and is currently working on a project on the philosophy of engineering and its pedagogical implications at the Center for Engaged Teaching and Learning (CETL) in UC Merced
external evaluator or advisory board member on several NSF-funded projects (CA- REER, iCorps, REU, RIEF, etc.).Dr. Jacques C. Richard, Texas A&M University Dr. Richard got his Ph. D. at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1989 & a B. S. at Boston University, 1984. He was at NASA Glenn, 1989-1995, worked at Argonne National Lab, 1996-1997, taught at Chicago State University, 1997-2002. Dr. Richard is a Sr. Lecturer & Research Associate in Aerospace Engi- neering @ Texas A&M since 1/03. His research is focused on computational plasma modeling using spectral and lattice Boltzmann methods for studying plasma turbulence and plasma jets. His research has also included fluid physics and electric propulsion using
August. The course is activity centric with learningobjectives written up in modules. The learning objectives are from three key areas: Excel,MATLAB, and math. The activities provide an opportunity for students to collaborate, network,and collect data. The modules focus on a way to teach concepts in Excel, MATLAB, or Mathusing that data. To infuse flexibility into the curriculum, the modules are applicable to differentactivities as long as the data lends itself to the lesson at hand. Threaded throughout the course areassignments to help the students learn about themselves and their learning styles.Having taught Living With the Lab, the author saw first-hand how a project-based learning7curriculum positively impacts and motivates students. The
areoften ignored as legitimate ways of being in engineering. Our prior work from a pilot qualitativestudy showed how students value the diversity of thought in engineering; however, theyacknowledged how certain ways of thinking and being in engineering are privileged in anengineering classroom, despite what is valued in the workforce [6]. These findings also providedpilot data to developing the constructs measured in the CAREER survey described briefly in ourproject overview.Project OverviewThis project examines the incoming attitudes and beliefs students hold about particular ways ofbeing, thinking, and knowing that are associated with engineering as well as how engineeringculture and education may shape specific students’ identities and
and STEM careers as well as the development of instruments and evaluation tools to assess these constructs.Dr. Euisuk Sung, Indiana University Euisuk Sung is a postdoctoral researcher at Indiana University. He earned a Ph.D. degree in Engineering and Technology Teacher Education at Purdue University. He has computer science degree and worked as a computer software developer for three years. then he served as an engineering and technology educator in high school for 9 years in South Korea. Currently he is working in NSF Funded project, titled TRAILS. His research interests are design cognition, maker education, computer science education, and all about STEM education.Dr. Adam V. Maltese, Indiana University
, Argonne, IL in developing direct computer control for hydrogen powered automotives. He is also involved in several direct computer control and wireless process control related research projects. His current interests are in the area of packaging machinery system design & control, industrial transducers, industrial process control systems, modeling and simulation of Mechatronics devices and systems in virtual environment, programmable logic controllers, programmable logic devices, renewable energy related projects, wireless controls, statistical process control, computer aided design and fabrication of printed circuit board.Dr. Mohammad A. Zahraee, Purdue University Northwest Dr. Mohammad A. Zahraee is Professor of
, fluid dynamics, heat transfer, and engineering economics and ethics, and graduate finite elements, numerical methods, thermodynamics, statistical me- chanics, plasma fundamentals and gas dynamics. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 What Can DISC and Motivation Profiles Disclose About Student Retention in Engineering?AbstractIn 2015 the engineering departments at the University of Denver (DU) partnered with theIndigo Project to perform an assessment of the freshman engineering students using DISCand Motivation profiles. These profiles are a part of the overall Indigo Assessment, whichhelps educators observe the non-academic traits of their students. The multi
institutionscontinue to push their goals and strategic plans of increasing the science, technology,engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce. Attempts to increase STEM enrollment atUniversities consistently include the same concepts; bridge programs, learning communities,research experiences and group projects [1]. While attempting to increase undergraduateretention of (URM), these experiences often focus solely on first-year students. In order to meettheir needs, diverse students must matriculate through the Colleges and Universities via thepipeline from secondary education to employment. NSF [2] reports show the attrition rates forblack and Hispanic or Latino students in STEM fields from 2007 to 2013 is low. When lookingat all the students earning
experimenting with the curriculum to reduce the number of engineering credit hours,introduce of a project-based design spine, and the creation of a variety of structured curricularpathways aligned to the interests of our students. As more engineering programs diverge fromthe dominant pattern we can begin to empirically examine the impact of our program designchoices and, in time, both close the leaky pipeline of women pursuing engineering degrees aswell as increase the migration into the degree.References[1] L. B. Cavagnaro and H. Fasihuddin, “A Moonshot Approach to Change in Higher Education: Creativity, Innovation, and the Redesign of Academia,” Lib. Educ., vol. 102, no. 2, 2016.[2] M. W. Ohland, S. D. Sheppard, G. Lichtenstein, O. Eris, D
semester.Like many programs across the country, our engineering degree program enrollments havegrown steadily (in our case, at nearly 5.4% annually since 2006, meaning core courses arevirtually double in throughput). Motivated by growing student numbers we embarked on aneffort to use video lecture delivery in two key courses taken by all engineering students in ourdepartment. We did so nearly five years prior to the writing of this work-in-progress, and herewe report on the development of the materials, our experiences using the video lectures in class,student responses to the video lectures, and experiences with sharing the video lectures with newinstructors.This project began in the 2013/2014 academic year, when were assigned to co-teach both theyear