sensorcalibration. Each of these exercises resulted in a formal lab report, which was either individualor group-based, depending on the lab exercise. The series of experiments was followed by threetwo-week projects, which were intended to introduce the practical concept of experimentaldesign to students. Typical laboratory objectives were:(i) Determine the effect of condenser pressure on the coefficient of performance of a vapor compression refrigeration cycle;(ii) Compare/contrast measured mass flow rates and meter coefficients determined by the venturi flow meter with mass flow rates and meter coefficients determined by using an orifice plate as a function of pressure tap location and orifice geometry, and(iii) Use the MTS
engineering education research projects, with a focus how faculty can best facilitate student learning.Dr. Nanette M Veilleux, Simmons College Nanette Veilleux is a Professor and Director of the Computer Science and Informatics Program at Sim- mons College, Boston, MA. Her research interests include pedagogy in STEM disciplines, particularly with respect to women students and computational linguistics where she investigates the use of intonation in human speech. Page 26.1383.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Sometimes, Faculty Matter
ablended format and was the first semester in the MS program for all of the students. This limitedtheir prior knowledge and expectations for the blended class structure. All of the other classes inthe students’ degree program were in a traditional face-to-face format.The class used for this educational research project is a required course in operationsmanagement in the Engineering Management Master’s Degree at Missouri University of Scienceand Technology (Missouri S&T). The class is typically taught multiple times a year, both face-to-face and live streaming over the Internet for distance students. The Engineering ManagementMaster’s Degree is a “broadening” degree. Students enter the program with a BS degree inalmost any engineering and
. Page 26.314.7Conclusions and Future WorkA portable and affordable kit was created for under $130. Based on the fall 2014 semester data,the kit looks to be as effective as the existing equipment for this course. Data collection andfurther analysis of the data are still on going. Future work includes adding attachments to create aFuruta inverted pendulum for use in more advanced courses. Use of the kit beyond the traditionallaboratory space will also be explored including pedagogies that take advantage of the size andcost will be explored, such as studio learning, project based learning, or additions to an onlinecourse or MOOC.AcknowledgmentsThis work is supported by the Grants for Advancement of Teaching in Engineering from theAcademy for
highly beneficial to thestudents, but it is also beneficial to the instructor and teaching assistants. The instructors need todo much less hands on work during the lab sessions, and can instead guide, suggest, and answerconceptual questions. Since it is virtually impossible to break the apparatus, short of dropping iton the floor, it is possible to let even large numbers of students touch and explore the equipment.An added unexpected benefit was the increase in the number of students who asked to borrowthe strain gauge indicator boxes for capstone design projects and student competition teams.Prior to the new experiment, very few capstone design students incorporated strain gauges intotheir design. Despite having taken the Measurements course
, Figure 6, to investigate higher level issues. The myRIO is programmed in LabVIEW(which the students also learn in this class) to control a set of iRobots to simulate a trafficmanagement system. Individual robots play the role of vehicles that interact with smart trafficsignals (also controlled by myRIO) via sensors and equipped with video cameras. No datamessages are passed, rather the robots and traffic light communicate visually and with othersensorsThe specs of the project were simple: a set of robots would behave autonomously, stay in theirlanes, maintain a safe following distance and obey traffic lights. No communication with orbetween vehicles was permitted. Each vehicle had to “see” the color of the traffic light, “sense”the lines on the
Paper ID #12718Career Advancement through Academic Commercialization: Acknowledg-ing and Reducing Barriers for Women Engineering FacultyAri Turrentine, VentureWell Ari is in charge of survey administration for internal program evaluation on the research and evaluation team at VentureWell. Her duties also include survey creation, qualitative and quantitative data analysis, program logic model development, and evaluation coordination across various stakeholder groups. Most recently Ari held positions in Austin, Texas at OneStar Foundation as a Fellow on the Texas Connector project and at the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health
analytics and user modeling. She is currently a Research Assistant at the Institute for Software Integrated Systems and works on a NSF-funded project for teaching middle school students science and computational thinking simultaneously in curricular settings.Dr. John S Kinnebrew, Vanderbilt UniversityMr. Shashank Shekhar, Vanderbilt UniversityMr. Faruk CaglarMr. Tazrian Haider Rafi, Vanderbilt University Tazrian Haider Rafi is an undergraduate student studying computer science at Vanderbilt University.Dr. Gautam Biswas, Vanderbilt University Gautam Biswas is a Professor of Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Engineering Manage- ment in the EECS Department and a Senior Research Scientist at the Institute for Software
becomeinsinuated into the practices of institutions like State U., encoded or “naturalized,” to useBowker & Star’s term, into the institutional infrastructure through such artifacts ascurriculum flowcharts.One way to see this naturalization is to examine the role of math courses on the one hand,and projects courses on the other. First, notice the centrality of math and science courses.This can be seen by examining the dependency trees for courses with pre-requisites. Allof these dependency trees include math and science courses. Now, compare this with thetwo “projects courses” that are part of the first and fourth year. As shown, these coursesare widely separated and generally disconnected from the rest of the curriculum. Withinmath and science
Paper ID #16011The Prototype for X (PFX) Framework: Assessing Its Impact on Students’Prototyping AwarenessMs. Jessica Menold, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Jessica Menold is a third-year graduate student interested in entrepreneurship and the design process. She is currently conducting her graduate research with Dr. Kathryn Jablokow and Dr. Timothy Simpson on a project devoted to understanding how prototyping processes affect product design. Jessica is interested in exploring how a structured prototyping methodology, Prototype for X, could increase the end design’s desirability, feasibility, and
, and cell sig- naling. Current projects align along three main themes: local drug delivery, endothelial dysfunction in diabetes, and cooperative DNA diagnostics. Recent awards include the Jeanette Wilkins Award for the best basic science paper at the Musculoskeletal Infection Society. Dr. Caplan teaches several classes including Biotransport Phenomena, Biomedical Product Design and Development II (alpha prototyping of a blood glucose meter), and co-teaches Biomedical Capstone De- sign. Dr. Caplan also conducts educational research to assess the effectiveness of interactive learning strategies in large classes (˜150 students). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Work in
an array of active learning approaches that pique their interest and spark excitement about the possible outcomes for their students. After initial exposure to new activities, contextual questions naturally arise for educators, and a clear understanding of the essential features for successfully implementing a teaching strategy becomes necessary. Reflection activities represent one approach for active learning that educators reasonably have questions about before adopting the approach. Reflection is a topic that can have various meanings. For this project, reflection was conceptualized with the following definition: looking back on the past experience(s), to interpret and make meaning of those experiences in order to plan for the future [1
Marasco is a Ph.D. student at the University of Calgary. Her research focuses on creativity and cross-disciplinary curriculum development for engineering students as well as for K-12 and community outreach programs. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Maker: Light-Up Star FloorA local engineering and art festival encourages engineers and artists to work together to createbeautiful and interactive displays with a science and engineering theme. These displays aim tobring the joys of science and engineering to the general public and inspire others to create theirown artwork. One such project was the art car Star Car 2015, which was updated from its 2014version to
Paper ID #14540MAKER: Piezoelectric Crystal Experiments for High School Science and En-gineering StudentsMr. William H. Heeter, Porter High School Engineering Dept. My name is William (Bill) Heeter. I graduated from Texas A&M with an Engineering degree in 1973. I worked in Industrial Distribution for over 30 years before becoming a high school pre-engineering teacher. I have been teaching engineering and technology for the past 13 years. I have been a Master Teacher for ”Project Lead the Way”, CTE co-Director, CTE Building Chair, Technology Teacher. My students have received many awards and college scholarships. One
effective performancesof underrepresented groups in science, Active Reflectivetechnology, engineering, and math graduate Experimentation Observationprograms 5. Industry field trips have beenshown to increase students' engagement andaffective learning 8. Wong et al. 32 also Abstractreported the effectiveness of experiential Conceptualizationlearning in the Project Haiti program.Exeriential learning activities are used by Figure 1. Kolb 1 Model of Experientialseveral engineering educators. For instance, recent course
Paper ID #15207Making Changes: Application of an NSF-ADVANCE PAID Grant at a Pre-dominantly Undergraduate Institution (PUI)Dr. Theresa M. Vitolo, Gannon University Theresa M. Vitolo is an Associate Professor in the Computer and Information Science Department, Gan- non University (Erie, PA). Teaching in systems-related fields since 1986, she joined the Computer and Information Science Department at Gannon University in 1999. In addition to teaching, she has worked as a systems analyst / programmer on a variety of systems development projects. Her academic background includes a B.S.E. in industrial engineering and a Ph.D. in
what prevents students 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.Dr. Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette Alejandra Magana is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Technology and an affiliated faculty at the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She holds a B.E. in Information Systems, a M.S. in Technology, both from Tec de Monterrey; and a M.S. in Educational Technology and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education
factor ‘Q’ and the Voltage gain ‘GV’ arethe basis of electrostatic assist (ESA) no-shake algorithm used in designingMicroeletromechanical sytems(MEMS) which I have been working on forthe last ten years. This example excited the students of mechanicalengineering to the extent that seven students out of forty made straight A’s,especially when I pointed out that the lead engineer of MEMS at AnalogDevices is a Mechanical engineer. The ‘f0’ and ‘Q’ are of paramountimportance in designing and testing bulk acoustic wave (BAW) filters, aresearch project I was involved at Skyworks Solutions for seven years. Atthe moment I am involved as a collaborative research endeavor with theSkyworks at replacing or minimizing the wet processing with dry
University Colin received his B.S. in Physics in 2010 and M.S. in Science and Technology Studies in 2011, both from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. After that, he taught high school Physics in Newark NJ. He is currently a Ph.D student at NYU in Science Education, working on multiple projects which focus on urban science education. Colin’s interested in studying urban science education around issues of equity, learning in and out of school, teacher preparation and students from multiple lenses.Dr. Jennifer B. Listman, New York University Dr. Jennifer Listman is the Assistant Director, Program Development and Evaluation, Center for K12 STEM Education, New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering. As the Center’s
laboratories.Dr. Matthew Garratt, University of New South Wales A/Prof Matt Garratt is the research admissions coordinator for the school of Engineering and IT and is based in the Canberra campus of UNSW Australia. His main research areas focus on sensing, guidance and control for autonomous systems. Some of his research successes include demonstration of terrain following using vision for an unmanned helicopter, landing an unmanned helicopter onto a moving deck simulator and control of helicopters using neural networks. Some of his current research projects include achieving autonomous flight in cluttered environments using monocular cameras and range sensors, land- ing UAVs on moving platforms, formation satellite control
Education, vol. 41, no. 4, pp. 301-306,2006.[2] C. J. Robinson, “First course on biomedical engineering for desperate students”, ASEE Annual Conference,Vancouver, Canada, 2011.[3] C. Ramon, “Teaching Medical Instrumentation at the University of Washington”, MATLAB Digest, 2007.[4] J. Nielsen, J. Boharquez, Q. Shen, “Teaching Virtual Instrumentation to Biomedical Engineering Students”,ASEE Annual Conference, StarkVille, MS, USA, 2012.[5] D. J. Beebe, “Teaching Hands On Biomedical Instrumentation”, ASEE Annual Conference, Washington, DC,1996.[6] T. Pan, P. Fan, H. Chiang, R. Chang and J. Jiang, “Mechatronic Experiments Course Design: A MyoelectricControlled Partial-Hand Prosthesis Project”, IEEE Transaction on Education, vol. 47, no. 3, pp. 348-355
; 2005; Jamieson et al., 2009; Mena et al., 2012; Hundley et al., 2012;Knight, 2012; Spinks et al., 2006; Bourn and Neal, 2008). In the Middle East, the GCC, andQatar an investigation similarly has not been conducted, hence this study sheds an importantperspectives bridging an empirical gap in the literature and contributing to better design offuture engineering education in Qatar.There are four main dimensions that are driving Qatar’s economy into a KBE: 1- QatarNational Vision 2030, 2- World Cup 2022 and the associated mega projects, 3- Instability ofOil and Gas prices, and 4- Regional growth and competition for skills, products, andinvestments in the GCC region mainly led by UAE and Saudi Arabia.Qatar is increasingly investing in knowledge
within other engineering topics.Since the course’s development in 2004, many of the laboratory experiments stemmed from atraditional General Chemistry 2 Laboratory. While some biological components were integrated,the overall structure of the class was similar to that of a chemistry laboratory, where a series ofone-day experiments with multiple trials were done. The goal was to integrate the problem basedlearning approach to create an experimental process that would better align with what engineersmight experience in other project based courses using a series of problem based learningexperiments (PBLE) while increasing student engagement in comparison to traditional chemistryexperiments.Laboratory DevelopmentThe experimental topics were
Leadership Training at LSI Corporation and received an award LSI Corporation Worldwide Operations Review 1999 for his significant contributions to the Quality Improve- ment Systems. At LSI Wajid was the PE in charge of the world famous APPLE IPOD 2000-2001 proces- sor WW qualification/production. Over the years Wajid has managed several projects related to stream- lining operations with utilization of state of the art technology and digital systems. This has given him significant experience working with ISO standard quality systems. He is a specialist on ABET accreditation procedures and was appointed by the Dean of Engineering, KFUPM, Hafr Al Batin campus to lead the intensive effort of preparing the EEET program for the
requisite time frame to evaluate material retention.However, formative assessment, helps instructors to save a situation by readjusting teachingmethods and directing students to the main course concepts; thus, both parties (educators andstudents), benefit from the knowledge loop in formative assessment.Summative assessment, an alternative to formative assessment, is well suited for evaluatingmaterial retention. This is usually done at the end of a cycle with a mid-term exam, final exam, aresearch paper or project presentation. Exams are conducted in various forms: take-home, open-notes-open-book, closed-notes-closed-book, closed-notes-closed-book with cheat-sheets. Closed-notes-closed-book exams are the orthodox form of exams which many educators
, Engineering and Mathematics, which was recognized in 1997 with a Hesburgh Award Certificate of Excellence. He served as Project Director a Na- tional Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Education Coalition in which six institutions systematically renewed, assessed, and institutionalized innovative undergraduate engineering curricula. He has authored over 70 papers and offered over 30 workshops on faculty development, curricular change processes, cur- riculum redesign, and assessment. He has served as a program co-chair for three Frontiers in Education Conferences and the general chair for the 2009 conference. Prof. Froyd is a Fellow of the IEEE, a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), an ABET
Paper ID #15876Work in Progress: Evaluation of the Concept Mapping in a Student-CenteredBiomaterials CourseMikayle A. Holm, Arizona State University Mikayle Holm, BSE is a student in the Barrett Honors College and School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering at Arizona State University. Mikayle will receive her bachelor’s degree in Biomed- ical Engineering in May 2016. She has a variety of research experience including a National Science Foundation funded Research Experience for Undergraduates, a Lab Coordinator position for Dr. Michael Caplan’s Type Two Diabetes/Childhood Obesity Lab, and an Honors Thesis project
Engineer in Florida.Dr. Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida Richard Gilbert is a Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at the University of South Florida’s College of Engineering . Richard is the Co-PI for the grant that supports the NSF designated Center of Excellence for Advanced Technological Education in Florida, FLATE. FLATE, now in its 13 year of op- eration, addresses curriculum, professional development, and outreach issues to support the creation of Florida’s technical workforce. Richard has over 30 years of experience working with the K-14 education community. Other funded efforts include projects for the NIH and the US Department of Education. The latter was for the development of an
. Millikan, “The electron and the light-quant from the experimental point of view,” Nobel Lecture, May 23, 1924, http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1923/millikan-lecture.html. [2]. AIP report, Equipping Physics Majors for the STEM Workforce, https://www.aip.org/statistics/reports/equipping-physics-majors; https://www.aip.org/commentary/aip-career-pathways-project-equipping-physics-majors- stem-workforce. [3]. Advanced Physics Lab, PHYS3600, Northeastern University, http://www.northeastern.edu/heiman/3600/index.html.
= StronglyAgree, 6 = Not Sure) for participants to rate their perception of experiences in STEM majors atthe HBCU. Survey items were developed to reflect the common reasons for student departure asoutlined in Talking About Leaving and the experiences of senior leaders on the project, each ofwhich having years of experience at HBCUs.7 To ensure the survey focused on the intendedareas and that the researchers engaged in a comprehensive approach, each survey item wasaligned with a research thrust area and compared with the theoretical framework. To account fordifferences in demographic information needed, two parallel surveys were created for eachgroup.Data CollectionData were collected from students (Group 1) and faculty (Group 2) using surveys. The