same students also commented that they feel more motivated to learnusing an interactive textbook, that the textbook increased their interest in the class, and that thetextbook also made the class more efficient.Another study from 2009 was conducted to see the impact on learning from a web-basedinteractive statics course [20]. The study consisted of 110 students, and researchers trackedstudent use of interactive exercises, referred to as tutors, for each module. They then comparedthe grades of quizzes for each module for those who used low (one to six), medium (seven to 14),and high (15 to 23) numbers of tutors per module. There was a statistically significant increase inperformance from the students who had medium- and high-use of the tutors
: From Molecules toOrganisms: Structures & Processes, ETS1: Engineering Design, and ETS2: Links AmongEngineering, Technology, Science & Society. The NGSS 8 practices of science and engineeringthat are essential for all students (Appendix F, 2013) were also included. Attention to theengineering design cycle was highlighted several times within the unit. The researchers were tasked to create a standards-based unit that successfully exposedstudents to engineering practices and attitudes with the hope that these students will enter theengineering field as adults. Preparing students to think and act like an engineer is an importantskill set that must be taught. Engineering in high school was noted to provide students with
using student interviews offaculty to introduce a best practice for faculty members and compare this to an email distributionapproach. Participants for this project were 34 students enrolled in the Food, Agricultural, andBiological Engineering (FABE) 810 College Teaching in Engineering class. Students in theclass include graduate students and undergraduates from across the College of Engineering. Thefirst step of the project was accomplished by students interviewing faculty who agreed to the Page 22.693.3process and then doing a written summary of their interview as a class assignment. Theseinterview reports were summarized and results were
Paper ID #35741Finite Element Analysis and Design as a Degree Requirement inUndergraduate Mechanical Engineering CurriculumDr. Shield B Lin, Prairie View A&M University Shield Lin received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University in 1986. He has worked as an engineer in a tire manufacturer and served as a consultant for an automobile company and a projector manufacturer. As a professor in mechanical engineering at Prairie View A&M University, he teaches courses in Dynamic Systems and Controls, and Finite Element Analysis and Design. In addition to teaching, he conducts research in
Swarthmore College in 1980. She went on to earn an MS in Operations Research from Stanford University in 1981 and a Ph.D. in Operations Research from Cornell University in 1984. After 30 years at Georgia Tech in a variety of roles, Donna became the Executive Director of the new Institute for STEM and Diversity Initiatives at Boise State University in January 2015. Donna’s current interests center around education issues in general, and in particular on increasing access and success of those traditionally under-represented and/or under-served in STEM higher education.Ms. Ann Delaney, Boise State University Ann Delaney graduated in 2016 with her Masters in Materials Science & Engineering with an interdisci- plinary
PhD in Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology from the Indian Institute of Technology. Arthur is a recipient of the EPA’s Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award and has served as a faculty in the Chemical Engineering Summer School. Arthur is actively involved in engineering education research with particular emphasis on teaching engineering to non-engineers, and including industry practices in university education. Arthur is a member of American Society for Engineering Education.Dr. Igor Kourkine Page 24.103.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014A Sequence
are also interested in researched-based pedagogy, including project-based learning, community-based learning, and inclusive teaching. Furthermore, they are dedicated to improving the climate for under-represented students in engineering, including LGBTQIA+ individuals.Christopher Tossas-Betancourt Christopher Tossas-Betancourt is a doctoral candidate and graduate student research assistant at the University of Michigan. Christopher is currently pursuing a PhD in Biomedical Engineering. He received a M.S. in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan, and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. His research interests include computational modeling of cardiovascular blood flow
Yi-Ching Liao, University of Texas, San Antonio Yi-Ching Liao is a master’s student in advanced manufacturing and enterprise engineering at the Univer- sity of Texas, San Antonio (UTSA). She is also a Graduate Research Assistant at the Sustainable Manufac- turing System Laboratory at UTSA. She received her B.S. in system and naval mechatronic wngineering from National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) in Taiwan. Her research interests include lean systems design and implementation, simulation and gaming, and engineering education.Dr. Glenn Kuriger, University of Texas, San Antonio Glenn Kuriger is a Research Assistant Professor at the Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Lean Sys- tems (CAMLS) and the Department of
Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses what factors influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering foster or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education. Her research earned her a National Science Foundation CAREER Award focused on characterizing latent diversity, which includes diverse attitudes, mindsets, and approaches to learning, to understand engineering students’ identity devel- opment. She is the recipient of a 2014
. TheEmerging Scholars Program involved students solving challenging calculus 1 problems inworkshops in which trained graduate students facilitated the problem-solving process usingSocratic questioning and offering help when necessary. Subsequent research by Treismanindicated that offering freshmen a non-threatening, small-group but challenging environment toexplore math concepts impacts participants' success in these subjects and motivates them topersist [10], [11], [12].Funded by the National Science Foundation, the PLTL model was first developed for GeneralChemistry at the City College of New York in the early 1990’s and later extended to math,biology and engineering courses. The PLTL model has become a nationally recognized andreplicated model of
research experiences with GNSS.References[1] Find it with GPS!, Developed by IEEE as part of TryEngineering (www.tryengineering.org).[2] Bednarz, S. W., and R. H. Audet (1999),The status of GIS technology in teacher preparation programs, Journalof Geography, 98(2), 60-67.[3] Hartell, E. (2010), GPS-performance in technology education, In Knowledge in Technology Education: Volumeone Proceedings (pp. 171-177), Griffith University.[4] Hartell, E. (2012), GPS-Performance in Technology Education Part II, In Explorations of best practice inTechnology, Design & Engineering Education, Volume One (pp. 141-148), Griffith Institute for EducationalResearch.[5] Zecha, S. (2014), Outline of an Effective GPS Education Trail Methodology, 352-361.[6] Walters
AC 2011-830: TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION: A CRITICAL IMPERA-TIVE FOR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENTS/COLLEGESMichael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, West Lafayette Michael Dyrenfurth is professor in the Department of Technology Leadership and Innovation in the Col- lege of Technology at Purdue University. He is co-PI of two FIPSE-funded Atlantis projects: DETECT exchanging undergraduates with Ireland and German and Atlantis 2009 a concurrent Master’s degree project with Ireland and Spain. He collaborates frequently with ProSTAR to deliver industry-oriented graduate programs to professionals in the field. Active in international aspects of the profession, he teaches and researches in the areas of technological
work.The skillsets necessary for managing ill-structured problems require more than linear rationality,and as we will discuss, well-formulated requirements open all möjligheter for a design team.Requirements, whether in the workplace or in our course assignments, should not dictate aspecific solution. In fact, ill-structured problems inherently require creative exploration by thosecharged with their understanding and solution, and this implies more than one right answer.Acknowledging this should impact the learning objectives for developing engineers.Consider the two dominant metaphors for learning: learning-as-acquisition and learning-as-practice 1. We often think about learning as acquisition, gaining a thing, “putting a new tool inthe tool box
is a Psychology graduate student at Penn State Behrend. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Assessment of Metacognitive Skills in Design and ManufacturingAbstractMetacognition is the understanding of your own knowledge including what knowledge you do nothave and what knowledge you do have. This includes knowledge of strategies and regulation ofone’s own cognition. Studying metacognition is important because higher-order thinking iscommonly used, and problem-solving skills are positively correlated with metacognition. Apositive previous disposition to metacognition can improve problem-solving skills. Metacognitionis a key skill in design and manufacturing, as teams of engineers must solve
was increased to 5 feet.The additions were: • There were constraints imposed on weight and size of the device and on operator contact with the device. • Multiple performance requirements were imposed (two different targets for which the device had to be pre-calibrated (no practice)). • Constraints (requirements) were placed on performance (five successful launches per eight attempts [four at each target]). • Goals were established (eight successful launches out of eight attempts, and a preference of a gravity-driven, light-weight design).An eight-page document completely describing the project was given to the class onAugust 24th, the first class meeting. The project continued throughout the semester. AnInitial
Paper ID #25926Engineering Design Applications in the Introduction to Mechanical Engineer-ing CurriculumMr. Johnathon Demetrio Garcia, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Johnathon Garcia is a senior in the Mechanical Engineering Department at New Mexico Institute of Min- ing and Technology (NMT). In addition to his bachelor’s degree he is seeking graduate studies at NMT. He has conducted research under Dr. O’Malley with cooperation with Sandia National Laboratories on designing low cost, compact data acquisition systems for rockets. These systems were required to perform on a par with far more expensive, larger
) technology. Thestudents were mentored by a graduate student and supervised by a dedicated faculty member incharge of the research project.Utilizing STT-MRAM for logic design requires the use of lookup table memories design bySTT-MRAM. The students were tasked to investigate various methods of STT-LUT mapping oflogic gates in a 4-bit adder benchmark and compare with the traditional all custom CMOSimplementation. After characterizing the impact of mapping one gate at a time on the adderperformance, multiple gate LUT mapping was performed. For multiple gate LUT mapping, thegates were selected using three algorithms: independent selection, dependent selection, andparametric-aware dependent selection. In terms of delay and power consumption
established in 2001 as a traditional program of study,with most of the freshman directly graduated from high school. The program underwent ABETaccreditation during the 2006-2007 academic year for the first time, and the first cohort ofstudents graduated from the program in May 2006.Senior Design was initially a one-semester course with multiple teachers. Each teacher taught adistinct section. Each student selected his own teacher/section. Generally there were 3 or 4sections, each section having only 1 to 3 students. One problem with this initial structure wasthat the sections were very non-uniform. Another problem was that the class focused almostexclusively on building a working prototype, and neglected the overall process of design(especially soft
Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA) and is a Senior member of MLA's Academy of Health Information Professionals (AHIP). His research interests include studying the information seeking behaviors and data practices of STEM researchers, mentoring emerging LIS professionals, and improving information literacy instruction for students in the sciences. He has published on these topics in journals such as College & Research Libraries, portal: Libraries and the academy, The Journal of Academic Librarianship, and the Journal of the Medical Library Association. His work in these areas has been recognized by the ALA Library Instruction Round Table with "Top Twenty" awards in 2018 and 2019. Previously, Alex was the
the benefits of a studio pedagogical model, provide details regardingthe intended course structure, and discuss a series of studio projects to be completed by students.Mobile Studio Design PedagogyThe studio design model is a central part of the curriculum for architectural programs, where it isused to foster creativity and develop a student’s understanding of the design process. The studiodesign model also assists students by integrating other issues such as societal impact and legalrequirements into the design process. Because the design process is core to engineering, studiodesign principles are increasingly being used in engineering curriculums8.Features of the design studio include project based assignments (studio projects) that
AC 2012-3178: ON THE COMPETENCIES OF ENGINEERING EDUCA-TORS IN THE ARAB GULF REGION: RELEVANT THOUGHTS, CUR-RENT PRACTICES, AND CHALLENGESDr. Waddah Akili, Iowa State University Waddah Akili has been in the academic arena for more than 37 years. He has held academic positions at Drexel University, Philadelphia, Penn. (1966-1969), at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (1969-1987), and at the University of Qatar, Doha, Qatar (87-00). Akili’s major field is geotechnical engineering and materials. His research work and experience include characterization of arid and semi arid soils, piled foundations, pavement design and materials, and concrete durability. His interests also include
, June 13, 2010.13. McHenry, A., Depew, D., Dyrenfurth, M., Dunlap, D., Keating, D. Stamford, T., Lee, P. and Deloatch, G. (2005). “Constructivism: The learning theory that supports competency development of engineers for engineering practice and technology leadership through graduate education,” Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference.14. Prince, M. and Felder, R. (2006). “Inductive teaching and learning methods: definitions, comparisons, and research bases,” Journal of Engineering Education,!95(2), 123-138, pp. 123-13815. Ohland, M., Pomeranz, H. and Feinstein, H. (2006). “The Comprehensive Assessment of Team Member Effectiveness: A New Peer Evaluation Instruments
questions:How are school counselors prepared to offer advisement for engineering career preparation? Inwhat ways and to what extent do school counselors interact with students to impact pre-collegepreparation for post-secondary engineering study and careers? In an effort to establish baselinedata to answer these research questions, a professional development for school counselors wasoffered at Stony Brook University to provide preliminary training in STEM preparation for post-secondary academic success. Data were collected from a group of participants to understandingcurrent counseling practices and how university-based training might improve their knowledgebase to impact student participation and preparation for STEM in higher education.Study Design
improve their ability to succeed in a professional settingand better prepare them to enter the profession upon graduation. It has been shown thatmeaningful feedback can provide students with an understanding of how they can improve aswell as close any gap between their current level of performance and abilities and what will beexpected in professional practice [10, 22]. The assessment tool was consciously designed to beformative as regards to an individual student’s assessment. As it was not summative, we hopedto avoid the leniency bias noted in supervisor assessments of students [16, 19, 20]. To stress thedevelopmental nature of this tool, students are given a pass or fail grade on their co-opexperience, not a grade that impacts their GPA. A
participant experiences and understanding [1]. CI is most commonly used for thepretesting of surveys and can be used for educational research, but the method can also beused to understand cognition, such as by having participants think aloud while problemsolving [1]. For the purposes of this paper, we will consider CI as a means of pretesting asurvey for research, using CI for validation purposes while the survey is in drafting stages. CIcan be used as an independent method, such as during think aloud studies of educationalmaterials, however we are most concerned here with CI techniques which impact the design ofwritten surveys for research. As a technique, CI has seen widespread use in this way acrossmany fields including psychology, education
demonstrate Course used to contribute to possession of graduate developing graduate attribute attribute. 1. A knowledge base for engineering 2. Problem analysis 3. Investigation 4. Design 5. Use of engineering tools 6. Individual and teamwork 7. Communication skills 8. Professionalism 9. Impact of engineering on society and the environment 10. Ethics and equity 11. Economics and project management 12. Life-long learningQ34 Please briefly describe the project(s) in kinetics and reactor design course.Q35 How many exams (hour or longer but not a
of faculty memberwho are experts in the topic being discussed. Miller and Olds2 described a multidisciplinarycapstone project to enhance the engineering skills of graduates at the Colorado School of Mines.A two-semester design course was used for that purpose. Multidisciplinary design teams ofstudents worked with a faculty advisor for an industrial client, and solved complex open-endedproblems. The authors indicated that the approach has been successful and the industrial clientwas pleased with the quality of the final product. Although this work represents quite an old Page 15.259.2example, it definitely shows the success of using a senior
. In addition to providing this type of feedback, linesof communication were open to ensure Launchpad advisors are well-versed on curriculumchanges and available academic resources. In the Fall of 2023, this collaboration was taken astep further by creating a “Lunch and Learn” where advisors from both units could spendtime together in an open forum to share ideas about how we can best serve our students. Thisfirst Lunch and Learn’s objectives included sharing challenges for first-year students, bestpractices for supporting students, best practices and ideas for transitioning students from thefirst-year advisement center to the college advisors, and best communication practices. Themeeting ended with action items: to collaborate on student
Efficacy in Inverted Classrooms was awarded the William Everett Warner Graduate Student Research Award from Epsilon Pi Tau. Daniel is also a recipient of the Foundation for Technol- ogy and Engineering Educators/Maley Outstanding Graduate Student Award (2016). He is the author of the book Falling Down and founded the PUSH Initiative, a non-profit organization that raises funds for at-risk youth. Daniel’s current research explores the use of the flipped classroom instructional model and its impact on student and teacher efficacy.Dr. Aaron C. Clark, North Carolina State University Aaron C. Clark is a Professor of Technology, Design, and Engineering Education within the College of Education, as well as the Director of
A Multilevel Assessment Process for Student/Faculty Teams in a Project-Based Learning Environment David DiBiasio1, Natalie Mello2, and Fabio Carrera2 1 Department of Chemical Engineering and 2Interdisciplinary and Global Studies Division Worcester Polytechnic InstituteIntroductionHigh tides, sinking buildings, 12 million tourists a year - all contribute to the problems of Venice,Italy. Canals designed to handle limited human-powered boat traffic are now inundated bypowerboats. Biological, chemical, and mechanical factors damage centuries-old walls, resultingin annual repair costs of several million euros