sheet. It is recommended that the project assignment sheet(s) be used as a cover. The report must include inorder the following ten sections; some sections include subsections.1. Project Drawings, Parts List and Bill of Materials (15%). These summarize and communicate your design and must be sufficient to fabricate the design. Drawings must be roughly to scale and must include (1) a rendering of your design, (2) an isometric assembly with components ‘called-out’ and correlated by number or part name with the parts list, (3) details to clarify component connections and joints and (4) other details as necessary. Use professional conventions. Include all dimensions. Do not draw details of standard ‘off-the- shelf’ hardware
Learning in Engineering, Vol 2, No. 1, pp. 16-31, Spring 2007.3 Jordan, W., Ballard, B., Morton, A., Sanders, B., and Wakefield, J.K., Implementing a Service LearningEngineering Project in East Africa, presented at the Gulf Southwest Regional Meeting of A.S.E.E., South PadreIsland, TX, March 2007. In CD based Proceedings (no page numbers).4 Jordan, W., Parker, H., Eppink, J., Hemmen, S., McGhee, R., and Eberhardt, M., Building Bridges for a BetterFuture: “Bridging the Gap”, presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Scientific Affiliation, Edinburgh,U.K., August 2007.5 Creed, Christopher J., Suuberg, Eric M., Crawford, Gregory P., Journal of Engineering Education, v 91, n 2, April,2002, p 185-195.6 Gallogly, Vincent, “Utilizing engineering
Page 13.349.921 This author has requested anonymity.Proceedings of the 2008 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition 8Copyright 2008, American Society for Engineering Education students are pretty much done at the end of class time. It also forces me to really focus on what I 22 want to test them over without asking redundant questions.If you solve an exam ahead of time, you can also pass out solutions to students as theyleave. Wayne Wells23 tells of one instructor who did this: [A]s each student completed the work and turned it in, she handed them a copy of the solutions with the rule
faculty, documentation of professional development activities, or other teaching related items. ‚ Is participation compulsory or voluntarily? Participation requirements vary widely. ‚ Who is/are the target group(s)? While some countries focus on professional development for junior faculty, others address all those teaching in technical, engineering-related domains. ‚ What is the professional development program duration? There may be multiple sequential levels of professional development activities and/or achievement, and programs vary from short courses to continuous development. ‚ What is the professional development
written in s fashion that relates the objective is a specific and measurable fashion. This section of the paper investigates how the learning objectives relate to the published course goals. Tables 5, 6, and 7 are matrix tabulations of the learning objectives provided mapped to Page 13.333.11 the corresponding course objective at the appropriate level of Bloom’s Taxonomy. The
and educational model to strengthen a radar curriculum forbroad distribution. Advances in Engineering Education, 1(1), 1-2311- Nathan, M. J., & Petrosino, A. (2003). Expert blind spot among preservice teachers.American Educational Research Journal, 40(4), 905-928.12- Merriam, B. S. (1998). Qualitative research and case study applications in education. San Francisco,CA: Jossey-Bass.13- Strauss, A. L., & Corbin, J. (1998). Basics of qualitative research: Grounded theory procedures andtechniques. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.14- Posner, G. J., Strike, K. A., Hewson, P. W., & Gertzog, W. A. (1982). Accommodation of a scientificconception: Toward a theory of conceptual change. Science Education, 66, 211-227
(s) that will becovered in that day’s readings and lesson, by adding lesson objectives the students gain insightabove and beyond the topic to be covered. As a primary example, consider one of the lessons inthe Biomaterials course that focuses on corrosion. Instead of telling the students that today’slesson will cover concepts simply related to corrosion, and that they should study the assignedreading prior to the lesson, the following lesson objectives are also listed: a. Explain the thermodynamic reason for corrosion and develop the Nernst Equation. b. Analyze Evans plots and polarization curves to better understand corrosion rates. c. Discuss the various types of corrosion, and understand the differences between them.Hopefully it is
AC 2008-1155: U.S.-INDIA INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH, EDUCATION, ANDINDUSTRY EXPERIENCES FOR STUDENTS IN ACOUSTICS ANDNON-DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATIONChetan Sankar, Auburn University Dr. Chetan S. Sankar, Thomas Walter Professor in the Department of Management is an expert on IT and telecommunications management. He is also an expert on case study development and has developed more than 30 case studies, many of which have won awards for their ability to motivate and challenge students. He works closely with industries to write research-based case studies for use by engineering and business students. He has published more than 150 refereed papers in journals, book chapters, and conference proceedings.P K
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theirselection of projects. Consistently and overwhelmingly, the most important aspect to students isthe subdiscipline(s) of civil engineering that the project emphasizes. One concern of the facultywas that an international project would be more work for the student team compared withdomestic projects. The responses to Questions 6 and 7 show that on average, all students feelthey work slightly harder on their project compared to the other groups. Therefore, there isprobably no difference in time spent by teams on an international project compared with teamson a domestic project. Page 13.791.6Table 1. Results of surveys conducted during week 7 of the
activities an assessment method is, the lesslikely the tendency for students to find it to be annoying or useless, and hence more useful theassessment tool.Acknowledgements:This work has been supported through the Mathematics, Science and Technology Partnershipproject; funded by the National Science Foundation, award number EHR0314910.Bibliography/References:1 Bandura, A. Self-efficacy. In V. S. Ramachaudran (Ed.), Encyclopedia of human behavior, vol. 4, pp. 71-81. NewYork: Academic Press (1994)2 Furnham, A., T. Chamorro-Premuzic, and F. MacDougall, Learning and Individual Differences, vol. 14, pp. 49–66(2003).3 Allen, D.E., B.J. Duch, and S.E. Groh, “The power of problem-based learning in teaching introductory sciencecourses”, New Directions
in need of modification, and educators who find themselves with theopportunity to start a capstone program from the ground up.Olin College BackgroundFranklin W. Olin College of Engineering is a new, four-year engineering school in Needham,Massachusetts. The college was started and funded by the New York-based Olin Foundation,which has awarded grants totaling more than $300 million to construct and fully equip 72buildings on 57 independent college campuses. Starting in the late 1980's, the National ScienceFoundation and engineering community at large started calling for reform in engineeringeducation. In order to serve the needs of the growing global economy, it was clear that engineersneeded to have business and entrepreneurship skills
and a Q/A session with camp staff and Department faculty, parents metwith counselors from Admission and a local high school. The meeting’s objective was tointroduce the parents to the plan(s) of study that would best prepare their child for successfulstudies in the STEM disciplines at a major research university. The Associate Dean forUndergraduate Studies was also available for questions and comments. The campers made theirfinal preparations for the Challenge while their parents attended this meeting. Reunited in thelargest of the classrooms for the Challenge, families cheered on their campers as the teamscompeted. Media coverage, both print6 and TV7, of Challenge activities in the second sessionadded to the excitement. An awards and
significantinfrastructure challenge. Brazil has struggled to provide adequate water, electricity, roads andhighways services for its burgeoning population. Today, many areas of Brazil have madepromising advances in infrastructure but demand outpaces the rate of advance. For instance,while water treatment facilities grew by 80% in the 1990’s, demand for treated water grew by450%. The regions of greatest growth during this time period were the heavily urbanized Page 13.190.8Northeast and the Southeast [2].Water treatment is a process that is as significant to a population, as it is delicate and unstable. Ifany one of the functional components, shown in Figure 1, is
school,but working in groups in college is a complete different experience. In high school, working in agroup for me would usually mean that I did all the research and then (would) tell everyone elsewhat I needed them to do for the completion of the project. A complete turn around from highschool was college. Now, working in a group means that we all do our individual research andmeet and discuss thing(s) together as a real team.” Hopefully these students will continue to bein good teams throughout college.Only a few students said that they expected to get close to the grades that they had predicted.Several students said that getting a 3.25 or 3.5 so they could keep their scholarships was a goodenough goal. Several students admitted that they
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kinematics of the robotic arm. Theexperiment only gives the user control over the angular positions of the servomotors of therobotic arm. Hence, the user computes the forward kinematics and then the inversekinematics for the individual gripper positions necessary to carry out the instructor specifiedtask (for example, a pick and place routine).The resulting angular positions arrived at for each of the positions which the robotic arm isdesired to move through are placed in tabular form. These values are now entered in this VIand the execute button is clicked on. Error checking is first done to ensure that the enteredvalues lie within the specified ranges of motion of each motor. If there is an error in theentered value(s), an error message to that
://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html Accessed 30 Jan 2009.6. ExCEEd Teaching Workshop. http://www.asce.org/exceed Accessed 11 Mar 2009. Page 14.537.17 Appendix 1 Course Outline Prior to Summer of 2006Lsn Class topic Deliverable(s)1 Introduction to engineering profession Undergraduate information sheet, e-mail addresses1L Laboratory: introduction to computer laboratory2 Course outline; laboratory notebooks; laboratory report example2L Continuation of computer laboratory3 Engineering ethics; discuss
, and how it relates to what engineers do toinclude using the Milton F. Lunch ethic topics and case studies to spark discussion.Leadership is thrust upon the freshmen through their laboratory teams. The team make-upis controlled by the faculty to ensure an equal spread of civil, mechanical, and electricalengineering students between teams. There are four graded laboratory experiences and adifferent student is appointed the leader for each laboratory. The civil engineeringstudent(s) are appointed the leaders during the civil engineering laboratory experienceand associated laboratory report preparation, and so on. The students construct a bridgeusing K’Nex that must support an arbitrary load. In the mechanical laboratory, thestudents build a Lego
Level, Reston, VA, September. (http://www.asce.org/raisethebar)4. Bloom. B. S., Englehart, M. D., Furst. E. J., Hill, W. H., and Krathwohl, D. 1956. Taxonomy of Educational Objectives, the Classification of Educational Goals, Handbook I: Cognitive Domain. David McKay, New York, NY.5. ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission, 2008. “Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs – Effective for Evaluations during the 2009-2010 Accreditation Cycle.” ABET, Inc., December 2008.6. ASCE Accreditation Committee of CAP^3. 2007. Commentary on the ABET Engineering Criteria for Civil and Similarly Named Program In the Context of the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge (Version 3.4), Reston, VA, May. (http://www.asce.org
functionality, students also learn to incorporate VisualBasic Macros toautomate tedious processes and enable finer detail in trade studies. Finally, the Excel add-in 8@Risk, developed by Palisade Corporation, is used to teach students to use Monte Carloanalyses in spacecraft design and performance assessment. Students learn how to perform MonteCarlo analyses and interpret the results through outputs such as probability density functions(PDFs), cumulative distribution functions (CDFs or “s-curves”), and tornado plots.Grades are determined by frequent lab assignments, quizzes, and a final project. There are fivelaboratory assignments and quizzes are given weekly at the beginning of each lab period. Thequizzes
perform significantly better than random learners in computerapplication courses12 and other Science and Math-related courses, while random learners excel inFine Arts courses.13Table 1. Four Learning Style Types Identified by Gregorc Style Delineator. Sequential (S) Random (R) Concrete (C) Abstract (A) Concrete (C) Abstract (A)Concrete-Sequential Abstract-Sequential Concrete-Random Abstract-Random (CS) (AS) (CR) (AR)Motivational Orientations and Learning StrategiesIn addition to learning styles, students’ motivational orientations and learning strategies that theyuse also
). Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation (NSF).14. Citations1. The Information Technology Association of America, Innovation and a Competitive U.S. Economy: TheCase for Doubling the Number of STEM Graduates(http://www.itaa.org/workforce/docs/Innovationwhitepaper.pdf). 2005.2. National Science Board, Science and Engineering Indicators 2006 (Two volumes), National ScienceFoundation. 2006.3. National Science Board, Science and Engineering Indicators 2006 (Two volumes), National ScienceFoundation, table 3-2. 2006.4. Seymour, E.; Hewitt, N. M., Talking about leaving : why
." International Journal Of Engineering Education 21(1): 139 - 150.25. Prince, M. J. and R. M. Felder (2006). "Inductive Teaching and Learning Methods: Definitions, Comparisons, and Research Bases" Journal of Engineering Education 95(2): 123-138.26. Sheppard, S.D., J.W. Pellegrino and B.M. Olds (2008) "Guest Editors' Foreword: On Becoming a 21st Century Engineer" Journal of Engineering Education 97(3): 231-234.27. Bransford, J. (2007) "Preparing People for Rapidly Changing Environments." Journal of Engineering Education 96(1): 1.28. Kellam, N.N., T. Costantino, and B. Cramond (2009). "The Impacts of an Interdisciplinary Design Studio on Creativity." Proceedings of the Creativity and Innovation Symposium, Winston-Salem.29. Foor, C. E., S. E
the course.Though these elements seem somewhat vague upon first review, the expectations and courseoutcomes must be carefully laid out and communicated from the first day of class in order to Page 14.1327.5maximize the level of satisfaction experienced by not only the students, but also by thecommunity partners and the instructor(s). Furthermore, it is also vital to reinforce theseexpectations and evaluate whether they are being met at various points during the course viasurvey and reflection. Although the community project is the fundamental tool with which aservice learning course is conducted, the specifics of each project are incidental