Professor of Mathematics at Wartburg College. Research interests include data analysis methods, artificial intelligence and machine learning, point-set topology, and the consequences of the axiom of choice and the axiom of determinacy.Prof. Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University Kurt Becker is a Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Utah State University. His research includes engineering design thinking, systems engineering, engineering education professional development, technical training, and adult learning cognition. He is currently working on a USAID funded project in Egypt, ”Center of Excellence in Water”, and Department of Education funded GEARUP projects in the area of STEM education related
over the world face. Knowledge,including sources for materials and techniques, are passed down orally. Additionally, theIndigenous Peoples even though they are oral cultures, they also have what Western Europeanculture calls “trade secrets” or proprietary information. This proprietary knowledge is onlyshared with those designated within the Tribe to know the information. Part of the challengefacing all storage and retrieval sources is to have a way to index proprietary information withpublic terms to make it discoverable and available to those allowed to know.Currently, with efforts to revive ancient knowledge, it is helpful to find what we know has beenwritten about the specific engineering projects of the past. Most of this literature is
the data and information, finding the most relevant information andeven identifying trends that would not be obvious to the human eye. This would allow users to stayup to date on new academic findings, keep familiar with new technologies, and stay more currentwith new publications in their field of interest all much faster and more efficiently than searchingand doing all this manually. [10] [41] Group Projects Hands-On 100% Virtual Self-Monitoring Figure 2: Different aspects of the student experiments with digital twin learning.During the pandemic education took a pivotal turn towards online learning, and even now theonline portion has stuck around as a popular option for learning
, and non-traditional students(veterans and returning learners) with over a year gap in the last math course they have taken.This bridge program provides individualized math plans, rigorous math review, and hands-on,project-based learning (PBLs). Program participants showed improvement in math performanceand math persistence as compared to the baseline data and showed a promising starting point foraddressing the obstacles facing these at-risk student populations.Baseline student populationThe baseline student population includes any students at Lipscomb University with an intendedmajor of Computer Science (CS), or Civil (CE), Electrical and Computer (ECE), Mechanical(ME), or Software Engineering (SE) beginning with cohorts starting at the
dozens of graduate and undergraduate students in research and K-12 outreach activities and is the Director of the Excellence in Computing and Information Technology Education (ExCITE) program. She is a fellow of the Center for the Advancement of STEM Leadership Program (CASL) and the Opportunities for Under-Represented Scholars (OURS) post-graduate institutional leadership certificate program and an alumna of the Frontiers of Engineering Education program (FOEE) of the National Academy of Engineering. She has been serving on the Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL) Capital Area Regional Network steering committee since 2016Dr. Briana Lowe Wellman, University of the District of Columbia Dr. Briana Lowe Wellman is an
Paper ID #42224Leveraging a token economy system to motivate concept practice in a fluiddynamics classroom.Mr. Sanha Kim, University of Virginia Sanha Kim is a 4th-year chemical engineering Ph.D. student in the Ford Group at University of Virginia. His current research project revolves around modeling the mobility and growth of pathogenic bacteria in porous media. His educational scholarship interests are focused around instructional strategies that enhance the quality and quantity of student engagement with class material.Steven R Caliari, University of VirginiaDr. Roseanne M Ford, University of Virginia Roseanne M. Ford
Learning ActivitiesThe overall goal of the learning activities was to improve undergraduate engineering students'understanding of the following vector concepts in a 3D space:1. Cartesian components of vectors2. Unit vectors3. Directional angles4. Vector addition and subtraction using the triangle law5. Cross product using the right-hand rule6. Dot product to determine the angle between two vectors7. Dot product to compute the projection of a force onto a lineThe authors created paper-based learning activities in the form of guided inquiry [19] to addresseach of the concepts. The activities were integrated into the app by designing the app andactivities in parallel. Both were designed without context (i.e. not specific to any STEM course).This
.3. Tests. Two in-person tests gauge individual knowledge acquisition.4. Group Project. Groups of 2-3 members present the solution to a science or engineering problem of their choosing from other courses in their respective majors.3. Typical Illustrative ExamplesThe following examples illustrate the teaching methodology using computational thinking andcomputation tools to solve mathematical problems. Note that the process will help students takethe systematic steps to solve ‘complicated' problems. Computational thinking takes the followingsteps: first describe the problem in words, second decompose the problem into simpler sub-problems, then solve the sub-problems, and finally build the solutions up to complete the wholesolution.Example I
know. By building on these skills eitherthrough mentorships, internships, in the classroom, or any other methods available to me in thefuture, I will be able to transform these classroom-learned concepts into real-world skills. Forinstance, if I am to help design or work on robots in the future, I will already have a certain skillset that may provide me with competent preparation or readiness. Not only will this prove moreefficient, as I already have a grasp on either the basics or the majority of the process ofcompleting the project, but this may also allow me to choose between different technicalapproaches to completing challenging tasks. With the knowledge I already have along with theknowledge I intend to build upon, I will be able to
the classroom. Thepush to integrate microelectronics in pre-college education spaces has come about due to therising desire and focus of bringing microchip manufacturing back to the United States. As part ofthe CHIPS Act, the U.S. federal government set aside a significant amount of money for researchon developing trusted and assured microelectronics, as well as providing an infrastructure formajor microelectronics workforce development projects [1]. This was driven by a shortage inmicrochip manufacturing ability within the U.S. and the desire to build the capacity for chipdevelopment and manufacturing across the country. Due to this growing pressure to integratemicroelectronics content and contexts in the classroom, teachers are now being
single conceptin a one-time course. It is embedded in engineers' professional life and is reflected in multipleaspects of engineers' social roles. Moreover, equity and social justice engineering curricula mayfoment a culture that welcomes differences, as Rossmann et al. (2020) reported. The authorsidentified that their program, designed to develop engineering socio-technical skills, had moregender and ethnic diversity in the student population than other engineering programs in thesame institution. The third intervention category was external, which encompasses papers that describe theimplementation of workshops, external project grants, and external professional development tohelp students, faculty, or staff apply equitable design
one engine out. Further work is necessary to mature thisfirst generation B777-TVC transport concept into a certifiable thus safe next generationtransport. IntroductionThe commercial transport is approaching a fuel burn performance plateau with the typical TailAft Configuration (TAC) wing-tube-empennage design. Over its 92 year history, there have beentwo significant performance paradigm shifts. One in the 1950’s, caused by propulsion upgradeswith the dawn of the jet age. The other in the late 2000’s, caused by the significant weight reduction from full composite structures. NASA projects a need for an additional 70% decreasein fuel burn performance within the next 30 years (N+3
and environmental responsibility, and lifelong learning. 2. Team Players - communicating, planning, coordinating, and managing projects and personnel with efficiency and effectiveness. 3. Problem solvers - learning new concepts, techniques, skills, and tools to aid in analyzing and designing electrical engineering systems. 4. Professionals - trained and competent in the fundamentals of engineering science, applied mathematics, laboratory practice, and principles of electrical engineering.”6 The ATU Engineering courses that specifically address ethics in their technical objectivesare ELEG/MCEG 1012 – Introduction to Engineering, MCEG 2023 – Engineering Materials,MCEG
undergraduateengineering students. By immersing players in the role of a Mars settlement engineer, the gamecontextualizes ethical dilemmas within a realistic engineering project. Players are not merelypresented with abstract right or wrong choices; instead, they must employ personal reasoning andcontext-dependent justifications in their decision-making process. Each game segment concludeswith a pivotal decision, influencing the storyline and leading to various potential endings. Marsis novel in its approach to teaching engineering ethics. Unlike traditional methods for teachingethics such as exposing students to ethical standards, using case studies, and discussion activities[6], which often present decontextualized scenarios, Mars offers a rich, interconnected
funded projects led by five differentprofessors. I had learned how to do qualitative research by practicing it and by being exposed tomany different professors who did this work. While the tools for experimental research tend tobe external to the individual researcher, qualitative research depends on the researcher as analystto make decisions based on decades of reading and experience. I was unsure how to condenseseveral years of situated learning into a digestible nugget. This problem was compounded by mydiscomfort performing “sage on the stage” knowledge-transfer type teaching.I tried my best and ended up leading a seminar on paradigms, focusing on positivism, socialconstructivism, and critical theory [25]. I created a chart to help my
of his research, he has explored Colombian chemical engineers’ social representations about science and technology and the conceptions and attitudes about chemical engineering and their identity as chemical engineers. He belonged to Colombian educational formal and informal ambits like a pedagogic consultant at the Plane- tarium of Bogot´ for the project ”Centers of Interest in Astronomy”; innovation, science, and technology a instructor and consultant at the science and technology museum Maloka; and school teacher in Chemistry. As part of his research interests, he looks for the integration between the arts and engineering to foster social justice and critical thinking, and the
— against placing unknown CD media in their computer (whyhigher application—which represents application, but only if does potentially malicious code have access to informationinformed by analysis, evaluation, and creation. that could cause harm?), and it urges them not to trust links A project at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory devel- in emails (why is the source of information being presented tooped a series of computer-security awareness training materi- the user not always clear?). In the economy of individual endals, and they posited that their training exercises Bloom’s first users—who consider the benefit of following security
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modeling in an engineering design graphicscourse. Cole (1999)3 articulated a similar strategy to include FEA as part of a philosophy ofintegrating CAD into the Mechanical Engineering Technology curriculum. Ural & Yost (2010)4report developing a freshman level project to investigate the behavior of a SMARTBEAM®, inwhich the FEA and experimental measurements are conducted simultaneously and compared. Ineach of these cases, use of FEA as a practical tool is emphasized, and none appeared to requirestudents to learn the underlying FE theory or to know principles of mechanics of materials apriori. Numerous other examples, not cited here, appear to exist in introductory freshman designcourses.In contrast to the situation with freshman courses
research interests are laboratory/project-driven learning and integration of research into undergraduate education. Dr. Yao is a member of the American Society of Engineering Education and a senior member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Page 22.91.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 A Rapid Analysis and Signal Conditioning Laboratory (RASCL) Design Compatible with the National Instruments myDAQ® PlatformAbstractVirtual instruments and mobile data acquisition hardware for engineering education offerflexibility in learning venues and can help to
deliberately prepared for each series of activities. Workshops were carefully structured tomeet specific learning objectives. An online system was developed to provide continued facultymotivation and engagement. Structured workdays were developed to help faculty satisfydeliverables. Promotion of the program relied on both formal and informal (word of mouth)advertising to attract appropriate participants. Participants were given the challenge of makingtheir work public and “Leaving Legacies” for others to benefit from. Each element contributingto the success of the faculty development plan are explained in detail with specific examples ofhow they were implemented.A Proven Pedagogical Approach (Challenge Based Instruction)The objective of the project
section). EI-100 goal isto introduce students to the Engineering Method, this is accomplished by focusing on six courseobjectives: self-regulation, communication, working cooperatively and collaboratively, problemsolving, modeling, and quality. The “Modeling” section initiates students in the process ofengineering modeling, using several software including spreadsheets. “Concepts” introducestudents to the engineering design process, problem-solving techniques, working in teams,engineering as a profession, and planning for success that students then apply in “Laboratory” ontwo actual design projects. The “Concepts” section uses quizzes given in nearly every session toascertain whether students have understood the material in their pre-class
Department of Information Resources (DIR) has launched a project that includes the design of a new portable communication tower to replace the main one while it is repaired. The emergency tower consists of a fixed pole of height 6 m supported by three cables having maximum cable force allowed of 30 kN. As an engineer, your challenge is to design a cable support system for this portable communication tower. Page 15.397.7 Figure 2. Challenge for Statics: Vectors and ForcesFigure 3 shows a sketch of the general situation for the portable communication tower and thecable support system. Fwind
sufficientlyflexible to adequately meet the needs of the 21st century engineers” (Source: Engineering2020 Report, 2004)In June 2006, the American Society for Engineering Education launched an initiative to promotebroad-based discussions within the society on the role and importance of educational scholarshipto ensure the long-term excellence of U.S. engineering education. Those discussions led to aproject which began in October 2007 with support from ASEE and the National ScienceFoundation. The project represents an important step by ASEE to enable even broaderconversations across the American engineering education enterprise on creating a vibrantengineering academic culture for systematic and scholarly engineering educational innovation;these efforts hope to
/technology courses designed Page 15.15.5 to build students’ skills, improve their analytical abilities, and stimulate interest in math, science and technology. The program was piloted in 2007 and 2008. • Traineeship Experience Program. A 5-week mentored summer traineeship program for MACILE students who have completed at least 10th grade. Learning through research and discovery is the main focus. An aim is to engage students in relevant and interesting projects, showing the roles of engineering and technology in improving human lives. Other aims are to: o Improve understanding of the scientific
thiscurriculum, we propose to integrate TRIZ (a systematic problem solving approach) andsketching, and support the ideation process with technology enabled journaling (using PulseSmartpen). In this integration, TRIZ will provide the systematic innovative problem solvingmethod, sketching will externalize and enhance the design ideation, and Pulse Smartpen willcapture the ideation outcomes seamlessly, and might decrease the cognitive load. Below first weexplain our rationale for choosing these curriculum content and technology along with relevantliterature review. Then, we provide our plans for experimentation and project management.This research work proposed in this paper involves conducting research on undergraduateengineering education, assessing
family schedules, lack of class choices, long commutingdistances, and lower cost of tuition. Thus, one of the main objectives of this project was todelivery a high quality Statics class to community college students over the Internet. Ifsuccessful, then other courses could also be developed and delivered to those students that do nothave an opportunity to take the class at their local school for whatever reason. While communitycolleges are the main target, online engineering classes can also help students in larger 4-yearengineering programs by providing an alternative for on-campus students with scheduling issues,interns and coop students, or students in the military to start or continue their engineeringeducation..For comparison purposes, two
– Miscellaneous Results Prototype Ideal Decay Heat 40 MWt 3.317 kW Core Height 3.83 m 0.302 m GDCS Mass Flow 429.3 kg / s 0.036 kg / s K-factor 13.2 15.1 MSL Area 0.397 m2 1.173 * 10-4 m23. Design and Development3.1 HardwareThe design and development stage of the project is discussed in this section. From the previousfacility two structures have been carried over to the new
logically addressed in the basic level criteria, because of their direct association with ABET Criteria 3(a) through 3(k). BOK Outcome 12 is logically addressed in the advanced level criteria, because it requires advanced, specialized knowledge. BOK Outcomes 13 through 15, however, might reasonably be addressed at either the basic or advanced level. These professional practice topics— project management, construction management, asset management, business, public policy and administration, and leadership—could logically be integrated into the undergraduate civil engineering curriculum or offered as part of a professional practice- oriented master’s program. From an accreditation perspective, however, it is
and STS 304H meetNC State’s unique General Education Requirement in Science, Technology, and Society.E497B, taken in the fall of the fourth or fifth year and also developed especially for the FranklinProgram, is designed to integrate the scholars’ academic programs in engineering andhumanities/social sciences by focusing on the theme of technology assessment and public policy.Topics covered during the first four weeks of the semester include the history, theory andmethodology of technology assessment. During the remainder of the semester, the students workin teams on a specific technology assessment project in which they research an important publicpolicy problem with significant technical components, and develop policy options for solving