comments in submissions in a LMS system. Overall,the main format of feedback is still in the written format. This format generally providesmechanism provides for an ineffective, static monologue between the instructor and the student 7.In past studies, it has been shown that for many problems, alternative forms of feedback outsideof the written comment can be more effective, the best effectiveness often comes from providingfeedback in a variety of modes8. Verbal feedback is often employed in a mentorship manner.Most software engineering programs have some form of a capstone project where an advisor ormentor routinely meets with project teams and discusses their project. This mentorship helpsstudents tremendously. Oral presenters are often “coached
core component of any engineering education. Most students take someform of engineering design in their capstone experience, as is recommended by ABET [1].Recently, however, more opportunities for this work have been created for underclassmen.Studies have shown that placing team-based engineering design earlier in an engineeringcurriculum can provide students with valuable teamwork skills and connections to real-worldengineering work, as well as increase retention of material learned in class [2]. Teaching designfreshman year increases retention of women and underrepresented minorities[3]. It also providesrelevance and context to young engineers’ careers.While there is an increased interest in teaching engineering design, understanding how to
senior-level Professional Issues in Civil Engineering course was taught for the firsttime in fall 2015. The course is intended to address the new ABET program specific criteria forcivil engineering to “raise the bar” on ethics instruction. The course is also intended to helpstudents understand the importance of sustainable design and the impacts of engineering onsociety. One of the methods used to teach students about these issues included a structuredcontroversy on a proposed new water resources project in Colorado. There was also an extensivecase study analysis of Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans that spanned four weeks of the course,two lengthy written assignments, and in-class discussions. This included a discussion of thesocial justice
practices, they need opportunities to developownership of these practices by coming up with their own ways to solve problems, posing theirown questions, and developing their own conclusions [22]. In engineering, in particular, theyneed opportunities to have ownership over the design problem; although posed by a customer orclient, design problems are framed by the designer [23], leading to a sense of agency [24] andownership [25].Interest can drive a sense of ownership over learning [26], which in turn can foster a mastery-oriented stance on learning [27] and help students make decisions about their futures [28]. Oneapproach to support ownership development is through the use of project-based instruction [29];creating artifacts that reflect learning
students and collecting survey data from multiple institutions.IntroductionWriting is an important skill for engineers, but it is not necessarily thought about or taught as an“engineering skill.” Because of this, and despite ABET accreditation criteria directly related towriting,1 the inclusion of writing in engineering programs varies widely from program toprogram and course to course. While writing in engineering practice varies in scope frominformal emails and memos to large scope reports and proposals, writing in engineering coursesis often limited to formal laboratory or project reports, if it is included at all. This often causes adisconnect, leaving engineering graduates lacking in writing knowledge and skills, including asrelated to
classroom.Keywordsengineering lab, online flipped lab, online laboratory experiments, flipped classroom,introduction to engineeringIntroductionFaculty members in the Colorado Technical University College of Engineering started to developonline courses since April of 2015. Because the undergraduate degrees in electrical engineeringand computer engineering at CTU are ABET-accredited, the online courses that need to bedeveloped have to meet ABET standards as well. In addition, the courses must meet the samelearning outcomes whether delivered online or traditional face-to-face instruction. This paperpresents faculty experiences in developing and conducting engineering laboratory experiences tobe completed remotely for an online course. The project attempts to convert a
thisquestion began more than ten years ago and has led to the development and implementation ofmany initiatives to create a culture of innovation and development of a cohesive I&E ecosystemsurrounded by a robust resource network.Founding I&E ProgramsExperienced-Based Learning in an Entrepreneurial Setting - In 2000, Michigan Tech launchedan innovative undergraduate curriculum, The Enterprise Program. Initially funded as an NSFAction Agenda pilot program (EEC-9872533), Enterprise is an extensive multi-year,multidisciplinary design experience and is offered as an alternative to senior capstone design. Allparticipants complete an Enterprise curriculum which includes a minimum of 12 credits.Students join specific “enterprises” which are structured
components are used to augment the courses in order to enhance students’mastery of the subject matter and its applications. Usually, the capstone design course at thesenior level allows students to synthesize what they learned and exercise their creative ability.The main goal is to facilitate an environment for students to walk through the entire designprocess from the formulation of ideas, through implementation, test and validation. There aremany reasons that might contribute to the difficulty faced by the students in their ability tosynthesize and be creative. Two specific contributing reasons that we identified and attemptedto address are (1) insufficient critical thinking exercises and (2) lack of self-motivated activitiesunlike the cook-book
passions through a variety of initiatives she is helping to bring to Upstate South Carolina, one of which is the NIH- and VentureWell-funded DeFINE Program. Breanne obtained her B.S. in May 2012 (research focus: nanomedicine technology) and her M.S. degree in August 2013 (research focus: glenoid loading and stability of the inlay verus onlay shoulder system) both from the Clemson University bioengineering department. Breanne was a four year varsity collegiate athlete, rowing for the Clemson University Women’s Rowing Team, where she learned how to foster her team-centered leadership. Breanne moved on to lead her senior design capstone team to a 1st Place finish in the 2012 NCIIA BMEStart Undergraduate Design
education, IEEE Trans. Power Syst., vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 5–8, Feb. 2004.4. V.G. Agelidis, The future of power electronics/power engineering education: challenges and opportunities, in Proc. of IEEE Workshop on Power Electronics Education, 2005, p. 1-8.5. R.G. Belu - Renewable Energy Based Capstone Senior Design Projects for an Undergraduate Engineering Technology Curriculum, 2011 ASEE Conference & Exposition, June 26 - 29, Vancouver, BC, Canada (CD Proceedings).6. H. Gharavi and R. Ghafurian, Smart grid: the electric energy system of the future, Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 99(6), 2011, p. 917- 9217. R. Belu, Smart Grid Communication, in Encyclopedia of Energy Engineering & Technology (Ed Sohail Anwar), Vol. 3, 2014 (28
://www.engineerscanada.ca/sites/default/files/accreditation_criteria_procedures_2015.pdf. [Accessed 27 January 2016].3. The Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO), "Learning Outcomes Assessment Consortium," Queen's Printer for Ontario, 2016. [Online]. Available: http://www.heqco.ca/en- ca/OurPriorities/LearningOutcomes/Pages/Assessment-Consortium.aspx. [Accessed 30 April 2016].4. D. Petkov and O. Petkova, "Using Projects Scoring Rubrics to Assess Student Learning in an Information Systems Program," Journal of Information Systems Education, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 241-251, 2008.5. D. Davis and P. Rogers, "Work-in-Progress: Structuring Capstone Design Assessment to Achieve Student, Faculty, and Employer Priorities," in 2015 ASEE Annual
-course collegeprogram. These other courses included China megastructures7,8, China megacities, and Chinamegawater, each course focusing on a different discipline within the context of the same studyabroad trip. This integration included a culminating design project that required the constructionmanagement and civil engineering students to work together on the initial design of a skyscraper,including the tentative cost, scheduling, and conceptual design renderings. Key course elementsfor this study abroad program included China, mega, ideas and innovation, sustainability,teamwork and leadership, global awareness, character development, and technical excellence.These will be discussed in greater detail later in this paper.Part I: Course
, the biomedical engineering department at NorthwesternUniversity has hosted 2-4 engineering faculty from the University of Lagos (UNILAG) and theUniversity of Ibadan (UNI) – See Table I. For 3-4 weeks the faculty remain in the United Stateswhere they experience the following: Participation in the annual meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES). This includes submitting an abstract to the conference and giving a 20 minute presentation on that topic (examples of submitted titles for the 2014 conference are shown in Table II). Participation in upper-level BME courses at Northwestern University, including the capstone biomedical engineering design course. Visits to Chicago-area biomedical engineering departments
of EngineeringExamination or Major Field Test) or a faculty administeredcomprehensive examination. The indirect assessment tool we usein the assessment of Student Outcomes is a graduating senior exitsurvey. Below are brief descriptions of these assessment methods: • Course-Embedded (course-based) Assessments. These include projects, assignments, reflective essays, or exam questions that directly link to Student Outcomes and are scored using established criteria. • Exams. Locally developed comprehensive exams or nationally standardized exams (FE Exam or Major Field Test). • Capstone or senior-level projects provide evidence of how well students integrate and apply principles, concepts
= Required, E = Elective, *Electrical Engineering requires Technical Writing; however, it is taught in conjunctionwith the senior capstone design course and students must register for the designated section of the course.In addition to ensuring the programs offered could be integrated in the curricula and wererelevant to students, it was important to ensure the offerings were sustainable. The willingnessand availability of faculty to teach courses each summer was a main concern. To alleviate thisconcern we only considered courses that had multiple instructors on campus who would bewilling to teach overseas. Our second consideration was location. We wanted to choosedestinations that would be appealing to students and their parents and where we would
that enables and enhances personalintrospection and contemplation leads to the realization of our inextricable connection to eachother, opening the heart and mind to true community, deeper insight, sustainable living, and amore just society.”The approach is implemented in a senior level capstone design two course sequence which isheld concurrently with a course in engineering ethics. Projects undertaken by student designteams are primarily suggested by members of local and regional non-profit and not for profitagencies that focus on meeting the needs of residents with various physical, mental andemotional challenges. The engineering ethics is course is held during the fall semester while thecapstone design course sequence begins in the fall
with heat and masstransfer and chemical kinetics, though it can also be taken in the senior year as it is a co-requisiteto spring semester capstone design. Less than 10% of the students from 2013-2015 took thecourse concurrently with capstone design; the majority of students were in their junior year.The course includes three projects, highlighting process optimization (determination of desiredoperating conditions), process control and tuning (illustration of a simple PID control scheme),and process safety (hazards identification for a lab and development of a Standard OperatingProcedure and entry/exit protocol), which comprise of 30% of the course grade. Another 50% ofthe grade comes from exams and class participation. The final 20% of the
Chemical Engineering. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Tennessee. He has nineteen years of industrial experience in industrial process and product development in the detergent, paper, and packaging industries. He teaches capstone design, value engineering and engineering economy at the undergraduate level, and technical innovation and advanced engineering economy in the graduate Engineering Management program. His research interests include product development, technical innovation, entrepreneurship, and design. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 A Comprehensive Approach to Power Sector Workforce DevelopmentAbstractThe University
Texas at El Paso. The curriculum for this course includes engineering designconcepts and projects and subsequently a 3D design capstone project was added to the curriculum.In 2013, the department (name removed) invested in a Makerbot Replicator 2nd Generation 3Dprinter, with a build volume of 28.5 L x 15.3 W x 15.5 H cm. As a final project, the students ineach of the three classes were grouped in teams of no more than five students. Each team had tocreate a 3D design of a bridge and the final part of the assignment was to 3D print this bridge. Thedesign had to meet specific criteria such as exact dimensions on width, length and height, and hadto support an object of at least five pounds without breaking3. A total of 15 bridges were printed.The
research inter- ests are in heterogeneous catalysis, materials characterization and nanomaterials synthesis. His research group has pioneered the development of electron microscopy tools for the study of catalysts.Dr. Jamie R Gomez, University of New Mexico Jamie Gomez, Ph.D., is a Lecturer Title III in the department of Chemical & Biological Engineering (CBE) at the University of New Mexico. She is a co- Principal Investigator for the National Science Foundation (NSF) funded Professional Formation of Engineers: Research Initiation in Engineering For- mation (PFE: RIEF) for the project- Using Digital Badging and Design Challenge Modules to Develop Professional Identity. She is a member of the department’s ABET and
with seeing their projects as small research projects,rather than as an extended homework assignment. Anecdotally, one of the authors has noticedthat senior students also struggle with literature reviews in capstone design, which is clearly aresearch project, potentially pointing to a weakness in the technical writing curriculum thatshould be addressed.The positive correlation between total number of desired behaviors and final grade seemsobvious at first. However, it should be noted that in several cases, some of the strongestcorrelations are for behaviors that are not explicitly required, but are performed by some studentsas general good practices. Moreover, students who used these behaviors at many points in thereport, rather than giving
between the multiple perspectives shared in ourclassroom activities, and the possibility for multiple approaches to engineering and designchallenges in her other courses. Later in the interview she noted that she had been encouragingher group for a capstone project to look beyond the most obvious ‘engineering’ problems andsolutions to uncover latent issues and non-obvious approaches. Her experience in this coursecontributed to this student’s epistemological development in both disciplines, as she haddeveloped an understanding and acceptance of multiple perspectives.DiscussionThere are a few recurring themes that standout in written responses to the Performing Engineerassignment and the interviews. First, students noted that they discovered the
the Smalley-Cury Institute’s Research Experiences forUndergraduates (SCI REU) programs for comparison because both programs are fundedby the NSF, headquartered at a private unban university, recruit participants fromuniversities nationwide via a competitive selection process, enable students to participatein cutting-edge research in fields related to nanoscale and atomic-scale systems,phenomena, and devices, and require participants to present topical research posters ontheir summer projects at a summer research colloquium as a capstone experience.The NanoJapan: IREU Program was the key educational initiative of the NSF PIRE grantthat was awarded to this private university from 2006 - 2015. NanoJapan was a twelve-week summer program through
. Therefore, multi-disciplinary problem solving teams have been animportant part of the contemporary organizational culture today. However, analyzing a problemwith a multi-disciplinary perspective demands more than putting together a team of membersfrom various disciplines and backgrounds. The multi-disciplinary nature of a team does notguarantee successful team performance. The research shows that the performance of a teamdepends on how effectively team members are able to share information, assign tasks based onthe strengths of team members, coordinate tasks, and provide feedback to one another.1 Forexample, the high failure rate observed in information technology (IT) projects has beenattributed to the lack of professional skills in project teams
connection list, however, omits the idea of technology.Instead, people and organization appeared frequently at the connection between the leadershipand social media concepts.As the capstone project of this course, the Grand Challenges videos culminated in the applicationof the social media and engineering leadership connections explored throughout the course. Theproject required team leadership to choose and represent the challenge, some technology skill toproduce the video, and teamwork to complete the task as assigned. Written peer evaluations ofthe videos were conducted after each video was shown during a class period. Students wereasked to assess each video in terms of engineering design, communication, production,teamwork and promoting positive
University. He is certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP), Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR & SHRM-SCP), in Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR), and, in civil and domestic mediation. He is a State of Indiana Registered domestic mediator.Mr. Mark T. Schuver, Purdue University - West Lafayette Mark Schuver is the Director for the Center for Professional Studies in Technology and Applied Research (ProSTAR) in the Polytechnic Institute at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. He is responsible for the administration/operations of the Center with Program Management oversight of the Rolls-Royce Master of Science Degree, the Construction Management Master of Science Degree and Product Lifecy
sciences, technology, engineering, mathematics, and/or computational sciences. b. A professional skills component must be developed in consultation with leaders from the targeted industry, business, government, or nonprofit organizations. c. An experiential component that must include at least one capstone project, supervised collaboratively by faculty and employers, evaluated or graded by faculty, and typically developed with an employer(s), which integrates the practical application of scientific and professional knowledge, behavior, and skills. The experiential component typically includes a structured internship and provides an opportunity for students to
, mechanics of materials, calculus, and kinematics and dynamic. She has also developed undergraduate fluids laboratories and supervised many capstone projects. Her interest in SoTL is evidence-based teaching strategies, student engagement, faculty development, and teaching and learning communities. Dr. Yan is a registered P.Eng. with APEGBC and has served as reviewer for various international journals. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Online homework assignments: instructor’s perspective and students’ responsesIntroductionWith the continuous development of technologies, creating online homework assignmentsbecomes possible. For large classes, online
-learning experiences and clinical immer- sion opportunities for students that improve their ability to execute the design process, Dr. Schmedlen has developed an undergraduate capstone design course, biomedical engineering laboratory, and clinical observation and needs finding course. In addition to teaching an introduction to biomedical engineering course for first-year students, she is also serves as an advisor for undeclared engineering undergraduates.Dr. Stephanie Marie Kusano, University of Michigan Stephanie Kusano is an assessment and evaluation postdoctoral research associate at the Center for Re- search on Learning and Teaching at University of Michigan. She has a Ph.D. in Engineering Education, M.S. in
conferences, workbooks and monographs.Dr. Phillip Albert Sanger, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Sanger is a professor in the School of Engineering Technology in the College of Technology of Purdue University. His focus and passion is real world, industry based, senior capstone experiences both domes- tically and internationally. He has successfully developed this area at Purdue and at Western Carolina University. Prior to his career in academia, Dr. Sanger had a successful 30 year career working in and with industry managing and participating in broad range technology development and commercialization.Dr. Petr Osipov c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Best Practices of