Paper ID #19631Sophomore Design Course on Virtual PrototypingDr. Michael R. Caplan, Arizona State University Michael Caplan earned his undergraduate degrees from The University of Texas at Austin and his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Following post-doctoral research at Duke University Medical Center in Cell Biology, Michael joined the faculty of Arizona State University in 2003, and he is now an Associate Professor in Biomedical Engineering. Dr. Caplan’s research focuses on molecular cooperativity in drug targeting, bio-sensing, and cell sig- naling. Current projects align along three main themes
increase retention rates but limit access instead.Introduction:A previous study on learning in the classroom (Mosier, 2016) was the impetus for this researchproject. In the previous study, students were asked to perform review assignments and report onwhether a student as teacher approach helped them reinforce their previous coursework. Asvalidation, the grades of the three prerequisite courses were compared to the post-assignmentgrade outcomes. Although it was a one-semester project, the data indicated that a betterpredictor of their outcome was the students’ grades in the previous or prerequisite courses. Theresearch expanded to include the college entrance exam and math placement exams. This initialresearch lead to the question examined in the
Continuing Professional Development Division of the American Society for Engineering Education. Dr. Springer received his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Purdue University, his MBA and Doctorate in Adult and Community Education with a Cognate in Executive Development from Ball State 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. Dr. Springer is a State of Indiana Registered domestic mediator.Mr. Mark T Schuver, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Mark Schuver is the Director for the Center for Professional Studies in Technology
. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in engineering education include service-learning, sustainable engineering, social responsibility, ethics, and diversity.Dr. Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder Jacquelyn Sullivan has led the multi-university TeachEngineering digital library project, now serving over 3.3M unique users (mostly teachers) annually, since its inception. She is founding co-director of the design-focused Engineering Plus degree program and CU Teach Engineering initiative in the University of Colorado Boulder’s College of Engineering and Applied Science. With the intent of transforming en- gineering to broaden participation, Sullivan spearheaded design and launch of the Engineering
electron exchange; how assumedcurrent flow direction in circuit equations opposes actual electron flow, and how two “potatobatteries” in series add effective voltage for application use. The societal impact discussionhighlights a research project at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem using boiled potato slices togreatly improve the operational life of using food or food waste to create batteries and potentialimpact for power in third world countries and using food waste an an alternative power source. Figure 2: The demonstration flow chart as applied to Potato Clock demonstration.The potato clock kit used is found for less than $12 on Amazon, the brand being “Green SciencePotato Clock”, along with the kit, two potatoes, and a standard multi
traditionally considered a game. While gamification is notlimited to the classroom, a number of recent research projects have explored gamification as itrelates to education. Some examples include examining the gamification of engineering courses[2], in which students could earn experience points (XP) for completing various activities andwere awarded badges for completing enough activities. In addition, a leaderboard was used toadd a competitive and social aspect. Students reported that they were more motivated and moreinterested, but also that it required more work.Gamification is a relatively new area of research but, based on the current overview of research[3], it has been shown to result in increases in student motivation and engagement. However
research assistant.Justin Lee Clough, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Justin Clough received his Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering with minors in mathematics and applied physics from the Milwaukee School of Engineering. As an undergraduate, he has worked on research projects with the National Science Foundation, Argonne National Laboratory, and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. He is working on his doctorate in Mechanical Engineering at Rensselaer Poly- technic Institute specializing in computational materials and volunteers with Engineering Ambassadors.Ms. Elizabeth S. Herkenham, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Ms. Herkenham is the K-13 Education Outreach Director of the School of Engineering (SoE) at
significant communityoutreach, the benefits of community service may also be smaller or at least less tangible to thefaculty member. The primary benefit to the faculty member of most profession-relatedcommunity service is increased visibility of the individual, program, and university. One neverknows where such increased visibility may lead, and so what might seem as a relatively minoractivity on the part of the faculty member may reap large rewards in the future. For example,someone who gives a talk on engineering at a local high school may inspire a student to studyengineering at their university and that student may want to work on a research project in thefuture with the faculty member who gave the talk. Answering a local reporter’s questions on
mammograms (or wait until 50)?Write a good short story with ethical twists about 3 individuals who sustain spinal cord injuries.To reinforce how assistive technology could be applied to improve quality of life, the movie“Only God Could Hear Me”7 was played. It showed how individuals speech- and movement-impaired by cerebral palsy or autistic spectrum disorder could communicate, work, and enjoylife. A class assignment was to write down their initial assessment of the quality of life ofsomeone in the film before the film was shown and immediately after it finished. The “before”question was asked while a freeze-frame of a young adult with no arm control and in a wheel-chair was being projected. The “after” question wanted that same assessment, but also
Electrical and Com- puter Engineering and (by courtesy) Engineering Education and Director of the Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program at Purdue University. She holds a B.S.E.E., M.S.E.E., and Ph.D. in Engineer- ing Education, all from Purdue. Prior to this she was Co-Director of the EPICS Program at Purdue where she was responsible for developing curriculum and assessment tools and overseeing the research efforts within EPICS. Her research interests include the professional formation of engineers, diversity, inclusion, and equity in engineering, human-centered design, engineering ethics, and leadership. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Statistical Analysis and
gathering, and also the aspect of a friendly competition during the second phase of the project where they predict and then measure the flow for a modified geometry. 2. In the initial deployments of the exercise, the students were asked to calculate skin friction factor values from the experimental results, and then compare them with values used in the corresponding analytical calculations. This step often seemed to lead to some confusion about which friction factor value should be used for what purpose. As a result, the volume flow rate itself is now used as the basis of comparison between the theoretical calculation and the experiment. The students still need to call upon their knowledge of viscous flow
student learning and success, and the impact of a flexible classroom space on faculty teaching and student learning. She also led a project to develop a taxonomy for the field of engineering education research, and she was part of a team that studied ethical decision-making in engineering students.Trevion S. Henderson, University of Michigan Trevion Henderson is a doctoral student in the Center for Higher and Postsecondary Education (CSHPE) at the University of Michigan. He recently earned his master’s degree in Higher Education and Student Affairs at The Ohio State University while serving as a graduate research associate with the Center for Higher Education Enterprise. Trevion also hold’s a Bachelor’s degree in
Paper ID #27494Training Modules for Improved Storage Techniques to Reduce Post-harvestLosses of Maize in Ghana, Work in ProgressMs. Hallie E Supak, Texas A&M University I am a senior undergraduate student at Texas A&M University studying Biological and Agricultural Engi- neering. I have been working with my partner and co-author Victoria Baltazar since May on this project. We are apart of the Post-Harvest Engineering and Education (PHEED) research group under the super- vision of Dr. Janie Moore PhD focusing on post-harvest loss education and improvement in African countries with a special interest in women farmers
Engineering senior lab course. The objective of this research project wasto determine if, and to what extent, integrating information fluency instruction pertaining to theethical use of images into engineering lab sessions improves the quality of information fluencyskills demonstrated in student presentations. A rubric was used to assess the use of images instudent presentations for two criteria: 1) attribution and 2) use of images that have appropriateCreative Commons license, have public domain status, or are original creations. Studentscompleted an initial lab presentation early in the semester with no information fluencyinstruction. Students then received direct in-person instruction in the ethical use of imagery froma librarian specifically
Paper ID #27446Mini-Hints for Improved Spatial Visualization TrainingProf. Nathan Delson, University of California, San Diego Nathan Delson’s interests include mechatronics, biomedical devices, human-machine interfaces, and en- gineering education. He isCo-founder and Past President of Coactive Drive Corp., which develops novel actuators and control methods for use in force feedback human interfaces. Medical device projects include an instrumented mannequin and laryngoscope for expert skill acquisition and airway intubation training. He received his undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from the University of
are involved in some form of researchactivity throughout their undergraduate matriculation [1], [3]. Studies reveal that participating inundergraduate research venues is notably beneficial towards nurturing academic development andclarifying career options post-graduation [14], [15]. In a follow-up survey conducted by theNational Science Foundation (NSF), 88% of its respondents, which held undergraduate researchpositions, reported significant growth in structuring and conducting a research project, 83%expressed greater confidence in research and professional abilities, and 73% attested awareness ofa graduate school environment [3], [4], [16]. These undergraduate research opportunities,according to Hurtado et al. [2], have further facilitated
) Engineering is a new programme established from scratch in2016 by a university that had not previously taught engineering. This was taken as anopportunity to build an all-new programme structure and philosophy [1]. Students at CSUEngineering complete a sequence of semester-long Project-Based Learning (PBL) stylechallenges across the first three semesters; after this point, they commence industry-based workplacements.The delivery of the underlying technical curriculum is through the Realizeit platform [2] and isbased on a philosophy of self-directed learning. Students have freedom in deciding how, whenand, to a large extent, which elements of the curriculum they engage within the onlineenvironment. This freedom, along with the PBL-style challenges, is
. Mariana Silva, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Mariana Silva is a Teaching Assistant Professor in Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has been involved in large-scale teaching innovation activities, such as the de- velopment of online course content and assessments for the mechanics course sequence in the Mechanical Science and Engineering Department and the numerical methods class in Computer Science. Silva is cur- rently involved in two educational projects involving the development of online assessments for computer- based testing and creation of collaborative programming activities for computer science classes. She is also involved in a project that aims to create a
urban school district. Of these teachers, 12were math and 11 were science teachers. All teachers were from underrepresented groups.MaterialsA PC-based off-the-shelf commercial flight simulator software, and desktop joystick/throttlewere used by students to fly specially designed “missions” to collect flight data which wereplotted and analyzed using Excel. Several modules with different topics such as similar triangles,potential and kinetic energy, circumference of a circle, have been developed with theincorporation of flight simulation scenarios. Each module consists of a sample lesson with basicconcepts on the covered topic, paper-pencil activities and a flight simulator-based activity.Details of the modules are included in the project website
degreeprograms seek to develop. Much of our conversation in engineering education is about how toget our students to develop the expertise to manage works in this domain through projects,design, etc. These types of problems are increasingly amenable to AI solutions.Working in the complex domain relies on different mental rules than the simple and complexdomains. The reason for this is that problems or systems which can be characterized as complexexhibit behaviors not shared by simple and complicated system. While not an exhaustive list,complex systems exhibit the following characteristics:• Emergence: Out of the interactions between the individual elements in the systems behavior emerges at the level of the system as a whole. Such higher order
. Thus learning strategies modeledin this course influence students’ approach in their other courses, and the learning strategiescourse becomes an environment for social cognitive learning [14]. The fourth area is to applylearning in personal and group practices with an iterative cycle of quality improvement [4]. Inthis cycle, individuals identify their plan for accomplishing a project related to the learning ordevelop habitual practices to support their learning. After engaging with the project or practices,the individuals check or evaluate their effectiveness and determine appropriate actions toimprove or maintain their current effectiveness.Learners reflect on and become aware of what they are learning through periods ofcontemplation and
of 81 students from eight sessions over the past 2.5 years completed theassessment. This presentation will discuss the structure of the information sessions, preliminaryfindings from the assessment, and strategies taken to incorporate the identified needs into futuresessions.IntroductionInformation literacy support is well-established as a core component of university libraryservices, with many institutions providing subject specific information literacy instruction.Within engineering librarianship, providing information literacy support via one-shot, classroom-based instruction is fairly common within senior design or project-based courses. However,librarians supporting undergraduate engineering research is not as widespread [1]. Our paper
process simulators and othercomputational tools.Today expectations for the capstone design project are much higher than they were 20 years ago.Such expectations include multiple case studies, sophisticated optimizations including processeconomics, and life-cycle and safety analyses. However, very few chemical engineeringgraduates work for design and construction companies and those employed in the processindustry will more likely work in an operating facility. The senior capstone design projectprovides students an opportunity to bring different concepts taught throughout the curriculuminto the design of a chemical process. The question is: how well does a rigorous chemicalengineering undergraduate curriculum and the associated capstone design
subject ofsustainability may be one message that provides an engineering focus that may be moreattractive to engineering, especially a focus on resource availability and social inequity. Thisfinding is consistent with results from the “Academic Pathways Study” (NSF ESI #0227558),which showed that female undergraduates saw projects in the broader context of social andenvironmental impact while males typically focused on more technical details [24]. In order todevelop engineering students prepared to address particular sustainability challenges, it isnecessary to diversify the types of outcome expectations of students in engineering. If studentswho choose engineering are not interested in solving these types of problems, the futuresolutions
among structural engineeringsoftware and offers an opportunity for students to develop an appreciation for having a workingknowledge of a variety of software programs to use in the engineering design process.As part of a course culmination engineering design project (EDP), students were required todesign a floor truss, build it, and test it to failure. The students were limited to 8-ft long 2x4s,plywood, and common nails. Therefore, connections would require plywood gusset plates nailedto the 2x4 structural components. Part of the design process required RSA simulations toquantify internal forces throughout the structure and required the students to decide if modelingthe connections as perfect pins was a reasonable assumption. Figure 9 provides
work/project. It includes completing your portion of the work in a timely fashion. • Interacting (I) with teammates refers to the various ways individuals communicate with and show respect for their teammates. Encouraging every team member to give their opinion and ensuring their voice is heard are part of this. • Keeping (K) refers to alerting the team to conditions that could affect the team’s success. • Expecting (E) quality is about both expressing the belief that the team can do a good job and encouraging the team to do its best.Since each of these five dimensions is equally important to the success of the team, these formthe basis for the peer reviews [16].This paper is meant to address how much
find most of their class content withintheir assigned texts and are mostly involved with problem solving and learning textbook theory,supplemented by additional reading provided by the professor. The denseness of requiredcurricula for these undergraduate engineering majors often results in more traditional forms oflibrary-based research papers being waived in favor of weekly problem sets and classroomdiscussion. The other author has experienced a different situation at her university, whereengineering students regularly produce papers and other research products requiring skills inlibrary research. Biomedical engineering students, for example, incorporate the current journalliterature into their project or problem-based courses beginning with
several projects that address questions of academic pedagogy with a community and contemplative focus. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Fregados pero no Jodidos: A Case Study of Latinx RasquachismoAbstractVery little research has examined the ways that Latinx adolescents might use rasquache forms ofexpression to empower them in their engineering design activities. Even less research has beenconducted on how the assets of Latinx students contribute to the diversification of engineeringepistemologies and to form critically conscious engineers. In this paper, we present whatinvolves Rasquache forms of expression and how it can contribute to a more asset-basedapproach to the teaching
groundsdoes the accumulation of some threshold number of points constitute mastery of the topic athand? Is such a numerical marker valuable to a learner in reflecting on their progress andaccumulated knowledge? The broad answer to such questions is that points are largely arbitrary,varying wildly in meaning across institutions, courses, or even across assignments.Trends in pedagogy have shifted strongly in the direction of more experiential, authentic learningactivities such as project-based and active learning. As the nature of the classroom activity haschanged, important questions have been raised about the efficacy of traditional grading schemes.Separation has been observed between course objectives and assessment practices, and theability of the
Electrical engineering. He is currently finishing up his Master’s thesis and works at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division. He can be contacted at: james.kollmer@temple.eduDr. Saroj K Biswas, Temple University Saroj Biswas is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Temple University specializing in electrical machines and power systems, multimedia tutoring, and control and optimization of dynamic systems. He has been the principle investigator of a project for the development of an intelligent tutoring shell that allows instructors create their own web-based tutoring system. His current research focuses on security of cyber-physical systems based on multiagent framework with applications to the