. Wright, and M. G. Morrow, “Experiences in offering a DSP-based communi- cation laboratory,” in Proceedings of the 11th IEEE Digital Signal Processing Workshop and the 3rd IEEE Signal Processing Education Workshop, Aug. 2004.[17] T. B. Welch, C. H. G. Wright, and M. G. Morrow, “Caller ID: A project to reinforce an understanding of DSP-based demodulation,” ASEE Comput. Educ. J., vol. XVI, pp. 2–7, Oct. 2006.[18] T. B. Welch, C. H. G. Wright, and M. G. Morrow, “The DSP of money,” in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, pp. 2309–2312, Apr. 2009. Page 22.1118.9
absences allowed. The grading areas of the class were the following:Homework, Quizzes & Projects, Exam I, Exam II, Final Exam, and Presentation. The materialcovered in the class focuses on these four areas equally: Basic engineering and science concepts,math applications, entering student life activities (focused on the engineering department), andengineering professions. The material of the class was divided into three segments of six weekseach. One examination was given at the end of segment 1 and segment 2. Finally after the last sixweeks a final comprehensive exam was also given to all students.Experiment 1 first six weeks The first part of the experiment was to teach the two classes without the iPad for the first six
AC 2011-50: THE EFFECT OF WATCHING VIDEO CLIPS ON STUDENTPERFORMANCE IN A CONSTRUCTION SCIENCE COURSE AT AN UN-DERGRADUATE LEVEL ON STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN A CON-STRUCTION SCIENCE COURSE AT AN UNDERGRADUATE LEVELIfte Choudhury, Texas A&M University Ifte Choudhury is an Associate Professor in the Department of Construction Science at Texas A&M University. Dr. Choudhury has extensive experience as a consulting architect working on projects funded by the World Bank. His areas of emphasis include housing, alternative technology, issues related to international construction, and construction education. He is also a Fulbright scholar
it’s relational patents in simulate or experiment. It constructs relevant innovative technology experiments to demonstrate advantages or disadvantages of previous technologies. Page 22.1101.73.3 Apply or Publish: Apply or publish innovated technologies to protect technical field and intellectual property rights. While these twelve activities describe a generic integrated technological innovative process, there is considerable variance across projects in terms of the details of each activity. In reviewing the literature, we find that the general conclusion is that the basic skeleton of the technological
severaldesign tradeoffs using simple block diagram simulations in J-DSP4,5,6 that expose undergraduatestudents to the concepts without having to cover the advanced hardware and algorithmiccomplexity of these designs. In presenting these mixed-signal examples, we demonstrate theinterdependence between three generally separate senior-level courses: radio-frequency (RF)circuit design, DSP, and communications. This exposes students to the cross disciplinarytradeoffs that must be made over the course of a large design project. After completing thetutorials, students will be given an assessment to determine and justify tradeoffs in an initialsystem design. Below we give an introduction to the utility and applications of RF poweramplifiers (PAs), and then we
AC 2011-305: TEACHING POWER ELECTRONICS CONVERTER EX-PERIMENTS THAT INTEGRATES FUZZY LOGIC APPROACHAhmed Rubaai, Howard University Ahmed Rubaai received the M.S.E.E degree from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, in 1983, and the Dr. Eng. degree from Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, in 1988. In 1988, he joined Howard University, Washington, D.C., as a faculty member, where he is presently a Professor of Electrical Engineering. He is the Founder and Lead Developer of Motion Control and Drives Laboratory at Howard University (http://www.controllab.howard.edu) and is actively involved in many projects with industry, while engaged in teaching, research and consulting in the area of artificial
/Transaction of Beijing Institute of Technology, v 24, n 7, p 579-582, July 2004.6. Jansson, Peter Mark, Schwabe, Ulrich, Downes, Nathaniel, Hoffman, Patrick, and Abdallah, Matthew,“Undergraduate validation of calorimetry of an industrial affiliate's novel energy source”, Proceedings ASEEAnnual Conference and Exposition, 2009.7. Somerton, Craig, “An ocean energy project: The oscillating water column”, Proceedings ASEE AnnualConference and Exposition, 2008.8. Somerton, Craig W., Genik, Laura, Jammer, Todd, Hagler, Dean, and Hamada, Tomohiro, “Teaching the designof energy conversion in propulsion systems’, Proceedings ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, 2003.9. Mobasher, Amir A., Jalloh, Abdul R., Rojas-Oviedo, R., Deng, ZengThao, and Qian, C
expensive.The purpose is to create learning environments that enlarge the concept of remotelaboratories that are currently available both in terms of technology infrastructure andpedagogy.Global description of Lab@Home settingLab@home is mainly composed of two parts: the first represents the cloud area and thesecond shows the distributed user stations over computer networks at several sites. Insome cases laboratory devices are hooked on to the computer. For our experiments, theusers are at three different sites and they collaborate to complete a lab work. The Cloudprovides a networked conferencing environment for the participants through a platformnamed BigBlueButton designed as a result of a project on an open source software [1].The software is
is continually monitored andmeasured against the anticipated outcome and not an arbitrary grade assignment. Theindividually tailored dynamic syllabus will serve as a roadmap and assessment tool that willguide the student to successful mastery of the required math skills. ALEKS is web-based software designed to facilitate students‘ learning and performancein various fields including mathematics. The primary use of ALEKS in this project is to supportdifferentiation in a cost effective manner. It is used for homework assignments, quizzes,assessments, and exams. Students are given the incentive to advance at their own pace and aremotivated by their teachers to do so. Engineering Performance Tasks are embedded within thepre-calculus
be professional engineers. These include scientific andmathematical theory, engineering applications, design and problem-solving skills,communication skills and so on. The development of research skills and an understandingof research methods is often assumed to be inherent in the scientific and technicalmodules and is often explicitly learned in research methods or research design courses.At graduate level, and to a lesser but growing extent at undergraduate level, programsinclude projects that require advanced research skills and a thorough understanding of theresearch methods, from data acquisition, data analysis, sample size, validity and so on.The research found within engineering programs tends to grounded firmly in thepositivist
into a given corporateculture. Basic things like organization charts are readily available, as well as penaltiesfor talking across hierarchical silos. An organization that is a rigid hierarchy will alsolikely possess an organizational chart, because that chart alone will be important for theindividuals in the organization to show their status relative to other individuals. Anorganization without an organizational chart is probably more of a performance-basedorganization than one with one. An organization that only organizes on a project-levelbasis might even be more relationally sophisticated than any as it lets the needs of a givenproject dictate structure.Identification of community resources inside a company also allow an individual
). Art and artifact of children's designing: A situated cognition perspective. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 5(2), 129-166.5. Penner, D., Giles, N. D., Lehrer, R., & Schauble, L. (1997). Building functional models: Designing an elbow. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 34(2), 125-143.6. Krajcik, J. S., & Blumenfeld, P. C. (2006). Project-based learning. In K. L. Sawyer (Ed.), The Cambridge handbook of the learning sciences (pp. 317-333). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.7. Crismond, D. (2001). Learning and using science ideas when doing investigate-and-redesign tasks: A study of naive, novice, and expert designers doing constrained and scaffolded design work. Journal of Research in
Page 22.561.3 COSC 2336 Programming Fundamentals III 3 COSC 3345 Algorithm Analysis 3 COSC 4313 Computer Networks 3 COSC 4342 Database Management Systems 3 Senior Project 1Digital ForensicsThe field of Digital Forensics is among the most growing in the nation. Unfortunately, theintegration of computer science into crime forensics has not been fully appreciated by manyeducational
Christian University in 2005 after twelve years of industry experience. Dr. Miller earned his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (1987), Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (1989) and Doctor of Philosophy (1999) degrees from Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.Robert Andrew Stevenson, Oklahoma Christian University Robert Andrew Stevenson is a graduate level Engineering student at Oklahoma Christian University with a bachelors in Mechanical engineering from the same school. For his senior design project he and his team entered the regular class of the SAE Aero Design East competition and won first place in the presen- tation portion. After completing his masters he plans on entering into
issue isthat we have a shortage of engineers, particularly at the project management level. We need toaddress this issue – we need to convince young people, both men and women, to go into thesciences, into mathematics, and then into private-sector consulting work (2).‖ The issue ofstudents entering engineering programs has been emphasized as a challenge facing engineeringeducators (3). A variety of initiatives have been developed, from multi-day engineering summercamps to one day activities introducing students to engineering.In order to further develop these efforts in a manner that achieves the greatest impact, it isimportant to understand the current knowledge and awareness of the engineering profession atthe pre-high school level. The
) outcomes. Accordingly, the instrument is directlyaligned to engineering ”soft skills” that are often difficult to measure via individual course examsand projects. The EGPI is not a student survey of perception of their learning; rather, it is a directmeasure of how prepared students are for global workforces in areas of communication,professional ethical responsibility, understanding of global issues and lifelong learning.Subscales for the index were developed accordingly, while also aligning with sound theoreticaland empirical research on global citizenry9, 10 and the National Academy’s expectations forglobal preparedness. The following four subscales are utilized as metrics in the engineeringglobal preparedness index (EGPI). These metrics are
online classroom by way of using other’s opinions or theories, borrowing statisticsor illustrative material, and submitting projects using others’ material withoutacknowledgment8. To this end, it is the instructor’s responsibility to help studentsunderstand the importance of academic integrity8.This discourse provided a background to shape an understanding of the ethical andsocietal implications of internet-based engineering education as summarized throughcurrent literature. Moving forward, the authors summarize the thoughts and opinions ofcurrent undergraduate students, graduate students and faculty members in Mechanical,Civil, Electrical, Chemical, and Environmental Engineering. The opinions were collectedat a medium sized technological
and forty minutes (worth one credit hour).During the Autumn 2009 semester, the lecture was held on Monday and Wednesday afternoonsand the laboratory was conducted on Thursdays. The course was team-taught by two of theauthors of this paper, and the third author was the formal project evaluator. This course wasagain offered during the Autumn 2010 semester, and it was this latter semester in which theconcept inventory exam was written and administered.The prerequisite course for Aerospace Engineering Failure is the first-semester junior levelAircraft Structures I. From this prerequisite course, students are expected to have a knowledgeof basic fatigue and fracture concepts, stress and strain failure criteria, and finite elementanalysis. It was
, American Society for Engineering Education, Chicago, IL, United states, Dassault Systemes; HP; Lockheed Martin; IBM; Microsoft; et al.5. Maier, H. R. (2008). “A hybrid just-in-time / project-based learning approach to engineering education.” Proceedings of the 2008 AAEE Conference, Yeppoon, Queensland, AU. Page 22.651.11
AC 2011-2091: EXPLODING PIPELINES: MYTHOLOGICAL METAPHORSSTRUCTURING DIVERSITY-ORIENTED ENGINEERING EDUCATIONRESEARCH AGENDASAlice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Alice L. Pawley is an assistant professor in the School of Engineering Education and an affiliate faculty member in the Women’s Studies Program at Purdue University. She has a B.Eng. in Chemical Engineering from McGill University, and an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering with a Ph.D. minor in Women’s Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is Co-PI and Research Director of Purdue University’s ADVANCE program, and PI on the Assessing Sustainability Knowledge project. She runs the Research in Feminist
modeling intervention was beingincluded in the course and in what ways modeling might help them with their own projects. Thisadded reflection allowed us to uncover students’ evolving conceptions, as well as how to modifythe implementation to make it clearer.Post-conceptions were later recorded approximately one month after the end of the interventionand prior to the start of the new term to identify changes that may or may not have occurred fromthe intervention.Data AnalysisAn open-coding approach was taken to identify emergent categories in the data. A single raterfirst read each student’s response to determine a set of categories compiled into a rubric. Therubric was then used to code each student’s response. A second rater then used the rubric
tools and materials can be usedto create simple structuresCategories HS Example quotes LS Example quotesTell “I tell her how she has to use those things”, “Tell name and what they do”Show + Do “When we make projects”, “I like to “We build a "computer screen" out of styrofoam, show her how to do with an item that she aluminium and foil and duck tape. We built a wants”, “Play arts/crafts” cardboard car with cardboard, string, felt and washes. Both needed scissors, tape, paper, ruber
. The authors measure studentattitudes at both the freshmen and senior level using an instrument developed by KingstonUniversity in the United Kingdom [12]. The survey asks 36 questions of students in sixcategories (creativity, leadership, problem solving, project work, career control and financialrisk) regarding their attitudes toward entrepreneurship. The authors administer this measure atthe freshmen and senior level.Beyond the measures for the student, the authors created measures for faculty and staff memberattitudes in the professional development workshops that are based upon Timmons and Spinelliwork [13]. For each of eleven attributes the instrument measures faculty self-efficacy (do facultyfeel able to teach key entrepreneurship
onecategorizes and classifies the data in an orderly manner. VARK is an acronym that stands for Visual, Auditory, Read (includes writing), andKinesthetic sensory modalities that humans employ for learning and processing information.(Fleming and Mills, 1992). If instructors want to accentuate student performance in a particulartopic, or a chosen field of expertise, they have to provide multiple outlets for experimentationand learning exploration. In their paper published in 1992, Fleming and Mills suggested fourcategories that seemed to identify most students’ learning behavior. The author has previouslyworked on a similar project and has presented his initial findings in a paper entitled “Assessmentof Perceptual Modality Styles” at the 2007 ASEE
. Sundararaj organized a two day workshop in May 2007 on active learning and effectiveteaching. In the traditional approach at universities, the professor lectures and the students watchand listen. The students work individually on assignments, and cooperation is discouraged. This Page 22.301.2instructional method is inferior to instruction that involves active learning, in which studentssolve problems, answer questions, formulate questions of their own, discuss, explain, debate, orbrainstorm during class, and cooperative learning, in which students work in teams on problemsand projects under conditions that assure both positive interdependence and
studying, homework problems/questions, projects, and otherwork outside the classroom itself. However, for an OSHA 30 card, 30 of the 37.5 hoursof time in the classroom would have to be devoted to the requisite OSHA topics.Therefore coverage in other areas such as safety training methods, OSHA recordkeeping,worker’s compensation, and safety design/engineering would be compromised because ofthe OSHA requirements. Any educational course is about choices and based on this it ishard to justify the time to grant students an OSHA 30 card within the confines/limits ofthe standard four-year degree. It may be best for students then to obtain their OSHA 30cards outside the traditional four-year degree requirements. A review of commonly-utilized construction
; Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA since 2001; Pro- gram Manager of Center for Sustainable Development & Global Competitiveness, Stanford University; and Part-time Ph.D adviser of Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China. He graduated from Harbin Architectural & Civil Engineering Institute, Harbin, China (1976), received a Masters of Engineering de- gree from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China (1984) and a Ph.D. degree in Environmental Engineering from Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (1991). Dr. Wu was Engineer/Project Leader of Michigan Biotechnology Institute (1992-2001) and the Manager for Asia-Pacific Business Development (1998-2001). In the 1980s, he was an
component to students seeking nanotechnology education whilepreserving the interdisciplinary nature of the field and the audience. The goal of this approach Page 22.468.2was to provide students with fundamental skills which will come in handy in as many directionsas they could possibly go into, within nanotechnology. The course is part of a plan to introducenanotechnology into undergraduate education at GVSU serving engineering and sciencestudents. This plan includes this course and a sequel project based course in nanotechnology, aswell as major components to disseminate nanotechnology education to K-12 students, masterstudents, and the public. The
Academics, an alternative arts high school.Stephen J Krause, Arizona State University Stephen J. Krause is Professor in the School of Materials in the Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University. He teaches in the areas of bridging engineering and education, capstone design, and introductory materials engineering. His research interests are evaluating conceptual knowledge, miscon- ceptions and their repair, and conceptual change. He has co-developed a Materials Concept Inventory for assessing conceptual knowledge of students in introductory materials engineering classes. He is cur- rently conducting research with NSF sponsored projects in the areas of: Modules to Promote Conceptual Change in an Introductory
AC 2011-1677: DEVELOPMENT OF AN ADVANCED TECHNOLOGICALEDUCATION CENTER FOR WATER TREATMENTJana Fattic, Western Kentucky University Jana Fattic is the Associate Director of the Center for Water Resource Studies at Western Kentucky Uni- versity. Her role includes project coordination and budget management of state and federal grants totaling over one million dollars annually. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Western Kentucky Univer- sity, and is currently conducting research for her Master’s thesis on ways to connect hands-on experiential components with distance learning opportunities for students in STEM disciplines. Ms. Fattic worked in both the public sector as a regulator and private sector as an