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technocentric process in favor of emphasizing itsinherently sociotechnical nature [38]. Forbes et al. [38] have put the ExSJ into practice at theirhome institution, University of San Diego, leveraging eight mechanisms that “support theco-created solving of sociotechnical problems, including community forums, community awards,scholar schemes, professional development events, a pro bono professional network, courses,capstone design projects, and research sponsoring undergraduate engineering” [p. 4]. Inparticular, they highlight their elective course, Community-Based Participatory EngineeringApprenticeship. This course provides space for students and local communities groups tocollaborate with one another “to share knowledge and understanding and to co
developing rubrics to increase reliability when used by multiple raters, and in the development and improvement of alternative assessment methods to demonstrate student attainment of course learning outcomes.Jenni Buckley (Associate Professor) Jenni M. Buckley is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at University of Delaware (UD). She has over 10 years of engineering experience in medical device design and biomechanical evaluation and has research interests in human factors design, medical device development, and equity and inclusion issues in engineering education. She teaches a range of courses across the mechanical engineering curriculum, including CAD, mechanics, and capstone design; and she is the Co
that readymade input/output blocks do notexist for most microcontrollers, sensors, and actuators and would need to be created whenworking outside of highly specialized contexts. When students proceed to implement a controlsystem in a subsequent capstone design or industry project, they will need to work out the detailsof implementation themselves, using their improved physical intuition as a compass. One benefitof this approach is that students were not overwhelmed by the task, and they rated the difficultyof these labs as between “fair” and “easy”. However, this may suggest there was an opportunityto expose students to a more of the challenging elements of hardware implementation.Taking a different approach, Goodwin et al. developed a series
Paper ID #36476Creating a collaborative cross-institutional culture to supportSTEM women of color and women with familyresponsibilities at four midwestern research institutionsCinzia Cervato Dr. Cinzia Cervato is the lead PI of the NSF-funded ADVANCE Midwest Partnership project and Morrill Professor of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences. She has served as faculty fellow for early career and term faculty in the Office of the Provost and faculty fellow for strategic planning in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. She earned a doctor of geology degree from the University of Padova (Italy), and a Doctor of
technicalengineer has also evolved into a “team-player entrepreneur” [3, pp. 2], someone who can provideengineering solutions in a much broader context.Another important facet of educating the modern engineer is exposure to interdisciplinaryexperiences and projects. Like EM, the term interdisciplinary has many varied definitions [9].One common definition of interdisciplinary competency is “a process of answering a question,solving a problem, or addressing a topic that is too broad or complex to be dealt with adequatelyby a single discipline or profession” [4, pp. 3]. Other descriptions state that “interdisciplinarityhas often been characterized – and implicitly defined – as borrowing; researchers or instructorsborrow concepts, theories, or methods from one
project competitions [1-7], which rangein level of scope and complexity. Balsa wood bridge competitions, for example, have beenaround for decades and are the “go to” engineering outreach activity, particularly for civilengineering programs, used to introduce students to engineering. They are fairly simple to runand can easily reach over 100 students. However, balsa wood bridge competitions are now facedwith the ever-growing popularity of other competitions related to robotics and rockets, and mostrecently drones. Competing with more flashy activities can make it difficult to attractparticipants, and even volunteers, especially if competition dates overlap. The traditional balsawood bridge competition simply requires students to build a bridge and
taught in the department by CEE faculty ever since it was first created in the late1990s (when it was first created, it was entitled, “Intro to Computer Applications in Civil andEnvironmental Engineering”).Computing and data science play critical roles in the CEE undergraduate (and graduate)curriculum at Carnegie Mellon University. The undergraduate curriculum in this departmentprovides students with a grounding in traditional CEE material, but has a particular emphasis onempowering students to play an active role in reimagining the field of CEE in the future. Thiscourse establishes the foundation for further computing (and sensing) skill development inrequired junior- and senior-level lab and project courses, including our senior capstone
Paper ID #36691A MODULAR APPROACH TO INCORPORATINGPUBLIC POLICY INTO ENGINEERING COURSESBarry Hyman Barry Hyman is Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering and Public Affairs at the University of Washington. He is a founding member of the ASEE Engineering and Public Policy Division and has served on various ASEE committees. He started the annual Washington Internships for Students of Engineering (WISE) program in 1980, served as its Project Director until 1987 and was the WISE Faculty-Member-in-Residence in 1983. Professor Hyman received ASEE’s Chester F. Carlson Award for Innovation in Engineering Education in 1985
PreCalculus course as Problem- Solving with Brooks and was also afforded the opportunity to lead an impactul Project Lead the Way (PLTW) Principles of Engineering (PoE) course, a project-based learning survey of the engineering discipline. Since the Summer of 2015 I have been privileged to work with the Texas A and M Sketch Recognition Lab (TAMU SRL) to evaluate a couple of online tutorial tools (Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS)) currently under development, Mechanix and Sketchtivity, that provide immediate constructive feedback to the students and student-level metrics to the instructors. I presented on this work at the state and national PLTW Conventions and at CPTTE in 2016. I also spent 5 semesters beginning the Fall of
Paper ID #36010Design, Analysis, and Fabrication of A 3D Printed Violin for the PublicMs. Claire Marie Dollins, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Senior undergraduate Mechanical Engineering and Data Science student at Worcester Polytechnic Insti- tute. Currently working on my capstone research project with the Department of Mechanical Engineering.Meghan Scruton, Worcester Polytechnic Institute My name is Meghan Scruton and I am a senior studying Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in Mechanical Design at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.Eli Ross Breitbart Frischling, Worcester Polytechnic Institute I am Eli Breitbart
was chosen to allow experiential learning within thethermal fluid laboratory course for both face-to-face and remote access by students. The heatexchanger system was funded and supported by the Department of Mechanical Engineering at TheUniversity of Texas at Tyler (UT-Tyler) where groups of students designed and built the system inphases. A team of seniors started the first phase of the project by designing and simulating a heatexchanger system as part of their capstone design course. The results of this phase helped start thesecond phase where multiple groups of the following class of seniors worked on the seconditeration of the heat exchanger design and successfully constructed subsystems as prototypes overthe past three years. The final
approach between instructorsand teaching assistants is crucial.There are numerous successful collaborative models for teaching. While the majority of researchon collaborative teaching involve faculty to faculty collaborations [3-5], there are teachingcollaborations that exist between faculty and undergraduate students [6, 7] or faculty andgraduate students (in their PhD programs) [8]. However, there is only limited research examiningteaching collaborations that involve among undergraduate and graduate students in a course.In this study, we examine the complementarity of roles between IAIs and TAs in the remoteteaching and learning in the Faculty of Engineering at McMaster University’s first-year coursetitled Integrated Cornerstone Design Projects
Paper ID #36985Introducing Experimental Design to Promote ActiveLearningYevgeniy Yesilevskiy Yevgeniy Yesilevskiy is a Lecturer in the Discipline of Innovation and Design in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Columbia University. He focuses on project-based and active-learning courses that seek to engage and improve engineering education through the design process. In his courses he guides students towards solving open-ended problems. By having students face uncertainty in their classes, he prepares them to be the next generation of innovators. For his efforts, he was awarded the 2021 Edward and Carole Kim
doable through problem-based learning that occurs in an interactivelearning environment. Boundary crossing is an important aspect in engineering pedagogy inorder the development of inter-, multi- and cross-disciplinary competence in engineeringstudents as they prepare to be productive in the 4IR workforce.We investigated the merits of developing cross-disciplinary competence in a capstone course onland development of a 4-yr university engineering technology program. Students were tasked topropose a subdivision design of an 80-acre site located in a rural community. The cross-disciplinary project involved design thinking, established in engineering literacy, creativethinking to include diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) principles in land
Junior year because of my interest in water resourceengineering and sustainability, things I was not exposed to in my required coursework until theend of my junior year. On the team we worked together to help design improvements to anirrigation reservoir, which to me was a much more interesting project than the one I have todesign for my capstone course.Nonetheless, not all of my experiences with my peers have been positive. On design teams that Ijoined I sometimes felt as though some of the men on the team never seemed to listen to me.Working on a team where I did not feel valued was extremely frustrating. In classes, I almostnever ask my male friends for help or support if I can avoid it. If I do ask for help, they tend notto understand my
Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India (2001). Dr. Nandy had served as a Co-Principal Investigator of an NSF S-STEM Project, and as the Principal- Investigator of an NSF IUSE project. Dr. Nandy is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com A Highly Integrated and Successful Approach to Program Development and Implementation of Accreditation Strategies for an Engineering Technology ProgramAbstractThe accreditation strategies and efforts are often completely disregarded or overlooked
X Thermodynamics Mukherjee and Cox, Systems Analysis and Design X 1998 Capstone Project Ritz et al., 2020 Statics and Mechanics of X Materials Sangelkar et al., 2014 Statics X Web-based Implementation Green, 2000 Signals and Systems X Paull et al., 1999 Electrical Engineering X Technology Circuits Leonard et al., 2008 Circuit Analysis I-II Xall students had the prerequisite knowledge to navigate subsequent class units. The
]).PurposeThe purpose of this research project is to develop an understanding of our community’srelationships and interactions with data, as well as to advocate for the validity andtrustworthiness of small numbers research. The research question guiding this study is: Throughan analysis of qualitative, engineering education manuscripts published in 2019, what is ourcommunity’s relationship with data? We ask this question to begin understanding the EERcommunity’s most recent qualitative research trends, as well as to determine how the calls formethodological diversity have been answered and if small numbers research is part of thisdiversity. To uncover the community’s relationship with data, we will consider the followingquestions: How do we create data
Paper ID #38212How We Teach: Material and Energy BalancesLaura Ford Dr. Laura P. Ford is an Associate Professor in the Russell School of Chemical Engineering at the University of Tulsa. She teaches engineering science thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, separations, mass transfer, senior labs, and applied controls. Dr. Ford advises the Engineers Without Borders - USA chapter and the refining technologies joint industry project. She has three degrees in chemical engineering: BS from Oklahoma State University and MS and PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.Janie Brennan Janie is a Senior
Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures, also Structural Engineering Capstone Project. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com PHYSICS APPLICATIONS: THEIR IMPACT ON STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION AND PERSPECTIVE OF STEMAbstractIn physics classes, the pedagogical implementation of activities based on real life problemshas been proved fundamental in the knowledge acquisition from behalf of the students. Asmany generations before them, today’s students have a very significant restlessness related tothe practical application of their knowledge. Being able to relate classroom contents withtheir professional, or even day-to-day lives, can
Development. A portion of his cadet development is dedicated to serving as an Officer Representative for Women’s Volleyball and Men’s Basketball, and as a small group leader within Officer Christian Fellowship. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Virginia and a Project Management Professional.Adam Tawakkol A member of the United States Military Academy Class of 2022, 2LT Tawakkol majored in civil engineering and worked on redesigning components of lock and dam systems for standardization across the United States Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District as part of a 2-year capstone project.stone sawyer West Point Class of 2022. My Major is in Civil Engineering.Charles Nyakundi West Point class of
pedagogicalor programmatic strategies to support student outcomes. Budinoff and Subbian reviewed asset-based approaches to engineering design education and found a few example strategies includingculturally responsive design projects and asset-mapping. Looking more broadly at programmaticstrategies, they suggested providing shared physical spaces for faculty and students to interactand expanding admissions criteria and community building in the first-year (2021). Theserecommendations could also support the development of teamwork and communication skills.Similarly, Svilha et al. utilized funds of knowledge as a framework to redesign and reframedesign prompts for first-year engineering students. Their research indicated that this approachsupported a
theAmerican Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) [8] recognize the importance of diversityto not only libraries but also entire professions. Publicizing EDI initiatives in libraries isimportant as it “projects that the library or organization is working toward a climate of trust,collaboration, productivity, innovation, shared power, and creativity” [9].One way in which libraries effect these goals is through their collection development policies[5]. A good collection development statement is essential to creating a robust collection thatconsiders both its users’ needs and the mission of the institution [10]. If diversity is to be a keypart of collection development, then a separate statement outlining what constitutes a diversecollection is
application of VRT can enhance the student learning experience in many highereducation programs. Many institutes already had some forms of virtual reality programs such as acurriculum, a research center, a project, or additional resources. In 2018, the top 25 best artificialintelligence colleges in the United States implemented virtual reality into their curriculums in avariety of fields including design, engineering, film, music, and journalism [20].. Meanwhile, theDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Department of History, andDepartment of Systems Engineering at West Point conducted an interdisciplinary capstone in 2016to create a VR experience of the D-Day landings at Omaha Beach [7]. VRT seems to have a broadapplication that
year. Once in the AE major, 2nd and 3rd year students continue to study math, physics, and engineeringmechanics concurrent with a series of introductory in-major courses prior committing to a specific AEoption area. Both the 2nd and 3rd years were developed for exploration of the specific disciplines whilebuilding foundational building related knowledge. Through these two years, students gain knowledge andconfidence to participate in and lead integrative design projects. Before entering the 4th year, studentschoose a sub-discipline. The 4th and 5th years are devoted to discipline-specific AE coursework and an 8-credit year-long capstone project tying everything together. Table 1: Breakdown of in-major and out-of-major courses
opportunity to record their lectures in the new delivery paradigm.Although educators may have responded differently, some of the streaming meeting platformsallowed lectures to proceed while being recorded. Along a similar vein, some educators havereported difficulties with providing certain types of courses online. Courses which may bedifficult to deliver online include studios, capstone projects, and laboratory exercises to name afew [4].Beyond changes due to the pandemic, there were many locations to find pre-recorded lectures.Textbook publishers may provide supplemental video content to complement hard-copy orelectronic textbooks [5]. Some streaming platforms like YouTube provide opportunities foreducational videos [6] and [7]. These platforms
Paper ID #36427Development of a Low-Cost Constructed WetlandsExperimentCara Poor Dr. Poor teaches many of the integral undergraduate civil engineering courses at University of Portland, including fluids, environmental engineering, and capstone design. Dr. Poor is a licensed professional engineer with ongoing research in green infrastructure design, water quality, watershed management, and engineering education. She is currently developing new curricula for hydraulics, fluids, and environmental engineering labs, and conducting research on methods to improve conceptual understanding and critical thinking
, we are expanding our industrial case studies and creating ones focused on bothtopics.But linking materials selection and simulation, which we have discussed is highlyinterdisciplinary, is not taught uniformly across curricula. Figure 3 showcases a possible resourcedevelopment workflow for utilizing both materials selection and simulation to solve anengineering problem. Each yellow parallelogram highlights one topic area. This workflow couldbe taught in one course that focuses on design and is generally utilizes problem-based learning(PBL). Or each topic in this workflow could be embedded into courses across the entirecurriculum, building in complexity towards a final capstone course at the end of the program thatcombines all six. Regardless
Engineering and Applied Science, in which the first-year engineeringprogram instructors are also the first-year advisors [3]. Like the Advising-as-Teaching model atNorthwestern University, we are leveraging the community that naturally develops in our first-year engineering design course by creating advising cohorts within sections of the course. Unlikethe Advising-as-Teaching model at Northwestern University, our 360 Coaches are drawn fromall engineering faculty, rather than only the instructors for our first-year design course. Inaddition to course instructors, our first-year design course is supported by additional faculty whoserve as technical mentors. Technical mentors advise a project team on technical aspects of theproposed design ideas and