online portfolio.Their first project web page will be a part of their portfolio. The web publication is a great tool to encourage engagement and boost creativity in classprojects. Albeit there was a concern that we may miss out the opportunity to generatetraditional technical writing, students’ feedback was rave and agreed that it was a great way toget excited about their projects. The new emerging paradigm is characterized by the conceptsand principle of agility[8]. We face open source movements daily and find numerous technicalsites that share their projects with a great amount of details. Sharing their knowledge online canbe a good opportunity to ignite engineering students’ creativity and innovative mind. The ideasand their
Paper ID #14416How are Social Media, Engineering and Leadership Related to One Anotherfrom a Student Perspective?Dr. Jed S. Lyons, University of South Carolina Dr. Jed Lyons is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Engineering and Computing at the University of South Carolina. His passion is developing authentic engineering learning experiences for students from grades K through Ph.D. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 How are Social Media, Engineering and Leadership Related to One Another
Paper ID #15943A New Approach to Teach Electrical Engineering Using a Para DidacticLaboratoryDr. Ivan Cardoso Mons˜ao, PPGM-UFBA/BiLab-Business and Innovation Lab Ivan Cardoso Mons˜ao received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering, from the Federal University of Bahia, (UFBA), Salvador-BA, Brazil, in 1986, and the M.Eng. and the D.Eng. degrees from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering of State University of de Campinas (UNICAMP), in 1988 and 2014, respectively, all of them in Electrical Engineering. From 1986 to 1995 he was a researcher associated with the Laborat´orio de Eletrˆonica e Dispositivos at
Paper ID #15260Characterizing Research Process Sophistication in Engineering Ph.D. Stu-dents and the Influence of Prior ExperiencesMs. Erika Mosyjowski, University of Michigan Erika Mosyjowski is a PhD student in the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education at the University of Michigan. She also earned a Master’s in Higher Education at Michigan and a Bachelor’s in Psychology and Sociology from Case Western Reserve University. Before pursuing a PhD, Erika had a dual appointment in UM’s College of Engineering working in student affairs and as a research associate. While grounded in the field of higher
an attempt to not only fill the holes regarding the topic ofengineering that the students might experience, but to also discover the most effective way toteach this growing subject area to a different community of students than typically considered.A Note on Deafness and Language FacilitationThis program is unique as we tailored each activity to the abilities, skills and interests weassumed might be present for the group of deaf students we worked with. Keeping in mind thelittle importance and relevance sound-related activities would hold with our students, wemodified existing activities to include as much visual interest as possible. Each module began byintroducing the engineering discipline of focus and related applications of that
Paper ID #14461Evaluation of Engineering & Mathematics Majors’ Riemann Integral Defini-tion Knowledge by Using APOS TheoryDr. Emre Tokgoz, Quinnipiac University Emre Tokgoz is currently an Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering at Quinnipiac University. He completed a Ph.D. in Mathematics and a Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Oklahoma. His pedagogical research interest includes technology and calculus education of STEM majors. He worked on an IRB approved pedagogical study to observe undergraduate and graduate mathe- matics and engineering students’ calculus and technology
Paper ID #15317Faculty Characteristics that Influence Student Performance in the First TwoYears of EngineeringMs. Bethany B Smith, Arizona State University Bethany Smith is currently a master’s student in materials science and engineering at Arizona State Uni- versity. She has been involved in STEM education research since 2012 under the direction of Professor Stephen Krause. Her research interests in STEM education include faculty development, best classroom practices, and improving undergraduate engineering student retention through understanding what makes students leave engineering. She will be pursuing her PhD in
development and program assessment, the Committee identifiedthree guiding principles. According to these recommendations2 engineering education should 1)emphasize engineering design; 2) incorporate important and developmentally appropriatemathematics, science, and technology knowledge and skills; and 3) promote engineering “habitsof mind.”The majority of research studies focus on measureable outcomes of K-12 engineering educationprograms. Some have focused on enhanced engineering career awareness.3,4 Others havefocused on increased understanding of engineering design principles.5,6 Yet others have focusedon increased awareness of the ways engineers apply science and mathematics functions andprocedures.7 In all, these assessments of children’s
and resource space was created within the College ofEMS. Two commonly discussed reasons for students leaving STEM fields are academicdifficulty and failure to integrate effectively into the campus community or feelings ofisolation/not fitting in2. A space of this nature, in theory, would address both of these concerns –it would provide academic support and also provide a welcoming atmosphere that allows fornatural interaction with like-minded peers within the larger campus community. Prior to thecreation of this center, many informal study alcoves and spaces existed within classroombuildings on the campus, but none that were staffed or provided consistent access to resources.ImplementationA classroom in one of the two engineering academic
Paper ID #14915Improving Undergraduate Engineering Education with Educational ModuleLibrary and Vertical Integration ProjectsDr. Lei Zhang, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore Dr. Lei Zhang received his Ph.D. Degree in Electrical Engineering on 2011 from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Since 2012 he is working in the Department of Engineering and Aviation Sciences, University of Maryland Eastern Shore. His main research interests include image processing, autonomous system development, optical SoC/NoC architecture, and on-chip optoelectronic device design.Prof. Ibibia K. Dabipi, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore
Paper ID #16486Measuring the Impact of Service-Learning Projects in Engineering: HighSchool Students’ PerspectivesTamecia R. Jones, Purdue University, West Lafayette Tamecia Jones is currently a doctoral student in the Engineering Education department at Purdue Uni- versity with a research focus on K-12 engineering education, assessment, and informal and formal learn- ing environments. She is a graduate of Johns Hopkins and Stanford University. Originally trained as a biomedical engineer, she spent years in the middle school classroom, teaching math and science, and consulting with nonprofits, museums, and summer
9 43% Multidisciplinary 1 5% Nuclear 1 5% Total Participants 21ResultsWe analyzed our transcripts with the following research questions in mind: 1. Why do veterans pursue a Bachelor’s degree in engineering? 2. How do military experiences shape student veterans’ educational experiences? 3. What are the experiences of student veterans in engineering education?Our thematic analysis indicates that military veterans pursue engineering based on (1) previousexperiences with engineering-related activities while in the military, (2) recommendations fromfamily and friends, (3) the intellectual challenge they
co-runs three joint programs at undergraduate levelthat have been approved by the Ministry of Education, PRC including BE in ElectronicInformation Engineering jointly run with UB [2]. Graduates of the programs are expected tobe equipped with fundamental knowledge, expertise and relearning capacity in related areasas well as a global outlook, science literary and innovative mind, which can prepare them fora fulfilling career in engineering as a researcher, designer, manufacturer, developer oradministrator.There are several important characteristics of the program between UB and WUST: (1) theprogram focuses on a specific academic program, so both universities co-design the programsuch that fits students at WUST: (2) a collaborative program by
Paper ID #16339Developing an Affordable and Reconfigurable Experimental Platform for Teach-ing Engineering Lab CoursesDr. Collins Adetu, Florida A&M University Collins Adetu received his BSc in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Florida A&M University in 2005. After graduating with his Bachelor’s degree, he worked in industry before returning to Florida A&M University to complete his MSc and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 2009 and 2015, respectively. His research interests include robotic controls, teleoperation, and haptics.Dr. Camilo Ordonez, Florida State University Camilo Ordonez received the B.S
classes, more and more universities are including a design project within their first-yearexperience (9). This gives students an opening to understanding engineering early in theiracademic career and can provide a meaningful touchstone during future engineering coursework. With collaborative, project based design in mind, the University of Notre Damedeveloped a new project for its first-year engineering course sequence. First and foremost, theproject was intended to increase student exposure to design through a hands-on experience. Inaddition, the project was created for the first-semester, where students would be concurrently incalculus and chemistry (physics is not taken until second semester). Therefore, the focus shouldbe on a simple model
. However, traditional classroom activities emphasizewell-defined problems and encourage students to manipulate abstract symbols such as physics ormathematical formulas to identify solutions. Such reliance on abstract operation, along withhaving little experience of concrete modeling through embodied and prototyping techniques, hasled students to face great challenges when entering engineering programs2. Therefore, middleschool students need increased exposure to engineering design experiences that transform their“habit of the mind”—from fixating on thinking-before-prototyping towards prototyping-to-think.In this study, we structured a toy design workshop to provide hands on and engaging designactivities for middle school students, to help them
Paper ID #15109Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) Integration throughout aManufacturing Engineering CurriculumDr. Daniel J. Waldorf, California Polytechnic State University Dr. Dan Waldorf, Professor in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, joined the Cal Poly faculty in 1998 after two years in Chicago as a Quality/Manufacturing Engineer at ATF, Inc., a supplier of specialty cold-formed and machined components for automotive applications. At ATF he implemented process control technologies, taught and instituted quality control systems, and designed experiments in a tra- ditional manufacturing environment
graduation. Somestudents also described their enjoyment of the camp, particularly the chance to learn from peersand make social contacts with a group of like-minded students.Concluding Remarks The design of E-GIRL curriculum successfully excited female students about engineeringcareers. The structure and activities provided participants with a unique opportunity toexperience a week as an engineering undergraduate student both academically and socially.Interactive lessons and the group project introduced students to engineering problems and currentproblems engineers (hydraulic fracturing) are working to solve. Since female students tend toprefer problem solving with real world and social connections,5 a project focused on hydraulicfracturing, a
Paper ID #15017Designing a Big Machine: A Description and Assessment of a Mechanical En-gineering Design ProjectIrene B. Mena, University of Pittsburgh Irene B. Mena has a B.S. and M.S. in industrial engineering, and a Ph.D. in engineering education. Her research interests include first-year engineering and graduate student professional development.Prof. William W. Clark, University of PittsburghEllen M. Moe c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Designing a Big Machine: A Description and Assessment of a Mechanical
persisted in engineering or 38.4%. The data is shown inFigure 2. These persistence rates were evaluated based on spring 2016 major/degree earned. Ifthese rates seem low, keep in mind that any student enrolling in the EPS course is counted asintending to major in engineering, even though at least one third of the students never declare anengineering major. 0.7 2012 NFS 0.6 non-NFS 0.5 Fraction of Students 0.4 0.3 0.2
., Kisenwether, E. C., Rzasa, S. E. & Wise, J.C. (2005). Developing and assessing students’ entrepreneurial skills and mind-sets. Journal of Engineering Education. 94(2): 233-243.5. KEEN (2015). Website: http://keennetwork.org/, last retrieved on Oct.11.6. Purzer, S., Nicholas, F. & Natarja, L. (2016). Evaluation of current assessment methods in engineering entrepreneurship education. Adv. Eng. Educ. 6(1): 1-27.7. Fernandez, T.M., Coutinho, G.S., Wilson, M. D. & Hoffmann, S.R. (2015). Development of Entrepreneurial Attitudes Assessment Instrument for First Year Engineering Students. . The 122nd ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. Seatal, WA.8. Rodriguez, J., Chen, H.L., Sheppard, S., & Jin, Q. (2014). Exploring
Engineering Education to the New Century, by the Committee on the Engineer of 2020, Phase II, Committee on Engineering Education, National Academy of Engineering, 2005.8 Bransford, John D., Brown, Ann L., and Cocking, Rodney R., “How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School,” with additional material from the Committee on Learning Research and Educational Practice, National Academy Press, Washington D.C., 2000. Nation Academy of Sciences9 Popovic, Milica, “Giving Life to Teaching Introductory Electromagnetics: A Three-Year Assessment Plan,” 2004 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, pp. 3361–3364, 2004.10 Carlson, Lawrence E., and Sullivan, Jacqueline F., “Hands-on Engineering: Learning by Doing in the
translates into academic, work, and career self-efficacy particularly for women. Student sections of industry clubs and professionalorganizations such as the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the AmericanSociety of Mechanical Engineers, the Lunar Lion Team at Penn State, and the National Societyof Black Engineers provided the students interviewed here with a heightened sense of academicand work self-efficacy. These organizations afforded students valuable opportunities to meetlike-minded engineering students, learn about important industry news, and serve as mentorswhile providing outlets to employ technical skills taught in the classroom.Although only the full-time engineer data pool was asked specifically about whether their co
Paper ID #16025Targeted Recruitment of Biomedical Engineering Graduate Students: TheInfluence of Recruitment Event ChangesMs. Brittain Sobey, The University of Texas - Austin Brittain Sobey is the Graduate Program Coordinator for the Department of Biomedical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. She earned her Master of Education from Boston University.Ms. Margo Cousins, The University of Texas - Austin Ms. Cousins oversees undergraduate and graduate academic advising at the Department Biomedical Engi- neering at The University of Texas at Austin. She directs the office in strategic academic and professional
engineers, and engage the community as service-minded leaders. Generally, thesestudents came to SPU from low-income households, underrepresented populations, and atypicalbackgrounds. By examining our body of ECASE scholars in this paper, we aim to expandperceptions about who could, who would, and who does succeed in earning the rigorousundergraduate electrical engineering degree.This paper includes a discussion of the lessons learned from interacting closely with 49 ECASEscholarship recipients and supporting them in an adaptive manner to address their individualneeds. The paper provides composite illustrations of the range of their backgrounds and uniquesituations. It highlights the challenges faced by these students during matriculation at SPU
Paper ID #17286Major Observations from a Specialized REU Program for Engineering Stu-dents with ADHDDr. Arash Esmaili Zaghi P.E., University of Connecticut Dr. Arash E. Zaghi received his PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Nevada, Reno, where he worked on the seismic behavior of novel bridge column and connection details. After graduating, he stayed with UNR as a Research Scientist to overlook two major research projects involving system-level shake table experiments. In 2011, Dr. Zaghi joined the Department of Civil and Environmental Engi- neering at University of Connecticut as an Assistant Professor. His
technical versus non-technical course choiceallocations. Perhaps an unstated bias exists that choice equates to less “rigor,” and so theunintended message to students of differential choice in technical versus non-technicalcoursework may be that knowledge and courses in non-technical subjects are comparativelyunimportant. Values are inherent in engineering design; so just as the technical content of anengineering program is (hopefully) carefully scaffolded, “the same intentionality and evaluationshould be undertaken for the liberal component of a student’s undergraduate experience.”6Though some choice is necessary, too much choice can be detrimental;29 thus, providing choicein a balanced manner is essential. Engineering educators must be mindful
College of Engineering. Dr. Daher collaborates with engineering faculty to document and research the integration of innovative instructional strategies and technologies in his classroom. His latest collaborative submitted publication discusses Using the Flipped approach in a water resources course.Dr. Stuart Bernstein, University of Nebraska - Lincoln Stuart Bernstein received his Bachelors in Construction Management from Syracuse University, His Mas- ters in Architecture from Virginia Tech, and his PhD in Educational Administration, Leadership in Higher Education from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Dr. Bernstein has taught in the College of Engi- neering for 14 years, teaching classes in construction estimating
Paper ID #17192Utilizing an Innovative Engineering Skills Curriculum and Technology to Ex-pand Classroom Learning in Low-Resource SettingsMr. Dhinesh Balaji Radhakrishnan, Purdue University Dhinesh Radhakrishnan is a doctoralstudent in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. His research includes utilization of technology in education, and socially constructed education in low- resource settings. His current work is on developing engineering skills curriculum for out-of-school youth in Africa utilizing digital learning materials. He is the Global Student Forum Chair for 2016 in SPEED. He is also the
Paper ID #16169Work in Progress: Developing a Quantitative Instrument for Measuring Un-dergraduate Engineering Students’ Future Time PerspectivesCatherine McGough, Clemson University Catherine McGough is currently a graduate research assistant in Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University. She obtained her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Clemson University in 2014. Her research interests are in undergraduate engineering student motivations and undergraduate engineer- ing problem solving skill development and strategies.Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno Adam Kirn is an Assistant Professor of