Industry Engagement versus Faculty Mentorship in Engineering Senior Capstone Design CoursesAbstract:The senior design capstone course is an important experience for engineering undergraduatestudents. This course prepares students for industry by having students solve open-ended real-world problems. During the course, a student team defines a problem, plans an approach,develops a solution, and validates their solution, which culminates in oral and writtendissemination. Typically, undergraduate programs have provided students with facultymentors to develop a solution for a specific project. In order for projects and teams to besuccessful, the mentors must provide invaluable support, collaboration, and interest in
undergraduateengineering students (three mechanicals and two electricals) has made the completion of thesimulator their senior capstone research and design project. They started in the fall of 2019 andanticipate completion by the end of the spring semester of 2020, when they plan to demonstrate afully functional flight simulator. The simulator can then be incorporated into ME 450 AircraftDesign during the 2020-2021 academic year. In this course, engineering students will getimmediate flight test feedback on their original aircraft designs by modeling their designs in X-Planes Plane Maker and then enjoying a “flight experience” using the virtual reality flightsimulator. They can then use this flight performance feedback to make appropriate changes totheir aircraft
understand the impact of engineeringinformed judgments, which must solutions in a global,consider the impact of engineeringsolutions in global, economic, economic, environmental, and societalenvironmental, and societal contexts context (j) a knowledge of contemporary issues5. an ability to function effectively on ateam whose members together provide (d) an ability to function on multi-leadership, create a collaborative and disciplinary teamsinclusive environment, establish goals,plan tasks, and meet objectives6. an ability to develop and conduct
, a software component, and several workbook pages. The modules are asfollows: • Surfaces and Solids of Revolution • Combining Solids • Isometric Drawings and Coded Plans* • Orthographic Drawings* • Folding Flat Patterns • Rotation of Objects about One Axis* • Rotation of Objects about Two or More Axes* • Reflections and Symmetry • Cross-sections of SolidsOf the nine modules listed above, there are four sketching intensive modules (marked with anasterisk) that involve the use of manipulatives (snap cubes). Sketching modules require studentsto build an indicated shape and sketch it from a different perspective. Research suggests that thisprocess of sketching and handling physical objects is important to
develops through iterations, it becomes a full proposal orbusiness plan, which can include cost, staffing, deliverables, a timetable, etc. [10, 11]. TheBenefits of the approach to the specific stakeholders must be highlighted and should demonstratea favorable benefit to cost ratio. What are the client benefits of our approach? Each approach toa client’s need results in unique client benefits, such as low cost, high performance, or quickresponse. Success requires that the benefits be quantitative and substantially better - not justdifferent [10, 11]. Finally, the Competition should be analyzed to show how the idea improvesupon the competing solutions [10, 11]. Why are our benefits significantly better than thecompetition? Everyone has alternatives. We
more comfortable participating in computing activities beyond the classroom. Thetechnical practice was immediately useful for some students as described below: It has shown me how to use python and wireshark and even do some web dev. I plan to make my own website using some of this knowledge. I also appreciate learning so much material that I never even knew, now CS is not as intimidating Learned python and got experience using libraries that are crazy, and it helped refamiliarize me with git & git bash. I actually contributed to a GitHub repository because I felt somewhat confident. Been a few weeks now and there aren’t any comments bashing it! :D I have joined more CS activities like the Web
agreed that it increased their interest in the field ofneuroscience. Furthermore, 87.5% of the students reported that the program increased theirinterest in pursuing scientific research as a career, and 91.67% of the students reported that itincreased their interest in obtaining a graduate degree.With advancements in hardware and open source software, the authors were able to develop anovel low-cost approach for introducing neuroscience, BME, and BCIs to high school students.Future work will expand the program to other BCI applications and developing online lecturemodules that complement the laboratory portion of the program. In addition, the authors plan tointroduce the program to other summer programs to assess its scalability and efficacy
VR activities to enhance the learning of the students. The course not only focused onimplementing such technology for the students to use as a learning tool but also engaged thestudents in developing new technology-based activities as part of their semester project.Thesecourses leaned heavily on tools available in the Visualization and Immersion Classroom and theExperiential Reality Laboratory at the university and community college that were developed tosupport this course work. The authors present the learned lessons to support other instructors thatare planning on implementing innovative technology in their courses.1. Introduction In higher education, the growing adoption of innovative pedagogy, such as active andexperiential
between informal and formallearning; changing our methods for teaching, evaluation, and assessment; developing diversity,accessibility, and inclusion; and leading to new technologies and innovations (American Societyfor Engineering Education [ASEE], 2016). These facilities are full of potential for variouspedagogical practices to be implemented, but thus far there is a gap in makerspace literatureexploring the pedagogy from a faculty perspective within the makerspace, specifically thedecisions instructors make when planning and implementing class projects in the makerspaces.The popularity of makerspaces is confounded by the lack of clarity in describing what constitutesthe actual act of making which has been intentionally left vague (Tomko
professionalpractice module.Ethics at the InstitutionEnhancing skills related to ethical decision making has been recognized as one of the mostpressing needs in society today and Ethics in Action is the focus of The Citadel’s QualityEnhancement Plan (QEP). A QEP is a course of action for institutional improvement thataddresses issues contributing to progress in student learning [6]. The learning outcomes based onEthical Reasoning are aligned with The Citadel’s strategic plan and mission to educate anddevelop our students to become principled leaders in all walks of life by instilling the core valuesof The Citadel in a disciplined and intellectually challenging environment. The process ofselecting and developing the Ethics in Action program involved a
going out to lunch together to more planned events,such as road trips to different cities.5.1.5 BenefitsBenefits were defined as any incentive or reward offered to employees beyond regular compensation. Fromthe participants' interviews, benefits ranged from pension plans to educational plans for employees. Whileone manager noted that, in general, benefits have been improving recently, another participant noted thatthe removal of a pension plan had lowered the retention rate at their organization. It is clear that benefitsare unique to each company and the way they affect newcomers is influenced by both internal and externalfactors, as seen in the idea of competitive retention mentioned in the economy theme. • “A lot of people would say it's
Central New Mexico Community College where she manages the college-wide accreditation and strategic plan. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020From Q&A to Norm & Adapt: The Roles of Peers in Changing Faculty Beliefs and PracticeAbstractThis research paper reports on the impact of professional development across four years of amajor change initiative. Research suggests students from groups underrepresented in engineeringare particularly vulnerable to poor teaching, drawing inaccurate conclusions about their fit andpotential. However, supporting faculty to make their teaching more inclusive and learner-centered can be challenging. Faculty may not have experienced such
instructor in the Department of Geomatics Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary. She received her PhD degree from the same department in 2007. Her research interests in scholarship of teaching and learning are in the field of deep, active and team- based learning, as well as transformative learning in threshold concepts.Ms. Sheng Lun (Christine) Cao, University of Calgary Sheng Lun (Christine) Cao is a second-year Master of science student at the Schulich School of Engineer- ing, University of Calgary. Her primary research field is in applied machine learning on urban planning and development. Due to her interest in Engineering Education, Christine also works as a research assis- tant for Dr
coursework that they may not recall well (e.g., drafting and surveying) in addition torelying on sources of information with which they are not familiar (e.g., building codes,manufacturer’s data sheets, master plans). In short, in our capstone course there are manydeliverables that the students struggle to manage, especially since they may have otherchallenging coursework, and many are holding part-time jobs (e.g., with their co-op employers).Probably the most challenging part of the project is that it is done collaboratively in a team.While we do incorporate teamwork in previous coursework (e.g., lab reports), none of theprevious experiences are as intensive as in the capstone course. Some students struggle with timemanagement and procrastination
compared with the Finelli study. “I planned to give the instructor a lowerevaluation because of the activities” was close to “almost never” (mean of 1.27, s.d .57). TheFinelli study result was “seldom” (mean of 1.58, s.d. 1.02). The other factors in the Behavioralquestion series did not reach statistically significant differences.Table 4 - This table compares our study responses to the Finelli study responses about the StudentBehavioral and Affective Response to Instruction. The students’ mean response in this study when theinstructor asked students to do in-class, non-lecture activities ranged from 3 (sometimes) to just over 4(often). This study Finelli study Statistically
interests include the use of machine learning in general and deep learning in particular in support of the data-driven and self-driven management of large-scale deployments of IoT and smart city infrastruc- ture and services, Wireless Vehicular Networks (VANETs), cooperation and spectrum access etiquette in cognitive radio networks, and management and planning of software defined networks (SDN). He is an ABET Program Evaluator (PEV) with the Computing Accreditation Commission (CAC). He served on many academic program design, review and planning efforts. He serves on editorial boards of multiple journals including IEEE Communications Letter and IEEE Network Magazine. He also served as chair, co-chair, and technical
Paper ID #31445What is care in Engineering teaching?Dr. Jorge A Baier, Pontificia Universidad Catholica de Chile He is an associate professor in the Computer Science Department and Associate Dean for Engineering Education at the Engineering School in Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile. Jorge holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Toronto in Canada and a Master’s Degree in Engineering Sciences from Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile. His research focuses on areas of automated rea- soning in Artificial Intelligence; specifically, automated planning, search and knowledge representation
mid-sized university and a mid-sized town (Work in Progress)IntroductionThis paper introduces an ongoing cooperation process between a Finnish university and theschools of a local town. The objective of the cooperation is to increase all the children's andadolescents’ interest in science, technology, research, and sustainable business, develop theirskills for academic studies, and enhance their opportunities to build a sustainable future. Theactivities also aim at engaging pupils’ families to promote sustainability in their home city.First, the paper introduces the rationale behind the cooperation and describes the planningand implementation of the activities. After that, the paper focuses on the plans to monitor
register students according to their roster.The teacher administration page with all of its functions is shown in Figure 4. Genius University Figure 4 Teacher administration page of LOPA2Teachers must plan the course and classroom to have appropriate time for multiple studiocritiques, mobile technology for recording, and student roles for recording. Teachers must thenteach learners the criteria and provide exemplars of the EEFK12 so that students recognize themprior to using the application. This should be done early in the course as norms are establishedand can be done using videos and materials supplied with professional development activities
provide students with the mindset and skillset tocreate personal, economic, and societal value through a lifetime of meaningful work. Here, wedescribe our global strategy to create a learning continuum, so students retain fundamentalprinciples and have context to strengthen their knowledge as they progress. We have utilized athree-phase process involving curriculum evaluation, faculty recruitment, and moduledevelopment and implementation, while planning for a fourth phase, assessment. We haveevaluated the undergraduate, Bioengineering curriculum in its entirety, identifying the areas wherethe three concepts from the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN)(www.engineeringunleashed.com) – curiosity, connections, creating value – could
provide a short answer response about their attitude towards theimplementation, how they feel the implementation could be improved, and whether they felt theimplementation was valuable for their learning.The results from the pre- and post- activity motivational surveys will be grouped by gender andanalyzed to determine if the BME LCDLMs were largely beneficial for the five areas of studentmotivation listed above, and specifically, whether female students had a disproportionate changein motivation compared to male students.CONCLUSIONS & FUTURE WORKIt was originally planned to have the BME LCDLM prototypes along with motivational surveysimplemented in the first-year Introduction to Chemical Engineering (CHE 110) class for the spring2020
Mexico State University. He completed his bachelor’s degree in 2018 and is set to graduate this summer after completing a thesis project on microaggressions amongst undergraduates in STEM using a focus group methodology. He has worked as a research assistant for the past two years on a grant sponsored by the NSF that explores URM success. He plans to apply to a PhD program for the Fall of 2021.Miquela K Gorham, Miquela Gorham is a graduate student at New Mexico State University in the Sociology Department. She also completed her Bachelor’s of Arts in Sociology at New Mexico State University. Her research interest focuses on sociology of education, social inequality, and race and ethnicity.Miss Lorissa Humble, New
helping to improve thementorship model in addition to having a Capstone Committee that goes further than justplanning Senior Design Day but that also includes methods. We plan to improve our researchinstrument and administer both start-of-semester and end-of-semester probes to yieldcomparative data.IntroductionThe engineering capstone mentorship system was first implemented at Texas State University forthe Fall semester of 2017 in Electrical Engineering (EE). At that time, EE had always been atwo-semester capstone sequence whereas the capstone courses in the other two engineeringdisciplines, Industrial (IE), and Manufacturing (MFGE), were one-semester in duration. Both ofthose disciplines have switched to two-semester capstones, MFGE for the last
identically-appearing input areas showing the phasor. The discrete version requires the user to input themagnitude and angle of the phasor and press a calculate button; the continuous version uses asimilar input screen but allows the user to drag a point to establish the phasor magnitude andangle. Although this pilot study examines only a pair of tightly-coupled programs, further workis planned to determine if certain subjects inherently lend themselves better to discrete orcontinuous input methods.Figure 1: Two almost-identical interactive programs purporting to teach phasor concepts. Theleft panel shows the version designed for continuous-input and output; the learner drags the bluephasor and moves it around while observing the constantly-changing
research varies fordifferent groups of students.ResultsSurvey RespondentsThe Undergraduate Research Experiences Survey (URES) was administered to allundergraduate students enrolled in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at UVA.The response rate was 28% (n = 769). Respondents were evenly divided among class yearsand representative of the school’s demographic makeup with respect to age, genderidentification, race, ethnicity, first-generation status, and distribution of students amongmajors. In addition to their primary majors, 3% of respondents were completing a secondengineering major, 9% had a second major outside engineering, and 38% had at least oneminor. Most students (67%) planned to pursue a job as an engineer after graduation
essential aspects of all professions and, inparticular, the engineering profession. The engineering profession is a form of service, asengineers use their skills and knowledge to help solve problems with innovative solutionsfor the betterment of society. Every engineering project has three major constraints: cost,scope, and time. In addition, design and construction of a solution with design constraintsand very limited resources is highly challenging. Challenges like these require teams to havediverse skillsets, excellent communication, leadership, planning and delegation. One suchchallenge is encompassed in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (UN SDG) [1]on food security and nutrition, and sustainable agriculture. One key aspect of
is an Associate Professor in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, Adjunct Associate Professor in the Departments of Microbiology and Immunology, and the Eshelman School of Pharmacy.George T. Ligler, UNC Chapel Hill/NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering George T. Ligler is the Dean’s Eminent Professor of the Practice in the UNC Chapel Hill/NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, Proprietor of GTL Associates, a computer system engineering consulting firm, and an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering. He joined the Joint Department in August 2018 after 41 years in industry and led the academic year 2018-2019 Strategic Planning Core Group for the Department’s
(floorplan development, dimensioning, simple drawing annotation), and introduce new concepts ofbuilding details. Student will be asked to do a self-review of existing documents, and makemodifications to prep for new details. • Recall dimensioning style for wood frame structure • Review simple construction document annotation • Introduce Uniform Drawing Standards • Introduce development of building sectionsAssignment Task: • Review existing plans for errors and omissions. • Introduce footer and foundations criteria • Introduce building codes • Re-created building sectionsAssignment Criteria: • Develop floor plan with notes, dimensions • Develop elevations with notes and dimensions
ministries’ action plans. In this sense, it can be said that, during theWorkers’ Party's administrations, university extension becomes a space for the articulationbetween the State and society [3], [4].Also, in the early 1990s, the solidarity economy movement gains momentum nationwide. That ismainly caused by the increasing rates of poverty and unemployment, which are some of theconsequences of the implementation of neoliberal politics in the country. In response to that,many social initiatives are tried, from collecting food destined to feed the millions who werefacing starvation, to actions that sought job creation. In 2001, with the first edition of the WorldSocial Forum, the multiple actors behind such poverty mitigation/overcoming initiatives
rising senior at the Colorado School of Mines. He is studying Chemical Engineering with a focus on Biological Engineering. He is also working towards a secondary education licence through the University of Northern Colorado with the intention to pursue a career in secondary education after graduating in May 2021. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Work-in-Progress: Chemical engineering students’ emotions towards biologyIntroductionEmotions and attitudes towards a subject can play a large part in a student’s decision to takemore courses or pursue a major in that subject area. The theory of planned behavior states that aperson’s intentions to perform a