increase studentawareness of the application of MoM in emerging technologies, several examples ofbeams in Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems (MEMS) were analyzed and illustrated. Besides content update, we also made some changes in teaching methods. Since thecourse has no laboratory component, we adopted four simple home experiments toenhance the understanding of basic concepts. In the classroom we demonstrate beambending, column buckling, and torsion of a tube etc. Also, some time was allocated forstudents to solve problems after the instructor had solved a similar one. With help fromthe instructor and their peers, students can identify their deficiencies, clear somemisconceptions and grasp the content more effectively. From surveys conducted
: Alternate energies of the United States with respect to the developing world.Teaching ScheduleThe teaching schedule for the 12 weeks online delivery is as follows. All course materials(except the text book) are available online.Week Topic#1 Introduction to alternative energy sources.#2 Wind energy: Fundamentals of wind energy, alternate wind turbines, using wind data to evaluate a potential location, estimating output from a specific turbine#3 Economics of wind power, environmental impacts, wind energy application, and Exam #1.#4 Solar energy: Availability of energy from the sun and geographic availability, fundamentals of PV Cell
Paper presents adaption techniques for teaching second-year Electricaland Computer Engineering courses post-pandemic. Challenges faced by students and faculty willalso be presented in this paper along with some guidance and best practices. COVID-19 beganimpacting education in early 2020 and many land-grant universities were not fully equipped withthe tools to offer the best learning experience to students due to lock-down and inability to accessthe laboratories and teaching equipment. This global pandemic had caused the universities tochange their operations and impelled instructors to quickly adapt to online instruction. Manyuniversities began to invest their resources to explore teaching pedagogies that best fit the needsof their students
on engineering in a global context.The challenges of forming global engineers, the professors that teach them and a system thatcontinues to build their capacity and adapt to the changes throughout their lifetime, requirescollaboration, sharing resources, expertise and perspectives to build effective and sustainableinitiatives. A first step in building these initiatives is to know the perspectives of existingengineering education organizations and how to interact with them. This paper describes theLatin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions, LACCEI. Its mission,vision, objectives, initiatives and resources are described, as well as future initiatives in whichtheir constituents are seeking strategic partners for
areeffective and welcomed. These strategies can be tailored to other engineering courses. There have been various pedagogical approaches specifically designed for probability andstatistics courses for engineering students. For example, the use of technology was discussed in[1], where the author also illustrated the helpfulness of laboratory-like exercises through computersimulations in a probability and statistics course in Texas A&M University. A set of constructivistexercises have been developed in teaching probability and statistics in the University of SouthFlorida [2] to promote realistic mathematics education and inquiry-oriented teaching and learning.These exercises encourage students to work in teams, create their own knowledge, and
2006-434: ANIMATION AS THE FINAL STEP IN THE DYNAMICS EXPERIENCEThomas Nordenholz, California Maritime Academy Thomas Nordenholz is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the California Maritime Academy. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1998. His present interests include the improvement of undergraduate engineering science instruction, and the development of laboratory experiments and software for undergraduate courses. Page 11.215.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Animation as the Final Step in the Dynamics ExperienceAbstractA
to teach heat transfer and propulsion systems. At Baylor University, he teaches courses in laboratory techniques, fluid mechanics, energy systems, and propulsion systems, as well as freshman engineering. Research interests include renewable energy to include small wind turbine aerodynamics and experimental convective heat transfer as applied to HVAC and gas turbine systems.Ms. Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University Cynthia C. Fry is a Senior Lecturer of Computer Science and Director of the Computer Science Fellows program at Baylor University. She co-leads the Engineering & Computer Science Faculty Development Seminars, and is a KEEN Fellow. c American Society for Engineering Education
instillstudents’ drive to gain new knowledge (Kuh, 2007). Astin (1993, 1999) found that frequentstudent-faculty interaction is more strongly related to student satisfaction in college than anyother type of involvement. Lin and Tsai (2009) and Holt et al. (2007) observed that engineeringstudents valued a learning environment that was student-centered, peer-interactive, and teacher-facilitated, and favored both classroom and laboratory instruction. Chen et al. (2008) echoedAstin’s (1999) call for educators to be more focused on student engagement, advocating highlevels of faculty engagement in the design, revision, and improvement of undergraduateengineering programs, and teaching that effectively addresses students’ cognitive and affectivestates of mind
feedback control. Prof. West is the recipient of the NSF CAREER award and is a University of Illinois Distinguished Teacher-Scholar and College of Engineering Education Innovation Fellow.Prof. Craig Zilles, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Craig Zilles is an Associate Professor in the Computer Science department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research focuses on computer science education and computer architecture. His research has been recognized by two best paper awards from ASPLOS (2010 and 2013) and by se- lection for inclusion in the IEEE Micro Top Picks from the 2007 Computer Architecture Conferences. He received the IEEE Education Society’s Mac Van Valkenburg Early Career Teaching
Paper ID #26093Creating a Learning Environment that Engages Engineering Students in theClassroom via Communication StrategiesDr. Eleazar Marquez, Rice University Eleazar Marquez is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Rice University.Dr. Samuel Garcia Jr., Texas State University Dr. Samuel Garc´ıa Jr. currently serves as Educator Professional Development Specialist at the Jet Propul- sion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA and is an Assistant Professor of Practice for the LBJ Institute for Edu- cation and Research at Texas State University. c American Society
. Plante, and J. A. Starke, “Long-term impact on environmental attitudes and knowledge assessed over three semesters of an environmental engineering sequence,” American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, #26444, Tampa, Florida, 15-19 June 2019.[6] L. Ballard and R. Felder, “A student-centered approach to teaching material and energy balances 2. Course delivery and assessment,” Chemical Engineering Education, vol. 41, pp. 167-176, 2007.[7] D. Ramirez Hernandez, “Solving Material Balance Problems at Unsteady State Using a Remote Laboratory in the Classroom,” American Society for Engineering Education, 2013.[8] K. Apostolou, “Effectiveness of blended learning for an energy balance course
. The inspiration to structure a course around the designing andbuilding of educational museum displays was inspired by similar innovative classactivities by Crone4 and Pruitt5. MATE X424 was offered in the Fall of 2006, and was a2-unit activity (i.e., cross between a lecture and laboratory type class). The class met for4 hours a week, and much of the class time was devoted to actually working on thedisplays. The small class size of 6 students allowed us to truly work together as a team.Due to the service learning component of the course, the students were now working fortheir client, Chick Fidel and the school children. The instructor functioned more as theproject manager, rather than the judge that determines their grades (although that task
school teachers connecting math, science and engineering.Amaneh Tasooji, Arizona State University Amaneh Tasooji is an Associate Research Professor in the School of Materials at ASU and has been teaching and developing new content for materials science and engineering classes and laboratories. She has developed new content and contextual teaching methods from here experience as a researcher and a manager at Honeywell Inc. She is currently working to develop new assessments to to reveal and address student misconceptions in introductory materials engineering classes. Page 12.540.1© American Society
their implementation into three collaborative courses, Introduction toNondestructive Evaluation and Structural Health Monitoring (NDE), Design for theEnvironment (DfE), and Green Buildings: Design and Construction (GB), that have beendesigned to enhance the learning of sustainability concepts. Pre- and post-assessment surveyswere administered to assess changes in student perceptions of sustainability concepts andapplications over a four-year period. Survey results present changes in perceptions ofsustainability concepts and applications over time as a result of the active and experientiallearning units and classes. The concurrent teaching of these sustainability units and classes atUPitt and ASU enhanced student collaboration within and across
gained bothcomplex and critical thinking skills associated with engineering design. Because of thesefindings, a first-year course was developed which incorporated many of the teaching methodsused at other universities. The teaching methods outlined by other universities include hands-on projects,1-9 whichhave been proven to increase motivation of first-year students. Just-in-time instruction, whichpresents curriculum material just as it is needed by the students, used in conjunction with teambased learning and hands-on experimentation both in and out of class has also been proven as aneffective learning and teaching strategy.9 Other universities have utilized the consideration ofcontext in design as a method for increasing learning.10
AC 2011-1979: IMPROVING TECHNOLOGY LITERACY CRITERIA DE-VELOPMENTSteven R Walk, Old Dominion University Steven Robert Walk, PE, is an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology in the Frank Batten College of Engineering and Technology at Old Dominion University. He is founder and Director of the Laboratory for Technology Forecasting. His research interests include energy conversion systems, technology and innovation management, and technological forecasting and social change. He is owner and founder of Technology Intelligence, a management consulting company in Norfolk, Virginia. Mr. Walk earned BSEET and MSEE degrees at the University of Pittsburgh, where he was a University Scholar
Paper ID #42369Weekly Professional Development Lunches to Build Community Among anS-STEM CohortCaroline Cresap, Louisiana Tech University Caroline Cresap is a second-year chemical engineering major from Zachary, Louisiana. She is a Louisiana Tech University College of Engineering and Science S-STEM SUCCESS Scholar with Ashtyne Monceaux. Along with her ASEE research, she is also an undergraduate researcher in Dr. Yang Xiao’s Reaction Engineering and Catalysis Science Laboratory. Caroline enjoys staying involved in her university and is a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), the Honors Student
, terawatt lasers. He has authored over 70 publications, has served as a consultant to several companies, and has supervised the research of over 30 graduate students. Dr. Young is a registered professional engineer, a Fellow of the IEEE and of the Optical Society of America, and a member of ASEE; he was chosen as an IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Soci- ety Distinguished Lecturer for 1991-1992. His scholarship now focuses on engineering education, both undergraduate and K12 levels. His interest in engineering education and pedagogy was stimulated by the challenge of teaching Introduction to Engineering Design to a mix of engineering and non-engineering students, and by leading a task force for the Rice Dean of Engineering
AC 2011-227: ELEMENTARY ENGINEERING IMPLEMENTATION ANDSTUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMESJeremy V Ernst, North Carolina State University Jeremy V. Ernst is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education at North Carolina State University. He currently teaches courses in digital media and emerging technologies. Jeremy specializes in research involving students categorized as at-risk of dropping out of school. He also has curriculum research and development experiences in technology and trade and industrial education.Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University Laura Bottomley received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1984 and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering
AC 2011-2044: DESIGN AS A METHOD OF INSTRUCTION IN CHINASteve Macho, Buffalo State College Steve Macho is currently an Assistant Professor of Technology Education for SUNY at Buffalo State College. He completed a BS at St Cloud State University, and M.A. & Ed.D. in Technology Education at West Virginia University. Steve is a Minnesota farm boy who has been involved in technology his entire life. He has worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico Highlands University, and on various grants funded by the US Department of Education, NASA, and Microsoft. He became a member of the Oxford Roundtable in 2008 and presented at the roundtable again in 2010. Dr Macho recently began to collaborate with the
Paper ID #7217Use of Studio-based Learning in a Material/Energy Balance ClassDr. Richard L. Zollars, Washington State University Dr. Richard Zollars is a professor in and associate director of the Gene and Linda Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering at Washington State University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Colorado. He has been teaching engineering for 35 years. His interests are learning styles, colloidal/interfacial phenomena and reactor design.Dr. Christopher Hundhausen, Washington State University Dr. Chris Hundhausen received the B.A. degree in Math/Computer Science from Lawrence
- seven percent of the students who testedthe system experienced some minor technical issues when connected to the system.Although a formal comparative analysis of student performance between remote and traditionallaboratory cohorts has yet to be undertaken, qualitative evidence provides valuable insights intothe pedagogical effectiveness of the remote lab environment. Students participating in the remoteformat successfully completed all laboratory assignments, including advanced tasks such asclock synchronization and manipulation of GPIO signals. Teaching assistants reported that thesestudents exhibited notable engagement and a high degree of autonomy in diagnosing andresolving technical issues independently—attributes likely facilitated by the
Paper ID #13250Analysis of Improved Pedagogy Applied for Teaching courses related to Com-puter Programming for First Year Engineering ProgramsDr. Manojkumar Vilasrao Deshpande, SVKM’s NMIMS, Shirpur, MS, India Dr.Manojkumar Deshpande started career as an entrepreneur and then as faculty in 1991. He joined Mum- bai University in 1999 and further designated as Head of Computer Engineering Department at SVKM’s D.J.Sanghvi College of Engineering, Mumbai. After awarding Ph.D., In Oct 2011, he joined as Professor & Associate Dean at MPSTME, SVKM’s NMIMS (deemed to be university) at Shirpur Campus. He is the Member of Board of
andteaching to better prepare engineers for the global economy. The planning phase involvedalmost 200 academic and business leaders from both countries and resulted in raising close toUS$1M to fund the first Summer Faculty Leadership Institute. The Institute was designed as aseries of 23 one-week Train-the-Trainer workshops taught by US faculty members and corporaterepresentatives known for their pedagogical skills. The topics covered general effective teachingtechniques as well as best practices teaching in specific engineering disciplines. The workshopswere held during a six week period during the Summer 2008 at the InfoSys Technologies’Global Education Center in Mysore India. The 585 Indian faculty participants were selected froma pool of 1400
absolutely no experience “under their belt,” are assigned to teachpractice related courses. Often, teaching design-oriented and/ or field-related subjects do require“first-hand” knowledge that instructors could only get by having taken part, or been involved inreal engineering problems. Relying mainly on textbooks and/ or reference material, as the onlysource to teach from, is regarded by many, as an oversimplification or a deviation from reality.This paper sheds light on the pros and cons of opening-up to off-campus practitioners, andargues for engaging properly selected adjunct faculty in the teaching-learning process, inpartnership with “full-time” regular faculty members. The impetus here is three fold. First, thegeneral belief that well
Empirical Page 12.36.15Studies of Design Processes,” Int. J. Engng. Ed., Vol. 22, No. 3, 2006, pp. 519-532.3. Dym, C.L., “Engineering Design: So Much to Learn,” Int. J. Engng. Ed., Vol. 22, No. 3,2006, pp. 422-428.4. Lamancusa, J.S., “Design as the Bridge Between Theory and Practice,” Int. J. Engng.Ed., Vol. 22, No. 3, 2006, pp. 652-658.5. Dym, C.L., Agogino, A.M., Eris, O., Frey, D.D. and Leifer, L.J., “Engineering DesignThinking, Teaching and Learning,” Journal of Engineering Education, January 2005, pp.103-120.6. Savage, R.N., “The Role of Design in Materials Science and Engineering,” InternationalJournal of Engineering Education, Vol. 22, No. 5, 2006
broader impacts of engineering, enhances systems thinking, reflects sustainable engineeringpractices, and helps prepare students to make an impact in the global community. Project-basedlearning approaches that emphasize student learning rather than instructor teaching may be a keyto successful development of “global engineers.” Evaluations of project-based courses showincreases in student motivation, problem-solving ability, communication and teaming skills,knowledge retention, and capacity for self-directed learning. Despite these reported benefits,curriculum-wide implementations of project-based learning are rare, probably partly due to thetraditional emphasis on technical content acquisition in upper-level courses and a lack of clearmethods
out under that grant includedthe planning of a civil engineering curriculum with an infrastructure theme. As part of the plan-ning process for the new curriculum, the team of faculty members created a framework of the I2Iclass to be taken by sophomores. This class was intended to provide students with a better un-derstanding of the challenges to be faced in improving, securing, and maintaining the nationalinfrastructure. Part of the planned course included student evaluation of infrastructure compo-nents in local communities from direct observation.In 2008, three faculty members from the department were awarded an NSF Course, Curriculum,and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) grant (DUE 0837530) to create and teach the I2I courseplanned under the
years on the faculty at the US Military Academy at West Point teaching civil engineering. He also served as the Director, Graduate Professional Development at Northeastern University’s College of Engineering. He is the recipient of the 2021 NSPE Engineering Education Excellence Award and the 2019 ASCE Thomas A Lenox ExCEEd Leadership Award.Dr. Camilla M. Saviz P.E., University of the Pacific Camilla Saviz is Professor and Chair of Civil Engineering at the University of the Pacific. She received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Clarkson University, an M.B.A. from the New York Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of California
Paper ID #41095Sticking Points: Reasons Why Civil Engineering Students Make Errors SolvingEngineering Mechanics ProblemsMajor Brett Rocha, United States Military Academy MAJ Brett Rocha is a third year instructor at the US Military Academy in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering. She received her B.S. in Civil Engineering from USMA in 2012, her M.S. in Engineering Management from Missouri University of Science and Technology in 2016, and her M.S. in Civil Engineering from University of Central Florida in 2021. She teaches mechanics of materials, design of steel structures, and design of concrete