interest is in the cultural and religious perspectives in the ethics of emerging biotechnologies for which she was awarded a Fulbright grant to conduct research at the United Arab Emi- rates University. She is the Special Projects Manager in the School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems at Drexel University, and Director of the local and international weServe Program, currently established in the Gambia and Mozambique, (Africa), for which the weServe program recently received a student leadership award from the Jenzabar Foundation. She is a summa cum laude graduate from Thomas Jefferson University with a B.S. in diagnostic imaging. She has presented at MESA, the International Conference on Islam and
professional or “soft” skills emphasized by accrediting agencies 13, and hence,greater persistence and success. In engineering settings, service learning provides experientiallearning to help students appreciate the non-engineering related aspects to problem solving,develop practical skills, and illuminate the link between engineering and the amelioration ofsocietal issues and problems. The application of engineering skills to community serviceprojects distinguishes service learning from the typical internships, co-ops and fellowships thatstudents frequently seek. In these experiences, students would likely work on projects ofcommercial importance to the sponsoring agency. Service learning may be integrated into the
AC 2010-1273: USING TECHNOLOGY-MEDIATED COLLABORATION IN THETEACHING OF ETHICS & GLOBALIZATIONGary Chinn, Pennsylvania State University Gary Chinn is project manager of the eLearning Initiative in the College of Engineering at Penn State. Sponsored by the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education, the initiative explores new technologies and approaches related to teaching & learning.Veena Raman, Pennsylvania State University Veena Raman is a lecturer in the departments of Communication Arts and Sciences and Science, Technology, and Society at Penn State. Dr. Raman teaches courses on globalization, new information technologies, the cultural implications of new media
AC 2012-4073: BUILDING A COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION TO OBTAINAND SUSTAIN STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES FOR A COLLABO-RATED LABMr. Fanyu F. Zeng, Indiana Wesleyan University Fanyu F. Zeng is an Assistant Professor in business information systems at Indiana Wesleyan Univer- sity. His research interests include software development, programming, database management, database performance, data mining, software project management, teaching methods, and international cultures in high education. Page 25.275.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Building a Comprehensive
Purchasing Manager with the Institute of Supply Management (formerly NAPM).Ms. Lynda M. Coulson, Rolls-Royce Corporation Page 25.1327.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 The Process and Delivery of a Directed Project Component: Lessons and Methods from a Collaborative Degree ProgramA Directed Project requirement is becoming more common in today’s Masters Degree Programs.Both academia and industry can derive value in requiring an in-depth study that can benefit thecompany’s bottom line while fulfilling curriculum and learning outcomes. With a DirectedProject experience, students
prefer flexible schedules on any training needs.Second, effective use of media such as video clips, narrative presentation, web resources, etc. isthe most practical way of delivering training that focuses on practice and application.Part # Topics Activities 1 Introduction to TBL and Limitations of Traditional Quiz 1 Learning 2 Active Learning Quiz 2 3 Group-based Active Learning Quiz 3 4 Team-based Learning Quiz 4 5 Practical Recommendations and Suggestions Quiz 5 Final Project: Write
member at the Engineering Leadership Institute at the University of Texas, Austin, and is the 2012 IEEE-USA Congressional Fellow. Page 25.1472.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 What do Engineering leaders want? Page 25.1472.2 Engineering and scientific leaders have traditionally moved into supervisory positionsbased on their exceptional technical skills, but have received little or no management training.Generally speaking, engineers prefer to approach the administration of projects by defining fixedparameters and
concept will be needed, what design requirements are being evaluated by eachmodel, will subsystems be prototyped separately, and will digital or physical prototypes be used(or both). Our previous research indicates that engineering design teams often follow the sameprototyping strategy used in their previous design efforts. However, research also shows that thisis not always the best decision. Careful consideration of the prototyping strategy, based on specificcharacteristics of a design project, can lead to significant benefits for the outcome of the design.This current work provides a method for informing the engineering design team regardingdecisions on when to use digital and/or physical prototypes. Physical prototyping, in this context
Paper ID #42283Tinkercad—Not Just for KidsProf. Branimir Pejcinovic, Portland State University Branimir Pejcinovic received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is a Professor and former Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education at Portland State University, Electrical and Computer Engineering department. He has led department-wide changes in curriculum with emphasis on project- and lab-based instruction and learning. He was awarded the best paper award by the ECE division of ASEE in 2017 for his work on freshman engineering course development. His research interests are in the areas of
of engineering and design education, the development of spatialvisualization skills is viewed by many as a key to ensuring student success and competency. Spatialskills are crucial for grasping, manipulating, and projecting spatial relationships between objects,and are pivotal in understanding [1] and solving complex problems that involve spatial orientationand design [2, 3]. Such skills are indispensable in various fields, particularly in engineering,architecture, and various other STEM disciplines [4] [5] [6].The engineering design process is profoundly visual in nature, involving the rendition of abstractconcepts into tangible representations. Sketching plays a central role in this translation, which isan important skill for engineers
students (mostly freshmen) at TTU. The results suggestthat even freshmen claim to have some level of prior formal teamwork training and considerableexposure to teamwork through extracurricular activities. Their prior experiences with teamwork,however, appear to be rather neutral, though 83% reported having been involved in a “prior Page 22.1341.4successful team project.”To see how students at the sophomore level respond, an independent survey was given by theauthor, seeking information regarding prior teamwork exposure and experience with team-basedactivities. Somewhat consistent with Hunter, et al, student responses indicate that virtually
and implemented attwo different institutions. The course content evolved considerably from the first time the classwas taught to the second time the course was taught in order to capture the substantial gains intechnology and research approaches that have occurred over the two years between courseofferings. A description of the content in the first offering of this course and four class activitieswere discussed in a paper in Chemical Engineering Education3. In addition, the initialimplementation of HiPeLE inspired concept development projects were described in an ASEE-SE proceedings paper4. This paper describes and presents evaluations of the high performancelearning environment in the second implementation of this course.Course Structure
’ thinking visible – it is no longer solely limitedto making content visible as in the traditional transmission mode.11 It is important to emphasizethat PBL is “not only about infusing problems into the class, but also about creatingopportunities for students to construct knowledge through effective interactions and collaborativeinquiry.”11Supporting and monitoring students’ learning in small groups by a floating facilitator can bechallenging in a typical class while implementing PBL. It is typical for students to resistworking in groups, be it in laboratories or class projects, because of negative prior experiences.17Therefore, the support needed does not only involve cognitive coaching at different PBL phases,guidance and monitoring to develop
enrolled ECEstudents are engaging in projects which often include wireless communicationsubsystems.To meet this need, the course Wireless Communications Systems was developed anddelivered. This course is intended to help ensure our students’ competency in theemerging wireless communications field for now and into the future. The courseconcentrates on wireless physical layer communication and builds off of a traditionalcourse in communications. Laboratories and projects are a fundamental component of thecourse.In this paper, we present an overview of the course topics and describe the areas covered.We also discuss what was left out due to time and complexity considerations. We furtherdescribe the laboratory experiments and how they integrate with
AC 2011-1869: DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS EDUCATION VIASOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO EXPERIMENTATIONAlexander M. Wyglinski, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Alexander M. Wyglinski is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Director of the Wireless Innovation Laboratory (WI Lab), and Director of the WPI Limerick Project Center. He received his Ph.D. degree from McGill University in 2005, his M.S. degree from Queens University at Kingston in 2000, and his B.Eng. degree from McGill University in 1999, all in electrical engineering.Daniel J. Cullen Page
address the above two concerns. However, these services require either ahigh installation fee or a high monthly/yearly service fee.This paper presents a senior design project which utilizes cellular and microprocessortechnology to provide similar and better services at lower cost. The project alsoenhances the convenience features of motor vehicles. The outcome of the seniordesign project is a complete electronic system assembled on a printed circuit board,and it is ready to be mass produced for the unit price under $100. When the system isinstalled on an automotive, the following functionalities can be achieved: i) a usermay turn on and turn off the engine remotely; ii) the car may turn the engine offautomatically after the desired temperature is
from those of traditional lecture-based courses. For example, in Hi-PeLE, one mayencounter individual or team-based projects or both. Students interact with the facilitator of learning (i.e.,the professor), classmates, TAs, and even former instructors and vendors. Projects, primarily team-based,may be theoretical, computational, or experimental in nature and in some cases a combination of these arealso used. For those versions of Hi-PeLE that use an innovative and creative student-centered component(part of the Linear Engineering Sequence, LES) a working prototype of a proposed device may berequired as an outcome. Furthermore, a course offered in a Hi-PeLE format may involve studentparticipation in reading and/or discussion in formal or
project. Copeland is currently an industrial engineer at a Bellingham Washington hardwood plywood manufacturing facility.Derek M. Yip-Hoi, Western Washington University Derek Yip-Hoi has a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan. He has broad experience in CAD/CAM and geometric and solid modeling from research and teaching experiences at UM and the University of British Columbia. Currently he coordinates the CAD/CAM instruction in the Engineering Technology Department at Western Washington University. Page 22.316.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011
AC 2010-431: APPLYING DESIGN PROCESS TO REDESIGN A PERSONAL CAREPRODUCT – INTEGRATION OF TECHNICAL AND MARKETING ISSUESJorge Rodriguez, Western Michigan UniversityAlamgir Choudhury, Western Michigan UniversityLuis Rodriguez, University of Wisconsin - Waukesha Page 15.186.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Applying the Design Process to Redesign a Personal Care Product Integration of Technical and Marketing IssuesAbstractAs part of the curricula in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CEAS), there is arequirement of an Interdisciplinary Senior Design Project for the students to complete duringtheir last year in school. The
of R&D in machine tool controls and gauging at GTE-Valenite Corp., started and managed the clinical engineering department at William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, and was a research associate in radiology, nuclear medicine, and bio-mechanics at Wayne State University. Ken has taught at Lawrence Tech evening programs as an adjunct instructor since 1965. His senior projects class, where students generate project ideas, research, design, manufacture, and assess the market for inventive products is the capstone course. Cook also has enjoyed a long side career in magic finding his hobby very useful in teaching. A highlight for his students each year is the two-hour magic performance he offers
digital signal processing.Dr. Tonya Smith-Jackson, Virginia Tech Dr. Smith-Jackson is an Associate Professor in the Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engi- neering. Her specialty areas are cognitive ergonomics and system safety.Carl B. Dietrich, Jr., Virginia Tech Carl Dietrich is a research faculty member at Virginia Tech, where he completed Ph.D. and M.S. de- grees after graduating from Texas A&M University. He worked with the Defense Information Systems Agency, Arlington, Virginia and Bell Northern Research, Richardson, Texas and conducted research on adaptive and diversity antenna systems and radio wave propagation. His current work in software defined radio (SDR) includes leading projects
Page 22.181.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 1An Inquiry-Guided Learning Approach to Process Integration, Simulation, and Economics Lale Yurttas1, Houssein Kheireddine, and Mahmoud El-Halwagi Chemical Engineering Department, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USAThis paper provides an overview of how inquiry-guided learning (IGL) has been introduced intothe first senior-level design course at Texas A&M University (Process Integration, Simulation,and Economics). This has been part of an NSF-sponsored project to reform the chemicalengineering undergraduate
, attitudes, and identity) more successfully than traditionalmethods; for faculty LTS is seen as a powerful motivator for classroom learning (students aremore enthusiastic about their discipline); for universities it is seen as a strong recruitment andretention feature (students want to study at schools with these programs); for the communities itis a way to get much needed technical assistance through the service projects performed bystudents and faculty.The next part of the Summit focused on possibilities, particularly what an LTS-based curriculumwould look like if it was developed with no restrictions. As the ideas, expressed as curriculumplans generated by groups of attendees, are rich in complexity and diversity it is impossible tosummarize them
integration, signal processing, edge computing, end-to-end platformdevelopment, and systems engineering. Our interface facilitates data observation, recording,manipulation, and analysis. Students have access to live data streams, real-time plots of sensorvalues, and the ability to use the command window to run and test individual commands outsideof scripts. We deployed this system in an introductory class where students perform variousmechatronic lab exercises and complete a final project where their robot navigates a maze thencollects and classifies objects using sensor data and neural networks. We surveyed two semestersof students at the end of the course, and students reported that using this interface enhanced theirlearning experience despite
maps organize project requirements, ensuring all aspects are considered. • Design Optimization: Engineers use them to analyze and optimize designs, considering various parameters, components, and criteria. • Communication and Collaboration: Concept maps facilitate conveying complex concepts to team members, stakeholders, and clients, aiding collaborative decision-making. • Knowledge Management: They capture and organize engineering knowledge, preserving best practices and lessons learned for future projects.2.1 Types of Concept Maps Analogous to the various uses of concept maps, their representation can also be dependenton the application. Figure 1 and Figure 2 illustrate how
supports students in building self-efficacy in their abilitiesas electricity and electronics students. 1IntroductionActive learning is a teaching pedagogy which has gained traction in higher education as aneffective method for engaging learners in the process of attaining new knowledge [1]. It movesthe student from a passive role in hearing and absorbing information, to an active participant inconstructing new knowledge, typically through hands-on exercises. Active learning is an umbrellaterm used to describe many different types of practices, including role playing activities, pairprogramming, project-based learning, and many others [2].Many introductory electricity and electronics courses are ripe
Paper ID #35796Exploring the Effects of Solid Modeling Approaches and ManufacturingProcess Knowledge on Quality of Students’ Execution of EngineeringDesign Course ProjectsMr. Joseph Anthony Donndelinger, Baylor University Mr. Donndelinger joined Baylor University’s School of Engineering and Computer Science as a Clinical Associate Professor after 23 years of experience in the automotive and cutting tool industries. During his 16 years as a Senior Researcher at General Motors’ Global Research and Development Center, Mr. Donndelinger served as Principal Investigator on 18 industry-university collaborative projects focusing
Paper ID #38922Impact of Inclusion of Makerspace and Project Types on Student Comfortwith Additive Manufacturing and Three-Dimensional Modeling in First-YearEngineering ProgramDr. Andrew Charles Bartolini, University of Notre Dame Assistant Teaching Professor, University of Notre Dame Coordinator, First-Year Engineering Program, University of Notre DameSimran Moolchandaney, University of Notre Dame Simran Moolchandaney is a class of 2023 undergraduate student at the University of Notre Dame major- ing in Computer Science and minoring in Bioengineering. Outside the classroom, Simran is an NCAA Division 1 Fencer, and an active