algorithm design will be discussed as well as the next steps for the research.IntroductionThe use of peer review is an essential part of the engineering design process. The AmericanSociety of Civil Engineers maintains an official policy, formally supporting the use of peerreview in engineering2. As an educational tool, peer review can be a valuable way to providestudents feedback without a significant increase in instructor workload. Despite all that iscurrently known about our students, the best mechanism for assigning reviewers to reviewees ina peer review of artifacts is still considered to be blind, random assignment. The underlyingconjecture of this research project is that “there has to be a better way”. Specifically, if amechanism can be
, the measurement quality obtained with high-stakes adaptive testing could also berealized in learning materials for students developing their academic skills, including largecollege classrooms or Massively Open Online Courses. For students, targeted materials couldmake study time more efficient, and real-time scoring of self-administered assessments couldprovide timely feedback on performance. As an example, students studying introductory physicscould log on to a website and answer questions delivered adaptively. Online scoring wouldallow students and instructors to make accurate evaluations of progress and projections forsuccessful completion of the course. Such a learning tool could ultimately serve as summativeassessment, but would be
., Reiser, R., Hruskocy, C., & Ruckdeschel, C. (1999). Strategies for teaching project-based courses. Educational Technology, 39(2), 56-59. 12. Keller, F. (1968). Goodbye, teacher. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1, 79-89. 13. Gagne, R. (1965). The conditions of learning. New York: Holt, Reinhardt, and Winston. Page 26.1298.11
randexam between departments,which are the units of organization for teaching, and were enabled by organization programs,including the Math/Engineering Calculus co-teaching project, the Education Innovation Fellowsprogram, and the college-supported Communities of Practice. The one characteristic that was notpresent for randexam was formal dissemination programs.A key aspect of the spread of randexam was the fact that almost every link in Figure 10 had along-term faculty-member involvement on both ends of the link (at least one semester). That is, itwas not the case that a faculty member heard about the innovation at a workshop or otherone-time event, but rather that they participated in an extended conversation that allowedfamiliarity to build
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the data: Students focused on a system or structure: 80From the data: Percent of students focused on a specific material: 12From the data: Percent of students focused on a specific part: 4From the data: Percent of students omitting societal effects of their system: 20From the data: Percent of students desiring group logistics: 12Students commented that the LCA activity sequence was valuable, as shown in the samplesbelow: “It was cool to actually be involved in the engineering aspect of a current world problem.” “The most enlightening aspect of this project for me has been researching and understanding the life cycle of a structure or piece of
knowledgeregarding its use.4 However, it is a general test and does not assess discipline-specific issues.16 There have been several attempts to develop engineering-specific tests to assess moraljudgment. At conferences in 2003 and 2004, initial results of a study to develop a test werereported.11,15 The reports seemed promising, but Barry and Ohland reported that the principalinvestigators were no longer working on the project and had no immediate plans to resume thestudy (p. 384).4 Davis and Feinerman developed a method of comparing ratios of pre- and post-tests Page 26.240.5developed by the instructor. This method allows instructors to customize
history, and more have beendiscussed at length in a previous work.[1] For those interested, the world of hierarchical linearmodels (HLMs) is an expansive space, and fundamental texts in the discipline describe it in adetail beyond this paper.[8, 20-31] If one is interested in starting a project in using HLM, two major Page 26.280.3pieces of advice can be offered. First, it would behoove the researcher to learn how to programthem from scratch as much as possible using an environment such as R or even a higherfunctioning one such as SAS. Specialized programs abound that offer easily-accessible results,but blind the researcher to important
conditions, the number of quizzes was 12, althoughonly the first 11 contained questions covering target objectives. All quizzes and study plan assignments were administered via an online system calledMyMathLab®, which is an interactive learning system developed and maintained by the Pearsontextbook publishing company. MyMathLab® includes an electronic copy of the coursetextbook, and additional types of media that provide course content such as videos, animations,presentation slides, and projects. MyMathLab® also includes the MathXL® engine which canpresent students with a problem similar to those in the exercise sets at the end of each section inthe textbook. Most problems are algorithmic, meaning that each time the question is presented
Page 26.377.6learners with the conceptual information, the verbal learners with explanations and derivations offormulas, and the sequential learners with the logical flow of engineering economy topics. Forthe global learners, the presented material was always linked to previous and future material inthe course and to the students’ personal experiences. Following the mini lecture, hands-on smallgroup problem solving was employed to assist both the active and sensing learners with theengineering economy concepts. The time value of money concept was applied to both real-lifeengineering projects and student’s personal finance decisions such as student loans, car loans,credit cards, etc. Daily quizzes (individual and team) were
. Page 26.381.7Student performance on a graphics exam in a first-year engineering course required by allengineering majors at Michigan Tech was compared for students taking the PSVT:R on paperand through the LMS to determine if there was a difference in spatial ability between thesegroups. In the first-year engineering course, ENG1101, approximately five 1.5 hour classsessions are spent on sketching topics, followed by an exam. The graphics topics covered in thiscourse include isometric and oblique sketching, orthographic projections of normal, inclined, andcurved surfaces, rotations, reflections, and planes of symmetry. Students scoring 60% or belowon the PSVT paper and LMS versions were excluded from this analysis because they wererequired to
://subjectguides.library.american.edu/citation 6. References should be linked by numbers or name(s) of the authors in the textPRESENTAION (3 Points) 1. Presentation is on , but submit the electronic copy on or before . 2. 3-min Power Point Presentation on your project (3 Points) Five-Six slides including title slide Tentative contents and the structure of the report a. Title b. Issue c. Introduction d. Data e. Analysis f. Conclusion g. References Page 26.394.13
students reportedmoderate to great learning gains because of their interaction with the faculty, engagement ingroup work and hands-on activities during class, and discussion of course learning goals.In the current paper, we discussed our theoretical framework, analytical methodology, andpreliminary findings. Our future work includes continuing to analyze data from the first year ofthe project. Also, over the next three years, we will collect and analyze data from future offeringsof the Structures course and from the two other courses at our partner institutions.References 1 PCAST (2012). Report To The President Engage To Excel
phenomenon. One researcheradequately summarized the need to increase female enrollment in engineering into three themes:social, economic, and practical. The social impact of increasing female enrollment is to correctthe historical imbalance created by society historically disallowing women into “masculine”fields. Economically, the United States would benefit from increasing the number of females inengineering because the current system is matriculating fewer engineers than the workforcedemands, which is resulting in the outsourcing of engineering projects to foreign countries.Lastly, it would be practical to increase the number of female engineers in order to increasediversity which has been found to an increase of innovation (Su, 2010).Engineering
caring describes empathy in terms of actions carried out byindividuals or groups. Empathy as a special relationship defines it as a reciprocal relationshipdeveloped over time between two individuals when empathy is present, cultivated, and visible.Based on a thematic analysis of the results, empathy as a human trait was seen by facultymembers to be inherent in certain acts such as participating in team projects. It’s value as a stateof being was that it provided greater opportunities for academic or professional success. It wasvalued as a communication process in that it enhances the ability to communicate, which isimportant in team activities and responding to clients. Empathy as caring was the way most of theparticipants in this study
is astraightforward and useful tool for engineers and technicians who deal with measurement systemand data collection in their job functionalities17. Research in this area is quiteactive5,9,11,15,20,21,24,27. It is also commonly used in Lean Six Sigma projects as a part of theMSA1,28,29. Rosenkrantz conducted a survey to executives in the American automotive industryto assess the values of several quality tools and statistical methodologies23. Among the 306executives, more than 70% responses indicated that GR&R is the methodology most often usedby their organization. This percentage was on the top of the list of 17 quality tools and statisticalmethodologies commonly used in industry.Teaching GR&R to engineering and engineering
students from the University of Liberia and the University of Michigan in collaboration with the Society of Women Engineers and the University of Michigan. She is also working on an engineering education research project – Towards a global network of women engineers, as part of her endeavors in Liberia.Dr. Aline Cotel, University of MichiganElizabeth Frances Cloos Dreyer, University of Michigan Elizabeth Dreyer is a 4th year Electrical Engineering – Optics doctoral student at the University of Michi- gan in Ann Arbor, MI. She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering in 2012 from Michigan Technological University in Houghton, MI. She is particularly interested in Optics & Photonics and the
days before they are due 1 5. Talk about concepts with study group 1 6. Study sessions with other students 1 7. Outlet for stress 1 8. Create constantly updated to do list 1 9. Work on personal projects outside of school 1 10. Internship 1 11. Be flexible 1Several of these activities are closely related to 4.0 Plan principles.Discussion of Survey ResultsTable I shows
project based power electronics course with an increased content of renewable energy applications,” R. Belu, Proc. 2009 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, AC2009-792, Austin, Texas.11. “Building a modern power electronics and electric machines laboratory,” K. Chen and A. Stankovic, Proc. 2007 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Honolulu, Hawaii.12. “State of the art power electronics, electric drives, and renewable energy systems laboratories at the university of North Dakota,” H. Salehfar, Proc. Power and Energy Society General Meeting, 2005, pp. 261- 265.13. “Grainger power electronics and motor drives laboratories at Illinois Institute of Technology,” A. Emadi, Proc. Power and Energy Society General
. He received the B.S. degree in mathematics from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. He was an Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. At Rose-Hulman, he co-created the Integrated, First-Year Curriculum in Science, Engineering and Mathematics, which was recognized in 1997 with a Hesburgh Award Certificate of Excellence. He served as Project Director a Na- tional Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Education Coalition in which six institutions systematically renewed, assessed, and institutionalized innovative
al.implemented flip classroom to promote active learning opportunities in classroom by assigningreading and videos for students to study at home before coming to class. [7, 8] More recently, Loveet al., used inquiry based learning to engage students at different universities in a flippedclassroom. [9] Little et al. presented a literature review and provided UK based case studies for asmall scale flipped classroom project and also discussed under-represented staff experience for theduration of this study. [10]Our revitalized course differed from a traditional in-class and a complete online course in thefollowing ways: (1) Lectures were summarized in 15-20 minute videos that included importantconcepts from the chapter/topic, one/two worked examples, and 3
pedagogical deficiency, because they have beenlargely course-based efforts. Successful first year course reforms range from a one-credit,voluntary introduction to engineering course at the University of Florida6 to fully integrated first-year block curricula, such as Drexel’s E4 program7, the IMPULSE program at Massachusetts-Dartmouth8, the Engage program at Tennessee9, and the NSF-sponsored Engineering EducationCoalition program10. Many ECE programs have adopted separate courses/modules that includemore hands-on and project experiences for freshmen to enhance the learning experience. Whilethese efforts have been successful at improving first year retention rates, they have notsignificantly addressed the long-term graduation rates or attrition from
key to multidisciplinary engineeringpractice? A physical model of a design concept, based on simplifying assumptions (whichchange as the project progresses and one learns better what effects matter more than others), iscreated. This is an approximation of the real system and a hierarchy of models is possibledepending on the reason for modeling (see Figure 2). Laws of nature (e.g., Newton’s Laws,Maxwell’s Equations) are applied to the model, along with component model equations, togenerate the equations of motion for the multidisciplinary engineering system. These equations– nonlinear and coupled – are solved with Simulink, SimMechanics, SimHydraulics, LabVIEW,etc. to predict how the model will behave when various inputs – desired and
students to engage inSTEM careers.References1. Hartman, H., & Hartman, M. (2006). Leaving engineering: Lessons from Rowan University's college ofengineering. Journal of Engineering Education,95(1), 49-61.2. Bottomley, L. (2015). Assessing the Success of Programs for Women in Engineering. Proceedings of AmericanSociety for Engineering Education. Seattle.3. Felder, R. M., Felder, G. N., Mauney, M., Hamrin, C. E., & Dietz, E. J. (1995). A longitudinal study ofengineering student performance and retention. III. Gender differences in student performance and attitudes. Journalof Engineering Education, 84(2), 151-163.4. Goodman, I. F. (2002). Final Report of the Women's Experiences in College Engineering (WECE) Project. OnlineSubmission
was awarded the U.S. National Science Foundation CAREER grant award and received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers from the President of the United States. She has conducted and advised on educational research projects and grants in both the public and private sectors, and served as an external reviewer for doctoral dissertations outside the U.S. She publishes regularly in peer-reviewed journals and books. Dr. Husman was a founding member and first President of the Southwest Consortium for Innovative Psychology in Education and has held both elected and appointed offices in the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Motivation Special Interest Group of the European
as food and transportation made amajor difference. One student commented, “I was surprised by how much food productioncontributes to water footprints. When we buy food that’s been shipped from other states andcountries, we’re tapping into distant and often limited water supplies.” Another student noted,“One of the major things I did not factor in was all the water needed to process the food I eat.”Following the discussion of the class’s results, the instructor described the World HealthOrganization’s quantity of water required for life in the developing world at 7.5 L/d.15 Studentswere surprised to learn how little water was considered necessary given their own calculations ofpersonal use. One student commented, “I think this project did a
design project is the Rodent Tracker; a mechatronics solution for managing wiring harnesses of laboratory rodents in large-scale obstacle courses. Address: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah, 1495 East 100 South, 1550 MEK, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 Phone: 801-808-3571 Email: nicolas.n.brown@gmail.comMs. Joy Velarde, University of Utah Joy Velarde is an Academic Advisor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Utah. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Brigham Young University and a Master of Arts degree in Higher Education Administration from Boston College.Dr. Debra J Mascaro, University of Utah Debra J. Mascaro is the Director of Undergraduate Studies
. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow Dr. Beyerlein has taught at the University of Idaho for the last 28 years. He is coordinator of the college of engineering inter-disciplinary capstone design course and currently serves as the Department Chair for Mechanical Engineering. Dr. Beyerlein has been active in research projects involving engine test- ing, engine heat release modeling, design of curricula for active , design pedagogy, and assessment of professional skills. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Using Solid Modeling to Enhance Learning in Mechanics of Materials and Machine Component DesignAbstractThis article reports on a classroom research study
worked on water rights and quality projects in the Lake Tahoe Basin. As a researcher and professional engineer he has been responsible for water quality monitoring and modeling investigations, water quality planning, pollution impact studies, and subsurface remediation efforts. Recently, Dr. Litton was a principal investigator of two studies focused on understanding the algae-induced depletion of dissolved oxygen in the San Joaquin River Delta. Current research includes evaluating wetland ponds for methylmercury removal in the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Where is Everybody? Participation in Online Student
utility industry out of New Orleans for two Fortune 500 companies, where his responsibilities included IT disaster recovery from Hurricane Katrina. Previously, he served as an unrestricted line officer in the U.S. Navy onboard a guided missile destroyer and the second Aegis enabled cruiser.Prof. Dante Dionne, Korean Air Dante Dionne is an Organizational Leadership PhD candidate and a Senior Innovation Technology Man- ager at Korean Air. The past 20+ years of his career has centered on management and professional services consulting. Where, he has specialized in leading multi-national project teams in the design and implementation of digital marketing, mobility and innovative technology solutions. Dante holds an MA