classrooms. The goal of this paper is to describe factors that must be considered whenengaging teachers to develop and implement engineering content for K-12 classrooms. Theresearch questions that guided the study presented in this paper are as follows: (1) What are the main considerations for engaging math and science teachers in engineering research and design? (2) What are the challenges that teachers face and what of type of support should be provided to help teachers translate their engineering research into engineering content relevant to the math and science concepts they teach.This paper presents the methods and results of a case study where a team of three teachers wereengaged in engineering research that consisted of
if the situation were real, role-play simulations tend to have higher psychological fidelity.9Thus, they are thought to be effective at forcing participants to feel the emotions of a situationand to display skills needed in an actual situation. Further, they are intended to developawareness of the difficulty of enacting the decisions that a person makes in a realistic situation.A single role-play can open students to the realistic difficulties involved with following throughon decisions.1 Thus, role-plays have the potential to show different perspectives on a problem,improve the depth of understanding, and capture participants’ attention because of theexperiential nature and realism of the training design. However, there are some concerns
industry. 7 Countries such as China and India continue tooutpace the U.S. in production of STEM graduates. 1; 5; 8 Because globalization increases accessto less expensive technologically adept labor markets, 8 leadership—and professional skills ingeneral—is one skill that can increase the competitiveness and marketability of U.S. engineeringgraduates. 9 Currently, a U.S. company can hire at least five engineers from India for the cost ofone in the U.S.8 By demonstrating the ability to lead international and interdisciplinary teams oftechnical engineers, U.S. engineers can continue to remain at the forefront of industrydevelopment and set themselves apart from competitors in the labor market. To punctuate theimportance of leadership from among the
certification track willreplace the current elementary track (K-6) and overlap with the existing secondary track (7-12).Camblin reminds us that “the middle grades, those enrolling 10- to 14-year-old students, have animportant relationship to college access.1 The middle grades are when students, families, andschool personnel begin to address career aspirations, academic preparation, and collegeinformation.” The Commonwealth’s new emphasis on highly qualified middle grades teachersprovides a unique opportunity to impact children at a crucial time in their formal educationexperience.2In our project, we are aiming to (1) develop a program (SUSTAINS, STEM UndergraduateStudents Teaching Adolescents Innovation and Sustainability) that will allow
desktop, arerelatively inexpensive to implement and maintain, are comparatively safe to operate, and generate littlein the way of waste materials or other environmental hazards. Such approaches to engineeringeducational laboratories follow trends in chemistry education employing microscale laboratories inplace of the traditional wet chemistry (e.g., flasks and beakers) experiments. Moreover, the student isfully engaged in all aspects of the experiments (design, fabrication, instrumentation, operation, dataacquisition and analysis)1-4. Page 24.403.2Thermal (infrared) imaging and machine vision are increasingly important and versatile
of the program were: 1) to identify incoming engineering students with high potentialfor leadership, 2) to enhance and build leadership skills, 3) to build academic excellence, and 4)to foster community among students through living in the Engineering Living and LearningCommunity (ELLC).The IDEAL program provided scholarships in the first and second years of the engineeringcurriculum, years in which engineering and computer science students have high attrition rates.After successfully completing the first two years, participants were supported by the universityfor their third and fourth years. In order to remain eligible for the IDEAL program, participantswere required to maintain at least a 3.000 GPA at the end of each academic year, live
data analyst and co-op coordinator for the college. Tony is on track to defend his doctoral dissertation in Spring 2014.Prof. Nathan W. Klingbeil, Wright State University Nathan Klingbeil is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science at Wright State University. He is the lead PI for Wright State’s National Model for Engineering Mathematics Education, which has been supported by both NSF STEP Type 1 and CCLI Phase 3 awards. He has received numerous awards for his work in engineering education, and was named the 2005 Ohio Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).Dr
. Angela C. Shih, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Page 24.406.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Developing Web-Assisted Learning Modules in Vector DynamicsAbstractOnline learning tools were developed by the authors at California State Polytechnic University,Pomona in an effort to improve student outcomes in a Vector Dynamics course. These toolsinclude (1) a series of narrated video tutorials that show students step-by-step how to solvetypical dynamics problems and (2) simulations of typical dynamics scenarios. The video tutorialswere created using Camtasia Studio
studentreflections. Next, using videotape and peer prompting, the authors developed and collected averbal protocol from individual Dynamics students as they worked through the activity using a“talk aloud” approach. Based on analysis of the videotaped transcripts a better understanding ofthe sources of misconceptions was identified and further refinements to the IBLA are beingmade. The paper contains the IBLA along with suggestions for implementation andimprovements.Introduction and BackgroundIt is well documented that students enter the classroom with deeply rooted misconceptions.1-3This is especially true in STEM disciplines, where the literature contains thousands of studies ofstudents’ lack of conceptual understanding.4 The importance of conceptual
experience.This deficiency, as articulated by the students in their course evaluations and senior exit-interviews and recognized by the mechanical engineering faculty, was addressed in 2012 bysplitting the original 4-credit Mechanics Based Design course into one 3-credit Mechanics BasedDesign lecture course and one, new and separate, 1-credit Mechanics Based Design Laboratorycourse. The laboratory course was taught by a separate instructor and was designed to support,but be independent of, the lecture course.The new Mechanics Based Design Laboratory course is located in a 1000 ft2 room next toseveral other mechanical engineering undergraduate laboratories on campus. A working, butantiquated, hydraulically-driven tension/compression testing machine (MTS
semesters. The work is designed to test two hypotheses: 1. A long-term design project that integrates knowledge from multiple courses strengthens student knowledge retention. 2. A large-scale design project requiring tools from many courses improves student problem-solving and design skills.By integrating five semesters of the mechanical engineering curriculum into a cohesive whole,this project has the potential to transform the way undergraduate education is delivered. Beforeand after testing is being conducted to assess: a) Change in retention between courses and b)Change in student problem-solving and design skills.Students at Rowan University have built almost all of the “hardware” for the HPT (air engine,planetary gearset
associated with product and service design,manufacturing, and support, engineers are being called upon to a much greater extent to performthe what-to-do functions that drive technology innovation and fill the front-end of the design-product-service pipeline.” 1Development of the new industrial and entrepreneurial engineering programIn 2006, the faculty initiated a complete review of the IE program. It was decided that no courseor topic was off limits. The objective was to completely revise the IE program and put in place acurriculum that would meet the needs of future graduates. After several meetings and retreats, thefaculty agreed that the new IE curriculum should have the following features: 1. Change the name of the program to reflect the
problem is solved. It is acomplex process that depends on and influences students’ understanding about themselves asthinkers and learners, and usually precedes and follows cognitive activity. Butler found that astudent’s understanding of a learning activity is grounded in productive metacognition abouttasks associated with students’ thoughtful planning, self-monitoring, and selection of appropriatestrategies to accomplish task objectives [1]. Metacognitive skill plays a particularly critical rolein real-life or open-ended tasks, such as solving ill-structured design problems.Metacognition is critical to the self-evaluation of one’s knowledge and abilities [2], which isessential in mathematics [3, 4], science [5, 6], technology [7, 8], engineering
and on observations of student workA tutor for problem solving in statics should enable users to carry out the general set of tasksexpected of students in this subject. In particular, the tasks in applying statics to a real physicalsystem include: 1. Survey the physical system to recognize the various parts, how they are connected or supported 2. Select a subsystem, that is, a some portion of the system, for analysis 3. Draw a free body diagram of the subsystem 4. Write down equations of equilibrium for the subsystem 5. Solve equations for unknowns, interpret them, and potentially use those results in the analysis of subsequent subsystemsDifferent types of statics problems exercise these facets of the problem solving
drug delivery strategiesCourse structureThe course divided into four areas that focus on mass transport in biological tissues and drugdelivery systems, drug binding and biological effects, the design and application of drug deliverysystems, and a collaborative research project focused experimental methods of testing drugdelivery systems. The course schedule is shown in Table 1.Table 1. Course Schedule for Drug Delivery Week Topics 1 Introduction to Drug Delivery 2 Pharmacokinetics and Compartment Modeling 3 LAB: Compartment Modeling with MATLAB 4 Diffusion in Rectangular, Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinates 5 Diffusion Coefficient, Fluorescence Recovery after Photobleaching
by the professor at the end of the studyabroad. The students were also asked to present their experience in multiple platforms. Thispaper describes the evolution of the FLEAP in our university and uses the Germany study abroadto discuss what worked and what did not. It is expected that the experiences of the CGE, the leadfaculty for the Germany study abroad, and the advisory council will assist other universities inestablishing a similar program.1. IntroductionIn recent years there has been increasing demand and push for global experience through anacademic setting, as seen in Figure 1. For would-be engineers this is even more important in thisworld of ever-increasing global collaboration and commerce. In 2011/12 over 283,000 US
necessary toeffectively implement integrated engineering education in their classroom. The overall goal ofthis certificate program is to contribute to the engineering skill and efficacy of partner teachers,and in turn, the students with whom they work.To complete the certificate, P-12 educators are required to take three core courses (total 9credits) – Fundamentals of Engineering for Educators, Engineering Design and Engineering in Page 24.416.2the P-12 classroom. A brief course description for the three core courses is provided below:Core 1: Fundamentals of Engineering for Educators: This practical course provides a broadengineering experience and
sound. Figure 1 illustrates how anacoustic material reacts to impinging sound waves. Figure 1: Representation of porous sound absorption materialThe incident wave impacts the face of the material, reflecting some of its energy and sending therest into the material. The energy sent into the material is either transmitted through the material,or absorbed within the porous structure of the material. The sound absorption coefficient is thesum of the percentages of sound that were not reflected. From Figures 1, the sound transmissioncoefficient, τ, is simply the ratio of the sound power transmitted through the material sample intoanother space to the sound power incident on one side of a material sample. Since some soundenergy
possible to accomplish in a engineering and technological literacy course for non-engineers.Requirements for Visual Representation MethodIn survey courses of modern technology for non-engineer, the methods and conventions usedmust be consistent across a broad spectrum of common technologies including automobiles,structures such as bridges, and electronics. Some general requirements needed for visual aids Page 24.418.5used in technological and engineering literacy courses are listed in Table 1. The primary use of 4these visual aids is to help to convey how the technology works. An overall goal is to
ultimately translate laboratory experience into real lifeapplication. The use of traditional laboratory has been adversely affected over time as a resultof rising cost of laboratory equipment and increasing number of students’ enrolment intoschools 1 . As the number of student participation rises, there is a need for a complementaryprovision of platforms for experiments to be performed or at least perform them with a closereplica of the actual laboratory experience.Virtual laboratories are software applications that use the theory behind the experiment tomodel a laboratory setting. Virtual laboratories have a number of advantages. Firstly, withvirtual laboratories, the student can repeat a particular experiment multiple times withdifferent
together the course concepts. A series of characters, representing subjectmatter experts, deliver technical and non-technical content thus morphing from a traditionallecture paradigm to one that is more interactive for students. Next, the Systems EngineeringBody of Knowledge (SEBoK) 1 is used as the foundational text for the course. In addition tobeing available to students free of charge, the SEBoK offers a common terminology, framework,and a coverage of topics that are not available in more traditional texts. Finally, active learningand experiential learning techniques 2 are incorporated into the course to facilitate learning basedon the course learning outcomes 3. All of these decisions were made and undertaken in such away as to allow the same
machine tools. During the project’s second year we arein progress of developing, implementing and testing the some of the following: (1) Advance Knowledge of How Cognitive Learning Develops in Tele-presence System, investigating how students perceive, process, and learn while working with the developed learning systems (tutorials, learning modules and lab activities). (2) Development of an Agent-based Tutor & Simulator System (ATSS), with an embedded- intelligence and knowledge base to guide and support students in remote operations within the safety and functional boundaries of the equipment. Its main function is to aid remote users in lieu of the teacher’s absence through the graphical projection of
whileimproving the transfer of core knowledgein science, technology, engineering andmath (STEM) courses. The EFFECTframework is presented in Figure 1.EFFECTs are based on a driving questionwhere students consider fundamentalconcepts in the context of a realisticproblem. In the first EFFECT session(class period), students complete adecision worksheet, individually and thenin groups, and provide an initial answer tothe driving question. This first session isfollowed with multiple active learningsessions that are designed to enhance thestudent’s core knowledge, stimulatecritical thinking, and hone their estimationabilities. Active learning modules integrate
) attempted several types ofextracurricular programs for both undergraduate and graduate students in order to achieveseveral objectives including 1) improving practical skills for industry readiness, 2) improvingprofessionalism, and 3) promoting strong team working skills.Industry and university collaboration for construction engineering education was emphasized bymany previous studies. The practice of construction engineering and management increasinglydemanded construction professionals who are capable of solving many challenges both technical Page 24.423.2and social within a team environment 1. However, there are many barriers to
Paper ID #9304Development of Graduate Leadership and Management Programs for Work-ing ProfessionalsDr. Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel Ron Welch (P.E.) received his B.S. degree in Engineering Mechanics from the United States Military Academy in 1982. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana in 1990 and 1999, respectively. He became the Dean of Engineering at The Citadel on 1 July 2011. Prior to his current position, he was the Department Head of Civil Engineering at The University of Texas at Tyler from Jan 2007 to June 2011 as well as served in the Corps of
) Evolve! The learner is asked to describe how her or his views have shifted based on the content presented in the module, and how she or he will use the content in future applications in the engineering community (community-centered) Reflect!The learner is given time to personally reflect on the content and learning that has transpired in the module (learner-centered.) Stemming from early constructivist theorists like John Dewey and Jean Piaget, structured time for reflection in learning is becoming a well-recognized component in meaningful engineering learning environments.The LEADER modules were designed and structured to advance particular professionalsskills as identified: (1) via empirical findings
Laboratories allow students to see how molecular interaction gives rise to thephenomena described by mathematical equations. The IVLs can currently be accessed online viathe AIChE Concept Warehouse (cw.edudiv.org). This paper focuses on how students use twoIVLs, one based around the thermodynamics threshold concept of pressure-volume work and theother on that of reversibility.1. Pv Work. Work is an abstract concept, and it is often difficult for students to understand how the act of doing work on a system adds energy. Intuitively, students may understand that compressing a gas causes it to undergo an increase in temperature, or a ‘heating up’. The purpose of the work simulation is to give students a physical model explaining why doing work on
electronics converter applications. The experiments are designedto be focused on the ECE aspect of the renewable energy and most of the experiments are open-ended.I IntroductionIn the past decade, renewable energy has become one of the hottest topics in engineeringeducation[1]. To catch this trend, Gannon University has been offering the integration ofrenewable energy into electrical power systems course to ECE undergraduate students as atechnical elective since Spring2010. Textbooks covering general topics in renewable energy havebeen published by major higher-education publishers[2-4], yet it is not easy to find a matchingtextbook that has appropriate knowledge level and tailored scope for junior/senior ECEundergraduate students with the focus
oncampus. Each surveying group was paired with a highway design group to complete the project.The highway design teams (senior level) served as the project lead and each surveying team(sophomore level) was required to communicate with their highway design counterparts tocollaboratively complete this project. This paper presents the development of a civil engineeringtechnology/construction management MULC model and the results of the first delivery of aMULC project.IntroductionAs of December 2010, the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) results revealedthat U.S. students ranked 17th in science and 25th in math out of 70 other developedcountries.[1] Unfortunately, these rankings are neither new to the science, technology,engineering
meaning and relevance of Page 24.429.2the data the students acquire in the laboratory.A significant body of literature is available in engineering education journals and conferenceproceedings addressing the issues of modernizing teaching laboratories to take advantage of newand emerging educational technologies. Many of these papers can be categorized as either (1)projects incorporating multimedia elements to create on-line materials to facilitate the delivery oftheory instruction while retaining a significant “hands-on” component,1-13 or (2) projects inwhich virtual or remotely operated laboratories suitable for distance or totally on-line