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virtual Zoom meetings give supplementalinstruction and lets the project manager coordinate and assign which students will participate inat home and limited on-campus laboratory activities. Campus-visit compliance training forCOVID-19 social distancing and hygiene requirements was defined and conducted before eachweek’s Lab sign-in used by the students. The courses proved to be exciting learning experiencesfor the college students. They applied critical thinking skills and creativeness in developing aquadcopter / airplane hybrid payload delivery/surveillance UAV, making presentations, andimplementation of the garage manufacturing. Overall, the experiences have motivated thestudents doing a great job to learn and approach engineering even with the
for electrical circuits Cyrus Hagigat College of Engineering Engineering Technology Department The University of Toledo Toledo, OhioKeywords:MULTISIM, Superposition theory, Hardware Descriptive LanguageIntroduction:The introductory electrical Circuits course for non-electrical engineering technology majors atthe author’s institution contains a weekly lab component. However, due to Covid-19 pandemic,the entire class and the lab were converted to an online format. Consequently, the lab could notbe held in a traditional laboratory setting.It was decided to use MULTISIM
. Create an intensive, immersive experience where students and faculty from different majors can think creatively and analytically, interact and learn from each other. 3. Generate a set of design concepts which will be evaluated and presented, and which may possibly be developed into formal projects in the Design for an Aging Population laboratory at the University of St. Thomas.ParticipantsThe retreat was open to any student at the University of St. Thomas. Undergraduate andgraduate students from all majors were free to apply, though advertising focusedprimarily on undergraduate students. The application required that interested studentsdiscuss in a paragraph or two 1) why they were interested in the retreat, and 2) one
related to nanotechnology addressing the courseneeds identified by the seventh grade teachers. The activities were than jointlyevaluated by the students and lead author and a few of the activities were selectedfor further evaluation and improvement. Once the activities were fine-tuned theywere sent to the seventh grade teachers for evaluation and further edits and werefinalized for implementation. The activities planned were first tested in theenvironmental engineering laboratory at NDSU to make sure that they could beperformed by the seventh graders and would be exciting for them. Each module ofactivities was delivered to the students on a specified day keeping in pace with theprogress of the course contents in the seventh grade class. On the
is oriented to the development of a module on leadership activitiesassociated with workforce analytics for an existing undergraduate course in engineeringleadership. The module will complement the existing course in two primary ways: 1) takingadvantage of the course theme that there is much in common between the engineering andleadership skill sets, and 2) a significant laboratory project on present and future data innovations.The paper reports on an extensive literature review that leads to adaptation to an engineeringaudience and the subsequent design of the course module. The design of the module is based on aflipped classroom approach in which students engage in preparation on their own and then applyconcepts they have learned in group
adapt to new methods of instruction,students and teachers are being challenged to find new ways to learn now that many schools are forcedto deliver this instruction remotely to either replace or augment traditional classroom lectures. It isestimated that nearly 70% of all students enrolled around the globe have been impacted by thedisruptions associated with COVID-19 outbreaks [19]. The challenge that all stakeholders involvedin Engineering Education must address – employers, institutions, faculty, and students alike – is toensure that the quality of the education provided remains high while concurrently keeping studentsand staff safe. Engineering, as a field, relies heavily on hands-on, practical laboratory work. Thebenefits gained through
in the ease of implementation and a great impact. The Infinity Projectprovides a complete turnkey solution including curriculum, teacher training, and technology.Target Audience“When am I ever going to use this?” - a question posed all-to-often by students to their math nadscience teachers. The Infinity Project provides the answer to this question for both teachers andstudents. The prerequisites for the Infinity Project are Algebra II and one laboratory scienceclass. The Infinity Project is not only for the super-smart students, but rather is designed tointroduce students to engineering by taking math and science concepts and applying them tofamiliar entities – the Internet, music, video, and more. In college, the course is positioned as
professor in 2007. She is the author coauthor of more than 30 refereed publications. Herresearch interests in synthesis of nanoparticles using plasma torch and growth of graphite structures. She is a Co- PI onthe recently awarded NSF-NUE program “NUE: An Integrated Multidisciplinary Nanotechnology UndergraduateEducation Program at the University of New Mexico”.JONATHAN PHILLIPSDistinguished National Lab Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of New Mexico. Prof. Phillipsis working on novel nanoscale graphite structures, for which he was recognized with a “Nanotech Briefs - Nano 50”award. Phillips works at Los Alamos Laboratories and is engaged in both fundamental science and novel technologies,having eight issued patents. He
Regents’ Lecturer in 2007, the highest recognition to bebestowed on junior faculty members at UNM.MEHMET F. SUMehmet Su received his M.S. degree in computer engineering from University of New Mexico in 2006. He is continuinghis studies as a PhD candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at UNM. Mr. Su is the author/co-author of more than 14 publications in the fields of photonic and phononic crystal research.IHAB EL_KADYIhab El-Kady is with the Department of Photonic Microsystems Technologies, Sandia National Laboratories inAlbuquerque, NM, USA.ZAYD C. LESEMANZayd Leseman is a professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of New Mexico inAlbuquerque NM, USA. Dr. Leseman is a graduate of the University of
transferlecture and laboratory classes. Students will apply the experience of combining theoretical,experimental, and computational fluid dynamics to solve problems in thermodynamics and heattransfer. FLUENT SoftwareFluent is a general purpose package for modeling fluid flow and heat transfer. It is used forsimulation, visualization, and analysis of fluid flow, heat and mass transfer, and chemical reactions.It is a vital part of the computer-aided engineering (CAE) process for companies around the worldand is deployed in nearly every manufacturing industry. It can simulate two/three-dimensional,steady/unsteady, compressible/incompressible flows in structured or unstructured grids. Itscapabilities include simulating
Biomedical Instrumentation Lab Activities for Remote and Hybrid Delivery Dirk R. Albrecht, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MAAbstract— Biomedical instrumentation applies fundamental physics, electrical circuits, andengineering principles to the detection, recording and control of biological and biomedicalsignals, including clinical biosensors for patient monitoring and laboratory measurements.Typically, bioinstrumentation courses are taught using in-person laboratories with commercialequipment. Recent advances in inexpensive hardware and sensors have allowed transformationof these costly, seat-limited labs into flexible hands-on experiences, scalable to over 100concurrent
. For courses with laboratory and/or discussion sections: were the laboratory/discussion sections helpful to your learning? 90 80 Student Response (%) 70 60 50 N/A 40 30 Yes 20 No 10
the Poly- mers Division, studying polymers in microelectronics applications. His research projects at the University of Idaho center on thin-films based on hybrid materials, including silicates, polyoxometalates, and dia- mondoid polymers with funding from sources including the National Science Foundation, the Office of Naval Research, the Semiconductor Research Corporation, and the Donors of the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund.Dr. Brian K. Johnson P.E., University of Idaho Brian K. Johnson received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1992. Currently, he is a Distinguished Professor and Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Endowed Chair in Power
connect the control systems tophysical visualizations. Learning MATLAB while simultaneously learning the content also providesyet another challenge for students new to control systems material. Notably MATLAB has aquadcopter simulation available, but the interface presents itself less than intuitive for anundergraduate engineering student being presented control systems content for the first time.Quanser, a company known for educational lab equipment, also developed an app that presents somecontrol systems topics in an educational format. The app also has interactive components to engagethe users. It ultimately lacked the direct correlation to undergraduate control systems curriculum andfelt more tailored to topics directly covered in laboratory
would have studentsbuild a complete system from start to finish, expose them to a broad spectrum of the ECE areasof focus, and require that they apply architectural thinking in designing and applying goodsoftware development principles. Furthermore, we designed the course to be a mostly-flippedclassroom to maximize student engagement and support. Considering that it is a hands-oncourse, we went to great lengths to make sure that the student project kits would be easilyaccessible and not require the students to utilize a laboratory environment.Related WorksWhen we consider hands-on education using embedded systems, we stand on the shoulders ofgiants. In designing this course, we worked closely with our Teaching and Learning Commons toincorporate
Paper ID #32895The Mechanics of SUCCESS: How Non-Cognitive and Affective Factors Re-lateto Academic Performance in Engineering MechanicsDr. Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Brian Self obtained his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Engineering Mechanics from Virginia Tech, and his Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the University of Utah. He worked in the Air Force Research Laboratories before teaching at the U.S. Air Force Academy for seven years. Brian has taught in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo since 2006. During the 2011-2012 academic year he participated in
face serious problems in their professionalpreparation for not having this face-to-face contact with their instructors and mentors. In this age ofsmartphones and face-books direct human communication is increasingly lacking in every sphere of ourdaily existence. On top of it, this COVID-19 emergency has put new barriers of communication byenforcing ‘educational distancing’. Educational distancing is not just ‘physical distancing’! It includes‘social distancing’ as well on a live college campus. Students in Engineering, those graduating this yearor in the next year, will not have the same preparation as those who graduated a few semesters earlier.For example, the laboratory experiments online do not have the same feelings of “touch and test
arrays, loops, and structures than they do with some of the specific applications such asplotting and numerical methods. In addition, students are not prepared for the rigorous,consistent work that is required for such a course. It is proposed that MATLAB Marina can beused as an effective resource to help address these challenges and improve student learning.Teaching PedagogyAt Georgia Southern University, ENGR 1121 is a semester long course and is taught in a studioformat, laboratory only course with no separate lecture component, and meets for 100 minutestwice a week in a computer lab. While the lab sessions allow for hands-on work, there is littletime for in-class lecture from the instructor. Typically, a short 8-10 minute lecture is given
options of online teaching methods1,2,3 prior to making thetransformation of the on-campus course to the on-demand course. Our on-demand approach boresome resemblance to the online modality. The following steps were taken in such transformation.Revision of the course learning outcomesIn the transition from the on-campus, in-person course in fall 2019 to the online, on-demandcourse in summer 2020, the course learning outcomes for the in-person course were reviewed. Inthe review, we found that most of the outcomes could be transitioned to the on-demand coursewithout modifications. For outcomes involving in-person, in-laboratory experiments, they werenot feasible in that summer term due to campus closure. They were replaced by computer-aidedcontrol
Purdue, Dr. LaRose serves as a teacher educator,preparing future agricultural educators to meet the needs of a diverse array of learners in their classes. Sheteaches coursework in curriculum design, laboratory teaching practices, and teaching methods in agricul-tural education. Central to all of Dr. LaRose’s work as an educator and a scholar is an effort to addressinequities in agricultural education curriculum, program design, and recruitment practices. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021Using Enhanced Professional Networks to Increase Overall Student RetentionAbstractThe National Science Foundation awarded funds in 2016 through the Division of
laboratory protocols for a research environment. In addition to his research, he operated as the assistant lab manager where he coordinated certifications, trainings, and logistical concerns for approxi- mately 30 members across four different research groups and completed maintenance of shared laboratory equipment. He also was a founding member of the Temple University Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) student chapter and acted as the secretary and vice president over the course of his undergraduate studies.Dr. Robert S. Cargill II P.E., CBE Consultants, Inc. Dr. Robert S. Cargill II is the President of CBE Consultants, Inc. Dr. Cargill applies his expertise in the principles of bioengineering to projects emphasizing
U.S. Army Research Laboratory, the U.S. Army Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate, the U.S. Army Redstone Technical Test Center, and numerous sponsors from the private sector. His research interests in- clude intelligent sensors and supporting software infrastructure, knowledge representation and inference, data and knowledge visualization, software engineering, logic programming applications, and STEM ed- ucation. Russomanno received his B.E.E. in electrical engineering from Auburn University in 1986, and an M.E. in electrical and computer engineering (1989) and Ph.D. (1993) in computer engineering from the University of South Carolina. American
Paper ID #34559Computer Science and Computational Thinking Across the Early Elemen-taryCurriculum (Work in Progress)Dr. Kenneth Berry, Southern Methodist University Dr. Kenneth Berry is the Associate STEM Director at the Caruth Institute in the Lyle School of Engi- neering at Southern Methodist University (SMU). He has worked as an education specialist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory until he received his doctorate in Educational Technology in 2001. He then taught at the Michael D. Eisner School of Education at California State University at Northridge (CSUN). In 2009, he moved to Texas to work at the Science and
scheduled to be launched in Fall 2021. We plan to offer Information Security Fundamentals, Mobile Computing and Network Defense and Counter measures. All courses offered in the area of Cybersecurity have a strong laboratory component to provide hands-on experience to the students. The following paragraphs will discuss some of the lab components of Network Defense and Counter Measures course [7]. Network Defense and Counter Measures Lab Structure: The instructor took a course in the basics of Cybersecurity and has done extensive research to learn the labs offered by SEED for security education. The development of SEED labs was funded by three grants from the US National Science Foundation; Awards No. 0231122 and 0618680 from TUES/CCLI and Award No
manufacturingoperations. For example, the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at AuburnUniversity created a laboratory called the automotive manufacturing systems lab [8]. In this lab,students build 273-piece LEGO vehicles while learning about Toyota production systemprinciples. They provide hands-on experiences but require a large space (4,000 ft2) and require18 students to be present at the time of the experiment [9]. In addition, these labs are not portablewhich makes them not suitable for remote and online learning. On the other hand, immersivetechnologies are portable and can be used to build complex virtual systems [10], [11].We hypothesize that the CLICK approach will transform how the IE curriculum is delivered. TheCLICK approach will: 1
appropriately. 8. Maintain a high-quality laboratory notebook. 9. Choose appropriate methods for effective and comprehensive data analysis. 10. Comprehend the importance of research results while drawing sound conclusions. 11. Communicate results and background information verbally and in writing. 12. Suggest ideas for future work in a specific discipline.When deciding on course prerequisites, several issues were discussed. The purpose ofprerequisites was considered in some depth. The faculty creating the course felt it was importantto promote wide access to the class, which argues in favor of few if any prerequisites. However,it was also important to ensure students who take the class have the necessary preparation to besuccessful, which
topics directly covered in laboratory sections 8. Proceedings of the 2021 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Baylor University, Waco, TX Copyright © 2021, American Society for Engineering Education 3Other research groups and universities have embarked on similar projects to create education toolsfor control systems education; but are mostly outdated. A publication in ASME from 1998, similarlydiscussed a multimedia learning tool tailored for the Georgia Tech curriculum 9. It usedrepresentations of real-world applications with simple videos and diagrams to support the learningmaterial. Another publication in
of audiences. It was determined that FamilyEngineering events significantly increased a family s interest in engineering andengineering careers.Bibliography1. Altman, J.H. (1997). Career development in the context of family experiences, Diversity and Women’s Career Development: from Adolescence to Adulthood, edited by Helen S. Farmer, pp. 229-242. Thousand Oaks, CA.2. Jordan, et al., (2002). Emerging issues in school, family, & community connections. Austin: National Center for Family & Community Connections with Schools, Southwest Educational Development Laboratory.3. Henderson, A. and N. Berla, 1994. A New Generation of Evidence: The Family Is Critical to Student Achievement. Washington: Center for Law and Education
National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) administered through Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE). American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 A Survey-Based Study of Students’ Perspective on Different Remote Teaching Styles During COVID-19AbstractAfter the outbreak of the coronavirus in early 2020, most educational institutions worldwide hadto rapidly switch to online learning as a precautionary measure. The sudden change in the teachingstyle had left both the instructors and the students with a lot to do in just a short period of time.Many challenges and obstacles in the new learning environment hindered the