. Sub Problems ASR (%) CSR (%) A. Identify Problem 70 70 B. Acknowledge Current Solutions 65 55 C. Acknowledge Current Solutions' Limitations 61 55 D. Identify User Needs 17 17 E. Address User Needs in Final Design 73 72 F. Formulate Engineering Metrics to Correlate to Defined User Needs 3 2 G. Address Engineering Metrics in Final Design 96 43This reflects in
. Other programs reflecting Wei’s international reach include the college’s Poverty Alleviation/Service-Learning program and Engineers Without Borders. This global perspective is rooted in a vision of SJSU as a preeminent producer of forward-thinking problem-solvers. With this goal in mind, Wei has established the Silicon Valley Engineering Scholarship, a program that provides $5,000 of annual support for high-achieving students to pursue engineering careers. Wei is also a Principal Contributor to CSU (California State University) Engineering Academies, a statewide program that helps high schools better motivate and prepare students for the rigors of engineering education. Moreover, she supports the creation of high
used avariety of methods. First, a survey was developed and sent out to all 96 alumni/ae who had 4graduated from the engineering entrepreneurship minor program over the period 2011 to 2016.There was about a 30% response rate to the survey. The survey questions were similar to theones that had been used in a previous survey to assess how well the program was succeeding ininstilling the entrepreneurial mindset in engineering students. Details of that research effortincluding the questions used in the survey instrument were presented in [1]. The questions usedin the present survey were updated to reflect the KEEN student outcomes [2].Survey data
externally through the differentstages of the project. From an internal perspective, we have been intentional in reflecting onteam process, team dynamics, and team structure so that we modify and adapt as necessary tomaximize performance. From an external perspective, we are intentional to recognize and beresponsive to changes that happen in the larger ecosystem, i.e., our institution and professionalcommunity, within which we are situated.We are nearing completion of foundational aspects of the project and are transitioning during thepivotal year three to new focus areas and different phases of work. This paper provides asummary of our progress to date regarding meeting the project objectives, in addition to recentadjustments made to support our
mixed messages about the importance of professional licensure.In the Civil Engineering department at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, professionallicensure and/or significant engineering design experience for faculty is traditionally highlyvalued. ABET requires that design courses be taught by faculty who are professional engineers, orwho have qualification by degree and experience. This paper discusses the ethics of teachingtechnical content without licensure from the perspective of senior practicing civil engineers, andthrough personal reflection. This paper also shows initial survey data of the percent of faculty withprofessional licensure.To discern the ethics of licensure among faculty and whether or not faculty licensure plays a
experiences inestablishing a new engineering collection and services from the ground-up.IntroductionThe rapid growth of engineering programs across many different types of institutions is welldocumented. As a recent ASEE Prism [1] article noted, “the growth curve coincides with anational push for STEM education by policymakers at all levels. It also reflects a recession-chastened generation of students seeking a degree that translates to a stable, well-paying job, andwidening opportunities for engineers in advanced manufacturing, computer science, and thebiomedical and biotechnology fields.” Reflecting this national trend, Dixie State University, apublic comprehensive university recently moved from offering a pre-engineering associatesprogram to
, source transformations, voltage and current dividers. Unit 2: Node-voltage, superposition, Thévenin and Norton equivalent circuits. Unit 3: Op amp circuits, systems, digital logic. Unit 4: RL, RC, RLC circuits.B. AssessmentBoth formative and summative assessments were used throughout the course to better understandthe student experience and the most challenging concepts. Assessments included weeklymuddiest point reflections and/or quizzes and self-assessments (depending on the professor), fourexams, and online feedback (every 3 weeks). 1. Muddiest Points (weekly)In weekly written Muddiest Point assessments, students related the concepts they found mostconfusing that week, and tried to explain them. A small amount of
of one or both of these documents.Although similar in intent and based on equivalent Bloom’s taxonomies for their construct, thereare significant differences between the two that reflect variations in knowledge base and skills,but also somewhat contrasting visions and overall work approaches by the two groups. It shouldbe stated that with the exception of the first author, there was no overlap in the composition ofthe two committees and relatively limited interaction. The purpose here is to provide a briefoverview of the outcomes for each body of knowledge and to compare and contrast how bothefforts have progressed with recommendations provided for a unified process when it comestime to update the two bodies again. This information may be of
-10. During this timeof undergraduate research experiences, there has been a push from using inquiry into authentic science andauthenticity for classroom learning11-13.Some researchers stress the use tools such as the microscope or telescope, or activities like bioinformaticsand biodiesel production, or community collaborations and summer camps as the focus for authenticscience14-23. Tomas and Ritchie claim that integrating authentic science activities into classrooms assiststudents in learning how practicing scientists conduct research24. These types of authentic scienceexperiences can motivate students25.Interestingly, sometimes the terms are combined, such as the “reflection on authentic science inquiry26” and“authentic science inquiry27
[15]. Because the instructors are in effect observing each other and comparingoutcomes, there is both intrinsic and extrinsic motivation to do well. Some self-improvementmodels are based on an action-observation-reflection cycle [16], but if instructors are teachingalone without external input, it may be difficult for them to be objective about their outcomesand take time to reflect how things might be better. Based on our experience with the Staticsprogram at the Florida Institute of Technology, we believe that when we work together to sharebest practices and compare data on outcomes, everyone wins. References[1] H. J. Walberg, R. A. Paschal and T. Weinstein, "Homework's powerful effects on
techniques employed in all of the workshopsare active-learning student-centered methods. The instructors decided at the inception of theprogram to present material in ways that each instructor had found to be most effective in theuniversity environment. All sessions used mini-lecture presentations followed by activities thatteach the concepts through demonstration or experiment that the students perform themselves.From the first year to the second, the biology and chemistry sessions were revised based onfeedback from students that indicated they had done the particular type of DNA analysis andpolymer synthesis before. The session descriptions below are reflections of the 2017 workshops;all of which were well received and were new to the students. A
5students who had engaged in an internship were required to present lessons learned from theirexperience and reflect on how the ISP impacted their summer professional experience. Whilenot all students engaged in a summer internship program, it was later captured how thisinternship program might have had an effect on the student learnings from the program. Somestudents secured internships through direct industry contacts of the ISP, while others securedinternships through personal connections.The third and final term (Fall) of the first ISP cohort aimed to expose students to additionalprofessional skills through similar workshops to those of the Spring term. However, differingfrom the spring semester, these workshops were held primarily at industry
Teammates 2% 20% 78%The results show a much greater spread of answers from students. While students still tend tograde their follow students very high, an average of 10% of students for each rubric elementwere given ratings of “Beginning” or “Developing”, compared to less than 2% using theprevious rubric. The new rubrics provide instructors with more useful information to use whengrading and to share with students when mentoring them for improved teamwork.ConclusionsRevising a program’s existing assessment practices may take a lot of time – developingperformance indicators that accurately reflect the outcome, are measurable, and follow Bloom’sTaxonomy, along with creating grading
ofdesign for manufacturability and assembly methods, and promotes teamwork. Challengesassociated with 3D printing desktop catapults include time and material for 3D printing. It iscritical for the instructor to work closely with students to challenge design decisions and providefeedback concerning manufacturability, assembly, and catapult performance. To assist inlearning project management, it is recommended to create a timeline that highlights criticalmilestones. After completing the catapult project students were asked to provide reflection statementsregarding aspects that were easy, difficult, and what they learned about design. Below are a fewsample student comments. 1. What was the easiest part of the catapult design project?“Giving
, 250, 1e. 250, 1, 25f. 250, 25, 16. Regarding the main stages of LCA, drag and click the following terms to their appropriateareas.Interpretation, Impact assessment, Inventory analysis, Goal and scope definition7. Regarding the main processes, inputs, and outputs in a product’s life cycle, drag and click thefollowing terms to their appropriate areas.Transportation, Material extraction, Use, Materials and energy, End of Life, Emissions andwaste, Manufacturing8. Characterization is best defined as…Select one:a. The process of converting indicator results of different impact categories by using numericalfactors based on value-choices.b. The process of multiplying all substances by a factor which reflects their relative contributionto the
ofEngineering Practice,” presented at the 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition [17] andan online discussion of, “Nursing Should be a STEM Discipline! Author Regards FlorenceNightingale as First Environmental Engineer,” which appeared in Reflections on NursingLeadership in February, 2018 [18].ResultsThe 2013 NAE report, “Messaging for Engineering: From Research to Action,” included anumber of calls to action [3]. Of great relevance to the members of ASEE was a call to include arecurring session on “messaging” at the annual ASEE conference and at the yearly EngineeringDeans Council Public Policy Colloquium. A search of the ASEE PEER document repositorywith the phrase, “changing the conversation,” identifies a total 214 publications from
methodology.The interviewees were asked questions in three broad areas: their personal definition of missionand their organizations’ definition of mission engineering; desired and actual competencies; andtheir vision for the future. Initial findings reflect the commonality across all organizations so thatpredominant organizations in the dataset do not dominant the results at the expense of insightsprovided by the set of organizations.There is also a rich body of work in the open source literature over the last ten years describingmission engineering applications, methods, and tooling. This literature search includes both peerreviewed journals and conferences as well as education courses and in-house publications andtraining. Finally, we have provided
seatedperson in an office room, (2) tested and validated the accuracy of the system against a manualregistry record, and (3) conducted a parametric study calculating and comparing the cooling loadfor maximum versus partial occupancy level.Initial consideration of the obtained energy savings due to the usage of chair sensors clearlydemonstrates this system as a viable and low cost tool that can help building operators to lowerthe building energy consumption. A simple and low cost system was able to accurately detect alloccupants present in an office room. Results shown in Table 4 reflects an average of 15%savings in cooling loads. However, these savings were based on a predetermined occupancyschedules for a small office containing four chairs only
with a CNC router (each of which includes a sensory pad related to the animal’stexture) and 3D printed plates and rotating shapes. Figure 4 included a number of ADL featuresthat required users to buckle, open, tie, insert, button, zip, and latch. Figures 3 and 4: Example therapy boards from Fall 2017Research MethodologyData for this investigation was collected from students’ self-assessments, written reflections, andpost-course interviews (audio recorded and transcribed). These interviews were semi-structuredin nature, following a general outline of questions related to the project’s learning outcomes,format, instructor’s role, and social responsibility; the students were encouraged to provide inputon any topics they found
consumption in residential and commercial buildings has increased significantly over thelast decade contributing to 40% of the US primary energy usage. Heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) for these buildings contribute to more than half this amount. A reductionin the HVAC energy consumption load would reflect a significant reduction in the total energyconsumed. Programmable thermostats are used to reduce energy consumption. However, howefficient the thermostats are in terms of representing the room temperature defines the level ofcomfort for the occupants inside the space. An increase in the variance between the thermostatvalue and the overall temperature distribution in a space would indicate inefficient representationand would
friends with my mentor from three years ago and reach out to her for advice and previous mentees reach out to me often. The bonding has resulted in success that would not have happened without the program and community.Mentoring was prioritized by many of the women since they recognized the sustained impact oftheir efforts. They often viewed themselves as aspirational role models for the first-year studentswith whom they interacted. One student contextualized the importance of her work in terms offacilitating the growth of others: I think that I really prioritize mentoring. I think that it's something very important to me because just reflecting on my past year of mentoring, it's been very rewarding in the fact
observational reflections from the instructional designer, course evaluationsprovided by students, and course quality reviews conducted by online learning managers.Preliminary results indicate that establishing collaborative partnerships between faculty membersand instructional designers allows for the development of higher quality online courses.Additionally, stronger relationships between the design team have extended beyond the initialcourse design project, allowing for continued revisions for further improvement of the coursesand the undertaking of new design projects. It is expected that establishing a well-definedcollaborative course design model to be rolled out at the university will help to increase onlinecourse quality.Overview of the Faculty
experience may lead them to share or disclose information they maynot have, potentially leading the interview process. The process of developing and validating aninterview protocol has proved to be an excellent opportunity to introduce engineering researchersto qualitative, educational research.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.#1738209. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation. ReferencesAmerican Academy of Arts & Sciences. (2017). The future of undergraduate education, the future of
engaged in the design project. We estimateda student’s degree of engagement by the activity of their log files and selected the five most activestudents from each school. The average of design actions was 1104 and 1723 from the middleschool and high school, respectively. Given that the time for the design challenge and learningcontext were kept as similar as possible it is not clear why the average operations are notablydifferent between schools. This may reflect different levels of engagement between the high schooland middle schools’ students or that the high school students felt more comfortable with thesoftware and therefore made more design actions. Note that camera and note actions were notincluded in these tallies as both tend to be
functionalcardiograph that estimates heart rate and respiratory rate. This set of project-based learningactivities addresses industry’s complaint that students lack practical experience (“how devicesare made/work”).The cardiograph project, including learning outcomes for the first semester and ABET studentoutcome for the entire project are discussed. We hypothesized that participating in theseprojects facilitates engagement in the course and Engineering Science major. Each learningoutcome is assessed by the instructor using a custom rubric. In addition to student performance,we also consider how this project may support student engagement and retention viainstructors’ reflections and student surveys. The findings demonstrated that the students wereactively
into mastery learning,reflective learning, intrinsic motivation, and competency-based education. A competency can bethought of as the integration of knowledge, skills, and attitudes that be observed, and thereforemeasured, by way of a demonstration of learning. This usually takes the form of a combinationof assesments and instruments. Proceedings of the 2018 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2018, American Society for Engineering Education Session ETD 305 By the fall of 2014 an initial collection of competencies was established that closelyaligned with course outcomes (and
discovered that students were not only eager to talk to us, butalso very articulate and self-reflecting about their experiences. The WPI Alliance, astudent organization of LGBTQ people and allies, whose main focus is to discuss andeducate the community about themes related to sexual identity and orientation, averagesabout 25 students at each weekly meeting, with about 50 attending multiple meetingsover the course of the year; at least seven of these, including the past president of theAlliance, are transgender students. Many other openly LGBTQ students are not affiliatedwith the Alliance because they have found a community of other LGBTQ students andallies in other organizations with different focuses. LGBTQ students are heavilyrepresented at some
- orative Lounge for Understanding Society and Technology through Educational Research (CLUSTER), is a dynamic interdisciplinary team that brings together professors, graduate, and undergraduate students from engineering, art, educational psychology, and social work in the context of fundamental educational research. Dr. Walther’s research program spans interpretive research methodologies in engineering edu- cation, the professional formation of engineers, the role of empathy and reflection in engineering learning, and student development in interdisciplinary and interprofessional spaces. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 New Directions from Theory: Implications for Diversity
engineering service-learningprograms [28, 29] are more likely to pursue a graduate degree or enter the engineeringworkforce, maintain a greater belonging to the engineering field, and experience increasedgrowth in professional and professional skills.However, despite these positive impacts, undergraduate engineering students are less likely totake advantage of such experiences than their non-engineering counterparts and spendsignificantly more time on academic coursework [30]. While this may reflect a traditionaltendency to focus on technical competencies in engineering education, current thinking amongengineering professionals, as evidenced in engineering education standards, aligns with moregeneral trends in undergraduate education that emphasize
development for use in Summer 2018. To evaluate the program for the 2018cohort and beyond, we will use both quantitative and qualitative methods. The quantitativemethod will involve assessing student performance and perception. Entrance surveys, exitsurveys, and course evaluations will be used to collect data. The qualitative method willcomprise interviews with students, course instructors, and internship mentors. Surveys andinterview questions have been developed by working with Northwestern University’s Center forAdvancing Learning & Teaching. The results of the analysis will be then used to reflect on thecurriculum and form a basis for possible future revisions. As the alumni of the program builds,we will conduct follow-up surveys to assess