functional analog and digital circuits. As is integrated into the learningoutcomes, students in this course are expected to analyze circuit problems that are different fromwhat they have seen in the class and use what they have learned in the course to designfunctional circuits that satisfy the specified criteria. As an example, after learning about the PNjunction diodes and the structure of half-wave and full-wave rectifiers, they were asked to designa DC power supply that would provide a certain average dc output voltage with a ripple voltageless than the given maximum value.Solving the design problems required students to develop a strong understanding of the materialand achieve a mastery level in mapping the design criteria to the circuit
of teaching by repeating lines or drawings which has definitely helped me with my problem of having uneven lines in my sketches and overall confidence in my ability as an artist.” “The most beneficial features of the app were easily-to-navigate modules, and the bridge game. I could see younger students playing the in-app game and improving their drawing skills without even knowing it! The Sketchtivity app proved to be very fun and beneficial to an engineering curriculum.” I thought the lessons would be boring because we were taught how to draw and stay inside a picture in elementary school, but the program used a red shade to criticize each drawing and gave you a score. This kind of criticizing made each
25 new courses. He has supervised over 35 Industrial Design Projects. He is a returned Peace Corps Volunteer. He is dedicated in helping his students to succeed.Dr. Otsebele E Nare, Hampton University Otsebele Nare is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at Hampton University, VA. He received his electrical engineering doctorate from Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD, in 2005. His research interests include System Level Synthesis Techniques, Multi-Objective Optimization, Device Modeling and K-16 Integrative STEM education. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Work in Progress: Engineering Economy Taught Across
of multi-disciplinary teams [3], [4], theorganizational structure left the ID students’ skillsets underutilized. Industrial designers reportedin the 2018-2019 academic year that they “felt ‘useless’” when meeting to “discuss moretechnical aspects that [they]…had no knowledge in.” The previous course structure also failed torecapitulate the work dynamic of the workforce where subteams of engineers and industrialdesigners communicate on an “as-needed” basis. At specific stages of product development,engineer and ID subteams complete tasks together, while at other times they work independentlyto generate separate-but-related deliverables [5].Our aim for the 2019-2020 school year was to facilitate an engineering and ID integrative BMEcourse that
Problem-Solving,” in Posing and Solving Mathematical Problems. Springer, Cham 2016 [E-book] Available: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28023-3_21[9] J. Saldaña, The Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers. Sage, 2009[10] J. Campbell et al. Coding In-Depth Semistructured Interviews: Problems of Unitization and Intercoder Reliability and Agreement. Sociological Methods & Research, vol. 42, no. 3, Aug. 2013, pp. 294–320. [Online] Available: https://doi.org/10.1177/0049124113500475. [Accessed Apr. 6, 2020][11] M. Honey et al. STEM Integration in K-12 Education : Status, Prospects, and an Agendafor Research. Washington, District of Columbia: National Academies Press 2014AppendixInterview Protocol
to African Americanstudents, and that the number of bachelor’s degrees awarded to African Americans in physics hasnot increased at all since 2003, in spite of an overall increase of 39% across all physical sciencefields during the same timeframe [5]. Physics also consistently graduates the smallest percentageof female undergraduate majors granted than any of the other sciences (one-fifth of all bachelor’sdegrees awarded to women as of 2014) [6]. At the same time, studies on lower-income studentsand students of color have indicated that a physics curriculum which focuses on the students’future identity--including future career identity--improves the degree to which they identify withand participate in science. [7, 8]. Other studies indicate
students] choose the school or the major,”wrote one respondent. In sum, respondents identified a challenge of maintaining STEMexcitement, preparation, and awareness for female and URM students through the end of highschool, with some existing and proposed pre-college curriculum, teacher, and outreachinterventions.Theme: In-college InterventionsRegarding in-college interventions, one frequent theme was role modeling and mentoring. Thoserespondents who mentioned this theme voiced support for an increased representation of womenand URM in the body of instructors and among the faculty and program leadership. It was evensuggested that the representation of female and URM students among prospective student tourgroup guides is important. Respondents also
Vertically Integrated Projects(VIP) (Strachan et al., 2019; Cullers et al., 2017), now known as, the VIP Consortium Inc. The VIPprogram is an alliance of universities from around the world including Georgia Tech., Texas A&MUniversity, Stony Brook, Purdue, University of Pretoria, South Africa, Inha University, South Korea,etc., where graduate and undergraduate students take part in long-term projects. The projects areled by faculty from the same or other schools in the consortium in a start-up company setting wherestudents apply and develop technical as well as professional skills. The VIP program, for example, isa credit-bearing course counting towards the students’ degrees, which makes the VIP, essentially,a modified version of the second
“relevant employability skills… before graduation.” In this case, employabilityskills are skills employers look for in potential hires that can serve as a metric for evaluatingperformance [2]. Due to the broadness of the term “employability skills” there is no definitive list ofwhich employability skills students are to gain, or what skills are to be transferred. Thismakes skill development difficult to track. There is, however, an expectation for co-opstudents to perform according to a standard. Competency lists exist for engineering bodiesand curriculums (such as CEAB and ABET) that schools adhere to. This gives programdirectors a focal point to develop curriculums around and a list of skills can then emerge.Even with these lists and the
the current state of technology byperforming research on an engineering topic, communication skills, lifelong learning, etc.A survey was conducted with participants of the workshop and students who did not participateas participation in the workshop were voluntary. The survey questions were carefully prepared todetermine whether there is a correlation between how students view the importance ofprofessional skills and if they are satisfied with how the current engineering curriculum ishelping them develop professional skills.Literature Review:The Tandon School of Engineering of New York University developed a series of workshopscalled Student to Scholar, to prepare students with professional skills [2]. A survey wasconducted after the workshop
student earning her Master’s in Engineering Technology degree from Purdue University, West Lafayette Indiana. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from Purdue University and majored in Mechanical Engineering Technology. During her undergraduate she was an un- dergraduate research assistant studying renewable energy with an emphasis on solar energy for residential and utility use. Current research as a Master’s student is in curriculum development for engineering tech- nology programs, notably at Purdue University. Her thesis is on conducting an engineering and financial analysis for a local wastewater plant facility.Therese M. Azevedo Therese Azevedo is a third year student at Sonoma State University pursuing a
preparing technical reports and PowerPoint andposter oral presentations. On the last day of the program, students presented their group projects.We report on a 9-year exercise conducted using the WOW project including detailed studentfeedback from the most recent year. 1. IntroductionEngineering design is defined as the communication of a set of rational decisions obtained withcreative problem solving for achieving certain stated objectives within prescribed constraints [1].The role of design in an engineering curriculum is a key factor contributing to its success [1]. 1Engineering design projects provide students with a broad view related to the material presentedin lectures. Through project-based
. After each student drew their unique and creativeicons, we worked together to cluster the kinds of icons created. We decided to make an iconbooklet, which still exists today and is shared among our department (Figure 2). In these ways,our curriculum was co-constructed among all seminar participants. Figure 2. Examples of icons created during the seminarSeminar Characteristics. Certain seminar characteristics were not directly connected to thecurriculum but influenced the overall educational experience. To start, throughout the process wewere transparent and honest with students that we would be actively be collectively makingsense of the experience. This transparency set the expectation for everyone that we wouldcollectively
at the beginningof the module.4 For instance, for “Knowledge Processing”, students received the followingdescription: “[l]ocates, evaluates, integrates, and applies knowledge to support hypothesis.Assesses the accuracy of conclusions in literature.” The grader assigned scores on a scale of one(novice) to five (distinguished) and provided detailed feedback for the rating. The students thenviewed the detailed feedback on Canvas as well as their progress towards mastery through the“Outcomes” feature that is a colorimetric indicator of mastery.4For this study, the instructor graded all of the team reports for the Winter 2019 (W19; n=3)offering as well as an analogous number of reports from Spring 2018 (SP18, n=3) using both theTRAD rubric from
University, where she studies teachers’ experiences as they learn about robotics, how they envision incorporating robotics in their curriculum and challenges that they face.Dr. Vikram Kapila, NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering Vikram Kapila is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at NYU Tandon School of Engineering (NYU Tandon), where he directs a Mechatronics, Controls, and Robotics Laboratory, a Research Experience for Teachers Site in Mechatronics and Entrepreneurship, a DR K-12 research project, and an ITEST re- search project, all funded by NSF. He has held visiting positions with the Air Force Research Laboratories in Dayton, OH. His research interests include K-12 STEM education, mechatronics, robotics, and con
Paper ID #31920Advancement of Women in Engineering: Past, Present and FutureDr. Bhuvana Ramachandran, University of West Florida Dr. Bhuvaneswari Ramachandran, who has more than 20 years experience teaching Power Engineering, is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of West Florida. Her many research areas include Auction Strategies in Electricity Markets, Real Time Power System Modeling and Simulation using Software Tools, Integration of Distributed Generation, Storage and Plug-in-Hybrid Vehicle into the Grid, Smart Grid and Micro Grid Scheduling and Economics, and Phasor
Paper ID #30948Developing Metacognition in First Year Students through InteractiveOnline VideosDr. Peter M Ostafichuk P.Eng., University of British Columbia, Vancouver Dr. Peter M. Ostafichuk is a professor of teaching in Mechanical Engineering and the Chair of First Year Engineering at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. He teaches introduction to the engineering profession and practice, and design in mechanical engineering. He has extensive experience in Team-Based Learning (TBL), curriculum development, and teaching innovation.Dr. Susan Nesbit, University of British Columbia, Vancouver Before
Paper ID #30541How to Use Q Methodology in Engineering Education ResearchMs. Renee Desing, The Ohio State University Renee Desing is currently a PhD Candidate at the Ohio State University in the Department of Engineering Education. Ms. Desing holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a M.S. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the Pennsylvania State University. Most recently, Ms. Desing worked as a managing consultant for IBM Public Sector Advanced Analytics.Dr. Rachel Louis Kajfez, The Ohio State University Dr. Rachel Louis Kajfez is an Assistant Professor in the
. The rubric, exam schedule, appeals process, and exam structure all remainedunchanged.It should be mentioned that the current course structure for dynamics at MSU necessitated thatexams be given during class periods. This means that exams are 50-minutes long. In thisversion of the course a total of 10 class periods out of 40 were reserved for examinations. Thismeans that in-class instruction is reduced by 20% over a traditional course. To achieve this, thelecture material was modified to be more efficient and worked example problems were providedto students outside of class. Additionally, a strong focus was given to the development of freebody diagrams. Thus, free body diagrams were considered an integral component to obtaining aconceptual
Paper ID #28632Increasing Metacognitive Awareness through Reflective Writing:Optimizing Learning in EngineeringDr. Patti Wojahn, New Mexico State University As past Writing Program Administrator and current Interdisciplinary Studies Department Head, I have worked closely with academic departments interested in supporting the writing, communication, and aca- demic abilities of students. For many years, I worked with Integrated Learning Communities for at-risk, entry-level engineering majors, overseeing development and use of a curriculum adapted specifically for this group. I continue to analyze data from research studies
quality improvement.ReferencesAbdullah, F. (2006). "The development of HEdPERF: a new measuring instrument of service quality for the higher education sector." International Journal of Consumer Studies, 30(6), 569-581.Allen, I. E., and Seaman, J. (2015). "Grade Level: Tracking Online Education in the United States." Babson Survey Research Group. Babson College, MAAllen, I. E., and Seaman, J. (2014). "Opening the Curriculum: Open Educational Resources in US Higher Education." Babson Survey Research Group. Babson College, MAAlotaibi, F., Weheba, G., and Toy, S. (2016). "Quality in Higher Education: Perceptions of Top Administrators." Journal of Management and Engineering Integration, 9(2), 51-60.Annamdevula, S., and Bellamkonda, R. S
the past 30 years. Professor Zilouchian is currently an associate editor of the International Journal of Elec- trical and Computer Engineering out of Oxford, UK. Professor Zilouchian is senior member of several professional societies including Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, ASEE and IEEE.Dr. Nancy Romance , Florida Atlantic University Dr. Romance is Professor of Science Education in the College of Education at Florida Atlantic Univer- sity (FAU) and a graduate faculty member in both the College of Engineering and Computer Science and the College of Science at FAU.Her research interests address meaningful learning in complex STEM do- mains, applying a learning sciences lens in addressing issues ranging from
Paper ID #30380Understanding how Novice Indian Faculty Engage in Engineering EducationResearchMr. Javeed Kittur, Arizona State University Javeed Kittur is currently a doctoral student (Engineering Education Systems & Design) at Arizona State University, USA. He received a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and a Mas- ter’s degree in power systems from India in 2011 and 2014 respectively. He has worked with Tata Con- sultancy Services as Assistant Systems Engineer from 2011-2012, India. He has worked as an Assistant Professor (2014 to 2018) in the department of Electrical and Electronics
, two-credit hour course in engineering ethics, since this course curriculum focusedon engineering ethics specifically. No prediction was made about the effects of ethics educationon MFQ scores, although this was an area of interest.5. Hypothesize that higher mean scores on the individuating foundations and lower mean scoreson the binding foundations would be associated with higher P and N2 scores on the ESIT, basedon prior work involving MFT and the DIT2.[20], [21]MethodParticipants. Participants were undergraduate engineering students at the University ofMichigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI). The UM-SJTU JI wasfounded in 2006 and is a US-Chinese joint educational venture based in Shanghai Jiao TongUniversity
, physical, and mechanical properties and durability performance of infrastructure materials, with a focus on sustainable concrete materials technology. He also researches new strategies to improve STEM education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Implementation of a laboratory experience in reinforced concrete coursesIntroduction College students enrolled in an engineering curriculum learn in a variety of ways (e.g.,sensory vs. intuitive, visual vs. verbal, inductive vs. deductive, active vs. reflective, or sequentialvs. global). In a reinforced concrete design course, where students learn how to designcomponents of large structures, it can be
Paper ID #30020Examining shared understandings of design artifacts in upper elementaryschool engineering (Fundamental)Nicole Alexandra Batrouny, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach Nicole Batrouny is a PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering at Tufts University. Her engineering education research interests include upper elementary engineering education, integrated science and en- gineering, collaboration in engineering, and decision making in engineering. For her Master’s thesis, she uncovered talk moves used by 4th grade students that fostered collaborative, disciplinary decision-making during an
results.Stronger and more frequent student-TA interactions negatively predicted attention whilepositively predicting participation. Interaction effects between student-TA interactions andfaculty support were also significant, suggesting that what TAs do moderates the influence offaculty on student engagement.Given the importance that interactions play in facilitating academic integration, the distinctcontributions of TAs vs. faculty to student engagement are important and merit future research toassess their generalizability across other disciplines and institutions.Background: The Importance of EngagementStudent engagement is most frequently measured in terms of what students do, is measuredbroadly across multiple courses and academic activities, and has
employment is concentrated in two sub-sectors(3259-Other Chemicals and 3344-Semiconductor) and in 2015, constituted 24.6% of the region’stotal employment [1, 2]. Guided by the overarching research question (RQ) “To what extent docurriculum content, employer needs, and student experiences align within an advancedmanufacturing educational pathway,” this study’s goals are to 1) investigate the role AMprogram pathways have in meeting the needs of employers and new professionals who areemployed in the region; 2) expand the research base and curriculum content recommendationsfor entrepreneur and intrapreneur education; 3) build regional capacity for AM programassessment and improvement by replicating, refining, and disseminating study approachesthrough
competence constitute prerequisiteconditions. The US Department of Education has made broader global skills for students apriority [23]. It charges colleges, schools, and departments of education to provide new learningopportunities and course work to successfully develop these skills in teachers. Similarly,Walters, Garii and Walters (2009) argue for international travel as integral to teacher preparation,encouraging a sense of “otherness” and an appreciation for the role of human difference,addressing misconceptions and stereotypes, and challenging teachers’ understanding of their“professional self” [22].The link to Community Engaged Learning (CEL) as an effective pedagogy for promotingintercultural competence development is well established
projects. The Civil andEnvironmental Engineering (CEE) Department’s curriculum at The Citadel places a premium onpreparing graduates to serve as principle leaders through their service to society. In support ofthis vision, CEE Department faculty focus on implementing high-impact learning pedagogicaltechniques to prepare graduates for successful careers in the engineering profession. One high-impact method of instruction of specific interest focuses on service learning and communityengagement, resulting in creation of an enhanced student-learning environment.BackgroundService learning is an educational approach that balances formal instruction and the opportunityto serve in the community in order to provide a pragmatic and progressive learning