Paper ID #9330Assessment of Systems Learning in an Undergraduate Civil Engineering Courseusing Concept MapsDr. Matthew W Roberts, University of Wisconsin, Platteville Matthew Roberts has been teaching at UW-Platteville since 2002. He is originally from Denver, Colorado and attended Brigham Young University for his B.S. in Civil Engineering. He then spent four years as a civil engineering officer in the U.S. Air Force. After his military service, he completed graduate work at Texas A&M University. He teaches classes on reinforced concrete design, structural steel design, and other structural engineering
Turbulence Research (jointly operated by NASA Ames Research Center and Stanford University) and at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, where he worked on large eddy simulation of atmospheric boundary layer flows and source inversion of atmospheric dispersion events, respectively. His research interests include computational fluid dynamics (CFD), wind energy forecasting, parallel computing with GPUs, cavitation and multiphase flows, turbu- lence modeling, atmospheric transport and dispersion, and inverse problems.Dr. Dazhi Yang, Boise State University Dazhi Yang is an Assistant Professor in the Educational Technology Department at Boise State University. Prior to coming to Boise State, she was a postdoctoral researcher and
-Director of the Experimental and Computational Mechanics Laboratory at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSM&T). Before joining SDSM&T, he was an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Detroit Mercy. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics from Iowa State University in 1992. His main interest areas include Computational Mechanics, Solid Mechanics, and Product Design and Development. He has taught several different courses at the undergraduate and graduate level, has over 50 publications, is co-author of one book, and has done consulting for industry in Mexico and the US. He can be reached at Karim.Muci@sdsmt.edu
Schomaker is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Professional Practice and Experiential Learning (ProPEL) at the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Ohio. Professor Schomaker holds a Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction with a focus on Instructional Design and Technology and has been teaching in higher education since 1999. Professor Schomaker has been advising cooperative education students since 2008 and currently advises Civil Engineering co-op students at the University of Cincinnati. Professor Schomaker is an official site reviewer for the Accreditation Council for Cooperative Education. In addition Maureen is Co- Chair of ProPEL’s Program Assessment Committee and a member of the Curriculum
Paper ID #11028A Design Seminar Course on Developing Technologies for Rural NicaraguansDr. Pritpal Singh, Villanova University Dr. Pritpal Singh is Professor and Chairman of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Villanova University. Dr. Singh has been teaching at Villanova for 29 years. He has published over 100 conference and journal papers and has six issued US patents and two pending. Dr. Singh has worked in various renewable energy technologies, primarily solar energy, and has a special interest in applications in developing countries.Dr. Pritpal Singh, Villanova University Dr. Pritpal Singh is
has secured funding over $3 million from NSF, AFOSR, DOE, DHS, TBR and local industry for research and educational innovations. He has authored and coauthored over 30 technical refereed and non-refereed papers in various conferences, international journal articles, book chapters in research and pedagogical techniques. He is the director of the Cyber Defense and Security Visualization Laboratory (http://cyberviz.tnstate.edu/)Mr. Christopher Joseph Franzwa Page 24.1092.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Solaris One – A Serious Game for
ormarketing students3,4 and some interdisciplinary courses are focused on the design andconstruction disciplines and include architecture and construction management students as wellas engineering students5,6,7. However the literature on these courses is of limited relevance andprovides limited guidance. Although the courses described in this paper have aninterdisciplinary component, they are not really interdisciplinary. They teach structuralengineering skills and principals to non-engineering (ARCH and CM) students but do notcontain the content of multiple disciplines and do not function as interdisciplinary courses.Saliklis, et al describe the different curriculum approaches typically employed for architecturaland engineering programs8. They
Paper ID #8997The Use of an Iterative Industry Project in a One Semester Capstone CourseDr. Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University Dr. Michael D. Johnson is an associate professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and In- dustrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. Prior to joining the faculty at Texas A&M, he was a senior product development engineer at the 3M Corporate Research Laboratory in St. Paul, Minnesota. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University and his S.M. and Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Johnson’s research focuses on
Paper ID #10089Thermodynamics in the ArtsDr. Heather E Dillon, University of Portland Dr. Heather Dillon is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Portland. Her teaching focuses on thermodynamics, heat transfer, renewable energy, and optimization of energy systems. She currently leads a research team working on energy efficiency, renewable energy, and fundamental heat transfer. Before joining the university, Heather Dillon worked for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) as a senior research engineer. Dr. Dillon’s research at PNNL supported the US Department of Energy and
algorithm would help to establish a publicly smartphone Community college pre-engineering students sometime accessible, computing network that could assist in exploratoryneed extra counseling on which career path such as studies of all FITS data. ImageJ is considered as simple mass-professional engineers, research engineers, information market software since our experience in teaching ImageJ totechnology engineer, etc. Hands-on experience gained in community college students majoring in liberal arts has beendoing a research project in a laboratory and presenting the very successfully over the years. Other authors have foundresults in conferences would enhance motivation and
laboratory exercises. After teaching the course twice, the authorbelieves it is very important to have spectrum analyzers in the lab. Ideally, it is good to havespectrum analyzers with built-in tracking generators to facilitate filter characterization. Usingthe spectrum analyzers is important for familiarizing the students with the instruments’ use.A second issue also relates to labs: a method of measuring propagation loss. Although ananechoic chamber would be nice, many schools do not have or have access to such a facility.The author found that free range measurements were an acceptable alternative. Although a large,empty parking lot was used, a grassy field would also be an acceptable location. Either way, atleast one of the spectrum analyzers
class and discussed the incident with the Dean of engineering. The Dean ofStudents and director of disability services were then contacted and proceeded to deal with Matt.Matt had registered his disorder with the university but the instructor had been unaware of it.The lesson taken away from the instructor in this case was to pay closer attention when a studentseems “slightly off” and to check in with them with a greater frequency.Student RequestsA faculty member’s time is split in many directions; between teaching lectures and laboratories,service to the department and university not to mention research and professional development,time is a very limited quantity for a faculty member. New faculty members feel this time cruncheven more because
), Page 24.128.20 1-1012. Harding, T., Carpenter, D., Montgomery, S. and Steneck,N.H. (2001) The Current State of Research on Academic Dishonesty Among Engineering Students. 31st ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference Reno, NV13. Jensen, L.A., Arnett, J.J., Feldman, S.S. and Cauffman, E. (2002) It’s Wrong, But Everybody Does It: Academic Dishonesty among High School and College Students. Contemporary Educational Psychology 27, 209-22814. Del Carlo, D.I., Bodner, G.M. (2004) Students’ Perceptions of Academic Dishonesty in the Chemistry Classroom Laboratory. Journal of Research in Science Teaching Vo. 41, No. 1, 47-6415. Lambert, E.G., Hogan, N.L. and Barton, S.M. (2003), ‘Collegiate Academic Dishonesty Revisited: What
Education with several teaching awards such as the 2004 National Outstanding Teaching Medal and the 2005 Quinn Award for experiential learning.Dr. Jennifer Kadlowec, Rowan UniversityDr. Johannes Strobel, Texas A&M University Dr. Johannes Strobel is Director, Educational Outreach Programs and Associate Professor, Engineering and Education at Texas A&M. After studying philosophy and information science at three universities in Germany, he received his M.Ed. and Ph.D. in Learning Technologies from the University of Missouri- Columbia. He worked at Concordia University, Montreal and has been the director of the Institute of P-12 Engineering Research and Learning at Purdue University. NSF and several private foundations
Paper ID #9767Aerospace Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative EngineeringDr. Steve Gorrell, Brigham Young University Dr. Steve Gorrell joined the BYU Mechanical Engineering Department in 2007 following an eighteen year career as an Aerospace Engineer at the Air Force Research Laboratory Propulsion Directorate. There Dr. Gorrell pioneered the use of high performance computing (HPC), hi-fidelity time-accurate CFD, and Particle Image Velocimetry to investigate and understand unsteady flow physics in high performance gas turbine engine fans and compressors. Dr. Gorrell has published 64 technical papers on unsteady
-based learning experience,students learn not just by doing, but also by receiving critiques on their work from both studentsand experts, as well as providing critiques to other students. Engineering students often do thisin informal settings (e.g., study groups) but rarely do so in a formal classroom setting. Thecritiquing activity is the strength of the studio-based learning process, as it requires students toevaluate and explain (teach) the material to others, thus strengthening their own understanding ofthe concepts.To implement this approach, a team from the chemical engineering program and the computerscience program have been working on developing two software packages to aid students indeveloping their skills in the material and energy
innovations:11 • The most prevalent type of factor was resources (e.g., funding, computers, classroom and laboratory space, etc.). • Faculty member related issues occurred as the second most common type of factor, and included: time for preparation, management of labor-intensive innovations, culture of the faculty members’ environment, “resistance to change, marginalization of teaching in promotion and tenure, and skepticism regarding evidence of improved student learning. [p. 199]”11 • The third type of factor, student-related aspects, included advantages of innovations, such as improved student learning and improved student satisfaction and barriers such as student resistance.In addition
Science on their engineering exhibits and works to improve the facilitation and design of the exhibits. Her research focuses on how science center visitors engage and tinker at engineering activities and the impacts of these open-ended tinkering activities in terms of STEM learning and engineering understanding.Dr. Alice Merner Agogino, University of California, Berkeley Alice M. Agogino is the Roscoe and Elizabeth Hughes Professor of Mechanical Engineering and affli- ated faculty at the Haas School of Business in their Operations and Information Technology Management Group. She directs the Berkeley Expert Systems Technology /Berkeley Energy and Sustainable Technolo- gies (BEST) Laboratories and is a member of the
Paper ID #10732Exploring the disconnect between Self Determination Theory (SDT) and theEngineering Classroom EnvironmentDr. Khaled Sobhan, Florida Atlantic University Dr. Khaled Sobhan is a Professor of Civil Engineering at Florida Atlantic University. He is the Principal Investigator of a NSF RIGEE grant on student motivation and learning in the classroom environment. He has also led and participated in several Faculty Learning Communities dealing with Inquiry-based and Project-based learning in engineering disciplines. He is the recipient of the award for ”Excellence and Innovation in Undergraduate Teaching” and the
launches.Dr. Cameron J Turner P.E., Colorado School of Mines Dr. Cameron Turner is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering with a research interest in the foundations of design across multiple disciplines. Dr. Turner earned his Ph.D. at the University at Texas in 2005, focusing on Surrogate Model Optimization for Engineering Design. He also holds an MSE from the University of Texas at Austin, with a focus on robotics, and a BSME from the University of Wyoming. He has more than 13 years of experience at Los Alamos National Laboratory, and in 2009 accepted a position at the Colorado School of Mines. From 2009-13, he directed the Engineering Design Program at CSM, covering the departments of Civil and Environmental
mark.ardis@stevens.edu.Dr. Christina L. Carmen, University of Alabama in Huntsville Dr. Carmen obtained a Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering degree as well as a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA. While at Ga. Tech she worked with Dr. Warren Strahle, researching solid propellants. She obtained a Doctor of Philos- ophy in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) with a focus upon turbulent combustion modeling. Dr. Carmen is the capstone design class coordinator in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) department at UAH. She primarily teaches MAE senior design classes with a focus upon product realization and STEM
elements of the course that have fosteredhigher levels of intellectual development and thereby critical thinking skills.Felder and Brent6 suggest that there are five teaching conditions that correlate with students tak-ing a deep approach to learning. The first condition, “Student-perceived relevance of the subjectmatter” is obtained by the industrial involvement and real-world problem solving. Since thiscourse was co-developed by industry, it has received the “industry stamp of approval” whichgives the students incentive and enthusiasm to learn the course material. The second condition,“Clear expectations, practice, and feedback” is obtained in the laboratory exercises (labs). Thecritical thinking process is modeled by the professor in the early
Paper ID #10014Flipped Biomedical Engineering Classroom using Pencasts and Muddiest PointWeb-enabled ToolsCasey Jane Ankeny PhD, Arizona State University Casey Ankeny is currently an instructor in the School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering at Arizona State University. Her research focuses on evaluating student-centered instruction with respect to attitude, achievement, and persistence.Prof. Stephen J Krause, Arizona State University Stephen J. Krause is professor in the Materials Program in the Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University. He teaches in the areas of bridging engineering and
. This way, technology andengineering schools that would like to implement such a system for teaching fundamentalEngineering & Technology (ET) theory to students will not be deterred by the high costs ofimmersive facilities (e.g. CAVE). This framework can be included in the form of PBL-basedexercises or within course curriculum in ET departments/schools. PBL involves efforts on part ofthe students that involves active learning and solving real-world like problems. The proposedprototype framework can be used for such PBL exercises as demonstrated with examples in thispaper.Introduction The effectiveness of the use of non-traditional instructional methods in aiding studentlearning has been demonstrated by several notable authors
Inter-Disciplinary, Mulit-Cultural Teams: Lessons from the Field.”Construction Research Congress 2012, Construction Institute of ASCE, West LaFayette, IN.6 Yates, H.N. (2010), op cit.7 Caine, R.N. & Caine, G. (1991). Making connections: Teaching and the human brain. Association for Supervisionand Curriculum Development, Addison Wesley, Alexandria, VA, 80- 87.8 Learning Point Associates (LPA). (2010). “Constructivist teaching and learning models.” North Central RegionalEducational Laboratory, (August 22, 2010).9 Monson, C. (2011). “Concepts of inquiry, constructivist learning, and the potentials of studio in constructioneducation.” 47th ASC Annual International Conference Proceedings, Associated Schools of Construction, Omaha,NE.10
Experience committee, chair for the LTU KEEN Course Modification Team, chair for the LTU Leadership Curriculum Committee, supervisor of the LTU Thermo-Fluids Laboratory, coordinator of the Certificate/Minor in Aeronautical Engineering, and faculty advisor of the LTU SAE Aero Design Team.Dr. Donald D. Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University Donald D. Carpenter, PhD, PE, LEED AP is Professor of Civil Engineering where he teaches courses on ethics/professionalism and water resources. Dr. Carpenter is an accredited green design professional (LEED AP) and practicing professional engineer (PE) whose expertise includes Low Impact Development (LID), innovative stormwater best management practices (BMPs), hydrologic and
roadways and earth retaining structures. Due to her strong passion for teaching, Dr. Warren pursued educational research opportunities in recent years and was awarded an NSF TUES grant, which she is currently completing with hopes of continuing her work in this area. Dr. Warren has been awarded the UNC Charlotte College of Engineering teaching award for her dedication and excellence in teaching.Dr. Chuang Wang, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Dr. Wang is an associate professor of educational research at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant, Development, Implementation, and Assessment of Geotechnical Concept Tools, as a Co-Principal Investigator and
project ”The Status, Role, and Needs of Engineering Technology Education in the United States” and the Chevron Corp.- funded project ”Guiding Implementation of K-12 Engineering Education in the United States.” He is also study director for the public- and private-sector funded study ”Integrated STEM Education: Developing a Research Agenda,” which is a collaboration with the NRC Board on Science Education. He was the study director for the project that resulted in publication of Standards for K-12 Engineering Education? (2010) and Engineering in K-12 Education: Understanding the Status and Improving the Prospects (2009), an analysis of efforts to teach engineering to U.S. school children. He oversaw the NSF-funded
director of undergraduate studies in the Brian Lamb School of Com- munication.Natascha Michele Trellinger, Purdue University, West Lafayette Natascha Trellinger is a first year PhD student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue Univer- sity. She received her BS in aerospace engineering from Syracuse University. At Purdue, Natascha is a part of the Global Engineering Education Collaboratory (GEEC) and is interested in global teaching and learning at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Page 24.1406.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014
aspects of the flipped and blended learning environments.Ms. Jacquelyn E. Borinski, Georgia Institute of Technology Jacquelyn E. Borinski will receive a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 2014. She is the External Vice President for the Georgia Tech Chamber Choir and volunteer with the Georgia Aquar- ium. Her research interests include pediatric device design and human-robot interaction. She is an Under- graduate collaborator with Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta designing interactive teaching modules for math and science using the patient’s condition as motivation. She was awarded a Women in Engineering Scholarship from Axion BioSystems.Kimberly Danielle Haight, Georgia Institute of TechnologyMs