. This falls in linewith what Ken Bain discusses in his book, What the Best College Teachers Do, where he statesthat, “highly effective teachers design better learning experiences for their students in partbecause they conceive of teaching as fostering learning” [8]. The goal is to leverage somethingfamiliar within the classroom, like a home’s energy system, in order to create a relatableexperience that helps build upon course concepts. The new power demonstrator board isspecifically designed to function in any classroom, office, or laboratory space, utilizing 120Vsingle phase power instead of three-phase power as in the original version. This allowsinstructors more flexibility in where the lesson is presented, significantly increasing the
Engineering, Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland. Pelumi got his BSc and MSc degree in Physics from Obafemi Awolowo University, where he also served as a research assistant at the Environmental Pollution Research unit, in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. As part of his contribution to science and engineering, Pelumi has taught as a teaching assistant both at Morgan State University and Obafemi Awolowo University. With passion to communicate research findings and gleaned from experts in the field as he advances his career, Olaitan has attended several in-persons and virtual conferences and workshop, and at some of them, made presentation on findings on air pollution, waste water reuse, and heavy metal contamination.Dr
-Champaign I am currently the Associate Director of Assessment and Research team at the Siebel Center for Design (SCD) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I work with a group of wonderful and talented people at SCD’s Assessment and Research Laboratory to conduct research that informs and evaluates our practice of teaching and learning human-centered design in formal and informal learning environments. My Research focuses on studying students’ collaborative problem solving processes and the role of the teacher in facilitating these processes in STEM classrooms.Nicholas Robert PozzaDr. Blake Everett Johnson, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Dr. Blake Everett Johnson is a Teaching Assistant Professor
' Representational Fluency when Designing in the Context of Fluids Mechanics AbstractIncorporating design into the engineering curriculum has become an educational priority, as itsignificantly influences students' learning, motivation, and development of an engineeringidentity, among other outcomes. While some research exists about the teaching and learningof engineering design in the first- and last- years of undergraduate education, the second andthird years have received comparatively less attention. This study contributes to this gap byexploring the design practices of third-year chemical engineering students. Particularly, itfocuses on students' ability to create and translate among multiple
for purchase to complete the labs without having to use the physical lab facilities on campus. Students were provided with access to the physical lab facilities and a supporting teaching assistant but with strict requirements on social distancing and reduced student numbers in the labs (resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic). In place of in-person demonstrations, students were required to record and upload a video demonstration to confirm completion of their laboratory activities. Flipped Style Format: In the semester after asynchronous delivery the course transitioned to a flipped-style class model based on the courses at institution returning to on-campus, face-to-face delivery. In this
engineering education, microwave absorber design, ferroelectrics, photovoltaics, THz sensors, signal integrity, and semiconductor device characterization, design, and simulation. He is a member of IEEE and ASEE.Dr. Melinda Holtzman, Portland State University Melinda Holtzman received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Nevada, Reno. She is a Teaching Assistant Professor and undergraduate advisor in the ECE department at PSU. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Tinkercad - Not Just for Kids1. IntroductionCovid-19 caused a great deal of disruption across all levels of education largely by forcingteachers and students to quickly adapt to some
required orsupplementary materials for their course. These choices are often protected by academic freedompolicies [3].In particular, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medical sciences (STEM)courses may rely heavily on IM, such as textbooks, to augment lecture and laboratory learningactivities and lectures. Textbooks are often content-rich and may have substantial onlineresources to assist learners and support instruction [2]. However, there are a myriad of additionalinformation resources available to supplement or replace textbooks, and these might bepurchased by students, provided by faculty (e.g. course reserves), provided through universityand college libraries, or be Open Access or Open Educational Resources (OER) that
load conditions. These effects have complex dependencies with the geometry, shape,configuration, and material properties of the systems under study and the types, magnitudes,and mechanisms of the loads applied. Understanding and learning these relationships requiresa strong combination of spatial imagination, physical perception, and structural mechanicslaws. Traditional models for course delivery in structural mechanics rely on lectures describingthese behaviors and the underlying structural mechanics concepts using classroom illustrationsand demonstrations of members under loads in a structural laboratory. While conductinglaboratory experiments is often considered an essential method for teaching structuralmechanics theory [1], substantial
. Based on his experience in working with students and his academic background in electrical engineering, he is trying to find suitable methods of learning for engineering students especially in the electrical engineering field.David Allen Evenhouse, University of Cincinnati Dr. David Evenhouse is an Assistant Professor-Educator at the University of Cincinnati College of Engineering and Applied Science, Department of Engineering and Computing Education. He primarily teaches introductory engineering courses at UC’s Clifton Campus and at Chongqing University, China, as part of their cross-institutional Joint Co-op Institute. He received his Engineering Education PhD and Mechanical Engineering MS degrees from Purdue
University Dr. Maija Benitz is an Associate Professor of Engineering at Roger Williams University, where she has taught since 2017. Prior to joining RWU, she taught at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA, after completing her doctoral work jointly in the Multiphase Flow Laboratory and the Wind Energy Center at UMass Amherst. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Evaluating Fourth-Grader’s Perception of Engineering Through a Community-Engaged Project bstractATo meet the complex challenges of the future, there needs to be an increase in the number of students pursuing STEM and engineering. To grow those numbers, students must have an
Paper ID #40726Mycorrhiza Framework: towards an Engineering Education framework forSocial and Environmental JusticeJorge A Cristancho, Purdue Engineering Education Jorge A. Cristancho studied Electronic and Computer Engineering and using bioinspired methods, he received a master’s in Electronic Engineering and Computers on Control and Automation at Los Andes University. Curious about teaching, he formally started as a teaching assistant in 2011 and continued as a teacher at three different universities in Colombia. He is a second-year Ph.D. in Engineering Education at Purdue University. He keeps a balanced life
, inquiry-driven techniques that promote curiosity and involvestudents as active participants in the learning process have been advocated in recent times [8],[9], [10], [11].Experiment-centric pedagogy (ECP), which combines traditional coursework with flexible, non-complex, hands-on activities and experiments, is one pedagogical strategy that induces aparadigm shift in learning whether in classrooms or laboratories, as well as educationaloutcomes. [12] define ECP as a practical, learner-centered teaching approach that uses affordableand portable devices to demonstrate STEM concepts. By giving learners’ the chance to engagedirectly with engineering phenomena, build knowledge via first-hand experience, and connecttheory to practice, these immersive
beexperts in the customization of them.The programming language and the platform of choice for embedded processors are mostly C or C++due to its efficiency in memory allocation, run time and the ability to directly manipulate data inhardware components, although some languages such as Python have gained a level of popularity forembedded processors, in addition to being a popular language for machine learning. Therefore,teaching C/C++ to electrical and computer engineering students is considered essential in anyundergraduate curriculum. Once the solution is finalized in an algorithm, the software program maybe developed for a specific platform such as MS Windows, Androids, etc. Such developments can bedone in most software packages (Python, MATLAB
Dr. Najmus Saqib is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Marian University. He has been teaching in his field since 2017. Saqib is passionate about student learning. He received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Colorado School of Mines, focusing on ”Optical Diagnostics of Lithium-Sulfur and Lithium-Ion Battery Electrolytes using Attenuated Total Reflection Infrared Spectroscopy”. At Mines Saqib was a member of the MODES Lab, led by Dr. Jason M. Porter. His work on Li-S batteries was the first of its kind to use quantitative infrared spectroscopy for operando polysulfide measurements. He has also applied operando spectroscopy to improve the understanding of electrolyte decomposition mechanisms
to use story as a way to allow students to develop their engineering identity, and a project to improve teaming by teaching psychological safety in engineering education curricula. Michelle also mentors undergraduate researchers to investigate the removal of stormwater pollutants in engineered wetlands, and has a project to improve undergraduate student training for and exposure to research opportunities. Michelle is a current NSF ASCEND Fellow, a current KEEN Fellow, was a 2018 ExCEEd Fellow, and was recognized as the 2019 ASCE Daniel V. Terrell Awardee.Dr. Kenneth W. Lamb P.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Kenneth is a Professor of Civil Engineering at Cal Poly Pomona and a licensed
Parson, PhD is an Associate Professor of Educational and Organizational Leadership. Her Ph.D. is in Teaching & Learning, Higher Education from the University of North Dakota. Laura’s research seeks to identify where and how institutional disjunctures occur in higher education for women and members of minoritized groups. She is a qualitative methodologist, with a focus on ethnographic and discourse methods of inquiry.Dr. Sushil Adhikari, Auburn University Dr. Sushil Adhikari is a Professor in the Biosystems Engineering Department and the Center for Bioenergy and Bioproducts Director at Auburn University. He is the Co-Principal Investigator of the NSF REU site: Research experience through collaborative teams in
edge in these fields but also for adapting to the evolvingneeds and interests of a new generation of students. Hence, there is a growing recognition of theneed for more engaging teaching strategies and learning environments to inspire and engage abroader range of students in engineering disciplines. Innovative learning technologies, such asdigital game-based learning environments, are integral to addressing this need by inspiring interestthrough intellectual engagement among the young generation of students. Moreover, engineeringundergraduate students must graduate from their programs with technical knowledge, criticalthinking, and problem-solving skills to succeed in today’s rapidly advancing and highlycompetitive STEM fields. Traditional
onTechnology for Education (T4E), Warangal, India: IEEE, Dec. 2015, pp. 53–60. doi:10.1109/T4E.2015.2.[4] A. Collins, J. S. Brown, and S. E. Newman, “Cognitive Apprenticeship: Teaching theCrafts of Reading, Writing, and Mathematics,” in Knowing, Learning, and Instruction: Essays inHonor of Robert Glaser, L. Erlbaum Associates, 1989, pp. 453–494.[5] E. Etkina, A. Karelina, M. Ruibal-Villasenor, D. Rosengrant, R. Jordan, and C. E.Hmelo-Silver, “Design and Reflection Help Students Develop Scientific Abilities: Learning inIntroductory Physics Laboratories,” J. Learn. Sci., vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 54–98, Jan. 2010, doi:10.1080/10508400903452876.[6] S. Sheppard and Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Eds., Educatingengineers
, university students are prepared to mentor K-12projects. Projects are conducted during the spring semester and supported by universitylaboratories in the iterative design and integration of laboratory environmental monitoring Pods.High school students engage local community members by monitoring environmental conditionsin local schools, businesses, agricultural settings, homes, and government sites. Communitymembers assist with access to experimental sites, materials, and project promotion. Communitymembers are invited to the symposium. Two mentors will travel monthly to each school in thespring semester and support projects remotely via an on-line curriculum (See Component 2). TheSCENIC projects culminate in a local symposium where students
mobile learning," Journal of E-Learning & Knowledge Society, Article vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 166-177, 2022, doi: 10.20368/1971-8829/1135622.[11] B. Marks and J. Thomas, "Adoption of virtual reality technology in higher education: An evaluation of five teaching semesters in a purpose-designed laboratory," Education and information technologies, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 1287-1305, 2022 2022, doi: doi:10.1007/s10639- 021-10653-6.[12] N. N. Kuzmina, E. G. Korotkova, and S. M. Kolova, "Implementing E-Learning in the System of Engineering Students Training," ed: IEEE, 2021, pp. 818-823.[13] K. Cook-Chennault and I. Villanueva, Exploring perspectives and experiences of diverse learners' acceptance of online
Paper ID #43454The Use of Animated Visual Aids in the Education of Undergraduate EngineeringStudentsMr. Mohaned Samer Ahmed, Texas A&M Univeristy at QatarOsama Desouky, Texas A&M University at Qatar Osama Desouky is a Technical Laboratory coordinator at Texas A&M University in Qatar. Osama is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in interdisciplinary engineering from Texas A&M University at College Station. He is responsible for assisting with experimental method courses, 3D printing, mechanics of materials, material science, senior design projects, and advanced materials classes. Osama’s professional interests
.16. Pfotenhauer, J., & Gagnon, D. (2015). Game design and learning objectives for undergraduate engineering thermodynamics. 122nd ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/28381985317. Pfotenhauer, J. M. (2021). ThermoVR: A Virtual Laboratory to Enhance Learning in Undergraduate Thermodynamics. 2021 ASEE Annual Conference.18. Kaliakin, D. S., Zaari, R. R., & Varganov, S. A. (2015). 3D Printed Potential and Free Energy Surfaces for Teaching Fundamental Concepts in Physical Chemistry. Journal of Chemical Education, 92(12), 2106–2112. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.5b0040919. Pinger, C. W., Geiger, M. K., & Spence, D. M. (2020). Applications of 3D-Printing for
producing hydrogen from water and compared these tothe current U.S. Department of Energy goal for the cost of hydrogen production by electrolysis[7]. This lab experiment led to a class discussion on balancing the environmental and economicpillars of sustainability and highlighted the complexity of switching to alternative energysources. In the solar energy collection lab, the students used small solar panels to collect energyfrom an overhead light source, studying the position and pitch. The experiment demonstratedhow light is collected with solar panels and subsequently used to generate electricity, while alsodemonstrating the efficiency of typical collectors. Finally, a laboratory-scale pyrolysis reactorwas constructed to demonstrate and study
Paper ID #41297First-Year Engineering Students, Social Media, and Course Delivery PreferencesDr. Rachel Mosier, Oklahoma State University Dr. Rachel Mosier is an Associate Professor at Oklahoma State University, with a background in structural engineering and project management. Dr. Mosier has received regional and international teaching awards through the Associated Schools of Construction. Her interests include engineering education research.Dr. Heather N. Yates, Oklahoma State University Dr. Yates joined the Oklahoma State University Construction Faculty in 2006 as an Assistant Professor. She received her Bachelor of
master’s degree from Tulane University in 1989 and a doctoral degree from Duke University in 1992. He is a member of the American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), and, has also been involved with the American Society for Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE). He is actively involved in teaching and research in the fields of (i) robotics and mechatronics, (ii) remote sensing and precision agriculture, and,(iii) biofuels and renewable energy. He has been involved with several extramurally funded projects as PI or Co-PI to support outreach, education, and research activities from various state, federal, and private agencies; served in leadership roles
Stevens Institute of Technology. My research at Stevens is on robotics and virtual reality used in engineering education. My master’s degree was in Electrical Engineering, obtained from Southeast University. I received my bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at Southwest Jiaotong University. I have over 7-years of industrial experience as an electrical engineer and mechanical engineer. I also have extensive teaching experience with respect to various interdisciplinary courses involving Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Computer Science. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 2024 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition
Paper ID #43306A Model for Course-Based Undergraduate Research in First-Year EngineeringProf. Eric Davishahl, Whatcom Community College Eric Davishahl serves as professor and engineering program coordinator at Whatcom Community College in northwest Washington state. His current project involves developing and piloting an integrated multidisciplinary learning community for first-year engineering. More general teaching and research interests include designing, implementing and assessing activities for first-year engineering, engineering mechanics, and scientific computing. Eric has been an active member of ASEE since 2001
Paper ID #42873Dynamics for D’s: Avoiding Multiple Failures in a High Risk CourseDr. Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Dr. Brian Self 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. Dr Self’s engineering education interests include collaborating on the Dynamics Concept Inventory, developing model-eliciting activities in mechanical engineering courses, inquiry-based learning in mechanics, and design projects to help promote
and Computer Engineering havebeen called upon to teach certain CS courses. From their standpoint, there appears to be adisparity between software and hardware, with CS students often lacking fundamental awarenessof the digital circuits that form the backbone of software operations. While courses in computerorganization and architecture are the most relevant in addressing hardware aspects, their primaryfocus tends to be on register-transfer level optimizations [1-3].To furnish CS students with a comprehensive understanding of computer systems from theground up, we offer a course that commences with the fundamentals of basic logic gates. Asshown in Fig. 1, it covers layers 4-7 on logic gates, digital circuits, micro-architecture, and ISAthat
Paper ID #45101Full Paper: A Cloud-Based Approach to Introducing Machine Learning inProject-Based Learning EnvironmentsJoshua Eron Stone, University of Maryland College Park Laboratory Teaching Assistant for the University of Maryland’s flagship introduction to engineering course, and undergraduate Computer Engineering student.Forrest Milner, University of Maryland College Park Undergraduate Engineering Student at the University of Maryland, College Park. A. James Clark School of Engineering. Interested in projects relating to electronics and batteries, which you can check out on my website, forrestfire0.github.io. I