this paper builds onprior evidence supporting the use of funds of knowledge and engineering design, as a STEMintegrator, as well as empirical research on the structure, content, and outcomes of effectiveprofessional learning to create transformative educational experiences for teachers, andultimately their students [7-10].The APRENDE ProjectThe Asset-based Practices in Engineering Design (APRENDE) project focuses on both middleschool students and their teachers. It offers the opportunity to have an early impact on students’engineering interest while also providing teachers with a broader perspective of how to developstudents’ engineering habits of mind and dispositions using funds of knowledge. The goal of thisthree-year project is (1) to
engineering student from Maine attending OlinCollege and will be graduating in May of 2020. I chose Olin for the community, but also for theirpassionate mantra, “Engineering starts with people and ends with people.” This mantra painted anew picture of engineering for me as I had previously believed engineering was about usingmath to make cool things. In fact, I originally wanted to be an engineer to continue my passionfor robotics that I had developed over 9 years on a robotics team. But, this mantra created analmost invisible itch in the back of my mind that has slowly grown into the driving factor of mebecoming an engineer.My first real experience with people in engineering was my second semester at Olin in a classcalled Engineering for Humanity
Paper ID #37070More-Inclusive Practices for Science Technology Engineeringand Mathematics (STEM) Library Collection ManagementSusan Wainscott (Engineering Librarian) Susan Wainscott is Associate Professor & Engineering Librarian for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Libraries. She holds a MLIS from San Jose State University and a MS in Biological Sciences from Illinois State University. As liaison librarian to several departments at UNLV, she teaches information literacy, provides reference assistance to the campus and community, and maintains the collection in assigned subject areas. Her research
Paper ID #39414Power Engineering Curriculum Update with Situative Pedagogy and ConceptMaps as Evaluation ToolDr. Valentina Cecchi, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Valentina Cecchi is an Associate Professor and the Graduate Program Director in the Electrical and Com- puter Engineering Department at the University of North Carolina Charlotte. She received her PhD in electrical engineering from Drexel University in 2010.Dr. Courtney S Smith-Orr, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Courtney S. Smith,PhD is a Teaching Assistant Professor at UNC Charlotte. Her research interests span the mentoring experiences of
/dashboardaicte.php.11. Aspiring_Minds, National employability report of engineers 2016, Aspiring Minds.12. Kulik, C.-L.C., J.A. Kulik, and R.L. Bangert-Drowns, Effectiveness of mastery learning programs: A meta-analysis. Review of educational research, 1990. 60(2): p. 265-299.
AC 2007-730: INNOVATIVE EXPOSURE TO ENGINEERING BASICS THROUGHMECHATRONICS SUMMER HONORS PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOLSTUDENTSJohn Mativo, Ohio Northern University JOHN MATIVO teaches Materials and Product Manufacturing courses at Ohio Northern University. He has conducted several summer projects for middle an high school students. His university teaching experience totals eleven years six of which he served as Department of Technology Chair at the University of Eastern Africa, Baraton. He holds degrees in Technology, Education and Engineering. His Doctorate is from the University of Georgia. He is a member of Sigma Xi, Epsilon Pi Tau, Phi Kappa Phi, and Phi Beta Delta.Adam Stienecker, Ohio Northern
sketches. Parametric solidmodeling has following advantages: 1) Accurate description of the part/concept/idea 2) Easier to find errors and solution 3) Fast calculations of the consequences and simulation 4) Easy modification of the model 5) Direct data transfer for the CAM.Currently, the ability to use a 3D parametric solid modeling software package has become one ofthe standard tools acquired by mechanical engineering graduates. 3D solid modeling allowsdesigner to rotate, zoom or pan the graphics on the screen. These visual objects give himimmediate and satisfactory feedback of his work. But, again some feeling is missing. Sinceaesthetical success of the design needs to be verified by ones mind, nothing can
: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School, Washington D.C.: National Academy Press, 2000. Online at www.nap.edu/books/0309070368/html.6. Felder and Brent (Felder, R.M., and R. Brent, “The Intellectual Development of Science and Engineering Students. 1. Models and Challenges,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 93, No. 4, 2004, www.ncsu.edu/felder-public/Paper/IntDev-II.pdf).7. Light, RJ. The Harvard Assessment Seminars, First Report, Harvard University, Cambridge Massachusetts 02138, 1990.8. Senge , P.M., The Fifth Discipline, The Art & Practice of the Learning Organization, Currency Doubleday. P10, 1990.9. Kolb, D.A., Experiential Learning: Experience as the Source of Learning and Development, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
AC 2009-1719: PERSONAL VS. PROFESSIONAL E-MAIL: THE PALIN CASEEdward Gehringer, North Carolina State University Ed Gehringer is an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University. He has been a frequent presenter at education-based workshops in the areas of computer architecture and object-oriented systems. His research interests include architectural support for memory management, garbage collection, and computer-supported collaborative learning. He received a B.S. from the University of Detroit(-Mercy) in 1972, a B.A. from Wayne State University, also in 1972, and the Ph.D. from Purdue
AC 2009-1516: SOFTWARE PROJECTS USING FREE AND OPEN-SOURCESOFTWARE: OPPORTUNITIES, CHALLENGES, AND LESSONS LEARNEDClifton Kussmaul, Muhlenberg College Clif Kussmaul is Associate Professor of Computer Science at Muhlenberg College and Chief Technology Officer for Elegance Technologies, Inc., which develops software products and provides software development services. Previously he worked at NeST Technologies, and Moravian College. He has a PhD in Computer Science from the University of California, Davis, master's degrees from Dartmouth College, and bachelor's degrees from Swarthmore College. His professional interests and activities include software engineering, entrepreneurship, digital
Research Journal, Vol. 19, 2007, pp. 69-90.11. Hunter, S. T., Bedell, K. E., & Mumford, M. D. (2006), “Dimension of creative climate: A general taxonomy,” K. Journal of Thinking and Problem Solving, Vol. 15, 2006, pp. 97-116.12. American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Mechanical Engineering Curriculum Development Initiative: Integrating the Product Realization Process (PRP) into the Undergraduate Curriculum, New York: ASME, pp. C2-C5, December 1995.13. McGraw, D. (2004), “Expanding the Mind,” ASEE Prism, Summer 2004, pp. 30-36.14. Lumsdaine, M. and Lumsdaine, E. (1995), “Thinking Preferences of Engineering Students: Implications for Curriculum Restructuring.” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 84, No. 2, 1995, pp. 194-204.15
research method in mind was through interviewing sustainable design practitioners about their experiences. This method would not only allow rich data to be collected from a number of different perspectives but this method would also not loose the context in which it is situated. This was because the participants were interviewed about their experiences, in context, with sustainable design rather than what they thought it was in an abstract way. 4. The research was then conducted and analyzed. Twenty-two sustainable design practitioners were identified from a range of disciplines but all working on engineering projects. These participants were interviewed one-on-on with the interview later transcribed and
the teaching methods, which were relativelyadvanced a decade ago, are no longer sufficient to educate graduates who would be competitiveenough on the job market after graduation. Therefore a new significant step in education of real-time software engineers is proposed in this paper: introducing in the classroom environmentsuch projects that would reflect current situation in professional software development. Two platforms used in real-time embedded data acquisition and control systems have beenintroduced in senior design project courses: VxWorks and Windows CE for respective singleboard computers. Both projects were developed with a typical waterfall process model in mind,with four phases of development, including requirements
Paper ID #15634Physics Jam, a Physics Preparation Program to Increase Student Performanceand Success in Introductory Physics Courses ˜Dr. Courtney Hadsell, Canada College I graduated with my PhD in Physics from The University of North Carolina in 2013. I am currently a physics instructor and physics program services coordinator at Ca˜nada College. I have a deep passion in promoting understanding and success for physics students thought pre-semester and continuing academic support. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Physics Jam, a Physics Preparation
Paper ID #9995What’s wrong with Evidence? Epistemological Roots and Pedagogical Impli-cations of ”Evidence-based Practice” in STEM educationDr. Donna M Riley, Smith College Donna Riley is Associate Professor and founding faculty member in the Picker Engineering Program at Smith College Page 24.1373.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 What’s wrong with Evidence? Epistemological Roots and Pedagogical Implications of “Evidence-based
Department of Defense Medical Health Service areexploring automated ways to compare a consultant’s submitted model to the 3D medical guideplate that was provided to the architect for planning purposes. The guide plate would have 3D,intelligent icons for each required FF&E item. Furniture and medical equipment icons would beembedded with engineering data, material data and even cost data that could be used as aProgramming document supplied to consultants prior to beginning Design Development of aproject 24.BIM helps achieve LEED and enhances lean deliveryLarge facilities are being built with environmental aspects in mind. New computer programs aremore compatible with most BIM platforms that will seamlessly perform energy analysis, withsome
Paper ID #13186Enhancing Accessibility of Engineering Lectures for Deaf & Hard of Hearing(DHH): Real-time Tracking Text Displays (RTTD) in ClassroomsMr. Gary W Behm, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST) Gary W. Behm, Assistant Professor of Engineering Studies Department, and Director of NTID Center on Access Technology Innovation Laboratory, National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Rochester Institute of Technology. Gary has been teaching and directing the Center on Access Technology Innovation Laboratory at NTID for five years. He is a deaf engineer who retired from IBM after serving for 30 years. He is a
liberal education2 he argued, in a development ofKrupczak et als paper, that “the defining characteristic of liberal education was “enlargementof mind. This “enlargement” was achieved by the capacity to perceive inter-relationshipsbetween the areas that comprise “universal knowledge” as it is currently understood. Itfollows that consideration of the “product” (technological literacy) without consideration ofthe “process” (engineering literacy) is not a liberal education.”5 Using the model he hadpresented in the earlier paper (exhibit 3) he argued that the solution to engineering problems(the technology) required not only knowledge of engineering science and the mechanics ofmanufacturing but an understanding of the ways of thinking in such areas
AC 2007-1176: THE EFFECTS OF PRIOR COMPUTER EXPERIENCES INCONSIDERING ENGINEERING STUDENTS' ABILITY TO SOLVE OPEN-ENDEDPROBLEMSChristian Hipp, University of South CarolinaVeronica Addison, University of South Carolina Page 12.1417.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 The effects of prior computer experiences in considering engineering students’ ability to solve open-ended problems ABSTRACTThis paper relates one part of a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded, exploratory researchproject in the Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement Program (CCLI). The researchproject’s objective is to
AC 2008-277: CUSTOMER BASED COURSE DEVELOPMENT – CREATING AFIRST YEAR PROGRAMMING COURSE FOR ENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTSPatrick Jarvis, University of St. Thomas Patrick L. Jarvis received his J.D. in Law and Ph.D. in Computer Science both at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. He has broad industry and consulting experience in the design and development of procedural and object-oriented systems, relational database systems, peer-to-peer and client-server systems, as well as the management of high technology employees. His law practice focuses on arbitration and mediation of high technology disputes. He joined the Computer and Information Sciences faculty of the University of St
pressure, energy, fluid properties, and system losses. Classroom lecturesand discussions typically progress from the fundamental physics involved in each topic to itsimpact on the design and performance of commercial systems students are likely to recognize,such as excavating equipment or portable power units. As such, students are regularly presentedwith exercise questions and problems that relate the theory of the night’s topic to facets theymight be responsible for in industry. With this underlying emphasis in mind, the laboratory projectdescribed below was presented under the guise of a “get your feet wet” assignment the “newlyhired college graduate” can quickly contribute to.On the surface the assignment appears straightforward and
Page 8.423.2 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Education.be different from that of a person watching a scheduled television broadcast. In particular, thefollowing common perceptions about watching regular television need to be kept in mind whendeveloping a televised course, and deliberately countered during the development of coursematerials: • TV is entertainment • TV requires no action on the viewer's part • TV is something we can 'tune out' at will • TV abhors silence3. Design of Instructional MaterialsMost students and instructors are used to the lecture format
AC 2010-1352: WHAT DO EMPLOYERS WANT IN TERMS OF EMPLOYEEKNOWLEDGE OF TECHNICAL STANDARDS AND THE PROCESS OFSTANDARDIZATION?Bruce Harding, Purdue UniversityPaul McPherson, Purdue University Page 15.1364.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 WHAT DO EMPLOYERS WANT IN TERMS OF EMPLOYEE KNOWLEDGE OF TECHNICAL STANDARDS AND THE PROCESS OF STANDARDIZATION?AbstractProducts and processes considered everyday conveniences would not be possible withoutstandardization. That standardization making today’s technology possible was developed overthe last few decades by practitioners, many of whom are on the brink of retirement.Consequently, a growing concern
Session xxxx A Virtual Tour of Energy Conscious Architecture Mohammed E. Haque, Ph.D., P.E., Suketu Shah, Gaurav Agarwal Texas A&M University, Texas, USAAbstractAs technology rapidly changes, the importance of educating and training diverse populations ofcivil/construction engineering/science students becomes more critical. With the advances ininformation technology (IT) over the last decade, the traditional teaching format of having anindividual lecture to an audience has been supplemented, and in some cases, replaced by therapid development and implementation of new distance learning
Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationsociated with its energy conversion process. In addition to this economic consideration, there is a(generally undesirable) voltage drop across the transmission system that would not occur withoutthe current drawn by the purely reactive load.And so with all this in mind, it is the author’s hope that the ideas and concepts compiled hereincontribute to fostering the further understanding of reactive power.V. AcknowledgementThe author wishes to recognize and thank Dr. Stephen A. Sebo, Professor Emeritus of ElectricalEngineering, The Ohio Sate University, Dr. William Shepherd, Retired Pro-Vice-Chancellor,University of
encouraged specialization, Page 9.1260.4as men spent long years of education, training, and repetitious practice to master their role – atProceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationthe expense of other interests and powers. Competition put a premium on this process. All ofthis preceded systems thinking and caused social critics to lament.18Systems thinking might be seen as the next logical step in this process, as it isolates the mind onthose system roles. The particular human beings who happen to occupy those roles are not
; Instruction, pp. 129-160. 9. L.S. Vygotsky, Mind in Society: The Development of the Higher Psychological Processes, Harvard University Press, New York, 1978. 10. Dollár, A., Steif, P.S., “Learning Modules for the Statics Classroom”, Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Nashville, June 2003. 11. Steif, P.S., Dollár, A., “Collaborative, Goal-Oriented Manipulation of Artifacts by Students during Statics Lecture”, Frontiers in Education, Boulder, November 2003 12. Mazur, E., 1997, Peer Instruction, Prentice Hall, New Jersey. Page
Paper ID #9657”Increasing students’ conceptual understanding of AC circuits: An applica-tion of Licht’s model”Miss Nicole P Pitterson, Purdue University, West Lafayette I am currently a second year PhD student in the Engineering Education Department at Purdue University. My highest level of education so far is a MSc in Manufacturing Engineering which I attained at Western Illinois University. My research interest is eliciting conceptual understanding of AC circuit concepts using active learning strategies.Dr. Ruth A. Streveler, Purdue University, West Lafayette Ruth A. Streveler is an Associate Professor in the School
Session 1139 Coach: A New System for Interactive Learning John H. Ristroph University of Louisiana at Lafayette AbstractCoach is an interactive learning system originally designed for engineering economics, and thenextended to be useful to other disciplines. It provides professors with a comparatively easy wayto implement computer-based tutorials, examples, or problem solving sessions. IntroductionInteractive learning systems encourage active learning, but they have proven
laboratory portions received highratings, the laboratories ratings were somewhat higher than those for the instruction. Althoughthe differences in responses seem relatively minor (3.86 for the instruction and 3.92 for thelaboratory) due to the large number of data points (>2000) and the small standard deviations, Page 10.165.2these differences in ranking lead to significant percentile ranking for these two different contentareas. These percentile rankings assume a Gaussian distribution of the data. The average “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition