the results indicated in Figures 4 and 5, above, are illustrative of thestudents’ perceptions of the other disciplines throughout the competition. After working togetherfor two weeks, there were slight changes between the perceived strengths and actual strengthsreported at the end of the collaboration. Although it is difficult to discern the reason(s) for theslight changes, one possible explanation may be the fact that nearly 80% of the students hadprior interdisciplinary experience, and therefore already had some understanding of the strengthsand weaknesses of the other disciplines. The slight changes from the initial to the final surveysmay result from the students working with the other disciplines in a new context that ischallenging
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bridge program was1.8 on a 4.0 scale, compared with a 1.55 from the general Calculus 1 classes. However thechance that a random sample of 16 students from Calculus 1 had a GPA of 1.8 or higher is 26%,so again we cannot conclude that this change was statistically significant.Figure 3 shows the grade in Calculus 1 in Fall 2014 for students who successfully completed thesummer bridge program versus the time they spent on task in the summer program. Again wefind little to no correlation, however it is interesting that there is a cluster of “B”s at the upperend of the time scale. Figure 4 shows the grade in Calculus 1 in Fall 2014 for students who
traineesprogressed through iFEAT and gained information about the application process, we noted shiftsin perception of the most challenging and most important components of the application process.We also monitored any changes in trainee career aspirations, including candidates’ preferredtype(s) of institutions and academic positions, plans to conduct postdoctoral research, andanticipated application timeline. Data analysis involved looking at trends across survey questions. All questions had eithera numbered rating system or distinct multiples choices for participants to select. Trends weredetermined via either an average of all participant ratings or a percentage of participants whochose that answer. For some questions, participants chose more than
experiences in the laboratory session activities: As a result of the team based laboratory exercises, Q1. My understanding of the environmental relevance of the subject matter is: Q2. My interest in environmental engineering discipline and confidence in the subject matter is: Q3. My analytical and experimental skills are: Q4. My leadership and management skills are: Response options: A. Worse (W); B. The same (T); C. Better (B); D. Significantly better (S); E. N/A no opinion (N)Fig.1. Civil and environmental engineering students performing water treatment experiment: A.coagulation-flocculation-sedimentation-filtration techniques; B. sludge volume measurements
%), and Work (13%). The TCI was used as a pretest and posttest in the Fall 2012 and Fall 2014 as described in this paper. The pretest was administered during the first week of classes and the posttest was given in the last week of class. One common way to look at the pretest and posttest data on concept inventories is to calculate a G ain, G, from the pretest to the posttest as: Spost− Spre G= 100% − Spre (1) Where post S and S
the public who have allowed theengineering profession to get by working quietly and diligently, but not putting all their skills tothe best use of humanity.AcknowledgmentsThis material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant#1158863. 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.Bibliography1. National Academy of Engineering. The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New Century. (National Academies Press, 2004).2. National Academy of Engineering. Changing the Conversation: Messages for Improving Public Understanding
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requesting the users to open an account and provide contact information. This willprovide information regarding the number of students/teachers/researchers using the material.AcknowledgementsThis work is supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food andAgriculture, BE AWARE project (2015-38422-24064).References1. National Research Council (US) Committee on a New Biology for the 21st Century: Ensuring the United States Leads the Coming Biology Revolution. Natl. Acad. Press 1–120 (2009).2. Gilbert, N. Climate-smart Agriculture is Needed. Nature News (2011). doi:10.1038/news.2011.1313. Shames, S., Friedman, R. & Havemann, T. Coordinating Finance for Climate-smart Agriculture. Ecoagriculture
learning: concepts andcases. Peter Lang, Oxford ; New York.4. Tannhäuser, Anne-Christin, and Claudio Dondi. “It’s Lab Time–Connecting Schools to Universities’ RemoteLaboratories.” In Pixel International Conference, 1–5, 2012.5. Charette, Robert N. “The STEM Crisis Is a Myth.” IEEE Spectrum 50, no. 9 (September 2013): 44–59.doi:10.1109/MSPEC.2013.6587189.6. Govaerts, Sten, Yiwei Cao, Andrii Vozniuk, Adrian Holzer, Danilo Garbi Zutin, Elio San Cristóbal Ruiz, LarsBollen, et al. “Towards an Online Lab Portal for Inquiry-Based Stem Learning at School.” In Advances in Web-Based Learning–ICWL 2013, 244–53. Springer, 2013. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-41175-5_25.7. V. J. Harward, J. A. del Alamo, S. R. Lerman P. H. Bailey, J
accessible technology with multisensory learning and assessmentopportunities allows with VIB to access STEM fields more readily. Therefore, it is essential thatthese types of engineering activities be further incorporated into science classrooms as they makethe material accessible to all students.Bibliography1. Erickson, W., C. Lee, and S. von Shcrader. “Disability Statistics from the 2013 American Community Survey (ACS).” 2015 [cited 2015 January 26]; Available from: http://www.disabilitystatistics.org.2. Bottomley, L., et al., Engineering Summer Programs: A Strategic Model Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. Seattle, Washington. , 2015(June): p. 10.18260/p.23982.3. Napper, S.A., P.N. Hale, and F.J. Puckett
are reproduced below for clarity. Students are prompted to circlethe correct responses on a line shown here: A B C D E F NONE.In order to correctly answer the majority of the questions, students would need to circle morethan one letter. All correct responses need to be marked to receive a point, there is no partialcredit.On the last page are six velocity versus clock reading histories which describe the onedimensional motion of six objects that started out from the origin x = 0m at time t = 0s. Circlethe correct answer(s) for each of the following questions. (a) Which object (or objects) are located at the origin, x = 0, at the clock reading t = 2s? (b) Which object (or objects) spends at
lives. This illustrates one more advantageof a team-taught multidisciplinary project course.Bibliography1 Sarah Summers and Anneliese Watt, “Quick and Dirty Usability Testing in the Technical CommunicationClassroom,” ProComm 2015 Conference Proceedings (IEEE Professional Communication Society), Limerick,Ireland.2 See for example S. Ludi, “Providing Students with Usability Testing Experience: Bringing Home the Lesson “TheUser Is Not Like You,” 35th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Indianapolis, 2005; and M.A. Atlas,“The User Edit: Making Manuals Easier to Use,” IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, vol. 24, no.1,pp. 28-29, March 1981.3 For discussions of usability pedagogy, see Summers and Watt (above), as well as L.M
student team consisted of 3-4 members with at least one graduate student and onestudent in the computer science program. The goal of the team project was to provide anopportunity for students to apply some specific testing techniques or tools to one or more chosenSystem Under Test(s) (SUTs) of interest (either open-source software, or software that theydeveloped for other projects). The minimum project requirements were: (1) including bothtesting and QA components, although it was up to each team to decide on the proportion of bothcomponents, (2) developing and executing a test plan, even if testing was a small part of theproject, and (3) performing a manual software inspection for selected modules or the whole SUT. Students were encouraged to
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ideasborrowed from environmental ethics seem particularly relevant. One such methodology, firstdeveloped by Johnson, termed a morally deep world view, cautions that both the individual andthe system(s) in which that individual is embedded, matter from an ethical point of view.3 Asecond approach uses the development first offered by Thomas Berry4 and further refined bySwimme 5 and Swimme and Tucker.6 This paradigm takes us from an individual or localperspective on ethical reasoning to an Earth and Universe perspective which is alive, integratedand dependent. Berry described three universal principles that ought to govern our response toethical dilemmas. Those principles include differentiation, subjectivity and communion orcommunity. Here
. It has 256kB of on-chip SRAM, which has been adequate for the largearray blocks required for sample buffering and DSP processing. It also includes DMA, I2S, andI2C, which are all used in this work. This microcontroller allows for both fixed-point and floatingpoint DSP.The board itself does not include audio resources and the K65’s DAC is only 12-bits. Becauseaudio is the primary application used in the DSP labs, another board (i.e., a CODEC board) isrequired to provide these features.In-House designed CODEC boardThe CODEC board is based on Texas Instrument’s TLV320AIC3007 Stereo Audio CODEC.This CODEC has many configuration options and requires a low chip count for basic audioinputs and outputs as can be seen in Figure 1. The block diagram
shouldinculcate females towards this direction. All in all, the key issue appears to be ‘motivation’(Fingleton et al. 2014).ReferencesBix, Amy Sue. 2000. “Engineering Education in the United States Has a Gendered.” IEEE, Technology and Society Magazine 19(1):20–26.Douie, Vera. 1950. Daughters of Britain. edited by Ronald. London.Eagly, Alice H. and Linda L. Carli. 2003. “The Female Leadership Advantage: An Evaluation of the Evidence.” The Leadership Quarterly 14(6):807–34.Eccles, J. S. and B. L. Barber. 1999. “Student Council, Volunteering, Basketball, or Marching Band: What Kind of Extracurricular Involvement Matters?” Journal of Adolescent Research 14(2012):10–43.Escueta, Maya, Tushar Saxena, and Varun Aggarwal. 2013. Women in Engineering
the technology and materials used. Table 2. Comparison of three inexpensive 3D printing technologies Name Technology Price Material Price/Mat Resolution Speed MakerBot FDM $2500 ABS, PLA $50/kg 100 µm varies Replicator 2X Pegasus SLA DLP $3000 FSL3D $138/kg 50 µm 1s/layer Touch resin Mini Metal FDM $2300 Metal Clay $200/kg 100 µm varies MakerExample 2. Figure 4 shows MakerbBot Replicator 2X 3D printer improvements by adding extrafan(s). Figure 4-a shows the 3D printer extruders as purchased, Figure 4-b depicts a
examples is a way to cement students’ knowledge through memorable context.• Using case studies supports the rich complexity and interdisciplinary skills needed by future engineers.• Using campus based case studies is physically convenient for students because they can see the application without the time, expense, and coordination required to go off campus.Support for Case Studies as a Method for Teaching & Learning: Significant research has beendone showing the effectiveness of case studies as a teaching method. In 1999, the Journal ofEngineering Education published an interesting research paper entitled, Teaching Real-WorldIssues through Case Studies, by P.K. Raju and Chetan S. Shankar. In this paper, they chronicledthe benefits
technologies and areas. As part of the background and familiarizationapplying them to a robotics/machine intelligence application. with current autonomous vehicle relatedSuch applications require efficient, reliable, and high technologies, the students reviewed consumerperformance sensors. The paper reports the rationale for product literature including documentation on theselection of an IR sensor rather than ultrasonic sensors, Audi A4, Tesla Model S, and Chevy Bolt by GM,RADAR, or a camera to perform the sensing function. technical reports, along with many IEEE conferenceAfterwards the team proceeded with the design, papers. Students became aware of many
Division of Undergraduate Education(DUE) award numbers 114010, 1431302, 1431410, and 1431446. Any opinions, findings, andconclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do notnecessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Special thanks to laboratorygraduate students Verol McLeary, Niya King, Janie Locklear, Tameka Coly, and Benard Chola.References1. Novotney, A., Engaging the millennial learner. Monitor on Psychology 2010, 41(3), 60-61.2. Yadav, A.; Lundeberg, M.; DeSchryver, M.; Dirkin, K.; Schiller, N. A.; Maier, K.; Herreid, C.F., Teaching Science with Case Studies: A National Survey of Faculty Perceptions of the Benefits and Challenges of Using Cases. Journal of College Science
Seth Preston, Eastern Washington University Arin S. Preston is a mechanical engineering student at Eastern Washington University, specializing in robotics and automation. Prior to pursuing his degree, Arin spent 8 years in the United States Marine Corps, where he served as an artillery fire direction controller, a counter-battery RADAR team leader, and a firing member of the USMC rifle team.Dr. Donald C. Richter P.E., Eastern Washington University DONALD C. RICHTER obtained his B. Sc. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from The Ohio State University, M.S. and Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Arkansas. He holds a Professional Engineer certification and worked as an Engineer and Engineering
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opportunity in the community for continuing the project.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThis work was supported with a grant from MultiCare Health Systems, Spokane, WA, throughtheir Community Partnership Program.REFERENCES[1] J. Mroz, “Hand of a Superhero,” The New York Times, Feb. 16, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/17/science/hand-of-a-superhero.html. [Accessed Dec. 13, 2018].[2] http://enablingthefuture.org/[3] https://greaterallegheny.psu.edu/feature/students-learn-while-giving-gift-new-hands[4] S. Yagli and S. Hsieh, “MAKER: Designing and Building a Prosthetic Hand for a High School Engineering Design Course,” in American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference Proceedings, Salt Lake
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American coastalengineers is to foster a coastal engineering program(s) at an HBCU and that is precisely therationale for support of this PhD Engineering degree with a coastal engineering emphasis area.The number of MS and PhD Engineering graduates (and those projected for the next two years)along with those in the Coastal Engineering emphasis area are shown in Table 1.Academic MS Engineering. MS Engineering PhD Engineering PhD Engr. Year Graduates (Coastal Engr. Graduates (Coastal Engr. Area) Area) Projected Graduates