knowledge inthe electromagnetic principles help students understand how the machines work. But in theworkforce, graduates will need to understand how to choose a given motor for a particularapplication. This means answering questions such as: Which type of motor is the most appropriate for the given application? At what speed(s) should be motor be operating? What torque is required for the application? What environmental issues need to be considered in selecting the motor?An initial foray into motor selection was briefly discussed as part of a larger discussion involvingworking with industrial partners [10]. In that project, a capstone design team of MechanicalEngineering Technology (MET) and Electrical
students were effective engineers in community developmentprojects because they could design in the midst of scarcity, empathize with poor communities, andrecognize the sociotechnical nature of engineering. Others worked in construction projects anddeveloped an ethic of caring for workers, not for fear of liability, but empathizing with thosecoming from similar socio-economic backgrounds [6]. We also found that, although withdifficulties, they could use their funds of knowledge to establish a sense of belonging inengineering, which is essential for their retention, successful graduation, and transition into theengineering workforce [5]. Drawing from sociological and educational research, we argued thatthese traits are valuable funds of knowledge
research and design phases of their projects.Following the literature on social construction of technology (in particular Guston and Sarewitz, 2002), we callthis pedagogical approach “Real-Time Technology Assessment.” The aim of this approach is to provide anexplicit mechanism for observing, critiquing, and influencing social values as they become embedded ininnovations. This approach to technology assessment differs from traditional models that typically focus on“impact assessments” of what the effects of a new technology are on society after the technology has beenintroduced. Real-time technology assessment attempts to incorporate potential societal implications into theactual “real-time” design processes that go into the construction of a new
University ofMichigan, students are required to take 41 credits of engineering science courses (32% of thetotal credits required for graduation) and only 19 credits of design and laboratory courses (14.8%of total credits). Furthermore, of the 11 current ABET Student Outcomes only one of these, a) anability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering, directly speaks to thecontent of these engineering science courses [1].Despite the prominence of engineering science courses in the curriculum, these courses havebeen studied less in engineering education research than design courses [2]. Ideally, theseengineering science courses should give students the theoretical background that they can applyin engineering design courses, on student
laboratory classroom. Thus, the hands-onexperiments could be conducted in traditional lecture classes, or even remotely in student dormsand apartments. The goal of this research effort was to extend the pedagogy of hands-on learninginto the ME and AE curricula, tackling mechanical and thermal applications. This paper gives anoverview on those activities as well as efforts to assess the effectiveness of the learningenhancements. Furthermore, because the hands-on experiments are often used in a collaborativeway in student teams, the research has also studied the role of gender and ethnicity in the studentteams, developing best practices for building effective teams formed from diverse students.1. IntroductionLaboratory experiments form one of the
a variety ofexperiential learning opportunities throughout their four-year academic curriculum. West Pointseeks to develop Army officers who are critical and agile thinkers, capable of developinginnovative and adaptive solutions to challenging real-world problems. The current undergraduateABET accredited Environmental Engineering Program curriculum at West Point is designed toproduce Army leaders who have the requisite skills to not only be competent environmentalengineers, but also critical thinkers and innovative problem solvers. Because most graduates ofthe program do not immediately practice environmental engineering upon graduation, theprogram aims to provide our graduates with a broad background in the field, with a focus
International Conference on Automation and Logistics. He was a Chair of IEEE SEM - Computational Intelligence Chapter; a Vice Chair of IEEE SEM- Robotics and Automa- tion and Chair of Education Committee of IEEE SEM. He has extensively published in reputed journal and conference proceedings, such as IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, IEEE Transactions on SMC, IEEE-ICRA, and IEEE-IROS, etc. His research interests include engineering education, computational intelligence, intelligent systems and control, robotics and autonomous systems, and applied artificial in- telligence and machine learning for autonomous systems. He received the Best Paper Award in the IEEE International Conference on Information and Automation (IEEE
the Analog Discovery Board helped them learn. An increase of studentsexpressing interest in graduate programs and research was also noted [6].Expanding on the LiaB and Mobile Studio concept, we wanted to investigate the feasibility ofimplementing a similar structure at West Virginia University. What difficulties must beovercome with integrating into existing infrastructure? What resources are best situated for theuse of the TA? What effects does this method have on student learning outcomes? How dostudents’ respond to this approach?WVU LiaB SetupThe setup chosen for this pilot investigation included: Digilent Analog Discovery 2 Board, BNCAdapter Board, BNC Oscilloscope x1/x10 Probes (Pair), Shielded USB cable, and WaveForms2015 software [14
practice sustainability. Bielefeldt is also a licensed P.E. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in engineering education include service- learning, sustainable engineering, social responsibility, ethics, and diversity.Dr. Greg Rulifson P.E., Colorado School of Mines Greg currently teaches in Humanitarian Engineering at CSM. Greg earned his bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering with a minor in Global Poverty and Practice from UC Berkeley where he acquired a passion for using engineering to facilitate developing communities’ capacity for success. He earned his master’s degree in Structural Engineering and Risk Analysis from Stanford University. His PhD work at CU Boulder focused on how student’s connections of
learning sciences, as she uncovers how individual performance is influenced by aptitudes, spatial skills, personal interests and direct manipulation of mechanical objects.Samantha Schauer, Boise State University Samantha Schauer is a student at Boise State University, graduating in May 2020 with a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and a minor in Applied Mathematics. Samantha works as an Undergraduate Research Assistant under Dr. Krishna Pakala. She is also actively involved in the Honors College, the Society of Women Engineers, and the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Happy Hours are a
, demonstrating that the student veterans werehaving a positive impact in the classroom. This paper presents a brief overview of a new project-based assignment in a technical writing course designed to assess multiple outcomes, itsinstitution-specific implementation, and current veteran success indicators. Data from surveysand institutionally-defined leadership characteristics are presented. Finally, by teaming studentveterans with traditional students, technical writing educators can provide opportunities forstudent veterans to demonstrate in-classroom leadership and contribute experiential insight forthe collective benefit of student veterans and their traditional student counterparts.IntroductionIndustry has recognized the need for engineers with
present their findings both in awritten report and oral presentation to the class.The learning objectives for this project were: ● Collect, record, analyze and interpret technical data to evaluate an object or system of engineering interest; ● Demonstrate curiosity about and articulate how the context (social, environmental, and economic) in which engineering is practiced impacts solutions and designs; ● Differentiate and make connections between the contributions of different engineers (majors and professions) in the development of a product, process or system; ● Function effectively on a team with individual and joint accountability; ● Communicate engineering concepts, ideas and decisions
Joanna Wright is an M.Ed. student in Learning Sciences and Human Development at the University of Washington, Seattle. Her education research interests span early childhood through higher education, with a focus on the impact of pedagogical practices and contexts on learning and development. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 After #MeToo: What’s Next for Women in the Engineering Workplace?AbstractThis paper (and corresponding panel session at ASEE 2019) seeks to provide researchers whohave an interest or potential interest in studying women engineers in the workplace (academic,corporate, government, nonprofit) with tools to support that
area, loads, and load path. Theresearch presented in this paper highlights the ethnographic methods used to study the contextsof professional practice and academic settings. Results from these settings indicate thatengineering concepts are represented in disjointed, isolated design efforts in academic settings;whereas similar concepts are integrated within and throughout design efforts in a workplacesetting. Some suggestions for engineering education and curriculum based on these results arepresented at the end of this paper.Activities and Findings:Activity 1: Ethnography of an Engineering WorkplaceA graduate research assistant worked as a part time intern for three months with a medium-sizedstructural engineering department at a private
sequence in the BME department at the University of Virginia, and his research interests are in the fields of computational biology and bioinformatics. He is also interested in evaluating the pedagogical approaches optimal for teaching lab concepts and skills, computational mod- eling approaches, and professionalism within design classes. Dr. Allen also serves as PI and director for an NSF-funded Multi-Scale Systems Bioengineering REU site at U.Va. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Retrospective Multi-year Analysis of Team Composition Dynamics and Performance within a Yearlong Integrative BME Laboratory SequenceAbstractUndergraduate Biomedical Engineering majors at the University
committed to increasing the number ofHispanics in all computing areas [4, 5, 6, 7].CAHSI focused much of its energy on retention and graduation efforts, and over the years itbecame known for certain proven practices, called signature practices, which consistentlydemonstrated to be beneficial for Hispanic students. Three of these signature practices are theAffinity Research Group (ARG) model, Peer-Led Team Learning (PLTL), and Fellow-Net.The ARG model [8, 9, 10] is a set of practices built on a cooperative team framework imbuedwith cooperative-learning principles, which have been shown to increase student achievementand self-esteem [11, 12, 13]. ARG supports the creation and maintenance of dynamic andinclusive groups in which students learn and
internship. The residential internship is for two weeks where interns must be on-site at The University of Texas Center for2. Background Space Research. The internship includes daytime research The original program began in 2010 with an education activities, experiential learning activities, evening STEMgrant designed to leverage a set of NASA projects at CSR, activities, and field investigation. Each year, several teachers andusing NASA’s Earth observing satellites as a catalyst for the graduate students are selected as chaperones for the SEES programimplementation of a six-week high school student internship and
research, the course of Measurement and Evaluation Techniques in Industrial Engineering(IT 507 graduate level, 3 credit course) was assessed. The course description for the IT507 is:“This course covers applied statistical techniques and design of experiment in solving andanalyzing industrial problems. It focuses on measurement and evaluation strategies in theindustry.”This study was conducted across two semesters (each semester had 16 weeks, class size of 8students) for the same course: in the spring of 2017 for a lecture-based classroom course and inthe spring 2018 for a mix of lecture-based and problem-based classroom course. The facultyadministering the courses in spring 2017 and 2018 was the same. The instructor has taught thecourse for two
classroom format. Blending of both instructional techniques resultedin a project driven flipped class, in which the students had the motivation provided by an open-ended design project mixed with the flexibility of a flipped class. The framework for this blendeddelivery as well as benefits and challenges from both pedagogical approaches identified in theliterature are presented in this paper. The potential benefits of both approaches as well as studentperformance in the course were assessed. Although more research is needed in this field, the resultsof this study suggest that a blended approach can provide a more balanced educational experienceby compensating the weakness of each approach with the benefits from the other.IntroductionThe traditional
accredited engineering technology program. She holds an FAA Airframe & Powerplant certificate. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019Student Led Paper Student Perspectives on Using Hands-on Discovery Activities in a Critical Systems Thinking CourseIntroductionAt a large midwestern university, students in an aviation and aerospace engineering technologyprogram may choose to take a graduate course on Critical Systems Thinking (CST). This courseexplores the application of critical systems thinking to complex problems in aviation andaerospace industries. The course materials use systems theory textbooks and case studies thatexplore the practical applications of critical
, engineering design, and humanities and social science courses; that work resulted in Engineering Justice: Transforming En- gineering Education and Practice (Wiley-IEEE Press, 2018). His current research grant project explores how to foster and assess sociotechnical thinking in engineering science and design courses.Jacquelene D. Walter, Colorado School of Mines Jacquelene Walter is a third year undergraduate student at Colorado School of Mines pursuing a major in Electrical Engineering. She has been a general tutor at Colorado School of Mines for first and second year students and will continue to assist with the research in sociotechnical integration until her graduation in 2020.Dr. Kathryn Johnson, Colorado School of
University. Prior to ASU, she worked as an engineer at A. W. Chesterton, Boston Scientific, and Procter & Gamble.Dr. Micah Lande, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology Micah Lande, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor and E.R. Stensaas Chair for Engineering Education in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology. He teaches human-centered engineering design, design thinking, and design innovation courses. Dr. Lande researches how technical and non-technical people learn and apply design thinking and making processes to their work. He is interested in the intersection of designerly epistemic identities and vocational path- ways. Dr. Lande received his B.S. in
Understanding Behaviors of Attendance in Supplemental Instruction and Subsequent Academic Success in a First Year Engineering Course Nisha Abraham, Nina Telang The University of Texas at Austin 2501 Speedway, Austin, TX 78712, USA E-mail: nisha.abraham@austin.utexas.edu, telang@ece.utexas.edu Abstract Engineering (ECE) department partnered with UT’s Sanger As student retention and four-year graduation rates are Learning Center in Fall 2015 and piloted SI sessions for theof institutional and national interest and
the lead robotics instructor for the Center for K-12 STEM education, and leaded the implementation of a large NSF-funded project entitled “DR K-12: Teaching STEM with Robotics: Design, Development, and Testing of a Research-based Professional Development Program for Teachers”. During that time, Dr. Rahman received license from the New York City Department of Education to conduct robot-based K- 12 STEM education research in different public schools across New York City, trained about 100 public school math and science teachers for robot-based K-12 STEM education, and reached more than 1000 K-12 students across New York City. He then worked as an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Tuskegee University
Summer school and Student clubs. IU Students Affairsoffice in Spring 2019 is launching ISW on a regular basis for the students involved in StudentsClubs and in short-term educational events, like e.g. Summer School, as junior instructors.ISW impact on instructional practices, as perceived by the instructors.To assess if there is any change in teaching philosophy and practice after participation in ISW,an ongoing survey is launched. For articulating the survey questions 6 semi-structured interviewswere conducted with ISW participants. The sample was: 1 IU Assistant Professor, 1 IU TA (aPhD student) teaching her first year, 1 IU experienced TA (a researcher), 1 IU Professor ofPractice, 1 non-IU CS instructor teaching adults, 1 non-IU business
number who graduated per year with a BmE or BS&T Minor.The other group was funded through an endowment to the Center for Rehabilitation, Engineer-ing, Science and Technology (CREST) or through a McNair summer fellowship. The latter was abiology/psychology student who worked on table construction. The eight others were generallypairs of computer engineering students who worked throughout the year (including some sum-mers) programming control and data collection and printing routines for system installation. Table 1: BR450 Capstone Design Class Enrollees by semester and major. Major F13 S14 F14 S15 F15 S16 F16 S17 F17 S18 F18 S19 Total BR450 Enrollees 5
first-time students are supported for four years and 36 students transferring from community colleges are supported for two years. The goals of the project are to (1) increase the number and diversity of students pursuing degrees in engineering technology (first-generation, underrepresented students, women, and veterans); (2) add to the body of knowledge regarding best practices in Engineering Technology and promote employment; and (3) contribute to the literature on self-efficacy. The project brings together engineering technology academic programs that are offered through the School of Technology and programs in the Honors College, an inclusive and unique college designed around high-impact educational practices
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, engineering, and math education and careers for which she recently served two years at the National Science Foundation as a grant adminis- trator. Dr. Rogers provides statistical and methodological consulting on a variety of research, evaluation, and assessment projects.Ms. J. Jill Rogers, University of Arizona J. Jill Rogers is the assistant director for ENGR 102 HS at the University of Arizona. ENGR 102 HS is an AP-type, dual credit college level, introductory engineering course offered to high school students. In 2014, the ENGR 102 HS program won the ASEE best practices in K-12 and University partnerships award. Over the years Rogers has developed K-12 science summer camps, conducted K-12 educational re- search
Courses 8the effort. In the following paragraphs we describe our current approach and our ongoingefforts to improve the efficacy of the proposed activities using research-based PBL techniques.The learning outcomes for this graduate course are described as: 1. Model and predict the capacity of the Rayleigh fading channel. 2. Model, simulate, implement and evaluate the performance of a digital communications system over the wireless channel. 3. Design, simulate and evaluate communications systems that use coding, spatial diversity, and transmit diversity. 4. Design, simulate and evaluate systems that use space-time coding.This research project is focused on a PBL approach to