approach is problem-based or project-basedlearning. In problem-based learning, students are presented with problems to solve and thendiscover the material needed. In contrast, project-based learning is more hands-on with physicalhardware as the motivator for the solution-space search.11 An advantage of project-basedlearning, in our view, is the close connection to real-world constraints including methods ofmanufacture and assembly. We have found that this approach is very engaging to students, andthat when properly conceived, we can achieve both depth and breadth of understanding.12Anecdotally, many potential employers that we speak with show a strong preference for studentsthat have had practical experience in their undergraduate education. This
practical aspects of battery fabrication. Theprocedures of the study were embedded in the practical component of the course. As part of a finalproject, students modeled and analyzed a graded porous electrode to be used as part of a rechargeablebattery system. The individually-submitted course assignments served as the raw data used to examinestudents’ modeling and simulation practices.Data CollectionFor part of the final course project, students were asked to design a rechargeable battery system able tooperate under specific conditions in several different applications. For example, one team designed abattery to power an electric lawn mower for at least 30 minutes of operation. Another team designed abattery able to support 4 x 24 h of charge in a
mechanical,electrical and optical engineering including statics, AC and DC circuits, and photonics, openingthe students to upper level courses in these disciplines. The capstone sequence begins with a 10week junior design course where a series of small design projects tests their ability to solveproblems in a variety of disciplines. Following the junior design course, the students have a 20week senior design sequence where they design, build and deliver a prototype for an externalclient. Aside from these core components the students gain additional breadth through courses inmath, chemistry, and computer science. This curriculum was designed to include room for atechnical area of focus outside of the engineering physics curriculum through a set
, Illinois. She is current chair of the Education Committee of the ASCE Technical Council on Forensic Engineering. Her research is in the areas of engineering education, including engineering case studies in undergraduate education.Jennifer H. Rushing, Central Coast New Tech High Jennifer H. Rushing teaches Physics and Computer Science at a Project-Based Learning high school in Nipomo, California called Central Coast New Tech High. She is passionate about engineering education and providing high school students with a safe space to take risks and make mistakes. As the Programming Coach for the NHS Titan Robotics Club, she has also assisted student teams competing in both the VEX Robotics National and World Championships
Paper ID #16321Mr. Atiq Islam, Prairie View A&M University I was born and raised in Houston Texas. I have worked in the professional field for five years as a environmental technician at Southern Union. I am also currently attending Prairie View A&M University to pursue a Mechanical Engineering degreeT Fulya Eyupoglu, North Carolina State University T. Fulya Eyupoglu is a graduate research assistant in the Department of Curriculum, Instruction and Counselor Education with a specialization in Digital Learning and Teaching. Besides being enrolled in an NSF Project as a researcher, she is also serving as a teaching assistant in the Instructional Design Course.Miss Tianyun Yuan, Prairie View A&M University
Paper ID #15025Authentic International Research Experience: Program Model in Cartagena,ColombiaDr. Julianne Vernon, University of Michigan Julianne Vernon is a Research Program Officer at the University of Michigan, the College of Literature, Science, and Arts where she is coordinating the implementation of faculty led research projects into introductory chemistry and biology lab courses. She received her bachelors of engineering in chemical engineering from the City College of New York and her doctorate degree at University of Florida in Environmental Engineering. She has experience developing international and national
framework primarily through a series ofwritten assignments.This year, the instructors aimed to enhance students’ understanding of the PE framework anddevelopment of critical thinking skills through a collaborative team project investigating vectors.Students mapped out paths on campus using a tape measure and compass, then described theirpaths using vectors. They were asked to reflect critically on the results, considering sources oferror in their measurements, and write a team report explicitly addressing elements from the PEframework.Student surveys conducted at the end of the semester suggested a better student impression ofcritical thinking development as a result of the added vector assignment compared to previousyears with only written
formulate, solve, and properly tacklemultidisciplinary problems.Particularly, this paper addresses the effectiveness of combined virtual and physical hands-onactivities in students’ learning which was infused in the capstone senior design project. Seniordesign projects are open-ended and are similar to the research that scientists perform toward amore comprehensive understanding of nature or new scientific knowledge. As a reinforcedlearning methodology to greatly assist students’ reasoning and problem-solving skills, virtuallearning was first integrated at the planning stage of their projects. This approach is in contrastwith the typical senior design courses where only limited resources are available for planningexperiments. Using virtual learning
circuits interfaced by a LabVIEW-based interactive dataacquisition software. The developed plug-and-play smart solar module is an affordable andeffective teaching tool that can be used for in-class demonstrations or to perform hands-onexperiments. An experiment-based project was included into the course syllabus where studentsperform solar cell I-V characterization and extract the cell parameters by analyzing theexperimental data. Student perception on the learning outcome and the impact of the projectwere measured based on student feedback. All of the students found that the experiment-basedproject helped them to reinforce the theoretical knowledge and a majority of the students believethat the learning outcomes of the course would be incomplete
graduation rate is very low (it wasa troubling 33% in Fall 2009). A disproportionately large number of minority students andtransfer students who come from low-income households exacerbate the problem of retentionand graduation rates. Therefore, ASCENT is designed to: 1. address the problem of slow progress towards graduation among talented yet low-income students in MATH and CS, 2. enhance existing bonds and build new ones between LU and CC in the area, and 3. enhance upper-level experience in MATH and CS by building strong diverse studentcohorts, easing the transition of transfer students to upper-level work. The project targets upper class students and transfer students for the following reasons: 1. two-year graduation
engineering design process, the meaning of real world constraints, design for theenvironment, and ethics. The students present their designs in oral and written fashion at the endof the semester.In the second semester, the design process is opened up to the teams and a real-world design isundertaken. The design in the second semester involves a local real world client andincorporates performing the engineering design and learning the basic tools of projectmanagement, supply chain management, and operations management to prepare a managementplan around the project design. The product and management plan are again presented orally andin a written document and presented to the real world client. Some of the designs from thissecond semester course have
candrastically reduce those costs and timeframes. In this project, functional prototype inserts forinjection molding were developed and analyzed with CAD/CAE software. These molds were 3Dprinted and tested using a commercial plastic injection molding machine. Calculations forcompression, shrinkage, and cooling of the inserts were used to establish initial information fordevelopment of the molding conditions. There were measurements taken on the inserts and themolded parts to validate calculations and specified dimensions. This development procedure willserve as guideline for future parts. The project was taken as a senior project, and it is expectedthat the results will allow a plastic injection molding company to rapidly and efficiently producea short
-Eliciting Activities Learning System (MEALearning.com), a site designed for implementing, managing, and re- searching MEAs in large classes.Rachel Marie Cunningham, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach Graduate Research Assistant at ERAU with an interest in design and creative thinking.Miss Paula Sanjuan Espejo, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach I am an UG Aerospace Engineering student at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach. I am from Spain and I am currently working on the SLA-aBLE project, the Implementation and Evaluation of Second Language Acquisition applied to programming courses. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016
through project-based learning and (2) familiarization with thecareers paths and practices of Engineering and Engineering Technology through tours and talksby industry representatives and faculty and (3) providing a common experience that introducesuniversity resources to support the development of the students and prepares them for academicsuccess. The pilot section of Introduction to Engineering in University Seminar was offered inFall 2015. As these seminar courses are offered in the fall semesters, the researchers will be ableto analyze changes in engineering design self-efficacy over the semester and conduct focusgroups with students to refine the course content prior to an expanded second round ofexperimental sections that will be put in
Engineering Consortium (GTEC) and a co-founder of the DOME Foundation. Larisa Schelkin is the author of the Global STEM Classroom R teaching and learning model . She held executive posi- tions in academia and STEM global corporations (WPI, WIT, Tufts University; TYCO Electronics Global Corporation). Larisa is a Fellow for Education Policy, Rennie Center for Educational Research and Policy & Institute for Education Leadership (IEL), Washington, DC (Class 2015); Larisa studied Global Edu- cation at Harvard University Graduate School of Education ”Think Tank” (Class 2016); she is a Fellow and Board member of Massachusetts Academy of Science. Larisa serves on The STEM-Space Project at SETI Advisory Board; on IUCEE Advisory
University Atlanta, Georgia 30302 Abstract Cybersecurity is important for many applications in both research and education. Currently, graduates incybersecurity are in short supply because few universities have sufficient courses in this area. An interesting andpractical hands-on labware can help students obtain knowledge in security. We have been working on integratingsecurity education into Georgia State University's computer science curriculum since the project was funded byNSF in Sept. 2013. We focus on adding security teaching activities into four courses: (1) Operating Systems, (2)Embedded Systems, (3) Computer Networks, and (4) Web
teamsatisfaction and student assessments of team contributions. In first year team-based studentdesign courses, instructors use student self- and peer-assessment information to gauge teamfunctioning and even to affect student project scores. However, students’ identity characteristics,such as their gender and race, may impact the scores they receive from others as well as thescores they assign. The poster will also describe the creation of and results from a learning-analytics style investigation of the researcher’s own student team assessment data, and the posterpresentation will allow others to query the data set with their own questions. The final data setincludes assessment information from 620 first-year engineering students working in 132 teamsof 4
Paper ID #16513An Overview and Preliminary Assessment of a Summer Transportation En-gineering Education Program (STEEP) for Ninth GradersDr. Shashi S. Nambisan P.E., University of Tennessee - Knoxville Shashi Nambisan is a Professor of Civil Engineering at University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT). Since 1989, he has led efforts on more than 165 research, education, and outreach projects that have addressed local, statewide, regional and national issues in transportation and infrastructure systems management related to policy, planning, operations, safety, and risk analysis. He has authored or co-authored more than 125 peer
Computer Integrated Manufacturing System project coordinator for RIT’s integrated circuit factory. He is a senior member of IIE and SME, and a member of ASEE, Alpha Pi Mu and Tau Beta Pi. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016A holistic student-centered approach to retaining and graduating engineers at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Ma Zenia Agustin1, Marcus Agustin1, George Pelekanos1, Cem Karacal2 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL 1 Department of Mathematics and Statistics 2 School of EngineeringAbstractThis work in progress describes a
engineering curricula is often hindered a perceived lack of expertise in ethics by engineeringfaculty. Further, many engineering faculty feel they lack sufficient time to assemble ethicsteaching materials. The goal of this work was to develop tools for engineering professors toefficiently and effectively integrate ethics modules into their engineering courses in partnershipwith experts in teaching ethics. Two student groups developed resources for incorporating ethicsteachings into engineering curriculum and evaluated student response throughout various classes. Phase one of the project aimed to create a guide to allow engineering educators to assembleethics assignments based on case studies. Two assignments assembled by the student group
Paper ID #15424Time and Cost Analysis of Implementing a Mechatronic Experience in an En-gineering Technology CourseMr. John R Haughery, Iowa State University John Haughery is currently a graduate fellow in the department of Agriculture and Biosystems Engineer- ing at Iowa State University, where he is pursuing a PhD in Industrial and Agricultural Technology. His technical experience and interests include electrical energy systems, industrial controls, and mechatron- ics. Currently he is researching the integration of mechatronic-based projects into freshman engineering and technology curricula with the intent of
to the incorporation ofengineering in mathematics and science classes, standalone pre-college engineering classes suchas those developed by Project Lead The Way (PLTW), the International Technology andEngineering Education Association (ITEEA) and others have also seen tremendous growth thathas resulted in more opportunities for students to study engineering and do design projects at themiddle and high school4,5. These initiatives reach even the youngest students, with curricula andprofessional development programs like Engineering is Elementary (EiE) working to increasethe presence of engineering in the elementary classroom6. As a result of these initiatives, studentsare much more likely to encounter engineering as part of their pre-college
silliness that many organizations get enamored with and get to the core of what people need to do to be productive professionals. Richard is a recipient of a 2012 Academy Award (Oscar) for technical development of the Phantom High Speed Camera in additional to other awards for professional achievement and volunteer leadership roles. Richard has also written papers titled ”Project Management with Technical Professionals”, ”Real Men Downsize”, and ”Ivan Boesky got it Wrong” and is sporadically working on a book based on his experiences. Richard believes that the engineering profession, with its many disciplines, provides intelligence and structure which is desperately needed in our increasingly complex world. Most recently
projects give little consideration to the cognitive and behavioralprocesses such as team building, clarifying goals and expectations, planning, communication,consensus building and conflict resolution; which hold the key to successful collaboration.5,6 Arecent review of research on engineering student teams suggests that our understanding of howbest to cultivate collaboration amongst remote teams of students is largely underdeveloped7.Others have noted an opportunity to capitalize on much of the life-long learning that can occurthrough team dynamics and interaction.6Web-based scaffolds that include technologies and team activities help enhance virtual teamcollaboration by providing support for online collaboration. A team scaffold is a stable
Education, 2016 Challenges and opportunities for recruiting students to undergraduate civil engineering programsAbstractSociety needs more civil engineers, with the projected near-term need for civil engineers greaterthan any other engineering discipline. Ailing national infrastructure and projected retirementrates have led to job projections suggesting that the near-term need for civil engineeringgraduates is almost double that of any other engineering discipline. This need, combined withother attractive attributes of civil engineering, should make civil engineering a top engineeringmajor at many undergraduate universities.In spite of the career opportunities readily available to graduating civil engineers, and in
Paper ID #15411Connectivity at RIT - Developing & Delivering an Effective Professional De-velopment Workshop Series for Women Faculty in STEMProf. Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE) Professor Dell is an associate professor in the Manufacturing & Mechanical Engineering Technology department at RIT. She serves as the Faculty Associate to the Provost for Women Faculty and is co-PI for RIT’s NSF ADVANCE project. Her research interests include: characterization of biodegradable plastics and environmental consideration in materials selection for production design, the impact of technology paired
exposure from passive treatment discharges.Aimee Cloutier, Texas Tech University Aimee Cloutier is a Ph.D. student studying Mechanical Engineering at Texas Tech University. She earned her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Texas Tech in 2012. Her research interests include biomechan- ics, rehabilitation engineering, prosthetic limb design, and STEM education.Mr. Guo Zheng Yew, Texas Tech University Guo Zheng Yew is currently pursuing his doctorate in civil engineering at Texas Tech University with a focus on finite element analysis and glass mechanics. Prior to his graduate work in the United States, he obtained his Bachelor’s degree from Malaysia and has participated in research projects involving offshore structures
Humanities and Sciencesand Adjunct Professor of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems in the Lyle School of En-gineering. Currall previously worked at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis), where he servedas Senior Advisor to the Chancellor for Strategic Projects and Initiatives and as Professor of Management.As Chancellor’s Senior Advisor, Currall co-chaired campus- wide strategic visioning exercises to positionUC Davis as the ”University of the 21st Century.” He also led planning for an additional campus in theSacramento region, which included the academic strategy, financial plan, fundraising plan, analysis ofphysical facilities, organization of advisory groups, and liaison to the Academic Senate. He has servedas the Vice
design. The goal of Dr. Morkos’ research is to fundamentally reframe our understanding and utilization of system representations and computational reasoning capabilities to support the development of system models which help engineers and project planners intelligently make informed decisions at earlier stages of engineering design. On the engineer- ing education front, Dr. Morkos’ research explores means to integrate innovation and entrepreneurship in engineering education through entrepreneurially-minded learning, improve persistence in engineering, address challenges in senior design education, and promote engineering education in international teams and settings. Dr. Morkos’ research is currently supported by the
Paper ID #17396Chair of the Department of Economics and Management in Nizhnekamsk Chemical Engineering Institutein 2002-2012. She supervised several projects for Tatarstan chemical and petrochemical companies inthe years 2002-2007 and headed the Department of Macroeconomic Research in Advanced EconomicResearch Center in the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan in the years 2007-2010. Hercontribution to the projects was the supervision of their economic sections (including setting of researchobjectives, project supervision, economic assessment, report writing, presentations, and publishing of re-search discoveries). She was personally involved in the strategic planning of economic development at aregional level. All these research