, 41 theology, peace & justice, etc.) The freshman curriculum includes two three-credit classes, neering, and biomedical engi- Engineering Interdisciplinary Projects I and II, intended to neering minors to best serve introduce students to engineering and to help them make an students across the university
Northwest. Before coming back to teach at University, he had industrial experience in several States with projects consulting experience ranging from small residential, commercial and subdi- vision projects to larger scale State DOT and federal projects after additional courses and research study of geotechnical engineering at UAkron. Dr. Li has teaching and research interests ranging from engineering mechanics encompassing statics, dynamics, mechanics of materials and geotechnics (including geome- chanics, rock mechanics, soil mechanics and engineering geology/hydrology), probability and statistics applications in civil engineering, and reliability based LRFD of geotechnical engineering, design of earth structures, soil
Surgical Procedure Demonstration Using Artificial Bone in Orthopedic Implant DesignAbstractAs a part of the existing senior design class for biomedical engineering students, we haveimplemented the introduction of surgical procedures and demonstration in orthopedic medicaldevice design process. It is aimed at senior biomedical engineering students to increase studentinterest and understanding in orthopedic medical device design. The objectives of this course areto teach students many aspects of medical device design through hands-on projects with multiplelecture topics such as the FDA design control process. The course includes lectures about varioustopics and requires that each student group present research and design
universally accessible. Within this theme, studentscomplete multiple design projects through the prototyping phase (e.g., redesigning the ‘popcornpopper’ walking toy for children with a range of physical abilities and sensitivities),accompanied by a range of documentation (e.g., empathy maps; engineering drawings; written,poster, and oral presentations). Traditional first year curriculum places an emphasis on soundengineering fundamentals and does not, in our opinion provide enough room for the applicationof said concepts. This paper introduces a new practice-driven biomedical engineering curricula,and will report results of qualitative research on student and faculty/staff reactions to the newcurriculum as the first year progresses. This paper will
followingsection, the benefits of UDL are especially important for our Tech Comm courses, whichcombine students from our various fields of study.UDL and Technical CommunicationTech Comm is a required, upper-level writing course usually taken by students in their junioryear. The course is based in the rhetorical tradition, which means that analyzing and adapting toa specific audience are central to the writing process. The course objectives, which aredetermined by the writing faculty and shared across all sections of the course, include writing inseveral genres, collaborating with teammates, and developing project management skills. Withinthese shared objectives, Tech Comm instructors have freedom to design their own courses andassignments. While some
catalyzing change in the academic climate for women in STEM fields. Under Susan’s leadership, both Stevens and WEPAN were recog- nized by the White House with the prestigious President’s Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring. She has substantially contributed to the national STEM diversity policy agenda through participation on boards including the National Academy of Engineering Diversity Task Force, National Science Foundation Engineering Directorate and consultant to the National Academy of Engineering’s Center for Advancement of Scholarship in Engineering Education. As PI or Co-PI on multi-institutional collaborative projects, Susan has secured nearly $10 million in grant funds and
psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University (1999). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 What activities and practices sustain the engagement of highly diverse communities of young engineering students in an out of school fellowship program?AbstractThis paper reports on the process and findings of a participatory action research project with adiverse group of high school youth who were participants in an engineering design fellowship ata major urban science center. Participants were trained in action research techniques, exploredthe “engineering habits of mind” (National Research Council, 2009) as a framework forunderstanding their own work with visitors
Exposition in New Orleans, we look to transform some of our “cookbook” labprocedures to design of experiment projects. In addition to providing a better learning experience,these projects will also be able to support the new ABET student outcome 6: An ability to developand conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineeringjudgment to draw conclusions [1]. In this work, we will present our methods and results, alongwith a completed rubric to assess the new ABET student outcome.Background – the Radio LabThe RF Systems Laboratory is a required 1 credit hour junior-level course for the ElectricalEngineering program at AuburnUniversity (AU) [2]. Students simulate, Table 1: RF Systems Lab
™ as The System. Results from the first year of the project, which includedexperiments and software coding, were very promising: 1. 85 out of the 98 students felt that they could perform the experiment by themselves, and 2. 57 of the 98 said they could successfully code without help from a partner.These first-year results were presented at the 2017 ASEE Annual Conference [4] and laterpublished in expanded form in a journal [5].The goal of using The System was to allow the students to develop the skillset necessary to createa series of projects that utilize light emitting diodes (LEDs) and a moisture sensor. These projectsfit well within the existing 4th and 5th grade Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)Curriculum [6].For this second
the propertiesof the same material in different processed states. Themotive here is to stimulate discovery and pose questions:why does this property change in that way when thematerial is processed? Why is this other property leftunchanged? Worked examples show what you can do Figure 1. The Process-Structure-with the package, and a set of “micro-projects” (with Properties-Performance tetrahedronspecimen answers for the Instructor’s use) promptstudents to explore for themselves. We have trialled the package, which is currently in Pre-release form, with a small number of students and are now looking for feedback, particularlyon the Interactive Phase Diagram Tool and the Active Learning “Micro Projects”. The paperwill
students inthe concepts needed for the study of living systems, have energized efforts to redesign thelaboratory course.10This paper outlines a project that integrates the undergraduate research goals of the BUILD grantwithin a framework that promotes the curricular redesign of the introductory physics for lifescience (IPLS) laboratory courses. We briefly discuss the literature on the importance of thegoals, design and assessment of student research projects followed by a description of ourphysics REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) model. We present data and analysisfrom a biologically-relevant interdisciplinary research project that involves Newton’s Law ofCooling. The research was conducted by a BUILD scholar who is currently a junior
Paper ID #241012018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and ComputingDiversity Conference: Crystal City, Virginia Apr 29Teaching to Increase Diversity and Equity in STEMDr. Kelly Mack, Association of American Colleges and Universities Dr. Kelly Mack is the Vice President for Undergraduate STEM Education and Executive Director of Project Kaleidoscope at the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U). As such, she leads national efforts to reform STEM higher education that are uniquely focused on empowering STEM faculty to implement evidence based/culturally responsive pedagogies and
Paper ID #22611High-Achievers Scholarship Program in Computer Science and MathematicsDr. Rahman Tashakkori, Appalachian State University Rahman Tashakkori received his PhD in Computer Science from Louisiana State University in 2001. He is currently serving as the Chair and Lowe’s Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at Appalachian State University. He has led several NSF projects that include CSEMS, S-STEM, STEP, and RET.Dr. Cindy Norris, Appalachian State University Dr. Cindy Norris is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Appalachian State University. She received her PhD in Computer Science from the
experience working in engineer- ing teams and in project management and administration as a Mathematician and Computer Systems Analyst for the U. S. Department of Energy as well as more than 25 years teaching mathematics, statis- tics, computer science, and freshman engineering courses in higher education institutions. Currently, she leads a team of faculty who are dedicated to providing first year engineering students with a high-quality, challenging, and engaging educational experience with the necessary advising, mentoring, and academic support to facilitate their transition to university life and to prepare them for success in their engineering discipline majors and future careers.Dr. Melissa Lynn Morris, West
thatsimulate their real-world counterparts, similar to a digital game.In this paper (poster), the rationale and the process involved in developing an interactive vObjectstool to solve an undergraduate thermodynamics course project is explained. Further, the contents ofthe tool and the relevant concepts are elaborated.Overview of the ProjectThe increasing demand for energy across developing countries will require construction of high-efficiency power plants. Apart from the fundamental thermodynamics concept, the task ofconstructing a power plant involves a broad knowledge from multiple disciplines. To provide anoverview of the entire process of constructing a power plant, the undergraduate courses ofThermodynamics at Virginia Tech and the University of
standards have become a catalyst for technological innovation because of theway standards are defined. Standards become a tool to coordinate efforts of various stakeholderswhile preserving competition. They are necessary to ensure diversity, compatibility and facilitateworldwide commercial deployment and evolution. A company can take benefits of economies ofscale, build or strengthen collaborations, and participate in the standardization process to imposeits technology and grow its business. The potential of standards to spur economy and impactsociety is apparent more than ever in the increasingly globalized world. Standards developed bythe 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), a consortium of several standard settingorganizations (SSOs) that
. Robotsare increasingly used across industry sectors to improve production throughputs whilemaintaining product quality. The benefits of robotics, however, depend on workers with up-to-date knowledge and skills to maintain and use existing robots, enhance future technologies, andeducate users. It is critical that education institutions respond to the demand for roboticsspecialists by offering courses and professional certification in robotics and automation. ThisNSF sponsored project introduces a new approach for Industrial Robotics in electricalengineering technology (EET) programs at Michigan Tech and bay de Noc Community College.The curriculum and software developed by this collaboration of two- and four-year institutionsmatch industry needs and
ofdesign iterations, thus reducing cost and time to market with increased functionality. Traditionalprototyping techniques are cumbersome and expensive. This is especially true for modernprototyping technique of mechatronic devices. This paper is meant to be a study of modernmechatronics prototyping known as virtual prototyping with a mechatronics virtual prototypingproject, to explore information regarding the relevance of the research, technical terms used in thestudy, parameters within which the research will be conducted, as well as the processes involvedin completion of the project. Identifying the traits of mechatronic devices will pave the way forvirtual prototyping of said devices. These prototypes will include solid models, motion
differentengineering faculties to create curricula that allow students from different engineering fields towork on a multidisciplinary design project that requires the students to collaborate in asystematic manner.Convergence in engineering requires engineering students such as the mechanical engineeringstudents to possess knowledge beyond their disciplinary field when working on multidisciplinarymechatronics product design and development so that they can work independently or they cancommunicate with other engineers more effectively and efficiently.In 2010, a group of faculty members from Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) andComputer Engineering Technology (CET) departments received a NSF Advanced TechnologyEducation (ATE) grant to introduce
Education. He served as 2004 chair of the ASEE ChE Division, has served as an ABET program evaluator and on the AIChE/ABET Education & Accreditation Committee. He has also served as Assessment Coordinator in WPI’s Interdis- ciplinary and Global Studies Division and as Director of WPI’s Washington DC Project Center. He was secretary/treasurer of the new Education Division of AIChE. In 2009 he was awarded the rank of Fellow in the ASEE, and in 2013 was awarded the rank of Fellow in AIChE.Kristin Boudreau, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Kristin Boudreau is Paris Fletcher Distinguished Professor of Humanities at Worcester Polytechnic In- stitute, where she also serves as Head of the Department of Humanities and Arts
Kunsthochschule Berlin Weißensee in Berlin, Ger- many. A competitive stipend from the German government (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Di- enst) supported graduate coursework at The University of Cincinnati (UC), Cincinnati, USA, where Ralf Schneider was awarded a Master in Design degree in 2005. He worked as an Assoc. Director/Senior Design Researcher at the Live Well Collaborative, founded by Procter & Gamble and UC with a unique mission to foster the collaborative, interdisciplinary design process between industry leaders and academia. In this role Schneider worked with Hill-Rom and P&G on various projects. Ralf Schneider is interested in solving complex problems with interdisciplinary teams. His current re
Jessica Deters is a PhD student at Virginia Tech in the Department of Engineering Education. She holds a B.S. in Applied Mathematics & Statistics and a minor in the McBride Honors Program in Public Affairs from the Colorado School of Mines. Jessica is engaging in projects that emphasize the sociotechnical na- ture of engineering with a focus on social justice and diversity. She aims to educate the next generation of engineers to understand and value the social, political, economic, environmental, and human implications of their designs.Mr. Cristian Hernandez c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 New engineers’ first three months: A study of the transition from capstone
Paper ID #241222018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and ComputingDiversity Conference: Crystal City, Virginia Apr 29Too Black to be Woman and Too Much Woman to be a Man: Black WomenAttempting to Reconcile Their Multiple Identities in Academic and Profes-sional Engineering SpacesDr. Stacie LeSure, American Society for Engineering Education Dr. LeSure is a Program Director and Senior Researcher in the College of Engineering at Howard Uni- versity. She manages various research projects focused on the academic perceptions and persistence of students in STEM, particularly those students who are traditionally
student at Oral Roberts University.Mr. Jordan David Reutter, Oral Roberts University Jordan is Mechanical Engineering Student at Oral Roberts University Graduating in May 2018. He’s been involved with many projects such as The Hyperloop Competition and is currently interning with The Boeing Company. He was primarily involved with the design and manufacturing of Team Soar’s flight simulator serving as a design engineer.Nathaniel Shay FraileyMatthew SamuelsonMr. David Ahrens, Oral Roberts University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Development of a Virtual Reality Flight Simulator to Assist in the Design of Original Aircraft (Work in Progress)ABSTRACTThe
Paper ID #22815Where Grammar, Content, and Professional Practice Meet: The Case of thePassive VoiceDr. Susan Conrad, Portland State University Susan Conrad, Professor of Applied Linguistics, is the head of the Civil Engineering Writing Project, in which engineering faculty, engineering practitioners, and writing specialists collaborate to improve writ- ing instruction in civil engineering courses. She has written numerous articles and books about English grammar, discourse, and corpus linguistics.Kenneth Lamb, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Kenneth is an Associate Professor at Cal Poly Pomona. Kenneth is a
first-year students in cohorts or learning communities is also cited by Gabelnick et al. as a means topromote connection among students, faculty and staff, and with the students’ majors [2]. In2010, WMU received a second STEP award (STEP IB) to scale up the number of studentsimpacted and to improve 6-year graduation rates. We use the cohorts as focal points to channelinformation about the student support services developed in STEP IB, including Student SuccessCenters and Engineering House. This paper will describe how the STEP project has been scaledup and institutionalized, and how it will be sustained at WMU, together with second-yearretention and six-year graduation rates. WMU is categorized a “Moderately Selective” institutionby the
program coordinator for the Make to Innovate program at Iowa State University. This program provides our students with an opportunity to do hands-on projects and includes everything from underwater to space projects. In addition to my duties at Iowa State University, I also serve as the president of the Stratospheric Ballooning Association. This organization aims to promote, educate, and encourage collaboration for high-altitude balloon projects.Dr. Benjamin Ahn, Iowa State University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Work-In-Progress: Developing engineering students’ professional development skills through augmented and virtual reality
product innovation, process improvement, and technology diffusion.Dr. Kevin L Devine, Illinois State University Kevin is the Program Coordinator for the Engineering Technology major at Illinois State University. His primary teaching assignments are in engineering graphics, industrial robotics, and CNC program- ming/machining. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018A Tale of the Robot: Will Virtual Reality Enhance Student Learning of Industrial Robotics?Abstract This work in progress paper describes an ongoing research project examining thefeasibility of using consumer-graded virtual reality devices during the design verification stageof industrial robot
as advisor to the student entrepreneurship club and as the State Partner for the FIRST LEGO League Program—a nationally recognized program that incorporates robotics with innovation and community engagement. He holds a PhD and BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Kentucky. 2018 FYEE Conference: Glassboro, New Jersey Jul 25 Full Paper: Embedding Core Skills in First-Year Engineering Students with Applications in Embedded System DesignAbstractThis paper details a discipline-specific first-year engineering course in electrical and computerengineering that employs a project-focused approach built around the use of embedded systems:to connect the varied course activities, to
was heavily incorporated in each aspect of the class which made amonumental difference in the students’ understanding of the subject. The scaffolding of the classstructure and the open-ended homework assignments helped students to acquire multiple technicalskillsets in experimental and computational aerodynamics. Some of the skillsets include designingairfoil using Joukowski transformation, performing inviscid flow simulation using panel methods onthe airfoil, 3D printing the airfoil and testing it in the wind tunnel, numerically determining vorticityand circulation of wingtip vortex, leading edge vortex, etc. Through the passion project componentof the class, students were able to perform experiments on plethora of applications of