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Paper ID #14471Automated Grading of Excel Workbooks Using MatlabDr. Curtis Cohenour Ph.D., P. E., Ohio University Dr. Cohenour is an Assistant Professor in the Ohio University Engineering Technology and Management Department, in Athens, Ohio. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from West Virginia Institute of Technology in 1980, a Master of Science degree from Ohio University in 1988, and a Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering from Ohio University in 2009. He is a registered professional engineer in West Virginia, and Ohio. Dr. Cohenour has worked in Industry as an electrical engineer and project manager. He joined Ohio
Paper ID #16076Capacity Building for Engineering Education in War-Affected CountriesBahawodin Baha, University of Brighton Dr Bahawodin Baha is a principal lecturer at University of Brighton in England since 1989, where he has been teaching and conducting research in electronic engineering. Besides his teaching in the UK, he has been helping Higher Education (HE) in Afghanistan since 2005 and has conducted many projects on improving higher education in Afghanistan. Recently, he was on sabbatical leave for two years and was technical advisor at the Ministry of Commu- nication and Information Technology (MICT) in
M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University. Prior to his doctorate, Gordon’s professional experience included construction management on projects ranging from $25 million to $2.5 billion and project management and product development for an early-stage start-up software company.Dr. Hasan Sevim, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville Dr. Hasan Sevim obtained his B.S. degree in mining engineering in 1974 from Istanbul Technical Uni- versity, Turkey, as the valedictorian of his class. He obtained his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in 1978 and 1984, respectively, from Columbia University, New York. In 1984, he joined the College of Engineering at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale as an
and engineering professions. Her current research projects focus on the recruitment and retention of women, racial/ethnic minority and LGBTQ individuals and the role of professional cultures in inequality in STEM.Prof. Tom J. Waidzunas, Temple University Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Temple UniversityDr. Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University Dr. Stephanie Farrell is Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University (USA) and was 2014-15 Fulbright Scholar in Engineering Education at Dublin Institute of Technology (Ireland). She obtained her PhD in Chemical Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology in 1996. Prior to joining the fac- ulty at Rowan in 1998, she was an Assistant Professor of
professors was not specifically identified, typical estimates are reflected by a recent publication by the National Society of Professional Engineers which stated that … “few engineering faculty today have practical experience in design, analysis, review, or management of engineering projects.”18 22% of authors represent university leadership institutes, indicating these organizations are playing a significant role in contributing to the scholarship in this field. Contributions from authors in nontraditional and nonacademic positions are also substantial with 38% of authors currently working in these areas. Again, this proportion is much higher than anticipated considering a recent study by the
Chemistry, Advanced Textiles and Design and Marketing. Head research and research member of several R&D projects, has presented as main author or co-author many dozens of scientific journal papers and communications in international conferences. President of the Pedagogical Council of the School of Engineering since 2011 and Vice-Dean of School of EngineeringDr. Magda Oliveira Pinheiro, University of Minho Magda Pinheiro is graduated in Portuguese (teaching), with specialization in Inclusive Learning Tech- niques with postgraduate education in the field of specialization in Assessment. Forming the School of Engineering, University of Minho and external forming the Technological Centre for the Textile and
% of their final course grade with homework and exams comprising the remaining 80%.Concept Quizzes were given to students as a typed question sheet and uniformly lasted 10minutes of class time. When giving a Concept Quiz to students, the instructor projected the quizcontent onto a screen in the classroom, read the questions to the class, and asked students for anyquestions about the quiz content before the beginning of testing; this process aimed to ensurethorough understanding of the questions for both domestic and ESL students. Student questionsduring the quiz were also answered by the instructor as necessary.After collecting students’ completed Concept Quizzes, the author presented correct responses tothe class. In the ensuing (and
andunderrepresented minority students, a lack of self-confidence to do engineering or computerscience3 plus the lack of foreseeable finances to attend a university, may well be enough for themto not consider going on for a Bachelor’s degree in these fields.The authors first worked with local CCs. With the assistance of liaisons at each CC, it wasrelatively easy to hold “Be an Engineer” workshops for an hour and get an audience of 75 to over100 students. The event would include engineering projects, a panel of professional engineers,and a panel of engineering students, plus information given by engineering faculty. CCinstructors assisted by dismissing a math or science class to allow the students to attend. Anincentive is very helpful to get the students to
. More recently, He has mentored numerous midshipmen through independent research projects and has directed two Tri- dent Scholars, the Naval Academy’s flagship research program. He has published over 50 journal and conference articles on these topics. Dr. Barton is actively involved in curriculum development and program assessment. He chairs ASME Committee on Engineering Accreditation. He serves a Commissioner for Engineering Accreditation Com- mission of ABET, Inc. and was a program evaluator for 6 six years prior to joining the commission. Dr. Barton holds a professional engineering license in the State Maryland. He is a member of the Board of Education, ASME.Dr. Kenneth S. Ball P.E., George Mason University
learning, and thus has also been used as an approach to retain students engineering.8Offering research assistantship/stipend through work in laboratories or research projects isanother approach that has been effective in retaining underrepresented minority students andstudents in general in engineering.8, 9 Students who participated in the lab or research projectsexpressed the sense of community, increased understanding of coursework, and became moreexcited and motivated by their experience in the research/projects. 8, 9This study focused on another type of financial support – a loan repayment award – and itsinfluence on undergraduate women’s academic achievement and completion in College ofEngineering at Kansas State University. Specifically, a
students based on theiracademic performance followed by four knockout rounds. The first round consisted of an onlineaptitude test of ninety minutes. It has ten minutes of email test that asks students to write emailsbased on a given situation and eighty minutes of numerical and logical ability test. The companyexempts top five rankers of the college from the logical and arithmetic part of the round. In thenext round, the company conducts technical interview to ascertain their basic technicalknowledge in their streams and performance in projects and seminars. In the third round, thecompany interviews students, with the help of case studies, to assess their situationcomprehension, decision making and work attitude skills. The fourth round informs
who participate in Physics Jam are more successfulin physics than their peers who do not.This paper will discuss the successes, obstacles, and best practices in developing andimplementing this pre-semester physics preparation “bootcamp.”1. IntroductionThere is a large push from multiple directions to increase the number of students in the UnitedStates graduating with STEM degrees. Recent projections show that there must be a 34%increase of students graduating in STEM fields within the next decade to allow the US to remaincompetitive on the world stage. (1) There are numerous academic routes for students to enter aSTEM field. Due to the rising cost of traditional 4-year degrees, including a 40% increase intuition, room, and board between 2002
college directly from high school.In this paper we describe how our program connected transfer students with university staff,faculty and resources. To date, this program has a 100% retention rate, with the exception of onestudent on an official leave of absence, and a projected 100% graduation rate with 91% of thestudents already graduated. In addition, approximately 22% of scholarship graduates arepursuing graduate degrees.IntroductionBoise State University’s College of Engineering was founded nearly two decades ago inresponse to regional demand for engineering education from industry leaders. The College ofEngineering student body now comprises approximately 3,000 students, reflecting approximately15% of the university’s enrollment. In 2014-15
). Page 26.871.6Data CollectionStudents agreed to participate in a one-hour data collection session, with 30 minutes devoted toeach participant’s concept. Each participant was asked to bring a previously defined concept forthe project they were engaged in within their course, and all students had been previouslyrequired to complete some form of user or market research to inform their project. The entireexercise was audio and video recorded (Figure 2), and all sketches and notes the participantsgenerated were retained and scanned for further analysis.The empathic walkthrough method was conducted twice for each dyad, with each participant’sconcept serving as an encapsulated use of the method, approximately 30 minutes in duration.Dyad A was used as
high school. In the caseof the former population, our robotics camp research shows that boys need “confirmation” tocontinue strongly in engineering, whereas girls need “confirmation” after “affirmation” and“visualization.” Based on the above finding, we believe that the approaches to encourage middleschool boys to proceed towards STEM careers and the approaches to encourage middle schoolgirls to proceed towards STEM careers must have some similar elements and yet be necessarilydifferent.A study that shows the difference between boys and girls was done very early in ourcollaborative project. Collin College asked questions of Allen ISD students that were judged tobe “good” in 7th and 8th grade math by test scores and teachers. The simple study
BJTscapable of ±300μA. Currents in the semiconductor device under test are converted to voltagesby means of a transresistance amplifier. This paper will describe the circuit and itsimplementation as well as its curricular integration. Sample results from student work usingthese curve tracers is included.Background and project rationaleA note to the reader: this paper does not contain groundbreaking developments in laboratoryinstrumentation. You will likely be disappointed if you are expecting a technologicalbreakthrough, a tour de force that sweeps aside long-established paradigms in the undergraduateelectronics laboratory. But if you are looking for a simple way to display the IV characteristicsof basic semiconductor devices—if your expectations are
Human Performance at the University of Central Florida. Her interests include resampling method, propensity score analysis, research design, measurement and evaluation, and the applications of statistical methods in educational research and behavioral sciences. She is actively involved educational and social science research projects. Dr. Bai has published books and many professional articles in refereed national and international journals. She has won several competitive awards at the University of Central Florida for her excellent teaching and research. Dr. Bai also served on several professional journal editorial boards, such as Journal of Experimental Education, Frontiers in Quantitative Psychology and
fuel cellsystems and technologies, while also gaining a broader prospective of their influences andimpacts from different perspectives. The majority of the eleven enrolled upper class studentsmajored in Mechanical Engineering while the rest of the students majored in AerospaceEngineering. In order to ensure all the students could understand course topics, lessons weretaught progressively, starting with a simple topic then building into more complex topics. The course was divided into four portions: lecture, an interactive lecture series, labsections, and final project lecture series. Lectures were held twice a week in a classroom settingand discussed fuel cell fundamentals. Table 1 shows the discussion topics such as fuel
. How did you handle that? Unfortunately not as good as I should. Well how did you handle it and how do you think you should have handled it? How I think I should have handled it...I don't know.The absence of confident, effective leadership led to the development of cliques within theteams, which in return made leadership more difficult. Leadership focused solely on survival(getting the product ready) cannot retain and integrate new members nor does it contribute to anopen and positive culture.Management skill developmentAs large project teams engineering complex artifacts, student competition teams should be anexcellent venue to develop and practice management skills regarding time, material, humanresources, and the design and
MaterialsIntroductionThe work reported in this paper begins with the end of a previous research project. Our earlierwork investigated student understanding of mechanics of materials1–3. After describing howstudents understand this topic, we wanted to move on to developing course materials to helpbuild on students’ existing understanding and address misconceptions. This is not an unusualprogression, and, indeed, our initial research in this area showed us that most course materialsthat are developed from research never achieve broad adoption4. Many engineering educatorsdevelop their own materials, duplicating researchers’ efforts and potentially denying students thebenefit of research-based materials with proven effectiveness. The lack of adoption is a
Engineering at the Air Force Institute of Technology.6. NTSB. (2013). Boeing 787 Battery Investigative Hearing. Washington DC. Retrieved from http://www.ntsb.gov/news/events/2013/B787_hearing/agenda.html7. Gertler, J. (2014). F-35 Joint Strike Fighter ( JSF ) Program (Tech. Rep.). Washington DC: RAND Project Air Force.8. ABET. (2013). 2014-2015 Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs. Baltimore, MD. Retrieved from http://www.abet.org/9. Woods, D. R., Felder, R. M., Rugarcia, A., & Stice, J. E. (2000). The Future of Engineering Education III. Developing Critical Skills. Chem. Eng. Ed., 34(2), 108–117.10. Paretti, M. C. (2008). Teaching Communication in Capstone Design : The Role of the Instructor in Situated Learning. Journal
taught a wide variety of engineering courses in First Year Engineering and Mechanical Engineering at Ohio State. She has received four teaching awards in the last three years at both the College and the Departmental level at OSU.Dr. Sheryl A. Sorby, Ohio State University Dr. Sheryl Sorby is currently a Professor of STEM Education at The Ohio State University and was re- cently a Fulbright Scholar at the Dublin Institute of Technology in Dublin, Ireland. She is a professor emerita of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics at Michigan Technological University and the PI or coPI on more than $9M in grant funding, most for educational projects. She is the former As- sociate Dean for Academic Programs in the College
the journals Advances in Engineering Education and International Journal of Service Learning in Engineering. He serves as program chair for the Community Engagement Division of ASEE. Dr. Harding was invited to deliver a workshop on Ethics in the Engineering Curricula at the 2009 NSF Engineering Awardees Conference and to participate in the NSF Project Based Service Learning c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Paper ID #12382 Summit. He received the 2008 President’s Service Learning Award for innovations in the use of service learning at Cal Poly. In 2004 he was named a Templeton Research
acertain length while withstanding the heaviest weight to catapults that project a baseball asfar as possible while minimizing the weight of the catapult itself. Develop and pitch of ideas challenges focus on selling the ideas. Teams spend theirtime both creating an idea and planning the delivery of it to the judges. Teams can prototypetheir ideas if they think it will help in their presentations. Most teams draw sketches anddiagrams, devoting most of their time developing their solution and preparing the perfectpitch. Examples of pitch challenges are “Pitch for America Challenge”, where teams simulatebeing part of an American trade delegation trying to convince Indian investors to invest inAmerican manufacturing and the “Future of
majors,but also including students in computer science or applied math programs. The engineeringprograms at Wentworth Institute of Technology strongly focus on project-based learning.Devices and prototyping are therefore an integral part of many of the courses for which physicsis a prerequisite. Hence, it is essential that students leave with a working knowledge of basiccircuit concepts as well as an appreciation for the complexity that can arise in circuit analysis.Given this population, the main learning outcomes of the new game-based exercise were forstudents to: 1. Demonstrate the ability to add resistors in series. 2. Demonstrate an ability to add resistors in parallel. 3. Decompose a complex circuit into its basic elements. 4
of Technology in Dublin, Ireland. She is a professor emerita of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics at Michigan Technological University and the PI or coPI on more than $9M in grant funding, most for educational projects. She is the former As- sociate Dean for Academic Programs in the College of Engineering at Michigan Tech and she served at the National Science Foundataion as a Program Director in the Division of Undrgraduate Education from January 2007 through August 2009. Prior to her appointment as Associate Dean, Dr. Sorby served as chair of the Engineering Fundamentals Department at Michigan Tech. In this capacity, she was responsi- ble for the development and delivery of the newly adopted First
individual group innovations. Each group participating in the experience has a prototype and poster on hand to explain their project. The programs were initiated to couple design thinking to the entrepreneurial mindset. The focus of the program is to teach the process, rather than focusing on the outcome of the project. A student focus on opportunity recognition, customer needs, and field observations of the issue are examples of how the entrepreneurial mindset develops alongside the actual design of the prototype. While the theory behind this immersive learning program has been detailed elsewhere (Kim and Tranquillo, 2014), this paper explores the student perspective on how engineering design and entrepreneurship are linked through
project. Importantly, thisscholarship program aims to increase the number of engineers in the state and nation, reachingout to those students who have an interest in the field but who are unable to pursue the educationnecessary to acquire a degree.IntroductionIn order to understand the unique needs of the transfer student, an intensive questionnaire wasdeveloped to assess the Pathway to Success program effectiveness. The questionnaire has severalcomponents, including: demographic information, beliefs about self-efficacy in engineering,anticipated and experienced hurdles throughout the program, and scholarship programassessment. Many of the questions posed aimed to better understand the distinctive challengesfaced by transfer students so that the
appointed as an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow (1979-81); NSF-JSPS Fellow, KEK, Japan (1986); and Fellow of the American Physical Society (1985). He served as a project director at the Department of Energy (1990-91), was Associate Chair (1995-98) and then Chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy (1998-2007). He is on the editorial board of theEuropean Physics Journal C. Prof. Bodek was awarded the 2004 APS W.KH. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics ”for his broad, sustained, and insightful contributions to elucidating the structure of the nucleon, using a wide variety of probes, tools, and methods at many laboratories.” In 2004, Prof. Bodek received the University of Rochester Award for Excellence in Graduate