course in question, Structure of Materials, is an entry point intothe undergraduate curriculum in materials science and engineering (MSE) taken by mostprospective major students in the autumn of their second year of study. Being a gateway sciencecourse, it is important for students to develop a deep conceptual understanding of foundationaltopics before they embark on more advanced coursework. Structure of Materials is also taken bystudents from other departments, most notably from biomedical engineering, who can take it asan elective as part of a focused group of courses on biomaterials. These students are typically at amore advanced level of study (third or fourth year) than the MSE majors.The primary instructor has taught Structure of
Engineering and Physics DepartmentAbstractOur department, which offers an Engineering Physics program, with majors in ElectricalSystems, Mechanical Systems, and Physics, as well as a Biomedical Engineering program,requires all of its majors to enroll in a two-hour “Introduction to Engineering and Laboratory”course that integrates lecture, laboratory, and design components. The objective of thelaboratory and design experiences is to prepare freshmen and transfer students for upper-levelengineering laboratory courses, as well as senior design courses, required for our majors. Eachlaboratory module, presented during two-hour laboratory sessions, at a rate of one module perweek, provides either an introduction to concepts and tools required to complete
Pedagogical Issues. In: AIAA, editor. Aerospace Science Meeting and Exhibit. Volume 47. Orlando: AIAA; 2009. p 1-8.6. Prusak Z. Challenges to Future Engineering Professionals - How to Prepare Students to Face Them. 1998; Seattle, WA. American Society for Engineering Eduation.7. Lema L, Baumann P, Prusak Z. In-common Methodology for Objective- and Outcome-based Programs Assessment. 2005; Portland, OR. American Society for Engineering Education.8. Prusak Z. Application of QFD in Engineering Education: Assurance of Learning Outcomes Fulfillment. 2007; Williamsburg, VA. QFD Institute.9. Al-Masoud N, Baumann P. Development and Implementation of an Integrated Outcom-based Assessment Plan for a New Engineering
andrelationships to understand how failure and frustration might manifest to shape motivation andinterests, despite children spending most of their waking hours outside of school environments[36].Parents, Emotional Socialization, and LearningAlongside educators and typical classroom spaces, families and out-of-school contexts often playan important role in the learning and development of children [37], [38]. Ma and colleagues [39]discuss several domains of learning outcomes for young children (e.g., behavioral involvement,personal involvement, intellectual involvement) all of which include parents or caregiversplaying an integral and influential role. The parent-child relationship itself has been found toinclude several relational domains, which also
geotechnical design report, which provided them an excellentopportunity to develop their communications skills.To encourage students to think about the material in greater detail and provide a goodopportunity to integrate what they were being taught into other areas, students were asked tokeep a weekly journal. They were asked to reflect on each exam, project, and weeklyassignments. At the end of each lesson, the One-Minute Paper5 was used to monitor studentlearning and address students’ misconceptions and preconceptions. Students were typicallyasked to write a concise summary of the presented topic, write an exam question for the topic, oranswer a big-picture question from the material that was presented in the current or previouslesson in 60
, is thoroughly analyzed. Several past projects in electricalengineering, engineering-mechanical, and engineering technology programs are presented, whichwere developed from the students’ daily life, research needs, and industry/community needs.Honors projects that integrate multiple contracts and courses across the curriculum and gradelevels are discussed. Suggestions for improving the Honors contracts pathway are also presented.This paper aims to serve as a reference to inspire more ideas from the faculty who have mentoredhonors students.BackgroundHonors Programs and Honors Colleges are similar in that they require an honors curriculum oreducational frameworks where students need to satisfy requirements in order to graduate with anHonors
of case studies, active learning techniques, and computer technologies in theclassroom, and provides previously unavailable opportunities for hands-on engineeringexperience in the Learning Factory5‖. In this curriculum, Learning Factories are physicalfacilities located on the campuses on host universities that provide students with the necessaryequipment and technology to actively learn and address complex engineering issues. In somecases, students will have access to small scale production lines to further add to the realizationexperience. ―The basic principle of the Learning Factory is integration – integration of designand manufacturing experience into the undergraduate curriculum; integration of equipment andmaterials into manufacturing
young minds to engineering careers includingtransportation. The literature documents that experiential learning approaches are extremelyeffective in this regard5. That is when context-based (or authentic) educational strategies that linkreal-world situations to concepts and principles are adopted by teachers. Such approaches areextremely effective at helping students attain a deeper and long-term understanding of thesubject materials, which in turn stir their interest in their learning environment.The Next Generation Science Standards emphasize inquiry-based curriculum, instruction, andassessment and provide guidelines for science teaching and learning. Science inquiry“encompasses not only an ability to engage in inquiry but an understanding of
/chemical-engineering/liberatore/Megan Davidson, The University of ToledoKayla Chapman, Kayla Chapman is currently studying chemical engineering at the University of Toledo and expects to earn a B.S. degree in 2021. She has assisted with multiple areas of research and data analysis regarding zyBooks reading participation and challenge activities. She became interested in performing research after completing a chemical engineering course that used zyBooks. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Quantifying success and attempts on auto-graded homework when using an interactive textbookAbstractOnline homework and interactive textbooks provide big data that can
research. Possible research questions might include:RQ1. What are core computational thinking skills in the context of engineering?RQ2. How to integrate computing in engineering curriculum so as to help engineeringstudents learn computational thinking skills?RQ3. How do engineering students learn computational thinking skills through theeffective engagement in instructional activities?RQ4. What should we endeavor to promote computational thinking for non-CSengineering majors?II. Computational Thinking in Engineering1. Computational Thinking (CT)Computing is an innate capacity of human beings. The term Computational Thinking(CT) has been used in the educational context for quite a long time (Dijkstra, 1976).But the concept has become popular in
Engineering from Wright State University, in Day- ton, Ohio. Her experience with teaching first-year engineering students has led to research interests in curriculum development, student empowerment and the development of holistic engineers through the collaboration with engineering stakeholders.Prof. Amy Rachel Betz, Kansas State University Dr. Amy Betz is an Assistant Professor and the director of the Multiphase Microfluidics Laboratory at Kansas State University. She received her PhD from Columbia University and her Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the George Washington University. Her research aims to acquire new fundamental understanding of phase-change processes. She is passionate about research
Women Engineers as well as a Co-advisor for the all Women’s Baja SAE Team at ERAU. Her research interests involve the retention of women in engineering degree programs and effective pedagogy in undergraduate engineering curriculum. Page 25.108.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 A Study on the Effectiveness of Team-Based Oral Examinations in an Undergraduate Engineering CourseAbstractThe conventional and pervasive written exam format used in undergraduate engineering courses,while practical, may be neither the most effective
Paper ID #42939Investigating Transition Phases: An Autoethnographic Study of InternationalWomen of Color Engineering Educators in the U.S.Maimuna Begum Kali, Florida International University Maimuna Begum Kali is a Ph.D. candidate in the Engineering and Computing Education program at the School of Universal Computing, Construction, and Engineering Education (SUCCEED) at Florida International University (FIU). She earned her B.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). Kali’s research interests center on exploring the experiences of marginalized engineering
Paper ID #41153Incorporating Evidence-based Teaching Practices in an Engineering Courseto Improve LearningJulie Anne Wildschut, Calvin University Julie Anne Wildschut is an assistant professor in the Engineering Department. She teaches undergraduate classes related to water resources, hydraulics, sustainability, and environmental engineering. Her research interests include stream stabilization to reduce sedimentation, improving access to clean drinking water, reducing human impacts to waterways, and designing a more sustainable built environment. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024
, 4: 761–800.7. Angela Calabrese Barton and Edna Tan. 2019. Designing for rightful presence in STEM: The role of making present practices. Journal of the Learning Sciences 28, 4–5: 616–658.8. Jessica R. Chittum, Brett D. Jones, Sehmuz Akalin, and Ásta B. Schram. 2017. The effects of an afterschool STEM program on students’ motivation and engagement. International journal of STEM education 4, 1: 11.9. Sharon Lynn Chu, Rebecca Schlegel, Francis Quek, Andrew Christy, and Kaiyuan Chen. 2017. “I make, therefore I am”: The Effects of Curriculum-Aligned Making on Children’s Self-Identity. In Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 109–120.10. Jennifer D. Cribbs, Zahra Hazari, Gerhard Sonnert
teaching and student service processes. Although an employer was namedas a first customer, students’ recommendations on curriculum improvement, campus layout, andfacilities utilization demonstrated that students considered themselves as customers as well.Francis4 in his study of lean implementation in Canadian universities pointed out strongprospects for new research programs related to Lean in higher education. The universitiespotential in producing rigorous research should be leveraged to promote the lean adoption as asystem in HEI.Although some authors believe that in the recent years it has become easier to use Leanmethodology for non-experts in the field9, most of the studies highlight the importance ofpersonnel training and expert’s
Paper ID #14436An Engineering Mathematics Course to Improve Success of Students in Al-gebra IIDr. Edmund Tsang, Western Michigan University Edmund Tsang received a B.S. with distinction in Mechanical Engineering from University of Nebraska and a Ph.D. in Metallurgy from Iowa State University. Dr. Tsang’s current professional interests include integrating service-learning into engineering, social entrepreneurship, and student success and retention.Kenneth David Domingue, Western Michigan University Kenneth Domingue is currently a graduate student in Aerospace Engineering at Western Michigan Uni- versity. As a graduate
, anengineering curriculum that integrates both aspects could therefore be of considerable value.3Also, of the over 200,000 graduates of college engineering and science programs each year, agrowing proportion are finding employment in small businesses and start-up ventures – the type ofenvironment that requires “a new type of engineer, an entrepreneurial engineer, who needs abroad range of skills and knowledge above and beyond a strong science and engineeringbackground.”4 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 8.64.1 Copyright © 2003, American Society for
Paper ID #43350Applying Aspects of Professional Settings to Student Teaming in an Engineeringand Design CourseRobert Benjamin Simon, Georgia Institute of Technology Robert Simon serves as an Academic Professional for the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at Georgia Tech. He contributes to our undergraduate Global Engineering Leadership Minor, as well as our new Innovation & Entrepreneurship track, by infusing leadership, innovation, and team effectiveness into our engineering curriculum. He co-instructs our Innovation & Entrepreneurship in CEE Systems course, and is a member of the instructional team
AC 2011-989: A DESIGN COURSE IN CHINA FOR US AND CHINESESTUDENTS INVOLVING AN AMERICAN CORPORATIONCarl F. Zorowski, North Carolina State University Carnegie Inst.of Technology, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, 1956-1962; North Carolina State University, Associate professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Associate Professor, 1962- 1965, Professor, 1964-66, Reynolds Professor, 1966-1997, College of Engineering, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, 1978-1983, Institute for Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Director, 1985-1993, NSF SUCCEED Coalition, Director, 1993-1997, Reynolds Professor Emeritus, 1997- B.S. M.E., 1952, Carnegie Institute of technology M.S. M.E., 1953, Carnegie Institute of
chassisincluding its structural integrity measured by strength and toughness and its ability to conductelectricity to ground a car in a lightning strike. The activities developed are tied to 6th – 8th gradeCalifornia math standards and provide students with an opportunity to see how math can be usedto solve authentic engineering research problems. Pre and post-surveys were conducted tomeasure the impact of the visiting engineer/scientist and the research-related activities onstudents’ perceptions towards engineers and scientists and their desire to pursue a career inengineering or science. The results related to this particular research are presented as well as theresults and findings for all fellows during the 2012-13 school year.IntroductionInnovations
pedagogicaladvantages. The flexibility afforded by asynchronous learning is essential when cohorts andcollaborators live and work in many different time zones. But there are also pedagogical reasonsto promote flexible learning using digital tools and resources. Using tools for asynchronouscommunication and collaboration enables students to integrate their learning into busy andsometimes unpredictable schedules, and to work at the times and places that best suit their ownlearning styles, putting both "night owls and early birds" on an equal footing [12]. Our studentsare also increasingly "reading" digital hypermedia texts and producing the same as part of theirprofessional workflow, especially if their work includes engagement with stakeholders in thecommunity
high schools that haveJROTC programs. The Project offers a multi-year pathway to JROTC Cadets in order to earn abadge (an award of recognition) from their JROTC programs (Figure 1), and supports the missionof CSforALL, which is to make high-quality CS education an integral part of the educationalexperience for all cadets and teachers.To build capacity for CS and cybersecurity education among the 30 schools invited as part of theDemonstration Project cohort, CSforALL implemented a modified version of their SCRIPTworkshop [6]. This workshop provided a strategic way to encourage and develop evidence-basedCS course (e.g., AP CS Principles) offerings. Each school had a team of educators (e.g.,administrators, teachers, JROTC instructors, and/or
computing and designconcepts. LabVIEW was chosen due to the familiarity of the instructors and staff, the ease withwhich it can integrate with hardware systems, as well as its availability on campus.LabVIEW is a graphical programming language in which an individual creates a program byconnecting different graphical blocks together, similar to a circuit diagram or block diagram.The programmer creates both the user interface for the program as well as the codesimultaneously. The user interface is created using the Front Panel window, on which differentobjects, such as numeric inputs and outputs, graphs, and text displays are placed to allow a userto provide inputs to and receive outputs from the program. Objects placed on the Front Panel
Learning Research Center (DLRC)Dr. Edward J. Berger, Purdue University, West Lafayette Edward Berger is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education and Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University, joining Purdue in August 2014. He has been teaching mechanics for nearly 20 years, and has worked extensively on the integration and assessment of specific technology interventions in mechanics classes. He was one of the co-leaders in 2013-2014 of the ASEE Virtual Community of Practice (VCP) for mechanics educators across the country.Mr. Nick Stites, Purdue University, West Lafayette Nick Stites is pursuing a PhD in Engineering Education at Purdue University. His research interests include the development of novel
Wesleyan Methodist Mission’s Seminary in Jaffna (1834), is certified by theColonial Secretary Sir James Emerson Tennent in a letter dated March 23, 1848 to RufusAnderson, DD, of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions as “entitled torank with many an European University.”1 Jaffna is the cultural capital of the Tamil minority ofSri Lanka, who occupied the North and East as the dominant majority while being scattered overthe rest of Sri Lanka where the majority Sinhalese predominate (Fig. 1). The curriculum atBatticotta consisted of “In the Academical Department, Algebra, Euclid, Conic Sections, NaturalPhilosophy, Chemistry, Astronomy, Logic, Rhetoric, Mental and Moral Philosophy, Paley’sNatural Theology, Butler’s Analogy, Classical
becompleted by an engineering technology student, of an efficient solar energy system using anautomated solar tracker for the optimum harvesting of sunlight. This project also exemplifies theintegration of various aspects of the engineering technology curriculum, such as automation,product and process design, design for manufacturability, and continuous improvement, with thesenior design project.IntroductionA senior design project is a vital part of a four-year undergraduate engineering technologyprogram. The students majoring in this program are required to complete a two-semester long (4credit hour) senior design project. The students are expected to demonstrate the application ofproduct and process design principles with their projects. One of the
to improve outcomes for minoritized groups in engineering using mixed-and multi-modal methods approaches. She currently is an Associate Professor in the Engineering Education Department at the University of Florida. In 2019, she received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) award for her NSF CAREER project on hidden curriculum in engineering. Dr. Idalis Villanueva has a B.S. degree is in Chemical Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez and a M.S. and Ph.D. degree in Chemical and Biological Engineering from the University of Colorado-Boulder. Soon after, she completed her postdoctoral fellowship from the National Institutes of Health in Analytical Cell Biology in
CMOS In- tegrated Circuit designer and a system engineer at NewLANS, Inc. in Acton, Massachusetts until 2010. He became a Visiting Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, Florida in 2010. Since August 2012, he has been with the School of Engineering at Western Illinois University, Quad Cities as an Assistant Professor of Engineering. His current academic interests include project-based learning with real-world problems, training in critical thinking for students to improve efficient problem solving skills, and enhancement of interactive teach- ing/learning inside and outside classroom. His main research interests are integration of high performance
interaction with an industry partner.1. Background and Problem DefinitionAgricultural residues are those vegetative materials produced around the world that are not usefulfor their food or other value. One such material produced in the region is grape pomace. Grapepomace is the residual fruit solids remaining after pressing plus the expended filter paper left fromthe vacuum filtration process used to extract the juice from the press. In rare cases, the pomace canbe used as fodder or fertilizer, but in most cases, it is discarded as a waste and must be truckedfrom the fruit processing plant back to the fields where it decomposes, yielding little benefit to thefarmer since it typically contains few nutrients. As one of the nation’s grape harvesting