. Researchers also could, in the future, consider the relationship between students’selected 3C and the “life experiences” discussed in the original reflection prompt. These effortscould lead to major improvements in undergraduate engineering curriculums, as well asempower undergraduate engineering students to recognize the importance of reflection andutilizing an EM.AcknowledgementsThe authors gratefully acknowledge the Kern Family Foundation for conference registrationfunding for the authors of this paper.References[1] J. Turns, B. Sattler, K. Yasuhara, J. Borgford-Parnell, and C. J. Atman, “Integrating Reflection into Engineering Education,” in 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2014, pp. 24.776.1-24.776.16.[2] D. A. Schön
resilience has emerged to define the ability of systems to adapt to unintended hazards andshocks. With the growing number of global weather related challenges resulting from climatechange, resilience engineering has emerged as a key term in the development agenda of worldorganizations and has even been considered to be the engineering challenge of the 21st Century.While the appearance of resilience engineering is recent and has not been widely introduced intoengineering curriculum, it appears to be on the rise as an area of definite importance for currentand future engineers. A review of current literature on the engineering design process inengineering education, sustainability engineering education and engineering resilience wasconducted. The
submitted to the team of the social scientist and the architect. This paperwould detail the results of this phase-I project and the implantation model.Introduction: Over the last two decades, materials science and engineering, and manufacturing (MSEM)has evolved into an important, interdisciplinary subject area in the engineering curriculum [1]–[3]. As a result, introductory undergraduate level MSEM class (with or without lab component)has become part of traditional non-MSEM engineering programs such as mechanical andindustrial engineering. In some cases, this type of class is a required component of anundergraduate course curriculum. Covering the depth and breadth of an interdisciplinary andhands-on subject like MSEM in a single semester
through the integration of active learning and technology-enabled frequent feedback. Prior to her role and Director of Instructional Effectiveness, she worked as the Education Project Manager for the NSF-funded JTFD Engineering faculty development program, as a high school math and science teacher, and as an Assistant Principal and Instructional & Curriculum Coach.Dr. Eugene Judson, Arizona State University Eugene Judson is an Associate Professor of for the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University. He also serves as an Extension Services Consultant for the National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT). His past experiences include having been a middle school science teacher
, published in 2016 with SAGE. She has published numerous articles in journals including Journal of Curriculum Studies, International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, and Educational Philosophy and Theory.Dr. Chongzheng Na, Texas Tech University Chongzheng Na is an associate professor at Texas Tech University. He graduated from Tsinghua Uni- versity (B.E.), Pennsylvania State University (M.S.), and University of Michigan (Ph.D.). Before joining Texas Tech, he was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University and an assistant professor at University of Notre Dame. His research and teaching interests include developing innovative water treatment technolo- gies and incorporating knowledge related to such efforts in
, “Constructive Alignment of Interdisciplinary Graduate Curriculum in Engineering and Science: An Analysis of Successful IGERT Proposals,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 99, no. 4, pp. 355–369, doi: 10.1002/j.2168- 9830.2010.tb01068.x.AppendixE: Engineer of 2020Label CompetencyE1 Strong analytical skillsE2 Practical ingenuityE3 CreativityE4 CommunicationE5 Principles of business and managementE6 LeadershipE7 High ethical standardsE8 ProfessionalismE9 Dynamism, Agility, Resilience, and FlexibilityJ: Job PostingsLabel CompetencyJ1 Course content/knowledge of unit operations (e.g., as kinetics, separations, transport)J2 Specific skills/knowledge (catalyst
additional applications of FEA. Finite element analysis can be also implemented instatic, transient, or highly dynamic ways. In short, FEA is becoming limited more so by whatapplication one can construct versus the stability and robustness of the tool itself.Teaching finite element analysis encompasses two main efforts within the classroom: 1) themathematical foundation of the finite element method itself, and 2) the proper application of thismethod to engineering problems. Each effort may independently be worthy of a semester-longcourse, yet this is an unreasonable expectation in an undergraduate curriculum. It can either beintroduced with coding such as MATLAB (Mueller, 2003), commercial tools (Kurowski, 2014),or both. However, for undergraduate
andmodifications in order to stay tuned with current industry needs. Fanuc has a strong record of hiringMichigan Tech students and has expressed an even stronger interest for graduates with an advancedmechatronics degree.Kaufman Engineered Systems (KES), is the largest in the U.S. integrator of Fanuc roboticssolutions. For over 70 years, KES has been a pioneer in complete line automation. The companyhas a reputation for single-source convenience, responsive service, and unmatched equipmentperformance. KES has been an advocate of Michigan Tech for many years. They havedemonstrated continuous support for the undergraduate robotic curriculum development in theEET program. KES has expressed a significant demand for mechatronics specialists with skillsthat are
Integration (CMMI) is the culmination of an effort to define thestages that software organizations pass through as they gain better and better control overtheir processes. The effort was kicked off by the US Department of Defense and undertakenby the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University. The originalproduct that most software developers are familiar with is CMM and it was designed tomeasure the process maturity of a software development organization.In the 1990’s, a veritable galaxy of quality frameworks emerged and CMM was divided intoversions for software development (SW-CMM) and versions for software engineering(SECM) and product development (IPD-CMM). Later in the decade, SEI began an effort tointegrate all of the
ENGR 111 provides a context andpotential for addressing motivational barriers, such as interest in engineering, in a manner thattraditional classrooms cannot do. Likewise, ENGR 111 provides students the situational meansto experience problem solving in a way that wouldn’t be possible in a traditional coursestructure. While research in college retention has focused on integration into the university,research in engineering retention has focused more on integration into the engineering culture;thereby making ENGR 111 an ideal mechanism for addressing the first-year interest barrier. Thisstudy employed a post measure of students, asking about their individual interest in engineeringand how impactful their ENGR 111 course experience was on their
to process and identify connections with environmental, ethical, and societal factors.The components of an effective service learning reflection can be described by the 5 C’s:continuous, connected, challenging, contextualized, and coached [11]. The reflection should becontinuous throughout project, that is, it should happen before, during, and after the experience.The connection component should link the service experience to the course curriculum. Thereflection should challenge students to engage with current issues, while also contextualizing thework in a way that fits the specific project. Finally, coaching is necessary for supporting studentsintellectually, emotionally and academically.Student reflections can also be useful tools for the
, backgrounds,and experience levels [5]. These activities comprising contemporary organizational life in theengineering industry make the presence of conflict ubiquitous [7] and the pressure tosuccessfully negotiate that conflict enormous [8]. Given the constant presence of conflict inorganizations [9], [10], it is no surprise that ABET emphasizes constructive communicationskills and effective team collaboration, of which conflict negotiation is an integral component, intheir student learning outcomes [6]. Acknowledging the constructive qualities of conflict negotiation for organizations andtheir members, creating and implementing conflict negotiation workshops for organizationalmembers can be an advantageous endeavor for organizations [11], [12
systems engineering (SE) concepts during their undergraduate education.Although courses dealing with product design and development are an excellent choice tointroduce basic ST and SE concepts, mechanical engineering undergraduate programs seldomoffer more than one or two of those courses in their curriculum. Thus, to gradually develop theST and SE skills of the students during their undergraduate education, it is necessary to identifyadditional courses throughout the curriculum in which selected ST and SE concepts can beincorporated, starting in the freshman year. To that effect, many universities offer a freshman-level introduction to mechanical engineering course that can be a good a choice to explore howto incorporate basic ST and SE concepts
details about integrating TAO into the first-yearengineering curriculum.Providing Support to First-Year Engineering StudentsThe Faculty of Engineering has elected to approach the provision of student supports in twoways: integrated within their courses and outside the classroom. In order to expose students toTAO, an assignment within the second-semester Technical Communications course asksstudents to complete four of five modules within the Communication and InterpersonalRelationships pathway. The five modules are Managing Anger, Communication Strategies,Communication Styles, Problem Solving, and Relationships (this module is available to students,but they are not required to complete it). “This pathway [helps students] understand how toimprove
leave the coursehaving a better understanding of how important the role of communication and empathy isthroughout the design process. Once ENGR 180 is designated as an FC course, this will becomea valuable course for not only engineering students, but also students from other majors.References[1] National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 2018. The Integration of the Humanities and Arts with Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Higher Education: Branches from the Same Tree. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/24988.
or presentations. At Rose-Hulman, Sriram has focused on incorporating reflection, and problem based learning activities in the Software Engineer- ing curriculum. Sriram has been fundamental to the revamp of the entire software engineering program at Rose-Hulman. Sriram is a founding member of the Engineering Design program and continues to serve on the leadership team that has developed innovative ways to integrate Humanities, Science, Math, and Engi- neering curriculum into a studio based education model. In 2015, Sriram was selected as the Outstanding Young Alumni of the year by the School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University. Sriram serves as a facilitator for MACH, a unique faculty development
of future STEM generations.IntroductionThe changing landscape of academia presents challenge in ensuring graduate trainees areproficient in the development of professional skills outside of the research environment [1]. Thisincludes capacity for knowledge translation of research outcomes to a non-expert audience,curriculum development, and effective project management [2]. Consequently, in preparingfuture faculty to assume academic roles and responsibilities successfully, post-secondaryinstitutions have shifted greater focus to providing teaching development programs for traineeprofessional development [3]. This is particularly important given the competitive nature ofsecuring an academic position. With increasing diversity of academic
IoT program between California Baptist University (CBU) andShanghai Aurora Vocational College (SAVC); the Overview of Course section presents thelearning objectives and assessment methods used in teaching this course; the Lab Modulessection lists the lab projects and design projects with descriptions and hardware/softwarespecifications; the Results and Discussions section discusses the effectiveness of the learn-by-doing approach and lessons learned.Background Over the past few years, engineering educators in North America have designed coursesand lab activities involving IoT technologies and integrated these components into existingengineering curricula. An IoT based Innovation Laboratory was created at Seattle University, aspart of
deterring and a major barrier to retention andsuccess in the profession.[5-10]Several factors have been identified as key challenges: (a) the lack of exposure to engineering orcomputer science as fields of study or as career opportunities [11], (b) the lack of professionalidentity (inability to see oneself as a professional) [7], (c) an impaired sense of belonging [12,13], and (d) the lack of self-efficacy (how well one can execute a course of action to deal with aprospective situation) [14]. Adding to the challenge is the rigor of engineering curriculum whichsubstantially contributes to high dropout rates from engineering [15], averaging at 50%, andranging from 60 to 67% for minorities [12, 16, 17]. These numbers are strongly driven by highfailure
) enhancedstrengths for developing a life-long learner mindset, and (d) continued attention and rigor intopics already in the FYEP courses, such as "unit analysis". The development of a response tothese consensus items very clearly could not be simply added to our existing curriculum for first-year engineering, noting that a typical student complaint about the coursework topics seemed toodisjointed and too packed. In Fall 2015, after discussions with the Dean of Engineering, theDean's support for an initial effort to extend FYEP to better meet these goals was in conceptagreed to.The Architecture of the Enhanced FYEPOur major operational path to reaching ourgoals for the revised FYEP was (a)streamlining and integrating our first-yearengineering topics, (b
positive impact based on regularassessment results, which include overwhelmingly positive student participant feedback.Changes to the program continue to be made based on student participant needs and interests,with the expectation that they will continue to enrich and enhance their academic andprofessional experience.The EFLC offers a unique college residential living experience through a holistic and integratedapproach to the freshmen experience, and is designed to facilitate students’ transition into theCollege and University communities. The program started in 2002 with 60 students, and quicklygrew to capacity at 220 students, or approximately one third of the entering COE class. TheEFLC is also an integral component of UNC Charlotte’s PFS
development, as wellas a network simulator to provide students with a technology development environment fornetwork design, troubleshooting, and protocol modeling in a simulated environment. Followingthese considerations, this paper presents the way the Data Network Communications course wasupdated as part of an overall curriculum revision in an Electrical Engineering Technologyprogram. The paper discusses the course topics, the course objectives, and the software toolsintroduced to support the hands-on activities in the class, including the Wireshark software tool,for network troubleshooting, profiling network traffic and analyzing packets. The paper alsopresents the way the course was received by students, as well as lessons learned after the
lastsummer, 70 high school students participated in the week-long cybersecurity summer campevent at North Dakota State University in Fargo, North Dakota.The cybersecurity summer camp curriculum is facilitated by junior counselors (students whohave completed high school that have a strong interest in cybersecurity), counselors (collegestudents with cybersecurity experience), and university faculty & staff. This paper studies theimpact of having counselors and junior counselors integrated into the cybersecurity summercamp experience and evaluates the impact that being a counselor has on the students thatparticipate in that role. These impacts facilitate cybersecurity community engagement.1. IntroductionThe need for quality cybersecurity education
Paper ID #31125Continuing to Promote Metacognitive Awareness in a First-Year LearningStrategies CourseDr. Elizabeth Anne Stephan, Clemson University Dr. Elizabeth Stephan is the Director of Academics for the General Engineering Program at Clemson University. She holds a B.S. and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Akron. Since 2002, she has taught, developed, and and now coordinates the first-year curriculum. As the lead author of the ”Thinking Like an Engineer” textbook, currently in its 4th edition, she has been the primary author team–member in charge of the development of the MyEngineeringLab
. Dr. Friess’ research background includes fluid mechanics, composite materials, performance optimization, and global engineering education. Cur- rent research interests focus on engineering education, in particular curriculum integration and innovative pedagogical methods. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Lighter than air vehicles as aerospace focused projects in a mechanical engineering capstone sequenceAbstractMechanical engineering Senior Design projects often extend to cover aerospace engineeringtopics. Due to strong student interest, unmanned flight vehicles in the form of the AIAA DFBcompetition were introduced into Senior Design at the University of
learning strategies, and positive habits of mind.Dr. Elizabeth Anne Stephan, Clemson University Dr. Elizabeth Stephan is the Director of Academics for the General Engineering Program at Clemson University. She holds a B.S. and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Akron. Since 2002, she has taught, developed, and and now coordinates the first-year curriculum. As the lead author of the ”Thinking Like an Engineer” textbook, currently in its 4th edition, she has been the primary author team–member in charge of the development of the MyEngineeringLab system.Matthew K. Miller, Clemson University Matt Miller is a Senior Lecturer in the General Engineering Program at Clemson University. His back- ground in
of Theater and Dance (SoTD). After this experience, Dr. Akc¸alı began exper- imenting with the use of arts-integrated teaching and learning methods in engineering education. Since 2014, she has been affiliated with the Engineering Innovation Institute at UF and teaches a course entitled ”Divergent Thinking” that she specifically designed for engineering students. While the traditional engi- neering curriculum and pedagogy rely and place an emphasis on the development of convergent thinking skills of students for the delivery of discipline-specific domain knowledge, Dr. Akc¸alı challenges and invites the students in her class to think differently and develop their divergent thinking skills.Prof. Wayne C.W. Giang
, community engagementIntroductionThe benefits of community engagement for the education of engineering students are widelyknown and described [1-3]. Typically, universities offer academic spaces for community servicein the curriculum of certain programs. In the case of the Electronic Engineering (EE) major of thePontificia Universidad Javeriana University in Colombia, there is a course called University SocialProject (Proyecto Social Universitario, PSU). During more than 30 years of different iterationsand changes, this course has promoted the commitment and responsibility of EE students withvulnerable populations and institutions that the university has built a partnership with [4]. Its goalis to generate in students an attitude of reflection and
Justin Chau is a senior in the Cooperative Electrical Engineering Program between Missouri State Univer- sity and Missouri University of Science and Technology. Justin is interested in learning about computer engineering, electronics, and signal processing and likes to work on projects in these areas outside of class.Mr. Matthew Neal Mutarelli, Matthew Mutarelli, is a student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Missouri University of Science and Technology and Missouri State University’s Cooperative Engineering Program. His research interests include Integrated Systems , Digital Logic, and Control systems.Dr. Rohit Dua, Missouri University of Science and Technology ROHIT DUA, Ph.D is an
college added supplemental tutoringoptions and updated its math placement test to aid students who were affected by the switch. Figure 3: TMCC College Algebra Pass Rates Compared to College Algebra I and II.Cankdeska Cikana Community College:More fully described in our previous paper [3], CCCC has implemented Carnegie MathPathways as an alternative developmental course sequence that shortens the traditional algebrasequence. Carnegie has developed this evidence-based curriculum [6] in two strands, Statwayand Quantway, both of which seek to make mathematics more relevant to students’ educationgoals, career goals, and personal lives. Figure 4 below shows the three semesters of QuantwayCore meant to replace the year sequence of Introduction to