students to join the physics and mathematics has shown the importance ofSTEM disciplines. Improving the scientific self-reflective activities in science courses [e. g., 2-3].knowledge, attitude toward science and teaching skills One way of engaging in reflective activities is throughof prospective teachers must be critical goals for self-corrections of homework and exams [4-5].Conceptual Physics course. In [4], Henderson and Harper described a few In spite of using active-engagement pedagogical physics classroom experiments where self-correctionstechniques in our classes, we still find a big percentage have been
students to join the physics and mathematics has shown the importance ofSTEM disciplines. Improving the scientific self-reflective activities in science courses [e. g., 2-3].knowledge, attitude toward science and teaching skills One way of engaging in reflective activities is throughof prospective teachers must be critical goals for self-corrections of homework and exams [4-5].Conceptual Physics course. In [4], Henderson and Harper described a few In spite of using active-engagement pedagogical physics classroom experiments where self-correctionstechniques in our classes, we still find a big percentage have been
effort in recent years focused on implementing newtechniques to the teaching of engineering mechanics. This work has included combiningtraditional statics topics in a heavily design oriented backdrop (Russell 7, Condoor 8, Klosky etal. 9), focusing on application to real artifacts (Seif and Dollar 10), and combining statics conceptswith those from mechanics of solids and machine design (Chaphalkar 11). Recent effortsdocument successes with utilizing an inverted classroom (Papadopoulos et al.12) and otherinnovative pedagogies. The goal of improving educational outcomes via a highly interactiveclassroom has been shown to be successful in formats where lectures and laboratories arecombined and problem-based active learning techniques are
it wascompared to a traditional classroom course; at the end, it was determined that even though theonline course could be useful to help students understand fundamental concepts in Statics, itbecomes less effective than the face-to-face course when teaching students to solve a diversity ofpractical problems7. Kim et al.8 developed a hands-on mechanics laboratory, with online accessto some experimental setups. The laboratory was a co-requisite for ME students in the Staticscourse, but, it was optional for other majors. Such mechanics laboratory allowed students tounderstand Statics concepts better through instructor demonstrations and cooperative learninghands-on activities, group projects, and discussions; as a result, the failure and
not be required by a general academic teaching institution to complete more than theminimum number of semester credit hours required for the degree by the Southern Associationof Colleges and Schools, or its successor, unless the institution determines that there is acompelling academic reason for requiring completion of additional semester credit hours for thedegree.” In this example, the target was simply set at 120 semester credit hours 4. In most cases,the primary candidates for reduction were the multi-disciplinary / cross-disciplinary courses andelective options. This created further segregation of the disciplines and disconnected majority ofthe student groups even when they are within the same organizational unit.Considering the fact
complicated systems spanningboth fields, and to explore new research boundaries.The Sensor Networks for Infrastructure Systems course provided a combination of depth andbreadth to both undergraduates and graduates. The course consisted of two hours of lecture andthree hours of laboratory time each week with content divided into three topic areas eachincorporating a multi-week lab project. The final weeks of the course were devoted to large-scalefinal projects where student teams monitored actual structures on the university campus.The course was assessed in comparison to two other courses offered concurrently: a graduatecourse in networking for ECPE/CS students and a mixed course in water resource engineeringfor civil engineering students. Assessment
,materials science, cyber-physical systems and robotics to buildan integrated community of interest and stimulate newdirections in research. 1819To assess the opportunities and challenges for a nationalrobotics initiative, over 140 robotics experts from industry,laboratories, and universities from across the country joinedforces to produce a definitive report entitled: A Roadmap for USRobotics- From Internet to Robotics, May 21, 2009(http://www.us-robotics.us/reports/CCC Report.pdf).The primary purposes of this initiative are to provide leadershipin research fundamental to the development of the nextgeneration of robotics, particularly co-robotics, to advance thecapability and
University of Technology and Design (SUTD). Wood completed his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering (Division of Engineering and Applied Science) at the California Institute of Technology, where he was an AT&T Bell Laboratories Ph.D. Scholar. Wood joined the faculty at the University of Texas in Sept. 1989 and established a computational and experimental laboratory for research in engineering design and manufacturing. He was a National Science Foundation Young Investigator, the Cullen Trust for Higher Education Endowed Professor in Engineering, and University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas, Austin.Dr. Richard H. Crawford, University of Texas, Austin Richard H. Crawford is a
care, and medicalstudents for quick health screening and cardiologic health assessment. Students progressivelylearn to monitor and interpret the conventional noninvasive electrocardiography by leveragingthe power of java’s graphical user interface and data structures.The paper explains the laboratory setup of a basic 3-lead EKG monitoring station using moderndata acquisition tool and software for EKG feature extraction. Students will begin their analysisby looking at rate, rhythm, axis, hypertrophy, and infarction and correlate the characteristicappearance on the EKG with existing conditions, certain pathology, and drug or electrolyteeffects. A diagnostic tool using Java and Objective-C programming is then developed. Thegraphical user
every semester of the ECET program ofundergraduate study. The class of Spring 2011 had twenty two students. In the first part of 3fourweeks, the students are introduced to the architecture of the 8-bit microcontroller Microchip PIC16F887 and the basics of embedded C programming. In the next eight weeks the students work onthe pre-designed laboratory exercises to acquaint them on using input and output ports, interruptfacilities, the timers, comparators and analog to digital converter modules of the microcontroller. Inthe final three weeks, they are assigned a project in which the students use most of the tools learnedin the class
AC 2012-4218: CIVIL ENGINEERING PROGRAM EVALUATOR REFLEC-TIONS: THE MOST RECENT LESSONS LEARNEDCol. Karl F. Meyer, U.S. Military Academy Karl F. ”Fred” Meyer is the Civil Engineering Division Director in the Department of Civil and Mechan- ical Engineering at the U.S. Military Academy. He received a bachelor’s of science degree from USMA in 1984, a M.S. degree in civil engineering from Georgia Tech in 1993, and a Ph.D. in civil engineering from Georgia Tech in 2002. Meyer has been a member of the USMA faculty for 10 years and teaches courses in basic mechanics, structural steel design, reinforced concrete design, structural system design, and construction management. He has served as a Senior Mentor and Seminar
AC 2012-4690: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF 3D PARAMETRIC SUR-FACE MODELING AND FREEFORM MESH MODELING AS TOOLS FORINVESTIGATING STUDENT LEARNINGMr. John Burke, University of Limerick John Burke is a graduate of a B.Sc. in product design and a Ph.D candidate at the University of Limerick. Having completed a specialist diploma in teaching, learning, and scholarship, he teaches and researches in the area of design visualisation and complex surface modeling in 3D CAD. He is a Certified SolidWorks Professional (CSWP) including certification in Advanced Surface Modelling and is certified to Associate- level in AutoDesk Inventor
AC 2012-3726: TURBOFLOW: INTEGRATED ENGINEERING DESIGNTHROUGH AN ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING COMPETITIONDr. Tony Lee Kerzmann, Robert Morris University Tony Kerzmann received both a bachelor’s of arts in physics from Duquesne University and a bachelor’s of science in mechanical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 2004. After graduating, Kerzmann enrolled in graduate school at the University of Pittsburgh, where he graduated with a master’s of science and a doctorate of philosophy in mechanical engineering in 2007 and 2010, respectively. Kerzmann is currently an Assistant Professor at Robert Morris University, where he teaches mechanical engineering courses, as well as courses on alternative energy. His
hadtrouble correctly identifying failure modes, because this was probably their first attempt at failureanalysis, but the experience was motivational because it involved real-life components andcreative writing.IntroductionA reverse case study was used in the sophomore-level Materials Testing course at MissouriUniversity of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T) during the spring semester of 2012. Thisone-credit-hour laboratory course accompanies the mechanics of materials course required ofmany engineering majors. The inspiration for this unique type of case study came from DeborahA. Beyer1 in the Department of Nursing at Miami University. Professor Beyer presents herstudents with a list of medications and asks them to deduce a patient’s medical
1988, respectively. She has worked as a Manufacturing Engineer for the Norton Com- pany and Product Development Engineer for the Olin Corporation. She is currently Associate Professor of mechanical engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Co-director of the Assistive Technology Resource Center, and Director of the Melbourne Global Project Center. In the fall of 2001, she was in- vited as the Lise Meitner Visiting Professor, Department of Design Sciences, Lund Technical University, Lund, Sweden. Her primary teaching and course development responsibilities include undergraduate and graduate-level courses in computer-aided design, mechanical design, and rehabilitation engineering. She served as the Director of
Coordinator at Rachel Freeman School of Engineering in Wilmington, N.C. She has more than 17 years of experience working with at-risk students in K-12 public education.Dr. Augusto Z. Macalalag Jr., Stevens Institute of Technology Augusto Macalalag, Jr., is the Assistant. Director of STEM Education Research at Stevens Institute of Technology’s Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education (CIESE). He is responsible for developing and teaching courses, as well as conducting teacher workshops and research as part of the National Science Foundation’s MSP Program. His research interests include enhancing K-12 science and engineering education through teacher pre-service and in-service programs. He received his Ed.D
AC 2012-4088: INTEGRATING INNOVATIVE PEDAGOGIES INTO EN-GINEERING ECONOMICS COURSESDr. Naveen Seth, New Community College at CUNY Naveen Seth is a founding faculty member in business at the City University of New York’s New Commu- nity College. He has also taught at Pratt Institute in the Construction Management Program. At Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology, he headed the Aviation Management programs and also taught engineering economics in the B.S. program in engineering.Prof. Donald P. O’Keefe, Farmingdale State College Donald P. O’Keefe has 15 years experience teaching at the college level. He taught courses in engineering graphics, quality control, and project management
advanced statistical analysis. Her research seeks to integrate and refine theories through the use of multiple types of measurement including explicit, implicit, objective, and be- havioral. Her research program has been funded by the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Army Research Institute, Psi Chi, the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, and the Haynes Foundation.Dr. Mariappan Jawaharlal, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Mariappan Jawaharlal is recognized as an outstanding educator for his innovative and engaging teaching pedagogy. He has received numerous awards and grants including the Northrop Grumman Award for Ex- cellence in teaching. Jawaharlal is the
Architecture and Environmental Design at California Polytechnic StateUniversity in San Luis Obispo is the only college in the nation that has departments ofArchitecture, Architectural Engineering, Construction Management and LandscapeArchitecture in the same college. The institution has a 60 year tradition of collaborationbetween the engineering, architecture and construction disciplines, particularly at thelower division level. To enhance this collaboration, the college committed to providingan upper division, interdisciplinary experience to every student in the form of a projectbased, team oriented five unit studio laboratory that every student would take. Thecourse is now in its third year and requires small teams of architecture, engineering
in the text and visual representations is a critical condition for learning to takeplace28,29. We proceed to review specific relevant prior studies examining the use of visualrepresentations to support problem solving. Winn, Li & Schill30 found that university studentsperformed significantly better while solving word problems related to family relationships whenthey were presented with tree figures instead of statements only, showing that conceptualrelationships expressed through spatial arrangement permit more rapid problem solving thanequivalent texts. Similarly, Butcher & Aleven31 found that teaching geometry with diagraminteractions had robust benefits for students learning. These interactions with diagrams supported
59 92 Regular 53 60 ENGR 3600 Online 110 92 120 Regular 97 95 Total Enrollment 320 306 212Research Related to the Courses A third and largely unexpected development of these courses, due in part to the largenumber of students in each, is that the courses provide an ideal laboratory for quantitativeresearch as to their effectiveness. This includes the study of online course delivery incomparison to more traditional teaching methods with respect to the impact of such technologieson higher
engineering technology in the United States that educates students to step intocareers in the new Green Plastics Manufacturing Technology field.One of the most important subjects in engineering and technology programs is manufacturing.Manufacturing involves a complex system of materials, machines and people. Most subjects ofthe curriculum in manufacturing focus on teaching the fundamentals of current materials (i.e.,metals, ceramics, composites, and petroleum based plastics) and processes; however, fewprepare students to work with a broad range of new/future materials, particularly green materials(such as, green nano-materials, biodegradable polymers, and ecofriendly-hybrid materials) inadvanced manufacturing technology. The primary goal of the study
are concerned, covering more than 20 years. Since the start of 2002, he has lectured in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Auckland. The scholarship of teaching and learning provides his research interests, in particular: the conceptual understanding of students, the high-school to university interface, computer-assisted learning, and computer-based assessment.Dr. Gerard Rowe, University of Auckland Gerard Rowe completed the degrees of B.E., M.E., and Ph.D. (in electrical and electronic engineering) at the University of Auckland in 1978, 1980, and 1984, respectively. He joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Auckland in 1984, where
engineers are educated.IntroductionIncreasingly, high profile organizations including ASEE1, National Academy of Engineering2-4,Association of American Universities5, National Research Council6-8, and the National ScienceBoard9, 10 are calling for widespread improvements in undergraduate STEM education.Tremendous investment and related efforts over the past few decades have built up a substantialknowledge base about STEM learning and many effective pedagogies and interventions11, 12. Yetthese groups are increasingly expressing dissatisfaction with the rate of implementation, whichdraws attention to implicit assumptions and models of how change occurs in STEM highereducation and how it might be accelerated. Broad scale changes to teaching practices
educators from Washington University, the Saint Louis Science Center, the Missouri Botanical Garden, and the Saint Louis Zoo in providing curriculum, professional development, kit materials, an interactive website, and a visiting science laboratory/classroom to schools throughout the St. Louis area. She serves on the national faculty of the National Science Resources Center’s Leadership Assistance for Science Education Reform (LASER) strategic planning institutes. She was a 2008 and 2009 fellow in the Psychodynamic Research Training Program at Yale University’s Anna Freud Child Study Center. McMahon has a distinctive ability to translate cutting edge concepts from various disciplines in science, engineering, and education in an
found that graduate student mentors who work closely withstudents on their projects served as “coping models” in developing undergraduates’ self-efficacyfor research and graduate school. Specifically, we reported that the REU program served as a“taste” of graduate school, and gave participants access to graduate students and professors whoserved as both role models and sources of information about academic and career options.Several factors contributed to their reported increased in self-efficacy for graduate school andresearch careers: their accomplishments in the laboratory, new knowledge about graduate schooland potential career options, and vicarious learning3 that took place over the summer via theirgraduate student mentors. In particular
73% on the pre-survey. On the final survey, 98% of students indicated that they planned to pursue anotherfaculty-mentored research experience, and students reported modest gains in their ability to writea research abstract and to create a research poster.BackgroundUndergraduate research is an experiential, inquiry-based learning experience that combineselements of research and teaching in an interactive process that engages students with faculty andtheir scholarship.4 Often referred to as a high-impact learning experience,5 undergraduateresearch represents a powerful learning pedagogy because it provides students a hands-on,intense introduction to a specific academic discipline for an extended period of time under the
should be inherent in the engineering profession suchthat any project can be seen as service to a community. Academic institutions carry theresponsibility of teaching engineering students not only technical skills but also professionalskills that relate to social responsibility, such as an understanding of professional and ethicalresponsibility and of the global and societal impacts of engineering decisions. Teachingtechniques such as project-based service learning (PBSL) could increase a student’s awareness ofsocial responsibility due to the community engagement (typically with underserved populations)and the reflective aspect inherent in PBSL. This study presents pre-post data from an assessmentof engineering students’ development of social
AC 2012-3873: TEST PREPARATION AND TEST QUALITY ASSESSMENT:WHAT I WISH SOMEONE HAD TOLD ME IN THE BEGINNINGProf. David B. Meredith, Pennsylvania State University, Fayette David Meredith is an Associate Professor of general engineering with more than 30 years of teaching experience at Penn State, Fayette, the Eberly campus. He teaches both engineering and engineering tech- nology classes. He is a registered Professional Engineer and active in ASHRAE, ABET, and NCEES. He has received numerous awards from the campus, college, university and other organizations for excellence in teaching, scholarship, community service, and advising
AC 2012-4794: INCREASING STUDENT INVOLVEMENT IN A SUSTAIN-ABILITY COURSEDr. Brandon S. Field, University of Southern Indiana Brandon Field teaches in the thermal fluids area of mechanical engineering at the University of Southern Indiana, Evansville.Dr. Zane W. Mitchell Jr., University of Southern Indiana Page 25.767.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Increasing Student Involvement in a Sustainability CourseAbstractStudent projects that have been included as part of an engineering course for the past two yearsare described in this paper. It is a new course, which is