courses fail to motivatestudents and many potential engineers transfer out of their majors before they experience anyengineering3 . In either case, female students do not feel comfortable in their degree programsinitially and feel a lack of contact with their college.Therefore, it is necessary that retention efforts begin with programs that serve to integrate femalestudents into the college, peer groups, and support services available to them. These programsshould include both academic and community learning experie nces that help female students toconnect on a personal level with staff, faculty, and other female students in the college.II. WISE Retention ProgramsThe WISE Office at ASU has had several retention programs in place that have aided
perspective after his lecture (learn in an unconventional way).” “An extremally good friendly and funny environment. There hasn't been a moment in call where the environment has felt unwelcoming or toxic.” “He calls on every student making them feel part of the class with getting their attention.” “I like the interactive setting and that the Material is not overwhelming due to examples of real-life applications.” “He comes to class talking to us about his weekend or what he did, and it makes me feel more comfortable in class knowing he’s willing to share those details with us he just doesn’t come in and starts writing stuff on the board.” “I like that he talks loudly, many other
was a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Southern University-Armstrong Campus, Savannah GA. He received his Ph.D. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Cum Laude) from Louisiana State University. He has published 16 papers in peer-reviewed journals, 28 papers in peer-reviewed conference proceedings, and given 12 technical presentations on various topics including: additive manufacturing, mechatronics, biomechan- ics, and engineering education. He currently teaches the Engineered Systems In Society, Mechanical Engineering Professional Practice, and Capstone Design I and II courses.Dr. Dominik May, University of Georgia Dr. May
Fall 2013. The fourth-grade teachers chose theSolid as a Rock: Replicating an Artifact (see http://www.eie.org/content/rocks) unit with a focuson materials engineering. The fifth-grade teachers chose to implement Now You’re Cooking:Designing Solar Ovens (see http://www.eie.org/content/energy) with a focus on greenengineering. Teachers chose units because they best aligned with district pacing guides andrelevant content standards. During the professional development, teachers engaged in andplanned the EiE units with their grade-level peers and the research team. These collaborationscontinued after the summer session ended through use of a team blog, email collaboration, ateam meeting during the fall semester and a team meeting in Spring 2014
integration of students and development of student-faculty bonds. It is expectedthat eight seminars will be held per academic year. Potential seminar topics are: (1) The CSET-STEMProgram, (2) Applying for Graduate School and Financial Aid, (3) Finding a Mentor, (4) Ethics, (5)Public Speaking, (6) Understanding Group Dynamics, (7) Managing Intellectual Property, (8) TimeManagement, and (9) Technical Writing.(b)Graduate School and/or Employment Preparation -- Scholars will be urged to register with the SCState Career Center. This will ensure that they are prepared to connect with graduate schoolrepresentatives and employers.(c)Academic Mentors – Each scholar will choose an academic mentor from a list of available mentors.This list will include faculty
,the MESA Program has made a substantial contribution to the success of our engineeringprogram.Once our MESA Center was established, it soon became apparent why this space was a criticalcomponent of the MESA Program. It has served as a focal point for student study groups and acentral location for promoting student scholarships, engineering design competitions, internships,and summer undergraduate research opportunities. The Center has been host to tutoring sessionsfor difficult courses, student success seminars, resume writing and job search workshops, as wellas meetings of several science and engineering oriented student organizations on our campus.The Center has also served as a forum for presentations by faculty and student researchers
, self-evaluation and peer evaluation Learning Outcomes 0 Not stated 1 No outcomes stated 2 Goals for course stated but not in the form or learning outcomes 3 Learning outcomes clearly stated 4 Learning outcomes stated and are tied to specific assessments Revision / Redoing 0 Not stated 1 No rewriting or redoing of assignments allowed 2 Some rewriting or redoing of assignments allowed, but penalized 3 Rewriting and redoing of assignments allowed 4 Rewriting and redoing of assignments encouragedFor
Paper ID #43969Incorporating Artificial Intelligence into Mechanical Engineering with AmazonDeepRacerDr. Pooya Niksiar, The Citadel Dr. Niksiar is assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering Department at The Citadel. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Clemson University, his M.Sc. from K. N. Toosi University of Technology and his B.Sc. from Isfahan University of Technology, Iran. Prior to joining The Citadel, he was a lecturer at Clemson University. His research includes the design and development of advanced functional porous materials for bio applications. He has published several peer-reviewed journal
represented nearly 56% of program participants. Additionally,nearly 40% of the SBIR host companies ultimately hired their Fellows full-time forperformance testing and prototype commercialization. Seventy-two percent of the postdocsnoted that the SBPRDF fellowship gave them a competitive edge in the job market, with somefurther reporting that they gained valuable grant writing and business experience. Of allFellows surveyed, 84% believed the fellowship experience enhanced their professionalqualifications. While the longitudinal survey of the SBPRDF program participants taken in2020/2021 (Ivanitzki, 2022) by the IPERF team reported many positive outcomes attributable Proceedings of the 2024 Conference for Industry and Education
MESA Community College Program (MCCP) assists community college students so that they can transfer to four-year institutions as majors in math-based fields. The MESA Engineering Program (MEP) helps students at major California universities to attain degrees in engineering and computer science. Specific MESA services offered to all participants include: individualized academic planning, community building, learning opportunities, study skills training, peer group learning, mentoring, career exploration, professional development, and transfer assistance. Furthermore, MESA provides rigorous academic development that offers pre-college students math and science curriculum based on the California Math and Science Standards, while creating
nanoparticles fabrication and characterization Week 5: Annealing and crystallization of nanomaterials Week 6: Sol-gel-based nanomaterials fabrication and characterization Week 7: Electrospun nanofibers fabrication and characterization Week 8: Nanomaterials-based thermoelectric generators and working principles Week 9: Nanomaterials-based solar energy systems Week 10: Bionanomaterials Figure 1. The photograph showing some of the high school students with the GTA in the Nanolab prior to the nano experiment.Figure 1 shows the photograph of some of the high school students with the GTA in the Nanolabprior to the nano experiment. Following these experiments, the students were asked to write
the year progressed.The process of group work that the teams of students were required to follow was a slight variantof the basic seven-step process used for years in medical education11. In each of the threecourses the process was applied slightly differently, but in all cases the essential elements ofbrainstorming, forming hypotheses, determining learning needs and assigning associated tasks toindividual team members in team meetings, performing self-study and assigned tasks betweenmeetings, and reporting back (a form of peer instruction) on the results of assigned tasks atsubsequent meetings were always present.Proceedings of the 2010 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education
management, micromanufacturing and leading edge advanced technology trends and also deal with energy issues, alternative fuels, and surveys of food chain supply matters. Students make presentations that are peer-graded and there is an emphasis on development of interpersonal communication skills. Assessment and grading are discussed.IntroductionAs a consequence of lifelong exposure to a wide variety of pedagogic experiences both as a pupil and asan instructor the author has successfully adopted techniques of industry in various undergraduate andgraduate courses. The concept of empowering students and encouraging them to be responsible for theirown learning was first reported at an ASEE Mid-Atlantic Region Conference at
equivalent of 18 fifty-minute lecture sessions together with practical engineering laboratories for two afternoons aweek. The class usually accommodates between 150 and 175 students, they are dispatched ingroups about 25 strong to each of Lehigh’s seven engineering departments where they work insmall teams undertaking innovative problem solving assignments for half the semester. In mid-semester elected or appointed representatives from each group present their discoveries andconclusions to the whole class; groups are then re-configured and the process repeats for thesecond half of the semester. This way every student ha s an experience with the faculty andfacilities in two departments, but every student learns about the experiences of their peers
all othertopics. There was no required textbook, but each student was required to purchase (ifnecessary) an inexpensive portable MP3 player that would be used in the course. Roughlyhalf (9) of the 19 students enrolled in the class already owned MP3 players. The mostcommon MP3 player owned by students (7 out of the 9 students) was the Apple iPodseries player. The remainder of the students purchased MP3 players that ranged fromlow cost (less than $100) players to higher end ($300+) MP3 players. Core course topics include analog-to-digital conversion, CD-ROM and DVDdigital storage technology; MP3 file and compression techniques; peer-to-peer filesharing; blogs; podcasting; RSS; MP3 player operation; copyright and IP issues
engineering companies, the need for marketing and business development, project procurement, and project financing b. Legal aspects of engineering: contracts and agreements, terms and conditions of engineering services, legal adjudication including Alternate Dispute Resolution c. Professional risk management techniques: insurance requirements for design professionals, peer review processes, and product quality management d. Personnel/career management including professional licensure and society participation Additionally, the course presented an overview of future trends and challenges to theengineering profession, focusing mainly on
that identifiers could notinclude spaces, but novice programmers will have difficulty making a connection between theadmonition and the error message.Another issue here is that we don’t make mistakes on purpose. A student may write error-freeprograms 99% of the time, and encounter her first syntax error on a graded event. Because thestudent previously had no syntax errors, she had no motivation to learn how to correct syntaxerrors. Despite the traumatic effect errors have on students, they are ultimately beneficialbecause the process of correcting them helps students learn more about how the computer works.Typically, programming is taught to computer science majors. These students have chosecomputer science as their field of study and it is
understanding of the learning processand recognizing the conceptual difference between various communication methods and learningstyles, as interpreted in Situational Leadership. Cycling through various styles of leadershipfacilitates peer-to-peer learning by implementing articulate and practical applications in thecourse materials to broaden students’ perspective toward engineering education and practice.IntroductionSituational approach to leadership is widely recognized in organizational management. Thetheory of situational leadership was developed by Hersey and Blanchard (1969) based onleadership style theory by Reddin (1967). This theory has been revised and refined several timesto facilitate its implementation in various environments, such as
presentations and compile a list of the 10 things thatthey wish to do when abroad.On arrival students will be offered additional modern languages support by the appropriatelanguage training unit within the host institution. This will also ensure that all studentsmake contact with others, are aware of several members of staff who can offer support andhave a forum in which to discuss culture and customs. Students will be assigned both atutor for their pastoral care and a mentor from the host institution’s peer group. The tutorwill be expected to: give the student a tour of the area, offer transport to local shops,organise an opportunity to socialise, discuss matters of personal safety and health as wellas act as a resource for getting questions answered
, we examine the mathematics, styles in order to feel more in control of theirphysics, and English secondary school grades of learning and learning environment [6, 8]students during the final year of Grade 10, justbefore they entered the program, and their E-learning has been found to be the most effectivesubsequent secondary school grades in these means of instruction by some. Differentsubjects throughout their Grade 11 year, as they educational pedagogies, such as peer and self-participate in the program in order to determine the instruction, were studied by Kroesbergen and it waseffectiveness of the e-learning intervention. found that self-instruction was the most
engineering companies, the need for marketing and business development, project procurement, and project financing b. Legal aspects of engineering: contracts and agreements, terms and conditions of engineering services, legal adjudication including Alternate Dispute Resolution c. Professional risk management techniques: insurance requirements for design professionals, peer review processes, and product quality management d. Personnel/career management including professional licensure and society participation Additionally, the course presented an overview of future trends and challenges to theengineering profession, focusing mainly on
to providing hands-on learning experiences that enhance engineering education. As a student leader, I actively promote collaborative initiatives that empower my peers to engage in meaningful projects, fostering a deeper understanding of engineering principles and their impact on society.Dr. Redahegn Sileshi, University of North Georgia, Gainesville Dr. Redahegn Sileshi, University of North Georgia, Gainesville, GA. Dr. Redahegn Sileshi is an associate professor of engineering at University of North Georgia, Gainesville. His research experiences and interests are in the areas of water quality analysis and stormwater management, largely focusing on small and large-scale infiltration studies. He has done extensive
graduatelevel engineering students. The course met for 50 minuets three times a week for a 16-weekperiod. The course used the Kotler and Lee 7 th edition Social Marketing; Behavior Change forSocial Good book to guide students through the 10 steps of social marketing. 10 Along withreadings and class lectures a semester long group project with small deliverables throughout thesemester was utilized. The link between the 10-steps and the semester long project can be seen inTable 1. The course also utilized class discussions, quizzes, peer to peer teaching (i.e. smallgroups of students from the class were responsible for teaching a given topic), online modulesfrom the Pan American Health Organization,11 and guest presentations from social
engineering companies, the need for marketing and business development, project procurement, and project financing b. Legal aspects of engineering: contracts and agreements, terms and conditions of engineering services, legal adjudication including Alternate Dispute Resolution c. Professional risk management techniques: insurance requirements for design professionals, peer review processes, and product quality management d. Personnel/career management including professional licensure and society participation Additionally, the course presented an overview of future trends and challenges to theengineering profession, focusing mainly on
accessed inconstant-time rather than variable-time. This would disable any attacker from writing a spy program tobrute force the key and data out of the cache data stored during execution of the DCF algorithm. DCFalgorithm can be implemented successfully using C++ programming language. In the implementation ofDCF algorithm, cache is flushed periodically during encryption or decryption time. This would disablethe attacker from tapping the cache for data. On the downside, there was a (not so noteworthy)performance hit on the encryption process, but on a brighter note, the DCF algorithm stands strongagainst the cache timing attack. Page 7 of 8References[1] J. Daemen and V. Rijmen, “AES Proposal: Rijndael
]. The methodologies include activities such as reading, writing,expected [3] competences of a production engineer, according problem solving, issue resolution, promotion of discussions,to the Ministry of Education (MEC) guidelines, include the among others [6].ability to use mathematical and statistical tools to project,implement and improve systems, products and processes, in Perceiving the constant need for change and students’ andorder to stay up to date with technological advances, to professors’ demands
-majorclasses.”Instructors also had trouble motivating students to participate in activities (e.g., solving problemsor group discussion). The instructors stated this happened partly because students weredisconnected from instructors and peers and did not experience instructor or peer pressure asthey did in face-to-face classes. Some instructors received student complaints about “time-wasting” activities.The time commitment required by the instructors for online active learning was another issue.Instructors reported it was time-consuming to design and search for effective learning activitiesand materials to engage online students. Meanwhile, they shared that estimating the amount oftime required for online activities was harder than in-person.Checking
-income, first-generation collegestudents. Engle and Tinto8 address barriers to college success for low-income students. Theyclaim that “After six years, only 11 percent of low-income, first-generation students had earnedbachelor‟s degrees compared to 55 percent of their more advantaged peers.” Some of theirrecommendations include additional financial aid to students and cohort development. Engstromand Tinto9 show that the learning community model improves the persistence of low-incomeand/or first generation students to stay in college and graduate. Statistics for science, technology,engineering, and mathematics (STEM), low-income, first generation college students have not Proceedings of the 2010 American Society for Engineering
school had programming experiences.Finally, this study presents the impact of project type and the use of an iterative design project onthe changes in student comfort with additive manufacturing and three-dimensional modeling.IntroductionThe Maker Movement arose from individuals who expressed interest in the creation, design, andmanufacturing of new objects, and the further sharing these experiences with their peers [2].These individuals go by makers. As a result, physical locations that serve as meeting spaces forthese maker communities have been commonly referred to as makerspaces. Makerspaces provideaccess to technology, different trainings, inspiration for ideas, and collaboration among memberswhen developing projects [2]. In 2016, the
, Engineering Education, Sustainable Infrastructure, Resilient and Sustainable Post-Disaster Reconstruction, and Circular Economy. He also holds professional credentials in LEED Green Associate for sustainable buildings and ENV SP for sustainable infrastructures as well as several micro-credentials in the commercialization of research. As a Ph.D. Candidate, Piyush has published a dozen peer-reviewed journals and several conference papers.Mr. Mohamed Elzomor, P.E., Florida International University Dr. Mohamed ElZomor is an Assistant Professor at Florida International University (FIU), College of Engineering and Computing and teaches at the Moss School of Construction, Infrastructure and Sustain- ability. Dr. ElZomor completed