multidisciplinary teams to convert customer needs to commercially viable products and services. Rogers co-led the development of an ABET-approved year-long Capstone design experience. With a focus on providing students with a broader experience base, the multidisciplinary program applies teams of engineers, business, design, and other students to work with companies to help them be more competitive. Rogers expanded this one-year program to a four-year Integrated Business and Engineering (IBE) honors program. Rogers earned his Ph.D. at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, focused on mechanical engineering and manufacturingDr. Denny C. Davis, Ohio State University Dr. Davis is Visiting Professor in the Engineering
, consistent student teams or groups as implemented here, may contribute tothe social integration of first-year students. However, this is dependent on the formation ofeffective student teams which may involve more thought on the part of the instructor. There are limitations of the active learning implementation method and this assessmentstudy that should be noted. Specifically, the addition of in-class collaborative learning activitieswithout any out-of-class videos to offset instructional content necessitated a slight reduction inthe level of detail covered during lectures. Due to the structure of the curriculum in the School ofBiomedical Engineering, this reduction is not expected to have any effect on future studentsuccess in the program
,characterized stage two. Stage three: the stage of pondering and deliberations,which has lingered on for a long time, is characterized by calls from industries,engineering graduates, and invited experts, for more rounded engineers with the skillsand abilities to function in a modern business climate. Unfortunately, the response tothese calls has been slow. The “piece meal” approach and/or periodic adjustments toan already over-burdened curriculum, in an attempt to meet a broad set of demands,have not been effective in meeting objectives, and have convinced many stakeholdersthat the time has come for a radical departure from the traditional layered andsequential structure that has prevailed for decades. There are clearly significantchallenges ahead
successes and challenges with integrating research into practice [36], [37]. Thesepresentations were designed to provide a background on some of the broadening participationchallenges we were interested in addressing. In addition, since many of the attendees wereinvolved in informal learning, examples of results from two large initiatives were provided. Thepre-workshop survey indicated that almost 60% of workshop attendees were new to networkedimprovement communities, thus they were provided with some webinars that were developed forNSF INCLUDES Launch Pilots (www.includescenter.org).Once at the workshop, participants spent time developing a preliminary driver diagram (Figure2) and defining next steps for the NIC. Driver diagrams are an important
Paper ID #23952Work in Progress: One Approach to Software Engineering Project Selectionfor Small Student PopulationsDr. Paul A Bender, Ohio Dominican University Paul Bender is an Assistant Professor of Software Engineering at Ohio Dominican University in Colum- bus,OH. He previously taught Computer Science at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, LA. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Missouri State University, Springfield, MO, an M.S. in Computa- tional Mathematics from Ohio University, Athens, OH, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from Wright State University, Dayton, OH. These degrees were
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University Otsebele Nare is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at Hampton University, VA. He received his electrical engineering doctorate from Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD, in 2005. His research interests include System Level Synthesis Techniques, Energy Microgrids and K-16 Integrative STEM education. The Integrative STEM work includes engineering education research on the usage of personal instrumentation tools as well as access of technology tools and STEM education to K-12 students. His teaching assignments are mainly on the fundamental courses of electric circuits, digital electronics and energy conversion.Dr. Mandoye Ndoye, Tuskegee University Mandoye Ndoye received the B.S.E.E. degree
, “On the development ofa professional identity: Engineering persisters vs. engineering switchers,” Proceedings ofFrontiers in Education Conference, San Antonio, TX: FIE, 2009.[14] S. E. Cross, and N. V. Vick, “The Interdependent Self-Construal and Social Support: TheCase of Persistence,” Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, vol. 27(7), pp.820-832, 2001.[15] A. L. Kristof, “Person-Organization Fit: An Integrative Review of its Conceptualizations,Measurement, and Implications,” Personnel Psychology, vol. 49(1), pp.1-49, 1996.[16] O. Pierrakos, N. A. Curtis, and R. Anderson, “How salient is the identity of engineeringstudents? On the use of the Engineering Student Identity Survey,” Proceedings of Frontiers inEducation Conference, Erie, PA
research, and professional development.Dr. Yi ”Elisa” Wu, Penn State Behrend Yi Wu is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, Erie, the Behrend College. She received Ph.D. degrees in mechanical and aerospace engineering from the University of Virginia. Her current research interests include modeling of complex physiological systems, drug design, dynamics and control, and engineering education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Effective review of prerequisites: using videos to flip the reviewing process in a senior technical courseAbstractSenior level courses in engineering curriculum
, 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. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 (PREP)ARE: A student-centered approach to provide scaffolding in a flipped classroom environmentAbstractThis complete
characterization, design and simulation, signal integrity and THz sensors. He is a member of IEEE and ASEE.Dr. Robert B. Bass, Portland State University Robert Bass, Ph.D. is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at Portland State University. His research focuses on electrical power systems, particularly distributed utility assets and the overlaying control and communications architectures that link them together. Dr. Bass specializes in teaching undergraduate and graduate courses on electric power, electromechanical energy conversion, distributed energy resources, control theory and power systems analysis.Mr. Phillip Wong, Portland State University Phillip Wong received an M.S
science and engineering process skills such as scientific argumentation. Her work is largely informed by the principles and perspectives on human development and cognition articulated by Cultural Historical Activity Theory. Putting theory into practice, she teaches a service-learning course at UCSC wherein interdisciplinary teams of students work in an layered appren- ticeship model with community mentors to design and implement sustainable solutions to water, energy, waste, transportation and social challenges using ”green technology”. Dr. Ball has worked as a research fellow with two NSF Centers for Learning and Teaching and most recently on several NSF projects that focus the integration of engineering and social
the Rose-Hulman Board of Trustee’s Outstanding Scholar Award in 2001. He was one of the developers of the Rose-Hulman Sophomore Engineering Curriculum, the Dynamics Concept Inventory, and he is a co-author of Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Dynamics, by Beer, Johnston, Cornwell, and Self.Dr. Simon Jones, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Simon Jones is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technol- ogy. He received his Ph.D. from Cambridge University in 2010 and his present teaching and research interests include finite element analysis, vibration and wave propagation, and reduced-order numerical modeling.Dr. Daniel Takashi Kawano, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
allowed for more formal training in onlinepedagogy, but there is still area for growth in the quality of course design. As the push foronline educational opportunities continues to grow and the demand for quality increases, WPIhas invested in instructional design resources to help develop online courses through acollaborative design model, moving away from instructors developing their coursesautonomously and in seclusion. Adopting a collaborative course design model requires a culturalshift for faculty in how they approach their course design and facilitation processes. Instructorswho have participated in the quality design in online courses pilot program have been targeted towork one-on-one with an instructional designer to work in collaborative
learned as it solved its problems of external adaptation and internal integration, that has worked well enough to be considered valid, and therefore, to be taught to new members as the correct way to perceive, think, and feel in relation to those problems [p. 17]Often, these patterns of adaptation and integration implicitly lead students to believe that, to bean engineer one must “look like an engineer, talk like an engineer, and act like an engineer” [24,p. 355]. Engineering culture implicitly imposes a set of prescribed attitudes, mindsets, andbeliefs that students are expected to take on in order to be an engineer. Succeeding inengineering would involve integration into the culture of engineering, a process that requiresidentifying
. In addition she also conducts education research via an EPA ed- ucation grant, two NSF Scholarships for STEM education and a NSF collaborative research grant to host 1.5 day workshops to broaden the participation of underrepresented minorities that in engineering.Most recently she and her colleagues were awarded a NSF collaborative research grant to host summer profes- sional training and academic year activities to broaden the participation of underrepresented minorities in engineering academia.Prof. Rebecca Kuntz Willits, The University of Akron Rebecca Kuntz Willits is the Margaret F. Donovan Endowed Chair for Women in Engineering, a professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at The University of
computer science curriculum is designedsuch that students take 15-17 credits each semester throughout the four years to complete thedegree. Only twice were students not eligible to receive ASPIRE funding in a particularsemester because they registered as part-time student or had a leave of absence (militarycommitment).Data collected for NSF on the scholarship recipients indicated that the overall GPAs of studentsreceiving the scholarship did not significantly change during the time they received ASPIREfunding. Many of the students who received the scholarship were academically strong students asevidenced by an average GPA of the cohorts of 3.0 or above for all five years of the program.Graduation rate of ASPIRE recipients was quite high. To date
nature of theenvironment and train to solve problems under real constraints in a specific context and with scarceresources. These professionals face the challenge of designing solutions for the basic needs ofcommunities in situations of social, environmental or economic vulnerability.All this is possible because of our will to create an engineering curriculum that will teachengineering students how to bring their systemic thinking knowledge and skills, as well as theircultural sensitivity, to bear on real-world problems, which means that it is aimed so that studentscan consider the stakeholders, variables and relations within a system. Some of the systemicmethodologies and topics that contributed with this are Soft Systems Methodologies [7
classes and a job or family orboth. Most of our education system is not built to cater to their needs, and its results areextremely wasteful –30% failure rate year in and year out in fundamental engineering coursescannot simply be tolerated as an unfortunate reality. Active learning should no longer be anoption –it must be treated as the key ingredient in attempting to start solving this failurecatastrophe. The frame of active learning should contain many interactive elements, includingweekly lectures, in-class activities, online activities71, and hands-on lab exercises –all doneduring the 75-minute class time in each lecture, thus not changing any curriculum structure.Each element of the new paradigm is described below –mechanics of materials
Paper ID #241002018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and ComputingDiversity Conference: Crystal City, Virginia Apr 29STEM Success Stories: Strategies for women and minorities to thrive, notjust survive, in engineeringDr. Carlotta A Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. Carlotta A. Berry is an associate professor in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. She is the director of the multidisciplinary minor in robotics and co-director of the Rose building undergraduate diversity scholarship and professional development program. She has been the
al. “Advantages of agile methodologies for software and product development in a capstone design project”. In: IEEE XPlore. Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2014 IEEE (2015).[8] Martin Grimheden. “Can agile methods enhance mechatronics education?: Experiences from basing a capstone course on Scrum”. In: ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, American Society for Engineering Education (2012).[9] Robert B. Bass, Branimir Pejcinovic, and John Grant. “Applying Scrum project management in ECE curriculum”. In: Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2016 IEEE (2016).David T. LeeDr. David T. Lee is an Associate Professor of Practice in Biomedical Engineering at GeorgeWashington
Session CEED 432German University Changes• Bologna Structure – splitting the former “Diplom” into Bachelor’s degree and Master’s degree• Before the split, companies were required to provide internships to “Diplom” students as part of an integrated academic requirement for students to graduate with the “Diplom” , so placing interns was basically on “auto-pilot” and not as challenging• After the split, it became increasingly more complicated for students to get co-ops as companies were no longer required to provide co-ops under German law Proceedings of the 2018 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2018 American Society for Engineering Education
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, April 1998, pp. 81–88. 3. Clark, R. E., “Reconsidering Research on Learning from Media,” Review of Educational Research, Winter, 1983, Vol. 53, No. 4, pp. 445-459.4. Felder, R. M. and Silverman, L. K., “Learning and Teaching Styles in Engineering Education,” Engineering Education 78(7), pp. 674-681, April 1988.5. Jensen, E. (1998). “Teaching with the Brain in Mind,” Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.6. Krauss, R., Ali, A., & Lenz, A., “Teaching Dynamic Systems and Control without Dynamics,” 2017 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Columbus, Ohio.7. Lee, K.-M., Daley, W., and McKlin, T., “An interactive learning tool for dynamic systems and control,” International
particular. It is a follow up to previous work by the author,on viable strategies to improve the classroom environment of engineering colleges in theArab Gulf Region. At the start, the paper provides an overview of relevant benchmarks ofengineering education in the Region. Then, relates author’s preliminary findings onteaching/learning practices in engineering colleges of the Region, sheds light on the pros andcons of the lecture format, and examines the literature on meanings and substance ofdifferent active learning protocols, focusing on cooperative engagement strategies. Thepaper, also, sheds light on: theoretical roots, research support, current practices, andsuggestions for redesigning classes, if need be, to stimulate interaction and help
you keep in mind that some of the respondents graduated 16 years ago.In order to increase response-rate we took multiple actions that were developed based on pastexperiences and best practices [40]: • The invitations and survey featured clear but appealing design with photos of the course • We ensured concise content without unnecessary details. The content of the three e- mails varied slightly, highlighting various values for the respondent each time: the opportunity to give something back to their alma mater and prospective students by further improving the curriculum; the chance to reflect on their own educational and career goals; and an opportunity to win a prize. • The initial drafts took 20
engineering undergraduate curriculum. They must take and pass both Physicsfor Scientists and Engineers I (covering forces, energy, momentum, and angular momentum) andCalculus for Physical Scientists I (covering limits, continuity, differentiation, and integration ofelementary functions with applications). Statics is a required course for all Civil, Mechanical,Environmental, and Biomedical Engineering students and can be taken as an elective byElectrical and Chemical Engineering students. Section size varies between 100-150 students withthree 50 minute lectures per week with no recitations or labs. During a 16 week semester, weeklyhomework sets and learning activities are completed by all students. The course currently doesnot use any commercial
information, data and science literacy skills that will allow them to succeed in a global economy. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018Implementing a Graduate Class in Research Data Management for Science/Engineering StudentsIntroduction: Research data management (RDM) is an integral part of engineering and science graduatestudent life, both during graduate school and in their future occupations. Federal agencies,including NSF[1], NIH[2], and USGS[3], are now requiring the submission of a DataManagement Plan (DMP) when submitting proposals for funding. Carlson et al. further advocatefor RDM by stating “… it is not simply enough to teach students about handling data, they mustknow