teaching and support for qualityinstruction by focusing on four dimensions (core values, core principles, inquiry & analysis, andintegration of professional learning and educational development) at multiple scales (Individual– Community – Institution – Ecosystem) within the IHEs. Figure 2 shows the vision of NLC andits four dimensions and four scales.NLC provides an integrated platform for all those evidence-based high-impact practices (HIPs)that demonstrated positive effect on students learning and sustained success. Creating andadopting open educational resources (OERs) fulfills the core values of NLC – “Inclusive andEquity-Focused” and “Learning-Centered” – and supports the HIPs including project-basedlearning (PBL), to collaborative
ETD 415 Digitized Teaching Lab Development for Comprehensive Materials Testing System Zhiyuan Yu and Gary Drigel Miami UniversityAbstractEngineering materials course labs requiring tensile tester represents a challenge especiallyfor remote teaching. This project is to develop digitized teaching labs by utilizing a PASCOportable comprehensive material testing system. Three senior design students advised by twoMechanical Engineering Technology faculty members have developed digitized virtual lab.The system measures force with a max 1.6 KIP
adaptability dimension, Dealing with Uncertain and UnpredictableSituations [15], due to the uncertainty managers described engineers feeling about the changingnature of their job role. However, each manager's recollections were associated with a differentcause (e.g., project cancellation, company merger, market change), resulted in a differentoutcome, and featured varying levels of detail. By choosing three situations from which to createa composite narrative, a complete story that succinctly touches on multiple challenges related toadaptability but is still grounded in the data could be told.Following the same methodology, I developed each composite narrative using two to fourexcerpts from the manager interviews. First, I categorized the critical
player in the future direction ofengineering education. HCD offers a promising approach to promote situated learning inengineering design projects, and to facilitate students’ learning of modern engineering skills.Many higher education institutions are seeking ways to integrate HCD into their engineeringprograms. This integration should be done in a way that supports and complements existinglearning objectives of established programs. However, doing so is challenging given that eachengineering course has its own unique opportunity areas and needs. Thus, there is a significantneed to develop tools and methods which support this endeavor. We have developed anevidence-based human-centered engineering design (HCED) framework to facilitate
our communities, orthe structure of our political and economic systems — tend to have the least influence on thosedecisions and how they are made. Design justice rethinks design processes, centers people whoare normally marginalized by design, and uses collaborative, creative practices to address thedeepest challenges our communities face.” [1]. Two core tenets of the Design Justice movementare that “absolutely anyone can participate meaningfully in design,” and “those who are directlyaffected by the issues a project aims to address must be at the center of the design process.” [4]Engineering education community and design researchers generally agree that pedagogicalinnovations are needed to ensure that current and future technologies are
infiltrates many areas of engineering andscience. Yet within engineering programs, students often have few opportunities to developexpertise in data science or even to explore how data science is relevant to their degreespecializations. This paper reports on an NSF-funded study of a program that prepares STEMstudents to engage with data science in coursework and then mentors them as they secureinternships and complete a capstone that demonstrates their application of data science expertise.Drawing on a mixed-methods study, including student reflections, capstone project assessment,and survey reporting, this paper suggests not only that students make deep connections betweentheir existing majors and data science but also that students trained in our
developing skills in leadership, collaboration, creativity, and innovativethinking (Paray and Kumar, 2020; Isabelle, 2020; and Rodriguez and Lieber, 2020). Rodriguezand Liber (2020), in particular, call out the goals, and potential benefits, of entrepreneurshipeducation. They highlight the ways that entrepreneurship education in high schools can, andshould, be linked to the development of skills linked to design-thinking, to thinking towardinnovative practices and processes, and the ways that entrepreneurship programs can be a‘gateway’ to actual entrepreneurship projects. As we examined curricula from several differenthigh school programs, we saw the connection of the assignments, readings, and projects to theskills-development listed above
those disciplines that requireacquisition and analysis of data from distributed sources. We anticipate an even more increasedinterest in embedded security because of the impact of embedded systems in several fields. Thecentral objective of this project is to devise teaching and research infrastructures, which will enablea successful design of an undergraduate curriculum on security concepts in early phases ofembedded systems design. Figure 2 illustrates the design strategies of secure embedded systems.We propose the following design strategies to be implemented during the curriculum design: • Identify Security Challenges in Embedded Systems: The long-term goal of the curriculum on security concepts in early phases of embedded
bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. He is currently the Lab Manager for the Ashesi Resourceful Engineering Lab (AREL), where he super- vises and supports both educational and engineering-based research projects. As part of being the Lab Manager at AREL, Jeremiah has spearheaded unique projects to develop the fluids lab. He also plays a vital role as the mechanical designer for an emerging up-cycling and down-cycling textile firm. Jeremiah believes in diligence.Gordon Adomdza Dr. Gordon Kwesi Adomdza is Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Ashesi Uni- versity. He teaches courses that use Design Thinking to develop innovative concepts for new ideas and business models. He is the faculty lead
University. He is also the Emeritus Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) and Founding Project Director of a HSI Title III project funded by the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) at FAU. His distinguished career in academia and industry has many notable accomplishments focused on research and industry partnerships, and national models of excellence in multi-institutional and sustainable STEM Pipeline. For 13 years, Dr. Zilouchian served as the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and the Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies at FAU’s College of Engineering and Computer Science. His sustained contributions and research projects total more than $9M with funding sources from the
project on ethical andresponsible research and practices in science and engineering undertaken at a large publicuniversity in the southwestern United States. The objective of this research is to improveinstructor training, interventions, and student outcomes in high schools and universities toimprove awareness and commitment to ethical practices in STEM coursework. The paper willdescribe the progress made in several components of the grant: i) Preliminary analysis ofmeasures of ethical knowledge, reasoning skills, attitudes, and practices of several hundredundergraduate freshmen and seniors, correlated with demographic data based on data captured inthe first year of the grant; ii) Progress made in the development of the concept of “ethical self
to work in groups to complete projects, which fosterscollaboration and teamwork skills. They help to prepare students for their future careers byexposing them to the safety training, tools, equipment, and processes that they will encounter intheir future professional engineering practice.Since 2000, there have been reported research on exploring virtual laboratory in engineering andscience. A virtual engineering laboratory is presented in [3] for hybrid electric vehiclestarter/alternator experimentation. A virtual laboratory environment is developed in [4] for anelectronic circuits course. Using interactive TV and the internet, Gurocak [5] created a newapproach for distance delivery of a Manufacturing Automation laboratory course. Compared
Engineering DesignProgramConstanza Miranda, PhD 1*, Elizabeth Logsdon, PhD 1, Amadea Martino Smith 11 Johns Hopkins University, Biomedical Engineering DepartmentABSTRACTThis is a work in progress. To instruct design abilities in undergraduate engineering students, it iscommon for programs to engage in problem-based learning projects. In addition, project-based instructionis often done with students in teams and these teams have formal or informal leadership structures. In thiscontext, the success of the student project is usually attributed to the mindset of the leader, managementstyles, team dynamics that are cultivated by the leader, as well as a clear team structure and goals. Thisvertically operating leadership model is manifested as an
water/wastewater utilitiesAbstractWaterworks is a USEPA funded project that focuses on exposure of careers in water andwastewater utilities to K-12 students and educators. The nation will face a shortage of workers inthese utilities due to retirement. As such, there is a dire need to inspire the next generation tocontribute to this utility workforce. We are developing four innovative tools as part of ourWaterWorks project. These are WaterMobile, WaterPal, WaterTalk, and WaterCave. All fourtools are instrumental in exposing the multi-faceted careers in these utilities using moderninstruments such as Virtual Reality (VR). We have five partners, three utilities, the City ofCamden schools and a non profit the South Jersey Land and Water Trust. We
conduct research on Smart Energy Management Systems in High-Rise Buildings. During her industry career, she designed and procured the electrical, mechanical and HVAC systems for large commercial, residential and industrial buildings. She established the BS EE, BS CpE and MS EE Concentrations in Power Engineering at GMU. She supports energy-related projects and initiatives at GMU, and collaborates with a multidisciplinary team on research projects in the areas of smart grid, power system protection and cybersecurity, Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs) and grid modernization.Mr. Matthew Gardner, ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Southeastern Section
Paper ID #36883Creating an Undergraduate Multidisciplinary Design Research Team toAchieve Zero EnergyProf. Darrell D. Nickolson, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis Darrell Nickolson serves as an Associate Professor at the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology on the Indianapolis campus and also is a member of the design team at Curran Architecture. Professor Nickolson teachers Architectural Technology, Interior Design, and BIM coursework, and he leads students in community-based experiential learning design projects and most recently solar energy research. ©American Society for
Paper ID #37891Board 321: Integrating Design Thinking and Digital Fabrication intoEngineering Technology Education through Interdisciplinary ProfessionalLearningDr. Christopher Russell, Northern Virginia Community College Christopher Russell is the Information and Engineering Technologies Project Manager at Northern Vir- ginia College. His research focuses on developing novel methods of integrating digital fabrication into formal and informal STEM instruction. Currently, he manages two NSF ATE awards - Makers By Design, a design thinking professional learning program for interdisciplinary groups of educators, and Product
Loyola University Maryland. Dr. Lowe earned her Ph.D. in experimental condensed matter physics from the University of Pennsylvania. At Loyola she has taught all levels of lectures and labs for undergraduate physics majors. Her grant-funded teaching projects have included robotics in the introductory physics lab and the development of physics of medicine modules. Over the years, she has conducted research at Loyola on fluid flows in large, curved ducts and in the microcirculation; multiplexed identification and quantification of DNAs on the surface of microscopic beads using flow cytometry; molecular dynamics simulations of proteins and lipid membranes; and atomic force microscopy measurements on DNA/protein complexes
Paper ID #39156Development and Use of an Adaptable Arduino-Based Control System forBench-Top Process Control ExperimentsDr. Stacy K. Firth, University of Utah Stacy K. Firth is an Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Utah. In her role, she focuses on Engineering education in grades K-12 and undergradu- ate education. She has developed an inclusive curriculum for a year-long Engineering exploration and projects course that is now taught in 57 Utah high schools. She also developed and provides professional development workshops for Elementary and Secondary science
Department at a private, mid-sized university was awarded theNational Science Foundation (NSF) Revolutionizing Engineering and Computer ScienceDepartments (RED) grant in July 2017 to support the development of a program that fostersstudents’ engineering identities in a culture of doing engineering with industry engineers. TheDepartment is cultivating this culture of “engineering with engineers” through a strongconnection to industry and through changes in the four essential areas of a shared departmentvision, faculty, curriculum, and supportive policies.As we conclude this project, we are auditing all the activities we did throughout our project. Inthis audit, we review our activities with an eye toward what was particularly impactful for us
laboratory experiment, but italso has disadvantages, namely students have less class time to learn the fundamentals of twovast fields of study—statistics and measurement.Initially, the content of the IDE’s Data Analysis course was organized in series, focusing onmeasurement topics first and statistical concepts second. This sequential model had twomajor disadvantages. First, because the measurement and data acquisition content wasconcentrated at the start of the semester, many students struggled to remember what they“learned” in the first part of the class when they completed their culminating project later inthe semester, in which they designed their own experiment and then collected and analyzedtheir own data. This phenomenon illustrated that
and is aleading center in the development of new bio-based polymer materials. KPRC is aninternationally recognized center for chemistry and materials science with a specialization invegetable oil-based polymer research and development. KPRC engages the academic communityat PSU through research projects and other educational activities for faculty and students. EachPET-185 General Plastics cohort tours Tyler Research Center to learn about its analyticalcapabilities. Since 2018, KPRC has supported PET-586/687 (Senior Project I/II) students byproviding access to key instrumentation for polymer analysis including: differential scanningcalorimetry, thermogravimetric analysis, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, tensile testing,and scanning
also focuses on faculty professional development and is a co-director of the Professional development for Emerging Education Researchers (PEER) Institute.Dr. Scott Franklin, Rochester Institute of Technology Scott Franklin is a Professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy and Director of the CASTLE Center for Advancing STEM Teaching, Learning & Evaluation at Rochester Institute of Technology. His educa- tion research includes projects on the development of identity and affiliation in physics majors throughout their undergraduate career, and, separately, how physicists express conceptual meaning in mathemati- cal formalism. He has co-directed the PEER faculty development program for four years, integrating
Paper ID #39295Online Engineering Management Master’s Program—Lessons LearnedDr. John T. Tester, Tennessee Technological University Dr. Tester has expertise in Engineering Design with interests in Engineering Management, rapid pro- totyping, manufacturing processes, biomechanics, and engineering education. Dr. Tester’s scholastic interests frequently integrate undergraduate engineering education with applied research projects. He has actively supported the SAE intercollegiate competition series for over 20 years as a faculty advisor, at two universities in two states.Dr. Mazen I. Hussein, Tennessee Technological
kbpun@shockers.wichita.edu Abstract— System Advisor Model (SAM) developed by NREL employers towards acquiring job-ready skills. To address this(National Renewable Energy Lab) are used in modeling different need, this project aims to develop an educational module thattypes of renewable energy systems. Due to increase in demand of can be integrated into engineering courses.renewable energy sources (RES) the demand of engineersproficient in modeling RES has been growing. However, typical The selection of a suitable site for solar power generationengineering curriculum focuses more on fundamental principles primarily depends on the availability of sunlight. Thus,and other applications, not covering RES
STEM, both for the students andthrough the community projects that they developed. Implemented over two semesters, thecurriculum created for the STEM FHF program included an interdisciplinary Directorship team,the creation of an expansive learning community, and intentional leadership training thatincluded issues of diversity, inclusion, community engagement, project management, andleadership skills.3,4As part of the creation of the STEM FHF program, the Foundry provided a guiding framework tobetter understand how the various elements of the program could be integrated to enhancestudents’ experience through the KAP and KTP. Table 1 (column 2) illustrates how the variouselements of the Foundry were represented in the curriculum development of
many factors impact student andteacher performance, and they are often beyond their respective spans of control. Activitymodels can capture multiple levels and dimensions, much like a CAD (Computer Aided Design)diagram. Models can portray versions of “current reality” and “imagined reality.” Noted childpsychologist and educational reform advocate, Dr. Seymour Sarason, wrote extensively about theneed to create productive contexts of learning [19], [20], [21], [22]. Activity Theory is acomprehensive, visual, extensible, fluid approach for modeling environmental settings. Theresults can help determine the LMS-CRM objectives that will be implemented in a liveeducational setting. It can capture a big-picture view of the CRM project scope in
design, green logis- tics, production management, and predictive analytics. He has been a principal investigator in sponsored projects from the National Science Foundation, the National Security Agency, the U.S. Department of Labor, and Venture Well.Chithra Adams, VentureWell Chithra Adams serves as the Director of Learning and Evaluation at VentureWell. She has close to two decades of experience in program evaluation. VentureWell evaluation team conducts evaluations of en- trepreneurship training programs, course and program grants, and STEM accelerators. Dr. Adam’s re- search interests include understanding of behaviors exhibited during the innovation process. She has a Master’s Degree in Public Administration
designs that createenvironmental, economic, and social value. We also present insights into ISE curriculumchanges that can strengthen these sustainability training elements. This effort would createentrepreneurs with engineering training who can innovate and design sustainable products andsystems for the future. We are presently implementing this effort in our sustainability course andwill share results from ongoing student projects and student surveys about their attitudes, skills,confidence, and viability for sustainability engineering as a career path.BackgroundAs environmental awareness in the general populace grows, to capitalize on an emerging marketin sustainably and responsibly designed and produced products and services, and to
Paper ID #39288Board 36: Case Study: Sequential Development of Sensing Skills in aCivil and Environmental Engineering CurriculumDr. Sarah Jane Christian P.E., Carnegie Mellon University Sarah Christian serves as an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. She is interested in curricular innovation including integrating applications of emerging technology into projects and laboratory experiences, project-based learning, cur- ricular content threading, methods for instilling teamwork skills, and implementing pedagogical methods that help students to