issues in teacher education, including assessment, gender and multicultural issues in science education.Gail Hardinge, College of William and Mary GAIL B. HARDINGE -- Dr. Hardinge is an educational psychologist who currently works with the Va. Department of Education's Training and Technical Assistance Centers, at the College of William and Mary, providing professional development programs for teachers. She has worked in public education for twenty-two years and is an adjunct Assistant Professor at William and Mary, teaching courses in collaborative consultation and assessment, as well serving as the college's VDP Project Coordinator.John A. McLaughlin, McLauglin Associates
Session 1653 2nd and 3rd Order Refinements/Improvements to an Experiential Design and Introduction to Engineering Course for First-Year Students Sandra Shaw Courter and Jay K. Martin University of Wisconsin-MadisonABSTRACT A three-credit course for first-year students with the objective of providing anauthentic engineering design experience and an introduction to engineering has been inplace at the University of Wisconsin-Madison since 1994. From the inception, the coursehas been centered on real projects the students carry out in collaboration with bona fideclients. During
discussion pedagogy (Barnes et al.1994). We wish to synergistically combine the two pedagogies and the two learning paradigmsin our program by (1) having faculty members develop multi-disciplinary case studies (perhapswith the aid of MS theses students), (2) using these as scaffolding examples for students in multi-disciplinary teams at the junior level, and (3) measuring the improvement in a student’smetacognition process when the student undertakes a capstone team project in a later semester(Bransford et al, 2000).Theoretical Basis:Conceptualization of active student engagement (ASE) is associated with a critical reflection onknowledge gains including theoretical premises such as motivation; building results-orientedmindset, “learning in context
faculty plan to maintain this focus with the support of Green Dot Bioplastics and otherindustrial partners. We have been communicating with PSU alumni at iMFLUX in order tomodify a test bar mold for the Arburg injection molder. The modification will allow pressuresensors for iMFLUX Automatic Viscosity Adjustment (AVA) technology to be introduced intothe mold. AVA technology can then adjust parameters to maintain consistent production withvaried materials including PCR and bioplastics. Our capstone course gives students the ability towork in teams with one focused project over the course of two semesters, allowing them to learnabout the details of their project at a much greater depth than shorter-term laboratory orclassroom learning
local “clients” who, receive the productsat the end of class for their personal use. Past projects have included rain shields for wheelchairs,devices to load wheelchairs into the back seat of a two door car, and wheelchair attachments toallow clients to stand up. This class teaches the students to use a structured design process, givesthem confidence in their ability to finish the product development, and allows them to interactwith clients. In the second capstone class, students spend the entire semester completing anindustrially sponsored design project. Each student group is given a different paying client whohas clear objectives for the students to meet by the end of the semester. This class increases thestudents’ self-confidence and gives
application of teaming skills. Courses whichencompass a major team engineering project are a natural point in the curriculum to includeteaming instruction.Because of these constraints, the curriculum which is described in this paper is designed to beinterspersed within the existing coursework of a senior seminar or capstone course whichincludes a major team project as its focus. The tradeoff with this approach is that the teaminginformation presented must be limited to what is most salient and necessary for graduates on thecusp of entering the work force. Students are provided with targeted readings in an effort toprovide an additional degree of depth.The eight teaming lessons outlined in the curriculum in Appendix A are designed to be presentedas
problem solving project-based challenges. Kits providethe opportunity for students to engage in legitimate tasks where they can engage in practices theywill use in the engineering and aerospace industry [4]. Using components, technical tools (bothsoftware and hardware), and safety equipment, employed within the engineering field, thestudents engaged in project-based work throughout the Capstone course. The kits were designedto leverage all the prior technical skills students had developed during their studies in thecurriculum of their engineering degree. To a lesser extent, tools such as Zoom also provided alegitimate engagement to practice professional engineering skills, including collaboration andteam participation via video-conferencing. This
resume.Three students indicated a “Very high likelihood” of offering Candidate 2 an interview, while nostudents selected “Very low likelihood” for Candidate 2’s interview prospects. Candidate 2’sweighted mean evaluation was 3.44. When asked which traits stood out about Candidate 2,experience was again the most commonly included response, but the student evaluators alsoremarked on Candidate 2’s capstone project and programming language skills. Figure 3: Quantitative evaluation of Candidate 2 (“John”); N=16. Figure 4: Qualitative evaluation of Candidate 2 (“John”).Coding the qualitative traits assessment for each of the candidates highlights the disparity betweennon-technical and language skills for “Julie” vice
students with implementation capability. Courses can be offered from level L3 under the 4 different categories with an option to include courses left out from the previous level L2. Additionally, the first part of the capstone project can be started. We have considered a 2 year capstone project work. The objective of the courses at Level3 is to emphasize on “implementation” of various components in a computer system. Though computer languages will be necessary, we hope that in the near future there will necessary tools that will provide the code once the appropriate design is provided at high level. For example, in a course (L2 level) on OOAD, if we capture the design (functionality
frigates and diesel electric submarines. Most recently includes 12 years in Research and Development and Lean Six Sigma process improvement experience troubleshooting process issues in the Paper, Chemical, and Converting Industries.Tim AndersonProf. Robert J. Durkin, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis Mr. Durkin teaches courses in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Technology; including the capstone design and independent study projects. He serves as a Faculty Senator and earned the 2013 Outstanding Teacher Award. He has over 25 years of engineering and manufacturing experience including; design, project management, and various engineering, research and manufacturing leadership roles. He has been
courses into areas of competency. Page 11.954.2• Reorganize elective courses (IE and non-IE) into domain areas.• Introduce elective course(s) in other application areas (e.g., service processes, financial engineering, health care management, etc.)• Introduce a focused design project in various application domains.Description of changesChanges in the non-major courses from other departments in the College of EngineeringThe old curriculum required that the students take the following non-major courses in thecollege. a) Introduction to Engineering Design (ED &G 100) 3 Credits b) Computer Programming for
activities to include a mid-stage level assessment within the CET full assessment cycle of activities; and 9. Continuing to consult with the Advisory Board members and inviting them to view student capstone project presentation. This invitation was well-received during Fall 2009, and the insight provided by Advisory Committee members was helpful to the program.The CET department and CET faculty are confident that coordination with the Assessment andInstitutional Research (AIR) office, and feedback from our program constituents, will make theprogram more effective and efficient resulting in a superior learning experience for our students.6. AcknowledgementThe authors appreciate greatly the support from the faculty in the
Session 2359 Developing a Minor Program in Computer-based Measurement and Instrumentation For Undergraduate Science and Engineering Majors Masoud Naghedolfeizi, Sanjeev Arora, and Fariborz Asadian Fort Valley State UniversityAbstractThe Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Fort Valley State University hasrecently implemented a minor program in computer-based instrumentation and measurement.The primary objective of this project is to enhance the mathematics, physics, computer science,and electronic engineering technology
employeetoward ‘becoming an empowered lifelong learner’. 12 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Midwest Section Conference" 4Self-Directed LearningDewey stated, ' most important attitude that can be formed is that of the desire to go on Thelearning' Montessori compared the freedom or independence of self directed learning to .breaking the bonds of servitude.13It has been proposed that SDL is based on seven pillars: a project-oriented pedagogy, acontractual arrangement, a mechanism for induction and pre-training, new roles for trainers, anopen
), 19-21.7. http://www.careerclusters.org/clusters/sre.htm8. Wiebe, E. N., Clark, A. C., Ferzli, M., & McBroom, R. (2003). The VisTE Project: Visualization for Improved Technological and Scientific Literacy. Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, session 2438.9. Noble, J. S. (1998). An Approach for Engineering Curriculum Integration in Capstone Design Courses. International Journal of Engineering Education, 14(3), 197-203.10. Clark, A. (2001). Technical Data Presentation: A New Course Offering for Engineering Graphics Programs. Proceedings of the Southeast Section of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Gainsville, FL.11. de
unit as part of their ENGR 102 HS program are free toapproach the EPICS curriculum as they see fit. Some teachers operate one classroom project fortheir whole group, and some do many. Some schools allow students to select their own projectsin the community and many require students to stay on school grounds. Each school approachesthe EPICS project time management in their own way. Some schools develop the communityservice projects at the end of the school year as a capstone while other schools operate long-termprojects that students work on all school year and then continue to support in subsequent years.This wide-ranging teacher/student flexibility in project type, group size, and project managementis important to the success of both programs
technology, mechanical engineering technology, and flighttechnology. Among these were three former active-duty or national guard veterans.The literature already documents the attributes of student veterans in terms of their potentialwithin the engineering community. This paper describes the design competition and documentsthe actions of the team through the student design process. It then describes the veterans’ rolesand integration in the project, specifically how their veteran experiences directly influenced theteam’s success. Finally, it describes these veterans’ impact on model rocketry at the institutionas a whole and their legacy in subsequent competition teams.IntroductionUniversities have experienced significant growth of student-veteran
project. Having meetingswith your teammates is a necessity to accomplish all tasks set throughout the project timeline.Members of the team develop the skills necessary to work effectively in such teams, preparingthem for their senior year capstone project. Each member of the team has their own specialty andaspect on the project. Prior to this design project one lab session is devoted to a team buildingexercise where the students learn the essential components to successful teamwork. The project is divided into three sections that are intertwined and necessary to meet thedesired outcome for the pump and pipe system. The first report the students will be required toaccomplish is the analytical model. The analytical model will predict
within Clemson Universityˆa C™s Glenn Department of Civil Engineering, the Founder and Owner of Integrated Resilience, LLC, he is a former Fluor Fellow, Director of Resilience Solutions, and Secretariat of the World EconomicDr. Jeffery M Plumblee II, JMP2 LLC Jeffery Plumblee is a project management, innovation, sustainability, and education consultant. He holds his BS, MS, MBA, and PhD from Clemson University, where he focused on civil engineering. Plumblee has managed a faculty grant and training program for an innovation and entrepreneurship nonprofit; served as a tenure-track faculty member in the Department of Engineering Leadership and Program Management at The Citadel; and developed and managed multiple
from around the world, and I associate that project with EM because we looked at user needs and conducted interviews with community members and professionals to both make connections and get more information on the problem. other courses My senior capstone because it was really open ended and we had to define the problem; My architecture project was similar to the EM. We had to walk around outside ... to analyze the city and just be out of the traditional classroom. We had to work in a group and figure out a way in order to make it better. This is similar because we are
help reinforce classroom knowledge and help students understandthe creation of and adherence to a timeline. However, the pandemic forced these projects to goremote. Some research has been done on hands-on team projects during the pandemic, such asstudying the impact of COVID-19 on senior capstone design courses (see, e.g., [13]), but there isless research on team projects in regular lecture and laboratory courses. As universities begin toreturn to pre-pandemic instruction methods and experiment with hybrid classes, it is important tostudy these courses in which students are again having to adjust study habits and team-workingbehaviors.We present a quantitative analysis of engineering students’ responses to survey questions relatedto their
distribution. Dr. Natarajarathinam has chaired 91 graduate capstone projects, and several undergraduate capstone projects, and has served on two master’s committees. Dr. Natarajarathinam was chosen as of the “40 under 40” faculty by the American Society of Engineering Educations, Prism Magazine in 2018.Sharon Lynn ChuMathew Kuttolamadom (Associate Professor) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com ‘All Together Now’ - Integrating Horizontal Skills in Career Technical Education Classes with Making and Micromanufacturing Osazuwa Okundaye 1 , Malini
personal engagement in assignments (3.69) o Provided personal satisfaction in completing assignments (3.68) • On a scale of 1 to 5, students reported that the labs in the course impacted their motivation and confidence for their capstone design project or career most in the following ways: o Increased self-directed learning skills (3.76) o Provided motivation for performing well in project tasks and responsibilities (3.67) o Influenced confidence that the design project or career is within their abilities (3.5)Open answer responses over all 3 semesters revealed a range of student thoughts andperspectives. The majority of the individual responses affirmed the course
rating and the average of ratings from all three peer reviewers.III. CPR and the Assessment of Learning through WritingCPR -- as an advanced form of educational technology -- partners both with the student and withthe instructor to foster learning. In this project, through the vehicle of CPR, we were able toimplement assignments that fully utilize the “writing across the curriculum” (WAC) pedagogy [3- 6], without overly increasing the workload for instructors. Furthermore, CPR’s ability both toelicit and to report qualitative and quantitative peer review helps to make formative assessmentan integral part of instruction. And, the data collected by CPR during the student’s process ofengaging the
analytic rubric and having to provide freeformcomments upon a student artifact. The evaluation criteria are limited, through use of a rubric, tothose considered key for reviewing the assignment, but feedback can be easily provided in thosecases where student performance within a particular criterion is either above or belowexpectations. Projects of sufficiently long duration, such as term projects or capstones, are theassignments that would be the “best fit” for applying single point rubrics, as there would besufficient time for students to utilize the formative feedback to improve their project or theirperformance.In summary, the authors believe that there is considerable potential in adopting single pointrubrics for formative assessment purposes
; Architectural Engineering (CEAE). She is currently the associate chair for Undergrad- uate Education in CEAE and has served as the ABET assessment coordinator since 2008. She began incorporating service-learning (SL) projects into the capstone design course for environmental engineer- ing in 2001. This began her journey to determine how to rigorously assess the learning outcomes for students who worked on SL projects as compared to other types of projects in the course. Her engineer- ing education research interests include students’ attitudes and knowledge about sustainable engineering, engineering ethics, and attracting and retaining women in engineering.Prof. Kurt Paterson P.E., Michigan Technological University Kurt
over 6 years. The students would attend a differentexperience every weekend and conclude the yearly experience with a capstone project. Ouruniversity partnered with RBTV for one weekend workshop experience. The program wasintended to be an in-person event but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this program wasconducted synchronously through Zoom virtual meetings. Our university is well known for“hands-on” learning, and we decided to keep the experience hands-on even if it had to be virtual.Students participated in STEM-related hands-on projects, connecting them to real lifeapplications and boosting students' interests in different STEM disciplines. The programrepresents part of our university’s ongoing efforts to interest young women in STEM.The
2022 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Introducing LabVIEW and Arduino as Data Acquisition System Alternatives Jackson Marsh, Christy Dunlap, Stephen Pierson, and Han Hu Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701AbstractIn the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Arkansas, LabJack is usedthroughout the undergraduate curriculum for data acquisition (DAQ) in labs and projects.However, data acquisition techniques are not taught, and other DAQ systems are not used. Whendoing research or starting a capstone project, students are presented with the struggle of trying tocater LabJack to their
theseevents occurred over a five-year period (2010 – 2015). The authors will describe the curriculum,development of courses and laboratories, the senior design capstone, and preparation of the self-study report necessary for accreditation. All curricula and assessment tools are linked to amodified Bloom’s Taxonomy and ABET Outcome 3 Criteria a through k. A description of theuniversity, its service area, and student population is also provided. In 2015 West Texas A&MUniversity achieved a major milestone through designation as a Hispanic Serving Institution(HSI, 25% or more of student population) [1] and is seeking to improve participation of womenand underserved populations in STEM fields, such as civil engineering. Lessons learned andfuture
technical competence, customerawareness, business acumen, and social values. In addition, engineering students exposed toentrepreneurship early in their education have shown higher retention rates3-6, higher GPAs6, andimproved soft professional skills, which are components of engineering entrepreneurship, evenwhile their understanding of engineering as a technical field does not change3,7. A recent study8revealed how engineering juniors and seniors believe they should receive education aboutbusiness and entrepreneurship throughout their college careers, even though their major is in atechnical field. Traditionally, the capstone senior design projects in undergraduate engineeringprograms come close to exposing the students to the business aspects