in groups while theydevelop their projects, in order to prevent possible failure once projects are completed.The Democratic Learning Questionnaire developed at Aalborg University, which studies thedecision-making process within project groups in order to obtain an indication of the degree ofstudent participation in a democratic learning system.The results obtained have confirmed the validity of the first questionnaire for the early detectionof teamwork functioning problems in groups. The second questionnaire has made it possible toestablish a correlation between a group's decision making process and the quality of itsfunctioning as a team.1. Introduction.A project can be understood as a temporary effort undertaken to achieve a particular aim
learning meetings (3rd day of theEFFECT). Table 1. Current EFFECTs EFFECT Context and driving question Active learning modules Surveying A parking lot is to be paved. What is the area of • Estimation and measurement of areas parking lot that should be used to calculate the with small, regular shapes and large, volume of concrete? irregular areas Environmental A water filtration system is to be developed using • Concentration and calibration Engineering activated carbon. What are the dimensions of the • Material balance activated carbon filter
with Life and Career Skills Intervention and Retention Applications Matter in Educating New Minority FreshmenAbstractSTEM and urban education along with educational psychology scholarship established fourcritical research areas that needed judicious exploration to systematically increase the exercise ofeffective instructional programming for minorities: 1) Early access to and sustained engagementwith salient concepts (e.g., logical reasoning, managing complexity) that practically applyclassroom theories, 2) Curriculum that supports cognitive development in proportion to students’learning styles, 3) Peer and expert-model pedagogical agents as learning companions and socialmodels, and 4) Considering sociocultural
; and later the game became popular amongstnoblemen and kings. Major Walter Wingfield invented equipment and a game that evolved intomodern day tennis, a high-tech competitive sport that captivates millions of players and fans. In many such sports, aerodynamics plays a key role in determining the pressure and shearstress distributions on the sports balls and sporting equipment and in turn affects the forces (liftand drag) that determine their motion [1]. As such, the objectives of this module are to explorethe dependencies of the geometry, surface properties, and translational and rotational motion ofsports balls and equipment on the lift and drag forces and measure these forces in a windtunnelfor a range of representative flow speeds
= Induced Drag Coefficient RAC = Total System Weight S = Wing Area SFC = System Complexity Factor W/S = Wing Loading I. Introduction The AIAA Design, Build, and Fly (DBF) Competition brings schools from around the world to compete. Each year the teams design, fabricate, and demonstrate the flight capabilities of an unmanned, electric powered, radio controlled aircraft in order to meet a specified mission profile. This year the competition calls for a surveillance/attack UAV. The capabilities of the aircraft include carrying a large simulated fuel tank and four Estes rockets. There will be five stages of judging for the contest: 1) Written paper. 2
addition to this it was technologically limited by its growthand application in a communist country that was void of entrepreneurship, customer focus,market dynamics, competition and other Western business characteristics [1, 2]. The Transitionfrom yesterday to today has spanned the last 60 years and included: • Research of innovation – History of technology - TRIZ – Worldwide patents – TRIZ • Expanded research of innovation – Psychological processes of inventing – minimally TRIZ-base – Evolution of business – beyond TRIZ – Evolution of markets and market dynamics – beyond TRIZThis past and continuing research has led to the development of methods, tools and techniques: • Structuring
laboratories development practices.Architecture of VR-LabThe system block diagram of the VR-Lab which is under development in the authors’department is shown in Figure 1. The functionality of the server is to work as the webpublisher, the lab scheduler, as well as the data and database manger. The workstationsare used to execute the users’ requirements and control the lab devices such as the NIEducational Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite (NI-ELVIS) and control plan toconduct the experiments. The camera will let the users see the system response in realtime. The users can then use the client computer to do the experiments in virtual andremote way. Page
effective way to supplement lecturematerial in large courses for all students.1. IntroductionEmergent technologies are transforming higher educational practice, proliferating at a rate farfaster than that of research that analyzes how they are being used, whether they are making adifference to student learning, and whether such difference is equitably distributed among Page 14.1210.3students who vary in academic and social backgrounds. Lecture recordings are one of the newesttechnological innovations to serve teaching and learning. Will their availability emptyclassrooms? Will they lead to passive learning, rather than the active strategies long
number of accredited programs saw growth up to the end of the 1990s, with a declinethereafter. The decreases are the result of a tarnished image resulting from negative press aboutthe manufacturing sector. Up to that point the focus had been on increasing the number of namedmanufacturing education programs and the economy was a nurturing environment for thatgrowth. However after the downturn in the economy and the increase in outsourcing/off-shoringthe trend in program creation and enrollment reversed.Over time the manufacturing discipline has been changing to address industrial needs. In the pastthere was a heavy emphasis on manufacturing processes. This focus was formally expanded instrategic meetings in 1989 1 and 1994 2 to include topics
AC 2009-1353: MODIFYING SENIOR DESIGN: A DESIGN REVIEWRegina Hannemann, University of Kentucky Page 14.886.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Modifying Senior Design: A Design ReviewAbstractThe Senior Design Course in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Kentuckyis currently going through a total redesign. The goals of the course modification are to 1) give thestudents a better understanding of real world problems, 2) expose the students to open-endedproblems, 3) enhance the students’ professional skills, and last but not least with all the previousgoals, 4) ensure compliance with
improvement in grades (Figure 1). Also, a reduction in DFW rate(percentage of students receiving a grade of D or F or withdrawing from the course) wasobserved for SCALE-UP statics when compared with traditional lecture format courses taughtduring the same semesters (Figure 2). The DFW rate for Fall 2006 for SCALE-UP andtraditional methods were 34% and 39%, respectively. During subsequent semesters (Spring 2007- Spring 2008), these DFW rates fell significantly. Page 14.159.4 Average Multivariate Average Statics Calculus Grades
practice medicine, work in industry or dobiomedical research. BME programs utilize different strategies to satisfy ABET accreditationcriteria related to physiology. A 2008 review of accredited programs shows that 49% require astandalone physiology course offered by the BME department, while 41% utilize life sciencedepartments to teach physiology to their engineering students. One program requires studentstake physiology courses from both biomedical engineering and biology departments. Eightpercent of undergraduate BME programs do not require a specific course in physiology at all. Ofthose that do, the number of credit hours ranges from three to twelve (Figure 1)1.The ABET criteria require that biomedical engineering program graduates have the
AC 2009-1368: AN INVESTIGATION OF MIDDLE-SCHOOL STUDENTS’INTEREST IN, PERCEPTION OF, AND ATTITUDES ABOUT TECHNOLOGYAND ENGINEERINGKari Cook, Brigham Young UniversityGeoffrey Wright, Brigham Young UniversitySteve Shumway, Brigham Young UniversityRonald Terry, Brigham Young University Page 14.207.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 An Investigation of Middle School Student Interest, Perception, and Attitude Toward Technology and EngineeringIntroductionRecently, technology education educators have been asked to include engineering concepts in K-12 curriculum.1 While to some this may initially appear to drift from the purposes of
active when using case studies (38.4%), while only 9.4% felt more active during traditionallecture. Figure 1 presents these results graphically (See Appendix A for a detailed descriptivestatistics).IV. Discussion Results from this study suggest that students felt the use of case studies allowed them tobe more engaged in the course and take an active role in their own learning. However, it isinteresting to note that even though students felt more active, and engaged when case studies Page 14.344.5were used, they felt they learned less from case studies and developed a better understandingfrom traditional lecture. This was particularly
content-based instruction to project-based knowledge construction. Thepractical steps are detailed for a full-year design course at the sophomore level.1. IntroductionDesign has changed status from a formal course to a flagship stream. There has been a cleartransition in the engineering curricula from the traditional approach to the alternative paradigm.The former viewed design as a byproduct of engineering education that cannot occur without thesolid formation of engineering sciences1, whereas the latter argues that analytical knowledge isnot adequate for tackling real-life engineering problems, and that design can be viewed as ameans of learning engineering not a result of it. Capstone design courses are fruits of formerapproach. They have
education since the landmark"Curricula 2000" 1 and "Curriculum 2002" 2 workshops held in 1989 and 1994. They had set thecrucial groundwork for a) widespread improvement in both content and access and b) a futurecomprehensive conference on manufacturing education. Building on the assessment the groupdecided to move forward on expanding the discussion and formalizing the results.The first forum "Manufacturing Education Leadership Forum: Vision for Progress" was heldJune 26-27, 2008 at Robert Morris University, Pittsburgh, PA 3 with the purpose of examiningthe current state of manufacturing education, and deciding what steps should follow. The nextforum " Manufacturing Education Leadership Forum; Moving Forward" 4 was held atFarmingdale State College
through earlier workwith 6-8th graders that positive-negative wording is sometimes confusing to students. Earlier,more complicated surveys of the type used in the current study frustrated many participants andresulted in a large number of incomplete surveys being collected. Hence each concept appearsonly once in the survey, and whether that concept was interpreted as positive or negative by theparticipants was not investigated.As shown by the example in Figure 1, each survey had nineteen Likert scale questions and oneopen ended question. The wording of individual items was identical on both surveys, exceptengineers were the subject of one survey and scientists the subject of the other. For example, onthe Engineer in Science Class (EISC) survey
latest technology tools. In order to better achieve this goal, educators must keep abreast of the recent technology development and update the curriculum to keep pace with the trend. Meanwhile, how to instruct students to establish a solid ground of laboratories skill is of critical importance.1. Industry Demand The development of computer techniques in the past several decades dramatically changed industrial behaviors as well as our daily lives. In recent years, due to the aging workforce1,2,3, and emerging techniques4, the industry demands for the entry-level engineers are tremendous. However, it has been realized by many people including educators that there is a gap between industry needs and current education facilities
developed in EXCEL, new unique individualized problemsmay be easily generated by the instructor with little effort, thus eliminating the traditional“fraternity” collection of problem sets of former students maintained for use by later students.Another important advantage is that using this method early in the course eliminates thosestudents who think they could complete the course relying on the effort of their classmates;students with such expectations tend to drop the course.Individualized Student ProblemThe steps for developing individualized problems may be summarized as: 1- Select a problem, such as the determination of the maximum deflection of a cantilever beam (see sample problem 1). 2- Express the parameters necessary to solve the
, employabilityand transferability requirements. The team will select a team/project manger who will workdirectly with the Principle Investigator (PI) through each stage of the ATE development,implementation and assessment. This mutual effort by the consortium members will continuethrough to professional development, assessment, and articulation. Strengthening therelationships and partnerships between high schools, the community college, and university willensure long-lasting 2+2+2 articulation agreements as well as the sustainability of the program formany years. Table 1 identifies the list of topics that are slated to be developed as courses or newmodules for existing courses (highlighted courses) by the proposed consortium partners to
faculty developmentliterature, “The Muddiest Point” assessment.1 Not surprisingly, the concepts students identifiedare topics that students have historically found difficult in this course (i.e. basis, true stress, errorfunction, slip, lever rule, and polymer structures). However, survey data show that studentsreported only two topics were difficult (i.e. basis and polymer structures). Surprisingly, surveyresults indicate that the majority of students responding found all of the screencasts helpfulregardless of whether they found a concept difficult or not. Other data suggest that the impact onstudent learning could be even greater, as both faculty and students learn to utilize this newresource. Addressing these concerns, in a second iteration of
enjoyed.1 Introduction One of the major catalysts in technological advancements in the 20th century has been closeworking relationships between universities and industry both in the United States and Europe. Page 14.264.2There have been many successes including major hits such as drug discoveries, informationtechnologies, new materials and efficient processes. Yet, the relationship between the two, ingeneral, remains full of tension, distrust and skepticism. There are adequate reasons and historyto make the case for either side. However, neither can survive without the other if we are tomaintain progress and solve the grand challenges of this
curricula.This is particularly essential for civil and environmental engineering, as human lives may be lostand significant environmental damage may occur as a result of unethical behavior. At theUniversity of Colorado at Boulder (CU), the Civil (CVEN) and Environmental (EVEN)engineering curricula attempt to lay a strong foundation in ethics in the 1-credit Introduction toEngineering courses that first year students are required to take. It is hoped that drawingparallels between professional ethics and cheating behaviors among students will enhance thestudents’ understanding of professional ethics. The perception of cheating behaviors by studentsin these courses was evaluated using the 18 questions from the PACES-1 survey1. Despitelinking the survey
use of the free-body diagram, including such sketches inplentiful illustrations 12. But the page-based examples do not allow for manipulation, so thearrows on the page can remain hard to map to the physical interplay of objects in space. Acomputer-based interactive system in which images from the real world are mapped to abstractdiagrams, and in which both display interactions of objects in space (e.g. frame versus trussproblems, friction, etc) can help students to make these crucial connections.ApproachOur funding was awarded on March 1 2007. Our group is roughly divided into three teams thatwork both independently and together on various tasks that are often inter-related:1- The engineering team (Jacobs, Valle) is primarily responsible for
links that are used forresources. A sample of the first two weeks are displayed in Figure 1. Notice that the plan isdivided into inside and outside class activities, all of which are thoughtfully designed to addmeaning and content to the course. These activities (a) get students ready or prepared forclass, (b) give them opportunities to practice—with prompt feedback via the Wileyplusplatform—doing whatever it is you want them to learn to do, and (c) allow them to reflect ontheir learning. The objective is to produce a sequence of activities that build on each other. Oneparticular activity was the construction of a poster and presentation of a real life failure event,sample of which are shown in Figure 2. Another activity was for a pair of
-k.Criteria and expected measuresOur program’s ABET outcomes at the outset of our information literacy mapping process wereas shown in Table 1, with mappings to ABET’s a-k as indicated:Table 1: Smith College and ABET Outcomes Picker Engineering Program Outcome ABET Criterion 3 Outcomes (a-k)1. Conceptual Analysis: a conceptual understanding of a. an ability to apply knowledge of engineering science fundamentals mathematics, science, and engineering2. Mathematical Analysis: the ability to quantitatively analyze b. an ability to design and conduct experiments, a component, process, or system using theoretical as well as to analyze and
to meet them, more non-traditionalpartnerships and funding mechanisms are emerging that include non-governmentaland civic organizations (Hokanson et al., 2006; Mihelcic, et al., 2005, 2006). Table 1lists examples of partnerships in the Civil and Environmental Engineering program atthe University of South Florida (USF) that include experiences for undergraduate,master’s and doctoral students.Table 1: Examples of non traditional international partnerships at USF,including participant demographics and applicable education levels of program. Case Non-Traditional Academic #Female # BS MS Ph.D. Partner (Location) URM 1. International Local community
. Theseinclude online quizzes before class and a large library of external links that are used forresources. A sample of the first two weeks are displayed in Figure 1. Notice that the plan isdivided into inside and outside class activities, all of which are thoughtfully designed to addmeaning and content to the course. These activities (a) get students ready or prepared forclass, (b) give them opportunities to practice—with prompt feedback via the Wileyplusplatform—doing whatever it is you want them to learn to do, and (c) allow them to reflect ontheir learning. The objective is to produce a sequence of activities that build on each other. Oneparticular activity was the construction of a poster and presentation of a real life failure event,sample of
facultymembers, 16 graduate teaching assistants (GTAs), and 12 undergraduate graders. Two facultymembers act as the course coordinators and two GTAs are assigned workshop coordinationresponsibilities. One undergraduate grader coordinates the grading work of all graders and workswith faculty and GTA coordinators in facilitating grading work. Table 1 gives the progression ofTablet PC/DyKnow based instruction activities in EngE1024 over the last three years.This course serves as the test site to try and implement various pedagogical experiments targetedat enhancing engineering instruction. Best practices are then communicated to faculty colleaguesin other departments and those teaching subsequent courses within the same department.Electronic Grading
of Maryland, andPennsylvania State University. In September 2007, our university received a grant fromthe Kern Family Foundation to develop a new curriculum for a minor in EngineeringEntrepreneurship open to students in all of the engineering disciplines. The generalframework of this program has been presented elsewhere [1]. The first course in thesequence was taught to a first cohort of students during the Fall 2008 term. The courseis titled Creativity and Innovation and was offered to first semester sophomoreengineering students from all disciplines. The details of this course are presented below.Course Objectives and Pedagogical ApproachThe four primary goals of the Creativity and Innovation course are to:1. Teach students the difference