instructional tasks, and how to assess learning 20. In order tosuccessfully impact student learning, teachers must have deep understanding of mathematics andscience they teach. Well-designed professional development experiences are integral todeveloping such knowledge and skills 5. Project TESAL targets improved mathematics andscience content knowledge in an engineering design based approach 21. We strive to shiftstudents and teachers from being processors of information toward becoming creators ofmathematics and science models as tools to help solve societally relevant scientific challengesthrough design/development of appropriate technologies 22.The Project TESAL ModelOur model utilized iterative design/redesign to address “the engineering problem
Campbell University’s School of Engineering is in thedevelopment of engineering identity. As part of the first- unique position of developing a new engineering programyear experience, methods employed to foster community within a liberal arts context. In addition to providing high-and identity development included four main avenues quality engineering coursework, the faculty are workingalong with three cross-cutting themes. The four main together to provide consistent messaging and intentionalavenues for development were the first-year engineering departmental norms and practices across an integrated(FYE) design course sequence, an FYE seminar, engineering curriculum. In the 2016
disengagement from the instructorand course material. To increase student engagement and provide an enriched learningenvironment that combines practical experiences with theoretical knowledge, an alternativeapproach to a flipped classroom was explored. With a senior and graduate mix of 28 students,roles in the Flight Vehicle Performance (FVP) course were partially flipped, as students wereasked to take ownership of their learning through two main efforts. First, integration of theMerlin Flight Simulator early in the course built off of previous use to provide a practicalexposure to the course material, even before it was presented in class. Second, the students wererequired to prepare lectures that cumulatively covered around 25% of the core course
Paper ID #20874A competency-based flipped classroom for a first year hands-on engineeringdesign courseShankar Ramakrishnan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus Dr. Shankar Ramakrishnan received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University. He is part of the engineering education team in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. Currently he designs the curriculum for the freshman engineering program. He also designs and teaches engineering design courses in the first and sophomore years. His interests include active teaching methods and pedagogies for increased student
theiterative design process. In this way, design failures within EDPs are a means to an end, the endbeing a final product that meets or exceeds design criteria. Engineering and Failure in Elementary Schools According to the Committee on K12 Engineering Education, with support from theNational Academy of Engineering and National Research Council, one principle of elementarythrough high school engineering education is that it should emphasize engineering design.3Inherent in engineering design is that students have opportunities to “learn from failure andredesign,” one of six characteristics of high-quality STEM integration identified by Moore andcolleagues.4 Further, engineering design knowledge is
Paper ID #19733Developing and Improving a Multi-Element First-Year Engineering Corner-stone Autonomous Robotics Design ProjectMr. David Joseph Frank, Ohio State University David J. Frank is a 4th year Computer Engineering honors student at The Ohio State University and an Graduate Teaching Assistant for the Fundamentals of Engineering for Honors program. He will graduated with his B.S.E.C.E in May 2017, and his M.S.E.C.E in May 2018.Ms. Kelly Lynn Kolotka, Ohio State University Kelly L. Kolotka is a third year Chemical Engineering honors student at The Ohio State University with a minor in Biomedical Engineering. She is
. Kristen Parrish, Arizona State University Kristen Parrish is an Assistant Professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environ- ment at Arizona State University (ASU). Kristen’s work focuses on integrating energy efficiency measures into building design, construction, and operations processes. Specifically, she is interested in novel design processes that financially and technically facilitate energy-efficient buildings. Her work also explores how principles of lean manufacturing facilitate energy-efficiency in the commercial building industry. Another research interest of Kristen’s is engineering education, where she explores how project- and c American Society for
more inclusive and welcomingclassroom; and ultimately increase retention, particularly of underrepresented minoritiesincluding women. Herein, we discuss the development and implementation of a new hands-onfreshman engineering design course, Design Practicum, with an emphasis on improvements incurriculum and teaching strategies, and creating a more inclusive environment.Development of Design PracticumWe began by looking through student survey responses to determine areas needing improvement,and which features of past courses were the most effective at engaging students, retainingstudents, and creating a more inclusive environment. From there, participating faculty and ourteaching intern developed curriculum and strategies to implement in our
knowledge. Individualstudents have team roles to help keep all team members engaged. Instructors act as facilitators,observing student teams and providing support where needed. POGIL originated in collegechemistry teaching [27,28] and has since spread across STEM disciplines with over 1,000implementers. POGIL has shown potential to improve learning, develop teamwork and keyprocess skills, and encourage individual responsibility and meta-cognition [4]. The guidedlearning applies a learning cycle of exploration, concept invention, and application. Thus,POGIL is an active, constructivist, collaborative, student-centered learning approach.The NSF TUES CS-POGIL Project applied POGIL to the CS curriculum, including topicsin data structures &
engineering students through engagement in innovation and entrepreneurship, and a Co-PI for an i6 Challenge grant through the U.S. Economic Development Admin- istration (EDA) to foster regional economic development through innovation and new business start-ups. She is institutional integrator for the Partnership for the Advancement of Engineering Education (PACE) at NMSU. She is also co-lead for a NSF funded Pathways to Innovation cohort at NMSU with a focus on integrating innovation and entrepreneurship into the engineering curriculum through a blending of indus- try and educational experiences. Patricia serves as a commissioner for the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE), is a member of the
ago.Engineering Analysis Curriculum, Advising Practices & OutcomesEngineering analysis (EA) is a four-course sequence that covers several engineering-relatedtopics. By design, engineering analysis was developed in the mid-1990s to create a single unifiedcurriculum taught by engineering professors during the freshmen year, and this shift towardsengineering courses to freshmen was largely successful. At the time, the preparation level ofincoming students in math and physics was relatively uniform, and the curriculum wassufficiently advanced that the playing field was relatively even.The first three quarters of the EA sequence are required for all engineering majors. EA1introduces linear algebra and computational methods from an applications viewpoint
Engineering StudentsAbstract. While an introduction to Material Science and Engineering (MSE) course is part of thecore curriculum in many Engineering fields such as Mechanical and Chemical Engineering,many students often display a lack of interest in the subject matter, and struggle to see therelevance of the material to their Engineering field. To address this issue, the authors adopted aproject-based learning approach in two introductory material science classes. The goal is tostimulate interest in the subject matter by providing students with the opportunity to applyfundamental Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) principles learned in the classroom to amaterial of their choice and interest. The student learning outcomes of this project are
College and University Partnership – Year Two ProgressAbstractIn rural locales like Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, students and employers alike can struggle intheir search to find STEM-based educational opportunities or qualified graduates to fill openpositions. Due to the diverse needs of the small employers found in such an area, Bay de NocCommunity College quickly realized that creating a different degree for each industry needwould be an unsustainable and unreasonable approach. Instead, a partnership was formed withMichigan Technological University to create highly customizable and stackable credentials inthe fields of mechatronics, robotic systems, and electrical engineering technology. By co-developing this curriculum and partnering on a
and sensorimotor integration in the context of functional restoration of grasp.John G. Davis, University of Wisconsin, Madison John G. Davis, PE John holds dual appointments at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, College of Engineering. He is an Assistant Faculty Associate and Program Director in the Department of Engineering Professional De- velopment and a Research Engineer at the Industrial Refrigeration Consortium (IRC). John’s professional interests include HVAC products and systems, DX refrigeration, industrial refrigeration, geothermal sys- tem design, thermal systems optimization, building science and building energy management, technical leadership and project management. John is a member of
Technology. Dr. Johnson’s research focuses on design tools; specifi- cally, the cost modeling and analysis of product development and manufacturing systems; computer-aided design methodology; and engineering education.Dr. Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University Dr. Bimal Nepal is an assistant professor in the Industrial Distribution Program at Texas A&M University. His research interests include integration of supply chain management with new product development decisions, distributor service portfolio optimization, pricing optimization, supply chain risk analysis, lean and six sigma, and large scale optimization. He has authored 30 refereed articles in leading supply chain and operations management journals, and 35
understanding of four groups. The groups are students and faculty inengineering and industrial design. A survey was created to identify the perspectives, ideas, andthe definitions of engineering and technological literacy as well as the purpose, and the contentof the classes in these areas. There have been challenges to get responses from engineering andindustrial design faculty and engineering students.The department of Industrial Design (in the College of Design) is the only department that hasincluded technological literacy as their core curriculum. The two technological literacy classes(“From thoughts to things” and “How things work”) have been selected as the core requirementsfor industrial design program. Students take these classes in their
, felix.martinez@up.edu.mxAbstract - The a-k outcomes established by Accreditation All Engineering programs have shared Mathematics andBoard for Engineering and Technology (ABET) for Basic Sciences subjects such as: Differential Calculus,Engineering students in their self-assessment framework, Integral Calculus, Algebra, Vector Calculus, Differentialshould be reflected in the different subjects that taught to Equations, Electricity and Magnetism, Physics, Chemistrythe students of the first two years of the various and other courses of academic areas of humanities andengineering programs. On the other hand, in those first businesses.semesters, the vocation of the students
addition, mechanical engineering experiencehelped to take this project’s concept into completion. Utilizing the mechanical engineeringstudent’s experience with modeling and operations research, the group was able to modify theGridLab-D to model the experiment. As the nation’s only urban land-grant university, the University of the District of Columbia hasa special focus on urban sustainability, which is reflected in its curriculum and research focuses.The experience that these students brought to the framing of this project was integral to itssuccess. Collaboration through the capstone project allowed students to share the lessons they’velearned through their internships or research projects in a concrete manner. One student, who haddone
concepts in the language spoken in thehomes and communities of their students, and miss opportunities to appreciate the family andcommunity structures that American Indian students rely on in their everyday lives [7] [9]. WhenAmerican Indian children are taught by a majority of non-American Indian teachers, the teachersand students may struggle to identify with one another, which research shows negatively impactsthe ability of teachers to mentor and motivate children, particularly toward a love of math andscience [10]. Sharing an understanding of one another’s core beliefs and value systems is criticalto implementing a culturally responsive curriculum and building the much needed teacher-student trust that improves URM retention, particularly for
water and wastewater, she has strong interests in engineering education research, teacher professional development, and secondary STEM education.Dr. Hasan Deniz, University of Nevada Hasan Deniz is an Associate Professor of Science Education at University of Nevada Las Vegas. He teaches undergraduate, masters, and doctoral level courses in science education program at University of Nevada Las Vegas. His research agenda includes epistemological beliefs in science and evolution education. He is recently engaged in professional development activities supported by several grants targeting to increase elementary teachers’ knowledge and skills to integrate science, language arts, and engineering education within the
-quality massproduction system, optimizes for efficiency by standardizing processes. In undergraduateengineering degree programs, this is apparent from the relatively inflexible standard curricularpaths within any given major and the use of midterm and final exams as “go or no-go”measurement gauges to determine which “products” (students) are of sufficient quality to moveonto the next step (or class) in the assembly line of curricular requirements. An important aspectof this factory model is that colleges are systematically indifferent as to which students graduateand which go elsewhere since standardization of the process and objective assessments arepresumed to ensure fair treatment for all students.This paper integrates findings across student
, without the traditional expectations and pressures of making the“grade”; this is an underutilized avenue that has significant potential to provide reinforcement ofclassroom learning, as well as insights that could be used in classroom lectures. Based on thispremise, within the framework of this current effort, the author has the following objectives: i. Identify and evaluate methodologies that reinforce undergraduate in-class learning experience in the lifecycle of a systems engineering based Student Unmanned Aerial System (SUAS) competition, particularly as it pertains to concepts of aircraft dynamics, stability and control. Note: This should by no means be interpreted to mean that traditional topics in an aerospace curriculum
. Mathematics: Mathematics instruction was designed to reduce loss in proficiency during the summer and support the 3D modeling and app development curriculum. Topics included geometry, mathematics tricks and shortcuts, division, exponents, square roots and logic. Entrepreneurship: Participants were introduced to entrepreneurial ventures through topics like marketing, financing, business models and visits from local technology entrepreneurs. Final Project: In the fourth week, participant teams were asked to develop an entrepreneurial venture. The teams brainstormed and refined a concept that integrated an app, a 3D model, business plan and a website or social media page. Ventures ideated were a) Customized key chain with GPS locator, b) Online
efforts that acknowledge learner diversity, and understand their effects in students performance. Isabel received her professional degree in biological engineering at the Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile and her MA in policy, organizations and leadership studies at Stanford Graduate School of Education.Dr. Constanza Miranda Mendoza, Pontificia Universidad Catholica de Chile Constanza Miranda holds a PhD in design with a focus in anthropology from North Carolina State Uni- versity. While being a Fulbright grantee, Constanza worked as a visiting researcher at the Center for Design Research, Mechanical Engineering Department, at Stanford. Today she is an assistant professor at the P.Universidad Cat´olica de Chile’s
. A., Sattler, B., Yasuhara, K., Borgford-Parnell, J., & Atman, C., “Integrating reflection into engineering education”, Paper presented at the 121st ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 201413. Ambrose, S. A., “Undergraduate engineering curriculum: The ultimate design challenge”, The Bridge, 43(2), 16-23, 201314. Landis, R.B., “Studying Engineering: A Road Map to a Rewarding Career”, 4th edition, Discovery Press, Los Angeles, California, 201315. Nilson, L., “Creating Self-Regulated Learners: Strategies to Strengthen Students' Self-Awareness and Learning Skills”, Stylus Publishing, 2013.16. Peuker, S., & Schauss, N. A. G., “Improving Student Success and Retention Rates in Engineering: An Innovative
. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Adapting Tested Spatial Skills Curriculum to On-Line Format for Community College Instruction: A Critical Link to Retain Technology Students (SKIITS)I. IntroductionSpatial Skills Instruction Impacts Technology Students (SKIITS)1 is developing an online,transportable course that community colleges can use as a resource to offer spatial skills trainingto their students with a nominal investment of institutional resources. The course is based onresearch and materials funded by NSF that have successfully been used in face-to-faceinstruction in four-year universities.SKIITS focuses on three research questions:1. Can effective materials developed through
development, and fuel cell technology. He was instrumental to the development of hundreds of new inventions and intellectual properties for many local industries and inventors.Daniel Weinman, Farmingdale State College Mechanical Engineering Technology c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Enhancing Freshman Learning Experience in Computer Aided Drafting and Design (CADD) Through Applied Learning Experiences: Connecting the Dots Gonca Altuger-Genc1, Yue (Jeff) Hung1, Daniel Weinman1 1 Farmingdale State CollegeAbstractEngineering design is an integral part of the freshman learning experience in
and practice. Asix-part Arduino workshop program created by Sparkfun and previously tested and usedin K-12 educators or students workshops was integrate into the curriculum. In additionto learning and experimenting with microcontrollers, students also learned how to use asoldering iron, a milling machine, and engineering software such as the 2D and 3Dmodeling software, OnShape. They were able to use this modeling software to createparts using a laser cutter and a 3D printer. At the end of each of these engineering toolmodules, students completed an individual project, which they brought home, for a totalof four individual projects. Students were also introduced to the engineering design process. Student groups weretherefore able to use a
in the UK. Previously, Dr. Middleton was Associate Dean for Research in the Mary Lou Fulton College of Education at Arizona State University, and Director of the Division of Curriculum and Instruction. He received his Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1992, where he also served in the National Center for Research on Mathematical Sciences Education as a postdoctoral scholar.Dr. Keith D. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University Keith D. Hjelmstad is Professor of Civil Engineering in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment at Arizona State University.Dr. Eugene Judson, Arizona State University Eugene Judson is an Associate Professor of for the Mary Lou
participants. The specific objectivesof the RET project component were to: • Provide an in-depth research experience to two STEM teachers and prepare them to translate their technical experience to their curriculum. • Increase the teachers’ awareness of the profound potential of students with ADHD in engineering and gain knowledge on more effective ways to teach to these students. • Broaden the impact of the REU project through dissemination of the teachers’ experiences.The teachers joined two different engineering research projects and worked directly with theREU students assigned to the respective projects. This allowed the teachers to observe thestudents’ unique learning styles and capabilities in a research environment. The