cover the overall field of engineering.Further, Crash Course: Engineering was effectively an extension of the project into the next fieldto cover, after having previously covered other subjects like chemistry, ecology, and literature; thebest practices utilized in producing these engineering videos were thus based on previous effortswithin Crash Course, and not based on work conducted by other researchers. The previous studies,on the other hand, will be most impactful moving forward in guiding future analyses of CrashCourse: Engineering videos in formal and informal learning environments, by means ofshowcasing how videos can best be integrated into classrooms or tutoring. Work-to-date with the Crash Course: Engineering videos has
student’s interests and major choice, it isimportant to explore these facets with regards to specific majors and career choices. Biology isbecoming an integral part of chemical engineering education, and biological courses are evenrequired in curricula for chemical engineering programs with the terms “biochemical” or“biomolecular” in their names [5]. While chemical engineering students are therefore beingexposed to more and more biology, it is unknown whether they have positive or negativeemotions towards biology. Indeed, from the authors’ own anecdotal experiences, chemicalengineering students do not seem to be overly positive or excited about biology. The goal of thisstudy was therefore to test the hypothesis that chemical engineering students
, characterized by active, project-based learning, by introducingmathematical and scientific concepts in the context of application, and by integrating thedevelopment of teamwork, communication, and problem-solving skills in learningexperiences throughout the engineering curriculum. An engineering education based on thisvision should produce graduates better prepared to meet the needs of engineering employersand increase student motivation and interest [2].To accomplish such a shift in undergraduate engineering education, efforts towards a holisticengineering curriculum that is compatible with the complexity inherent in the technologiescurrently being developed have been encouraged (see, e. g., [3]). The key distinction drawnhere is between engineered
paper discusses how students usepersonal and public spaces in their departments, the library, and what they deem as necessities tocomplete their “home away from home” on-campus experience. The photos and gps databasewill be added to the library repository collection for future researchers to use.Introduction The Texas A&M University (TAMU) Libraries are an important hub for students’studying needs. However, have we optimized or enhanced the spaces for optimal student usageand occupancy? Can we assume that technology, operating hours, location on campus, services,and furniture determine the usability of the spaces? Over the past decades, the TAMU Librarieshave renovated spaces as a reaction to safety, ADA, energy consumption, and
Tech. Her dissertation explored faculty adoption of research-based instructional strategies in the statics classroom. Currently, Dr. Cutler works as an assessment and instructional support specialist with the Leonhard Center for the Enhance- ment of Engineering Education at Penn State. She aids in the educational assessment of faculty-led projects while also supporting instructors to improve their teaching in the classroom. Previously, Dr. Cutler worked as the research specialist with the Rothwell Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence Worldwide Campus (CTLE - W) for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.Prof. Dawn McFadden, Pennsylvania State University Since 2015, Dawn McFadden has been an Assistant Teaching
Paper ID #29709A Study of the Effectiveness of Using Hands-On Active Learning Exercisesin a Production Operations Management CourseMajor Steven Hoak, United States Military Academy Major Steven Hoak currently serves as an instructor at the United States Military Academy in the Depart- ment of Systems Engineering, focusing on engineering management. He is a career Army Aviation and Acquisition Officer. He holds a Master degree in Nuclear Engineering (Air Force Institute of Technol- ogy), a Master of Business Management (Mississippi State University) as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the United
summary, this multi-staged project forced students to rethink their designs many timesconsidering the security level of the system. It showed them the importance of building a securesystem at the design stage. IoT and computer security cannot be an afterthought, it must be thefoundation of design.Additional stages can be designed and integrated to the current project depending on the coursethe knowledge level of students in the class.Results and DiscussionTo use this Raspberry Pi kit in classes, instructors need to be aware of students’ knowledge levelon Python programming and using GPIOs in Raspberry Pi. It is noticed that CS students lack somehardware skills in general, while engineering students lack some Python programming knowledge.It is
the University of Rochester Center for Photo-Induced Charge Transfer. Since 2003, Dr. Walz has taught chemistry and engineering at Madi- son Area Technical College, where he also serves as the director of the Center for Renewable Energy Advanced Technological Education (CREATE). Dr. Walz is also an adjunct professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Wiscon- sin. He has served as teacher for the UW Delta Center for Integrating Research, Teaching and Learning, and has mentored several graduate students who completed teaching internships while creating new in- structional materials for renewable energy and chemical education. Dr. Walz is also an instructor with the Wisconsin K-12 Energy
-space to another can be accomplished in infinitely many ways. These features allow asystem to be controlled. If a system needs to track an input, its output is measured and used asfeedback to construct an error function. By the application of the controller, this error is reducedas close to zero as possible. The manner, in which the error is brought to near zero, dictates theresponse of the system. Some of the methods used in control system design aim at minimizingintegral square, L2 norm, H∞ norm, etc. of the error [1]. One of the most common types ofcontrollers is a Proportional-Derivative-Integral (PID) controller. This approach of controlsystem design can be applied to any dynamic system.The teaching-learning system that is composed of a
, withthe addition of integral and derivative gains (𝐾𝐼 , 𝐾𝐷 ) in the feedback loop, along with appropriatelylocated compensator poles and zeros. The derivative component helps in improving the transientresponse of the closed loop system, while the integral component helps in reducing the steady stateerror in the system response. With all three components (Proportional + Integral + Derivative)working concurrently, it is possible to improve both the transient as well as the steady stateresponse of an aircraft’s short period dynamics. A simplified schematic of this controller isrepresented below in Figure 4. Figure 4: Architecture of a simple proportional-integral-derivative controller Given the controller types described above
their first year at CSU Chico. The bootcamp recruited matriculating students in engineering and computer science fromunderrepresented minorities and first-generation and low-income populations. The core of thebootcamp curriculum was an intensive math program designed to stimulate deeper understandingof algebra and trigonometry and practical problem-solving skills. The curriculum also includedProblem-Based Learning (PBL) modules with projects that applied concepts from computerscience and mechanical, mechatronic, computer, and electrical engineering.The first objective is particularly impactful because of the pre-requisite chains in most of ourengineering (ENGR) and computer science (CS) curricula. A one-semester delay in graduationoccurs when a
electronic parts connect with telephone jack like connectors.This makes all the electrical components for the Mindstorms a black box.Related Works Chaudhary et al. [4] evaluate the effectiveness of using the Lego Mindstorms EV3 as alearning tool and a way to get K-8 students interested in STEM. Chaudhary et al. [4] introducedthe Lego Mindstorms EV3 to a summer camp for elementary school students. The camp hadinstructors teach a hands-on curriculum centered around the device for multiple days. Along withsurveying the students about their experience, the researchers evaluated students’ “computationaland logical thinking skills” before and after the summer camp [4]. The evaluations wereperformed by having students play an online game that focused
them. Some students may already beexperienced makerspace users; others may be eager to learn, but lack the confidence or initiativeto seek out what makerspaces have to offer. For example, Florida Tech has four high qualityacademic "making" facilities and free training on how to use the equipment available to thecampus community, but only a fraction of students take advantage of them. More class projectswith EML themes early in the curriculum may encourage future makerspace usage for co-curricular activity, better senior design experiences and an overall increase in self-efficacy.The work reported here attempts to address these issues in an incremental fashion. The firstsection of the paper describes a simple team project that could be used by
Lincoln Center Summer Forum, focusing on integrating performing and visual art into elementary curriculum. In our current trying times, she is producing new plays through Zoom and co-hosting a weekly comedy show on Socially Distant Improv (Instagram Live). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Paper ID #31067Jimena Bermejo Jimena is a as a movement artist who has moved away from the classical ”rehearse-to-perform” paradigm of her dance training to include imperfections, to break the separation between audience and performer. She uses movement, text, and performance actions to experiment
Character Education? A Literature Review of Four Prominent Virtues in Engineering EducationAbstractThe complexity of problems that engineers address requires knowledge, skills, and abilities thatextend beyond technical engineering expertise, including teamwork and collaboration, problem-solving, curiosity and lifelong learning, cultural awareness, and ethical decision-making. How dowe prepare engineering students to develop these essential capacities? One promising approachis to integrate character education into the undergraduate curriculum. Using an established andcommonly used taxonomy advanced by the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues at theUniversity of Birmingham, this paper explores the extent to which virtues are
seen from Table 5, the students agreed that this design course helped them toachieve 7 out of the 11 ABET outcomes (with an overall score above 4 out of 5). Compared withthe results collected in Fall 2017, it can be found that the Fall 2018 class has made progress indeveloping 9 out of the 11 ABET student outcomes (a, c, e, f, g, h, i, j, and k). From the rightmostcolumn in Table 6 we can find that the three ABET mostly impacted by the presented activitiesare outcomes h, i, and a. The effects of the new course materials, including the newly designedviscous damping system projects and the integration of other vibration and control systems builtby previous students, in enhancing the teaching effectiveness and student learning experience inthis
withinscientific literature, as evidenced by an increased discussion of citizen science in peer reviewedarticles [6]. Despite its growth, relatively few citizen science projects have focused onengineering disciplines [6, 7]. Prior citizen science efforts have developed curricula for low-cost,air-quality sensors in schools [8] and a recent study enabled citizen scientists to monitor andreport unlawful air quality emissions from local industry [9]. One challenge integrating airquality measurement with citizen science initiatives is over sensors’ perceived “black box”operation, with citizen scientists having little understanding of how these sensors function [10].While prior outreach has helped expose the inner workings of sensor hardware
particularly focus on what prevents students from being able to integrate and extend the knowledge developed in specific courses in the core curriculum to the more complex, authentic problems and projects they face as professionals. Dr. Koretsky is one of the founding members of the Center for Lifelong STEM Education Research at OSU.Dr. Susan Bobbitt Nolen, University of Washington Susan Bobbitt Nolen is Professor Emerita of Learning Sciences & Human Development at the University of Washington. She earned her PhD in Educational Psychology at Pudue University. Her current research interests focus on student engagement in engineering practices and social interaction during learning activ- ity, and their relationship to
, vol. 24, pp. 8-22, 2013.[7] H. Georgiou. Putting physics knowledge in the hot seat: The semantics of student understandings of thermodynamics” in Knowledge-building: Educational studies in legitimation theory, K. Maton, S. Hood, and S. Shay, Eds. New York: Routledge, 2016.[8] D. Steyn. “Conceptualizing design knowledge and its recontextualization in the studio component of a design foundation curriculum,” unpublished MPhil thesis, 2012.[9] F. Christie. “Secondary school English literacy studies: Cultivating a knower code,” in Knowledge-building: Educational studies in legitimation theory, K. Maton, S. Hood, and S. Shay, Eds. New York: Routledge, 2016.[10] K. Wolff and K Luckett. “Integrating multidisciplinary
,” Biotechnol. Prog, vol. 22, 173-178, 2006.[9] M. Cline, and G. J. Powers, “Problem Based Learning via Open Ended Projects in Carnegie Mellon University’s Chemical Engineering Undergraduate Laboratory,” in Frontiers in Education Conference, Pittsburgh, 1997.[10] M. W. Duffrin, “Integrating Problem‐based Learning in an Introductory College Food Science Course,” Journal of Food Science Education, vol. 1, pp. 2-6, 2003.[11] T. Ramirez, and A. Lopez-Malo, “Problem-solving learning environments for an introduction to Food engineering course,” in Proceedings of the 2013 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Atlanta, GA, June 23 – 26. 2013.[12] K. M. Yusof, A. A. Naziha, M. K. Azlina, S. K. S. Yusof, and Y. M. Yusof, Outcome- Based Science
redoubled our efforts to teach and reinforce that knowledge in the subsequentsemester. The results (again, shown in Table 4) demonstrate an improvement in quiz outcomeswithout a significant alteration of quiz format. Adjustments to course curriculum were alsominor, but clearly necessary. Greater emphasis was placed on how to test code, including codethat uses different programming methods, and additional instructions were included in projectdocuments about how to test code (See Appendix A).Discussion and Conclusions Throughout the process of first combatting plagiarism, and then circumventing it, we arrivedupon some potentially useful take-a-ways. First, plagiarism is a symptom, not a disease. Second,many programming assessments may not
District. She completed two master’s degrees, one in Education and the other in Business Administration, and she is currently pur- suing a doctorate degree in Organizational Leadership with a concentration in Education Administration. Naylor developed a passion for urban education as a teen student mentor over twenty years ago and enjoys integrating technology in the learning process. Currently, she serves on the BoD of Learn VR, a virtual reality organization that provides urban students learning experiences through the lens of virtual reality. Before becoming an Educator in the disciplines of business and technology, Naylor spent over ten years as a business leader in the telecommunications industry
. Waldorf and Georgeou discuss integrating GD&T concepts throughout amanufacturing curriculum by designing assessments at different cognitive levels of Bloom’staxonomy [3]. They specifically mention the importance of designing assignments wherestudents must exercise cognitive processes in application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.DRF Assessments within TEC333Over the past four fall semesters, students have consistently been assessed on their understandingof topics within TEC333. Assessments included a pretest, two tests, a final exam, weekly onlinequizzes, and laboratory assignments. Questions within the quizzes, tests, and exam weredeveloped to assess students’ understanding of DRF concepts at multiple levels of Bloom’sRevised Taxonomy
Paper ID #29413Predictors of First-Year Retention among Undergraduate EngineeringStudents Who Earn a C in their First-Semester Math CourseDr. Campbell R Bego, University of Louisville An instructor and postdoctoral researcher in engineering education, Campbell R. Bego, PhD, PE, is inter- ested in improving STEM student learning and gaining understanding of STEM-specific learning mech- anisms through controlled implementations of evidence-based practices in the classroom. Dr. Bego has an undergraduate Mechanical Engineering degree from Columbia University, a Professional Engineering license in the state of NY, and a
in students’ work and whether such socialaspects can be learned within the timeframe of a course. A predominant focus on technicalaspects in teaching and learning engineering [2], [17], combined with cultural stereotypes of whocan become an engineer, leave many at the margins of solutions rather than at the center of them[18], [19]. Less attention has been given to incorporating into the curriculum the myriad ofsocietal factors that influence engineering processes and products. Our research suggests thatengineers will consider the lived experiences of people and their communities in their work whenthey become aware of the role of broader societal issues in engineering, thereby opening uppossibilities for better and more equitable solutions
Paper ID #28781On the effectiveness of designing didactical situations targeting Rˆn toteach the concept of subspace in linear algebraDr. Anibal Sosa, Universidad Icesi Mathematician with a PhD in Computational Sciences from UTEP, and works as an Assistant Professor for the Dept. of Information Technology and Communications at Universidad Icesi (Colombia).Dr. Norha M. Villegas, Universidad Icesi, Colombia Norha M- Villegas is an Associate Professor in the Department of Information and Communication Tech- nologies, Director of the Software Systems Engineering Bachelor Program at Universidad Icesi, Cali, Colombia, an Adjunct
Effectiveness for the Fulton Schools of Engineer- ing at Arizona State University. She has a PhD in Psychology of Learning, Education, and Technology from Grand Canyon University. Her research and areas of interest are in improving educational outcomes for STEM students through the integration of active learning and technology-enabled frequent feedback. Prior to her role and Director of Instructional Effectiveness, she worked as the Education Project Manager for the NSF-funded JTFD Engineering faculty development program, as a high school math and science teacher, and as an Assistant Principal and Instructional & Curriculum Coach.Lydia Ross, Arizona State University Lydia Ross is a doctoral candidate and graduate
Paper ID #30998Christina GrigorianMichelle Kerfs, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Statistics Department Michelle is a third year statistics and data science student at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. She recently joined this research team and is excited by what they can discover! She enjoys learning more about data analysis but in her free time also loves running, hiking, and any type of arts and crafts.Dr. Edward J. Berger, Purdue University at West Lafayette Edward Berger is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education and Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University, joining Purdue in August 2014. He has been teaching mechanics for over 20 years, and has worked extensively on the integration and assessment of specific technology
Responsibility.Dr. Patrick A Brunese, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette; School of Industrial Engineering Dr. Brunese is the Director of Academic Programs for the School of Industrial Engineering at Purdue University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Creating a Community of Practice for Operations Research byCo-creating a High Impact Executive Education Program in India AbstractThis paper outlines the development of a co-created executive education programfocused on operations research for an Indian company. The focus of the programwas not only the development of a critical mass of operations researchpractitioners, but also the creation of a Community of
supplementing story findings. Nextsteps would integrate a more detailed discussion of the meaning of the mood data with thestory findings in the discussion.Since an expectation for negative consequences was such a prominent result in our study andappeared to be an intervening variable, a possible consideration for next steps in research is tocreate a research design focus with carefully defined negative consequences.6. ImpactIt’s useful to recognize how our students redefine the concepts of commitment to work andinnovation. Faculty should continue to be aware of how to, in addition to facilitating naturalsciences driven learning in engineering, increase innovative potential among their studentsinside and outside of the classroom. We realize it is a