- Guided Field Students are divided into 4 cohorts and take tours of 4 Trips to University engineering centers on campus during their regularly 8 Engineering Centers scheduled class period. The instructor attends random 9 locations. These centers include a manufacturing center (mechanical engineering), structures center (civil 10 engineering), paper laboratory (chemical engineering), and steam heat plant (applied mechanical engineering) 11 Power Utility A guest speaker from a power utility speaks about power Engineer
) • Philosophy of Technology (3 credit hours) • The Design Process (3 credit hours) • Technology from a Global Perspective (3 credit hours) • 15 credit hours (minimum) for a dissertation is required for the Professional Doctor Technology degree. This will be an applied R&D project focused on a current problem of a company or industry and the results must be defended to the graduate committee. Depending on the nature of the applied research dissertation, it may or may not require laboratory research. And, if it does this may or may not occur at the university or in the employer’s research facilities. Our design goal is that each candidate will complete an applied research study, and document it via a
”, Self-efficacy beliefs of adolescents 5, 307–337.http://web.stanford.edu/dept/psychology/bandura/pajares/014-BanduraGuide2006.pdf[11] Barr, D. A.; & Burke, J. R. (2013). “Using confidence-based marking in a laboratory setting: A tool for student self-assessment and learning.”The Journal of chiropractic education, 27(1), 21. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3604960/[12] Carberry, A.; Lee, H. & Ohland, M. (2010), “Measuring engineering design self-efficacy”, Journal of Engineering Education 99 (1), 71–79.http://www.ceeo.tufts.edu/documents/journal/carberry_lee_ohland.pdf[13] Fantz, T.; Siller, T. & Demiranda, M. (2011), “Pre-Collegiate Factors Influencing the Self-Efficacy of Engineering Students”, Journal ofEngineering
someone uses it.” treatment processes) “…chemicals are used to make [water] drinkable.” “The water has to be cleaned before drinking; it has to be cleaned 4 times.”Note: Some student answers were coded to include multiple themes.Nanotechnology (NCI-SW Project). Common areas of knowledge reported by students (n = 94)directly following this activity included the size (20.2%) and cost (14.9%) of microchips, effectsof lighting on microchips (25.5%), and the importance of cleanliness in the laboratory (13.8%)(Table 4).Table 4Emergent student reflection themes from the nanotechnology (NCI-SW Project) activity Theme
Aerospace Engineering in 2009, both from Texas A&M University. He currently holds an Assistant Professor position at Texas A&M in his home department, and his work bridges the topics of advanced multifunctional material systems and their integration into aerospace platforms. After over three years as a Research Assistant Professor at Texas A&M, Dr. Hartl accepted joint appointments working at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate and Aerospace Systems Directorate. At Texas A&M, Dr. Hartl maintains a large and active research team consisting of graduate, undergraduate, and postdoctoral researchers. Darren has over 17 years of experience working with shape
slowed after the visit the progress of the project, but face-to face communication (during the visit) made it much easier to explain professional terms. Also visit to laboratory and seeing the physical system made it clear for DTU students how the system works and what have to be done during the project. PURDUE students get also better understanding what competencies DTU students have. The positive impact of the visit was visible for the rest of the project. Intercultural Students on both sides have had their own assumptions about what it would experience and be like working in team composed
propulsion systems including design and development of pilot testing facility, mechanical instrumentation, and industrial applications of aircraft engines. Also, in the past 10 years she gained experience in teaching ME and ET courses in both quality control and quality assurance areas as well as in thermal-fluid, energy conversion and mechanical areas from various levels of instruction and addressed to a broad spectrum of students, from freshmen to seniors, from high school graduates to adult learners. She also has extended experience in curriculum development. Dr Husanu developed laboratory activities for Measurement and Instrumentation course as well as for quality control undergraduate and graduate courses in ET
Engineering from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. He performed his graduate research on the transport limitations in engineered tissue constructs for orthopedic defects at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute. Following his graduate studies, Dr. Heylman was a George E. Hewitt Foundation for Medical Research Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Irvine. There, he worked as part of both the Edwards Lifesciences Center for Advanced Cardiac Technologies and the Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics developing microphysiological systems (vascularized tissues and organs on a chip) for high throughput drug screen- ing. Prior to joining Cal Poly, Dr. Heylman founded and served as CEO of Velox Biosystems, a
academic position, another 26% seek a teaching position at a university, college orother institution, and 76% are considering industry positions.Communities of Practice as a Lens for Viewing Engineering Student’s CommunicationNeedsThe idea of communities of practice have been applied in diverse contexts [17] but can beusefully employed as a lens for understanding the urgent need for Ph.D. graduate engineeringstudents to be equipped with the tools for entering the field of engineering, including academia,industry, or government. Communities of practice in terms of Ph.D. engineering studentscharacterizes entry and engagement with a variety of groups: laboratories, programs, the wideracademic field, working groups, informal cooperation, or
in the VR gaming scenario were designed based on the six questions that measure the Levelof Complexity in the ST skills instrument. Both dependent variables indicated the more systematicscores and the total for each student ranged from 0 to 6.Method of Analysis and Scoring SystemR (version 3.3.1) was used along with RStudios for generating graphs and Statistical Package forthe Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to analyze the study results. R is a programming languageand environment for various data analysis and graphics developed by Bell Laboratories. SPSS isowned by IBM and it has an interactive and user-friendly interface to ease up the data analysiswork. Two separate scoring sheets were prepared to record students’ preferences for the ST
Paper ID #24675Mechanical Engineering Organized Around Mathematical SophisticationDr. Louis J. Everett, University of Texas, El Paso Dr. Everett is the MacGuire Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas El Paso. Dr. Everett’s current research is in the areas of Mechatronics, Freshman Programs and Student Engagement. Having multiple years of experience in several National Laboratories and Industries large and small, his teaching brings real world experiences to students. As a former NSF Program Director he works regularly helping faculty develop strong education proposals.Dr
and science in biology: Teaching and learning impacts ofreading apprenticeship professional development. American Educational Research Journal,48, 647-717.Hand, B., Wallace, C. W., & Yang, E-M. (2004). Using a science writing heuristic toenhance learning outcomes from laboratory activities in seventh-grade science:Quantitative and qualitative aspects. International Journal of Science Education, 26, 131-149.Maltese, A. V., Melki, C. S., & Wiebke, H. L. (2014). The nature of experiences responsiblefor the generation and maintenance of interest in STEM. Science Education, 98, 937-962.Osborne, J. A., Simon, S. B., & Collins, S. (2003). Attitudes towards science: A review ofthe literature and its implications. International Journal of
3 6 Heat Transfer instructional content; thirdEngineering Phenomena. course is reserved for design projects.Civil Structural Analysis, 2 4Engineering Fluid Mechanics.Computer Senior standing in 2 4Science computer science. Circuits and Electronics First course is a projectElectrical Lab, Linear Systems, laboratory course
Paper ID #24641Nurturing Brilliance in Engineering: Creating Research Venues for Under-graduate Underrepresented Minorites in Engineering as an Initiative fromFaculty Members that Foster Academic Inclusion, Development, and Post-graduation Instruction (Work in Progress)Dr. Eleazar Marquez, Rice University Eleazar Marquez is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Rice University.Dr. Samuel Garcia Jr., Texas State University Dr. Samuel Garc´ıa Jr. currently serves as Educator Professional Development Specialist at the Jet Propul- sion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA and is an Assistant
undergraduates who may not have the need to interact withlibrary resources or liaison librarians until farther along in their undergraduate or graduatestudies due to other course requirements mostly consisting of engineering fundamentals, andfocus in laboratory and design assignments. The benefits of taking the library to the studentsinclude providing opportunities for the library staff to meet more students and faculty, promotelibrary research resources, and create follow-up appointments for one-on-one research assistance.This paper discusses the implementation details of the program, such as, determining the bestlocations for the pop-up library, the marketing and publicity of each pop-up, the types ofresources and services that were highlighted, and
, laboratory skills, building products and identifyingthe relationship between the elements of the constructed product. The personal and interpersonalabilities acquired by the students are mainly the ability to work in an engineering team and toengage in self-study both as individuals and as members of a team [6].What is Project-Based Learning (PBL)? In PBL, students work in groups to solve challengingproblems that are authentic, curriculum-based, and often interdisciplinary. Learners decide howto approach a problem and what activities to pursue. They gather information from a variety ofsources and synthesize, analyze and derive knowledge from it. Their learning is inherentlyvaluable because it is connected to something real and involves adult skills
our faculty publicationsfor the past 20 years. We noticed that some research topics were clearly distinguished from each otherbecause those research areas had been in existence for several years, resulting in a large number ofpublications. For example, the topic of toxicology in environment (Topic 2 in Appendix 1) reflected alarge research program on air pollutants that had been running for twelve years. The results also gave usan insight into some research areas which we had never recognized. An example would be the topic oflung imaging (Topic 3 in Appendix 1) which was aligned with a research laboratory studying pulmonaryimaging. Since many words occurring in the topics were technical jargons, we referred to thebibliographic records and
Development (2)Although the number of credit hours varies, the contents of the core curricula are very similar. InTable 3 the 21st-century skills from Figure 1 are mapped with the core curricula where one mightassume they are developed. When preparing this mapping there is a fundamental assumption thatcritical thinking is developed, which may or may not be accurate. Table 3: Mapping 21st-century skills with core curriculum 21st-Century Skills Core Curriculum Literacy Communication Numeracy Mathematics Scientific literacy Laboratory science ICT
, embedded quiz questionsthroughout the videos. Questions are drawn randomly from a quiz bank where possible to avoidacademic misconduct issues.Students are given the opportunity to integrate domain knowledge and creative problem-solvingskills during their interactive laboratory sessions. This course component was designed around astudio format that allows students to work collaboratively while seeking personalized feedback[7], [8]. Instructors and teaching assistants coach students through weekly assignments inpreparation for a larger design-based project. The final design task encompasses technical andcreative aspects that provide students with some autonomy and flexibility as they implement therequired technical elements.MethodologyThis research
Paper ID #26093Creating a Learning Environment that Engages Engineering Students in theClassroom via Communication StrategiesDr. Eleazar Marquez, Rice University Eleazar Marquez is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Rice University.Dr. Samuel Garcia Jr., Texas State University Dr. Samuel Garc´ıa Jr. currently serves as Educator Professional Development Specialist at the Jet Propul- sion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA and is an Assistant Professor of Practice for the LBJ Institute for Edu- cation and Research at Texas State University. c American Society
. Morespecifically, our research study will identify NOE views of Vietnamese engineering faculty priorto and after training. While Nature of Engineering (NOE) views are increasingly growingstateside, it is equally important to look at the views of NOE globally. Following the Vietnamesefaculty research experience with hands-on laboratory projects under US engineering researchmentors, we will examine how Vietnamese engineers’ NOE views have changed throughinterviews and open-ended written assessments. Although there are some attempts in assessingteachers’ and students’ NOE views, according to the authors’ knowledge, there is no priorresearch which assessed NOE views of international engineering faculty in a higher educationsetting. In this work-in-progress
toexpose students “to the language of the mechanical things that surround us” [3] (pg. 2). Due tothe success of this work, product dissection in engineering education has become moreprominent in introductory engineering courses [7]. While prior work has also brought awareness to the potential learning benefits of physicalproduct dissection, there are still many obstacles that keep dissection from being adopted on awider scale [8, 9]. For instance, there is a wide range of the products dissected in these courses;early adopters dissected anything from a see-and-say children’s toy to a four stroke engine [4, 5,10]. In addition, the material cost and the space and safety requirements of the laboratories alsohinder the large scale deployment
39 Working in Teams 37 Project Management 36 Analyzing Things 34 Presenting Your Ideas to Others 25 Doing Background Research 25 Working with Clients 22 Working in a Laboratory 21 Drawing/Graphical Communication 21 Working at a Computer 20 Stakeholder Engagement 8 Writing Reports 6 Grant Writing
and laboratories that willbe included as part of the academic preparation. The involved team is developing a targetedcurriculum to achieve these goals.To implement this initiative, the three university campuses established a collaborativeintercampus cooperation platform. This agreement will allow faculty from the campuses todevelop an integrated curriculum that will enhance the educational experience. Each of thesecampuses offers a different educational component relevant to the interaction required to trainstudents to provide integrated design solutions. One campus offers a bachelor’s degree onEnvironmental Design. Another one offers degrees in Civil, Electrical, and Materials Scienceand Engineering, among others. The third campus (the
variations of this experiment which can be used as a laboratory or as ademonstration. More combinations of straight hole sizes and counter-bored holes could be used.If more time is available, each group could test multiple tube lengths and conduct more repeatruns. Other fluids could be used as well.There are a few parameters where there is a significant potential for error. Only twomeasurements are made during the experiment: the drainage time and the amount of watercollected. In both cases, the larger these values the lower the relative error. For example, if thedrainage time is 30 s with a 1 s uncertainty, this equates to an uncertainty of 3.3%. However, ifthe drainage time is 5 min with an uncertainty of 1 s, that would only be an uncertainty of
Education, 2019 Disparate Electrospray Systems for Undergraduate and Graduate EducationAbstractElectrospray thrusters are low thrust, high efficiency devices that use electrostatic fields toaccelerate droplets of non-volatile liquid propellants. With numerous applications in precisionattitude control and propulsion of small satellite platforms, electrospray systems are gainingprevalence in the field of electrostatic propulsion. These thrusters present unique educationalopportunities to expose students to comparatively novel technologies in a laboratory setting,requiring only modest university resources and development time.In support of its “Learn by Doing” pedagogical philosophy, the Aerospace
Auckland, NZ, developer of the Xorro assessment authoring tool Xorro-Q. His entrepreneurial career spans education, health, energy and gaming sectors. Pablo is an enthusiastic advocate for solutions and practices which open new learning and collaboration horizons.Mr. Wyatt Banker-Hix P.E., California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo Wyatt Banker-Hix is a licensed professional engineer in the state of California with over four years of industry experience in structural and transportation engineering. He also serves as a part-time lecturer at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) in the Civil Engineering department. He enjoys teaching a hands-on materials laboratory course sprinkled
Paper ID #24851Efficacy of Social Media Communications for Enhancing Student SuccessDr. Louis J. Everett, University of Texas, El Paso Dr. Everett is the MacGuire Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas El Paso. Dr. Everett’s current research is in the areas of Mechatronics, Freshman Programs and Student Engagement. Having multiple years of experience in several National Laboratories and Industries large and small, his teaching brings real world experiences to students. As a former NSF Program Director he works regularly helping faculty develop strong education proposals.Dr. Norman
faculty attributions of attrition in high and low-completing doctoral programs in the United States,” High. Educ., vol. 58, no. 1, pp. 97–112, Jul. 2009.[30] S. W. Rogers and R. K. Goktas, “Exploring Engineering Graduate Student Research Proficiency with Student Surveys,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 99, no. 3, pp. 263–278, Jul. 2010.[31] H. Perkins, M. Bahnson, M. A. Tsugawa-Nieves, A. Kirn, and C. Cass, “WIP: Influence of Laboratory Group Makeup on Recognition and Identity Development in the Engineering Graduate Student Population,” presented at the 2018 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2018.[32] A. Godwin, G. Potvin, Z. Hazari, and R. Lock, “Identity, critical agency, and engineering: an
, likecamps, as a factor in identity development (e.g. [36], [38]). Hughes, Nzekwe and Molyneaux [9]investigated two camps offered by a national laboratory for middle school students, one co-educational and one all-girl camp, focusing on the effect of these camps on girls’ identitydevelopment. This work was further extended by Hughes to investigate the longitudinal impactof the all-girls camp [37]. These studies concluded that both of the camps had a positive impacton girls’ STEM identity immediately after the camp but that the impact of the all-girls camp doesnot necessarily translate to girls choosing STEM disciplines in college. The longitudinal studyfollowed eleven girls who participated in the all-girls camp during middle school until