Engineering at Purdue University and is affiliated with both the Birck Nanotechnology Center and Ray W. Herrick Laboratories at the same insti- tution. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees, each in mechanical engineering, from Michigan State University in 2002, 2004, and 2007, respectively. Dr. Rhoads’ current research interests include the predictive design, analysis, and implementation of resonant micro/nanoelectromechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS) for use in chemical and biological sensing, electromechanical signal processing, and computing; the dynamics of parametrically-excited systems and coupled oscillators; the thermomechanics of energetic materials; additive manufacturing; and mechanics education. Dr. Rhoads
South Korea. She currently works as graduate research assistant in engineering education department. Her research interests are assessment for learners in diverse settings, and teacher education in multicultural settings.Prof. Jeffrey F Rhoads, Purdue University at West Lafayette Jeffrey F. Rhoads is a Professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University and is affiliated with both the Birck Nanotechnology Center and Ray W. Herrick Laboratories at the same insti- tution. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees, each in mechanical engineering, from Michigan State University in 2002, 2004, and 2007, respectively. Dr. Rhoads’ current research interests include the predictive design, analysis, and
several course-related, co-op, and extracurricular projects withundergraduates, including security [2, 3] and digital/computer hardware projects. In each project,the pedagogical outcomes are similar: 1. The student should learn a new technical concept or skill outside of their typical courses. 2. The student should practice independent research techniques, including task management, reading/writing academic papers, and self-guiding exploratory tasks. 3. The student should gain insight into graduate-level research and/or industry laboratories. 4. The student should advance their own (self-defined) career and educational goals.The past experiences of undergraduate research gave the faculty member a default structure toguide the student
Analyst, and were spent working on astrophysics research, astronomical data analysis, and space-based instrumentation characterization, calibration, and experimen- tation. While at STScI I focused the majority of my efforts as a member of the development team for the Hubble Legacy Archive (HLA), as a member of the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) pipeline and calibration teams, and as a member of the Operations Detector Laboratory (ODL), where I worked on the characterization of spaced-based CCD detectors. Now at UNC Charlotte, I have found new passion in the education, advising, and mentoring of undergraduate engineering students.Mrs. Meg Harkins, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Meg Harkins is an Associate
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these goals, the new curriculum introduces students to a range of goodresearch practices in Engineering. The planned content includes: 1) conducting research, including how research groups are organized, problem identification and solution, connecting innovative ideas from disparate fields, laboratory safety and procedures, data management; 2) communicating research, including literature review, manuscript preparation, grant writing, or oral communication; 3) other critical skills or considerations in conducting research, including collaborative skills, tool use, ethical and responsible conduct of research, the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion in research. The
of experimental science and instructional laboratory courses, The Physics Teacher 53, 349 (2015), https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4928349. 10. Hsu, L., Brewe, E., Foster, T.M., & Harper, K.A. (2004). Resource letter RPS-1: Research in problem solving. American Journal of Physics 72, 1147. http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.1763175 11. M. P. Čančula, G. Planinšič, and E. Etkina, Analyzing patterns in experts’ approaches to solving experimental problems, American Journal of Physics 83, 366 (2015), https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4913528.12. D. Jonassen, “Engineers as Problem Solvers,” in Cambridge Handbook of Engineering Education Research, A. Johri and B. Olds, Eds. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014, pp. 103-118.13
MATLAB, aprogramming language used mainly by engineers. MATLAB Grader is web-based and allows forinstructors to write their own exercises and tests.AGTs have multiple applications in computer science classrooms, and typically are used to allowthe students to get extra problem solving practice. Common ways to use AGTs are for: an in-classactive learning supplement 8,9 , as a laboratory grading platform, and as assignedhomework 8 .AGTs have been shown to benefit student performance in several regards. Courses that haveimplemented AGTs have experienced reduced dropout rates 10 . In the case of two ArgentinianUniversities, an early drop-out rate decreased from 28% to 14% and 58% to 35% respectively 8 .The improvements in student retention and
and have been used by students to copy homework solutions sothat faculty have changed how they assign, collect and grade homework.4 The use of Chegg tocomplete homework has encouraged departments to recommend relatively low weights tohomework5,6. Some students have a blurred idea of what is academic dishonesty, especially onhomework7. In many places, homework is not a substantial part of the grade so it is acceptable toreceive online help on homework.8 Some instructors avoid traditional homework and use projects toassess student learning, yet it appears the online tutors are available to not only solve problems butwrite papers and laboratory reports. There appears to be a growing market for online tutoring servicesto help students solve
for funding the project and providing the opportunity for the Cal Poly Pomonaengineering students to participate is such a rewarding endeavor.References 1. Grau, A., Indri, M., LoBello, L., Sauter, T., “Industrial Robotics in Factory Automation: from the Early Stage to the Internet of Things,” 43rd IEEE Industrial Electronics Conference IECON, Japan 2017. 2. Verner, I. and Gamer, S., “Reorganizing the Industrial Robotics Laboratory for Spatial Training of Novice Engineering Students,” Proceedings International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning, Florence Italy, 2015.3. Chang, G. and Stone, W., “An Effective Learning Approach for Industrial Robot Programming”, 120th ASEE Annual Conference &
, CFD, rocket propulsion and automotive engineering. He was a U.S. Department of Energy Visiting Faculty Fellow at Sandia National Laboratories in 2012 and 2013. He has educated and trained many underrepre- sented minority and female students via various STEM programs including NSF-funded AMP (Alliance for Minority Participation) program.Dr. Hyung D. Bae , Howard University Dr. Hyung D. Bae received his B.S. M.S. degree in mechanical engineering of Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, in 2004 and 2006, respectively, and Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering of the University of Maryland in 2013. He was a Research Assistant of the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Maryland from 2013 to 2016. He
healthy and aging brain, as well as coupled multi-field formulations for the spread of neurodegenerative diseases, such as in Alzheimer’s disease and chronic traumatic encephalopa- thy. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Running A Virtual Summer Undergraduate Research Program: Lessons learned Johannes Weickenmeier Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken NJAbstractUndergraduate research is a fundamental part of the research activities in most laboratories atinstitutions of higher education. Undergraduate students serve a wide range of functions andperform critical
capstone design program. His research interests include design theory, stress analysis, and biomechanics.Dr. Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Brian Self obtained his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Engineering Mechanics from Virginia Tech, and his Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the University of Utah. He worked in the Air Force Research Laboratories before teaching at the U.S. Air Force Academy for seven years. Brian has taught in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo since 2006. During the 2011-2012 academic year he participated in a professor exchange, teaching at the Munich University of Applied Sciences. His engineering education interests include
selection, set-up, and calibration of tools/instrumentation. measurement tools/instrumentation. d. Preparation of laboratory reports and systems Elements of differential and integral calculus. documentation associated with development, installation, or maintenance of mechanical components and systems. e. Basic familiarity and use of industry codes, Manufacturing processes. specifications, and standards. f. Use of basic engineering mechanics. Material science and selection. g. An integrating or capstone experience utilizing Solid mechanics (such as statics, dynamics, skills acquired in the program
first year engineering faculty. A new elective course is proposed to supplementthe current curriculum and implement this research study. Currently, the first engineering coursethat students take at Texas A&M University, ENGR 102: ENGR Lab I Computation, is a 2-credithour course to learn programming with Python 3. The new proposed course will be a 1-credithour laboratory-based course taken concurrently that will mimic the course taught at UniversidadT´ecnica Federico Santa Mar´ıa. First-year engineering students at Texas A&M University aregeneral engineering majors; they have not selected their major yet and will be a mix of differentdisciplines and backgrounds.The proposed course will follow the same methodology as the original course
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focused on recruitment of new students. 5. How did you learn about the NRC scholarship project? 6. How could the recruitment and application process for new NRC scholars be improved? 7. How could the NRC scholarship project be improved?Likert-type options were used in the first four questions above. An open-ended answer approachwas used in the remaining three questions. The survey results for these questions are providedbelow for a senior level (EE472) and a sophomore level (EE212) course (with or without NRCscholarship recipients). Course 1: EE472 – Advanced Power Electronics and Drives: Design and Analysis; n = 3; Number of NRC scholarship recipients = 2. Course 2: EE212 – Instrumentation and Networks Laboratory; n = 28
Effectiveness and Promoting Undergraduates' Innovation Experiment by CDIO Management", Research and exploration in laboratory, vol. 29, no. 6, pp. 90-92, 2010[7] M. Zhou, "Chinese university students’ acceptance of MOOCs: A self-determination perspective. " Computers & Educations, vol. 92–93, pp. 194-203, 2016[8] C. M. Santos, R. A. Franco, D. Leon, D. B. Ovigli, and P. D. Colombo Junior, "Interdisciplinarity in Education: Overcoming Fragmentation in the Teaching-Learning Process." International Education Studies, vol. 10, no.10, pp. 71-77, 2017.
summer research program affects graduate students and postdocs. Through analysis ofevaluation data from mentors in the Transfer-to-Excellence Research Experiences forUndergraduates program, we hope to understand how the mentoring relationship preparesgraduate students and postdocs for faculty careers at diversifying university campuses.Transfer-to-Excellence Program OverviewThe Transfer-to-Excellence Research Experiences for Undergraduates (TTE REU) program wasfounded in 2012 at the University of California, Berkeley. Each summer, the program hostsCalifornia community college students in the laboratories of UC Berkeley faculty. The programis intended to inspire California community college students to transfer to a four-year universityand pursue
12642, 122 ASEE Annual Conference, Seattle WA June 14-17, 2015.[16] E. D. Tate and M. C. Linn, “How does identify shape the experiences of women of color engineering students?” J. Sci. Educ.Technol., vol. 14, no. 5/6, pp. 483-493, 2005.[17] K. L. Meyers, S. E. Silliman, N. L. Gedde, and M. W. Ohland, “A comparison of engineering students’ reflections on their first-year experiences,” J. Eng. Educ., pp. 169- 178, 2010.[18] J. R. Belanger, “Learning in the laboratory: how group assignments affect motivation and performance,” J. Educ. Learning, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 201-217, 2016.[19] P. R. Hernandez, P. W. Schulz, M. Estrada, A. Woodcock, and R. C. Chance, “Sustaining optimal motivation: a longitudinal analysis of
coursematerials were collected and analyzed: lecture slides or videos, laboratory, project, andhomework assignments, and sample student projects and assignments.Material from three courses was used for the purposes of this analysis. These courses were usedin this study for a relative rather than absolute comparison of EM content. Therefore, the coursesand content within the courses chosen for this study is not of great importance to the results orgoal of the paper. However, a brief description of the courses and why they were chosen follows.The first course used in this study was a first-year engineering course that focuses on teachingfirst-year engineering students the foundational knowledge they will need in the remainder oftheir undergraduate career
are assessed can matter more than how they are taught; students decidewhat to learn based mostly on how they are assessed and whether they are given opportunities torespond to feedback from those assessments 11 . Laboratory studies have shown that learning andretention of knowledge is enhanced through retrieval practice that incorporates feedback 16;23 ,increased use of formative assessment 7 , and distributed practice 6;21 .Computerized testing centers were developed to reduce the overhead of running exams even inlarge (200+ student) classes, to make it easier to perform assessment in a fashion that positivelyimpacts education. In the three courses discussed in this paper (Intro. Statics, Intro. Dynamics,and Intro. Solid Mechanics), shorter
courses including: Plant Design and Economics, Unit Operations and Separations, Plant Design Project, Bioseparations, Bioprocess Engineering Laboratory, Transport Labora- tory, and Mathematical Methods for Chemical Engineers. Dr. White has received a 2017 ASEE Chemical Engineering Summer School Poster Award and a Best Poster Award from the Chemical Engineering Divi- sion of ASEE for his poster presentation at the 2019 Annual Conference. He has also been voted Professor of the Year for the 2015-2016, 2017-2018, and 2018-2019 academic years by the UC Davis chapter of AIChE. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Design Thinking Approach to Identify Barriers to Engineering
. RSC Physics department plans to begin having students conduct lab experiments using UAS purchased as part of this program in place of more traditional Physics laboratory activities as early as Summer 2019. RSC Math department offered a Special Topics course in the Spring 2019 semester titled “Mathematics of Drones” where students and the instructor investigated opportunities to develop single variable and multiple variable Calculus applications regarding UAV’s. • An extracurricular “Drone Team” comprised of approximately 10 OU students was formed. Their current goal is to get hands on experience with designing, building, and flying drones without the limitations and restrictions of an academic
[13], and an elective on Engineering Peace [14, 15, 16, 17]. Below we highlight workdone in the last year (i.e., Spring 2019 – Spring 2020).GENG 288- An Integrated Approach to Electrical EngineeringGENG 288 is a second-year required course for Integrated Engineering students. IndustrialEngineering (ISyE) students may choose to take it as an engineering science breadth course.This course includes a lecture and laboratory. It is designed to provide a broad introduction toelectrical engineering concepts and topics. This course was taught for the first time with sixstudents in Spring 2019.Social, environmental, and economic context was integrated into the course via a Design for theFuture module. The module is framed around a course-long student
the collaborative grant, the TAMU team visited the NWLTCcampus in Minden, LA for a kickoff meeting. This campus houses the NWLTC team and is alsoone of the main locations for deployment of certain project deliverables. During the visit, theteams were able to meet up with the relevant personnel and tour the existing facilities as well asthe planned space for housing the Portable Process Training Unit (PPTU) laboratory (see goal-2).Following this, the teams discussed and formulated plans and timelines to execute each of theproposed project tasks that were outlined in the earlier section. The team members also discussedcollectively the format/procedures for interfacing with the external evaluator, the need for thecontinual documenting of
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director of the Translational Biomechanics Laboratory where his research applies approaches from mechanical testing, image analysis, mathematical and computational modeling, and device design to solve problems related to female pelvic health. He has secured funding from the NIH, DOD, NSF, and other sources to support these efforts. He is also co-director of 2 NSF sponsored programs focused on the success of underrepresented minorities and a national award winner (BMES 2019) for his work in diversity and inclusion.Dr. SYLVANUS N. WOSU, University of Pittsburgh Sylvanus Wosu is the Associate Dean for Diversity Affairs and Associate Professor of mechanical engi- neering and materials science at the University of Pittsburgh
. 2004 2004, pp. 147-150, doi: 10.1109/IPCC.2004.1375289.[14] I. Galván-Sánchez, D. Verano-Tacoronte, S. M. González-Betancor, M. Fernández- Monroy, and A. Bolívar-Cruz, "Assessing oral presentation skills in Electrical Engineering: Developing a valid and reliable rubric," The International Journal of Electrical Engineering & Education, vol. 54, no. 1, pp. 17-34, 2017, doi: 10.1177/0020720916659501.[15] R. S. Kellogg, J. A. Mann, and A. Dieterich, "Developing and using rubrics to evaluate subjective Engineering laboratory and design reports " in ASEE Conferences, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2001, pp. 6.355.1-6.355.10.[16] J. H. Hanson and J. M. Williams, "Using Writing Assignments to Improve Self
visual representation of the hot spots found on the airfoil model.EFD using the wind tunnel provided invaluable laboratory experience and better insight intofluid mechanics in the aerodynamics industry.CFD analysis demonstrated the effects of various mesh sizes on the accuracy of resultsconcerning fluid flow through a 90-degree elbow. It was found that smaller element sizesresulted in a finer mesh configuration which improved the accuracy of the analysis. The solutionof the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations allowed the Ansys Fluent software to providea physical depiction of fluid flow in the form of contour maps. These contour maps show that asfluid flows through the bend, the maximum flow velocity occurs along the inner portion of