couple of techniques. This approach is more practicalsince students still get an appreciation for numerical solution techniques and applications withoutlaboring on the details of numerous methods they likely will never apply. Also, numerousstudies have indicated that a majority of undergraduate engineering students have a preferentiallyinductive learning style. The redesigned course should cater to a larger portion of the studentbody.As part of the restructuring, the instructors hope to better integrate the course material into therest of the civil engineering curriculum. This is accomplished by introducing a variety of civilengineering problems that should be covered in more detail in other courses. For example, thestudents now solve problems
Paper ID #37510Lessons Learning from Developing and Teaching an ElectromagneticCompatibility (EMC) Course – From Concepts to DeliveryDr. Victoria Shao, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Victoria Shao is a teaching assistant professor in the electrical and computer engineering department at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Dr. Shao’s research spans the areas of curriculum de- sign, active learning, electromagnetic compatibility/interference (EMC/EMI), signal and power integrity analysis (SI/PI), computational electromagnetics (CEM), high-power microwave, and multi-physics anal- ysis. Her teaching
about“people” an act of giving significance to the story in the context of participating in the program.Across the interviews, every girl described her interest in making and all but one described activeinvolvement in different modes of making. Some of the girls described making at homefollowing specific YouTube channels or as a mutual interest with a family member. For others,making was an integral part of their school as they participated in maker classes or followed atrack in school. Eight girls described a specific STEM discipline as one of their career options.Half of the girls who came to the program described learning about the program from asupportive teacher who encouraged them in pursuing their interest in making.At the same time
workforce.To promote more female participation in the engineering curriculum, the Embry RiddleMechanical Engineering program has created a student project where undergraduatewomen design and build an off-road race vehicle for the SAE Mini-Baja competition2.The project is integrated into the Mechanical Engineering curriculum and is funded by agenerous grant from The Boeing Company. The project has increased womenparticipation in the project by 10 times compared to last year.This project has three goals. The first goal is to increase retention of women in thecurriculum. Potential women students turn away from engineering for a variety ofreasons, which are typically related to their perception of the engineering field3. Manyfemale students view
Paper ID #39597Redesigning a multi-disciplinary measurement lab and statistics course:An approach for navigating competing prioritiesDr. Nick A. Stites, University of Colorado Boulder Nick Stites is the Director of the Integrated Teaching and Learning Program at CU Boulder and an in- structor with the Integrated Design Engineering program. Dr. Stites is the principal investigator (PI) of the Denver-Metro Engineering Consortium , which is a partnership between local community colleges and universities to support engineering pathways for transfer students. He is also a co-PI for TeachEngi- neering.org, which provides no-cost
fromsources anywhere in the world based on quality and cost. If you want to get promoted today inAmerican industry, you'd better gain substantial overseas experience. At MIT and elsewhere,books are being published and courses taught on the World Wide Web… We inhabit a worldwith a rapidly expanding population, an increasingly globally integrated economy, disparatecultural values, and one that faces varied environmental threats… Today, we are more likely tobe motivated to design for low-cost, high-quality manufacturability, rapid time to market,environmental friendliness, and ease of use than we are for power and sophistication. We have tocompete in all dimensions against every nation and every company in the world, not only withour products but for
trapezoidal rule or othermethods of numerical integration in the chemical engineering curriculum. Figure 4 shows anapplication from our chemical reaction engineering course5. In this example the first yearstudents were given a set of x-y data corresponding to fractional conversion of a reactant (xvalues) and the reciprocal reaction rate (y values). They are told that the reactor volume neededto achieve a given conversion was directly related to the area underneath the conversion vsreciprocal reaction rate curve (from conversion equals zero to the desired value). After somebasic instruction in the use of the trapezoidal rule (e.g., area of a trapezoid equals its base timesthe average of the two heights) the students were able to construct spreadsheets
AC 2008-1332: COMPUTER-AIDED LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT: THENATURAL PARTNER FOR PROJECT-BASED LEARNINGRoger Hadgraft, The University of Melbourne Roger Hadgraft is a civil engineer with more than 15 years involvement in engineering education research. He has published many papers on engineering education, with a particular focus on problem/project-based learning and the use of technology to support learning in this way. He was instrumental in introducing a project-based curriculum into civil engineering at Monash University, commencing in 1998. From 2002-6, his work at RMIT was in curriculum renewal to embed graduate capabilities, specifically through a stream of project-based courses/subjects, one
serving as a student leader in Tutorial Project.Meera R Bhat, The Johns Hopkins University Meera R. Bhat is an undergraduate student studying Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins Univer- sity. Her research interests include engineering education, senescence, cellular aging, adipose tissue, and neonatal health. At Johns Hopkins University, she currently serves as an undergraduate teaching assistant for several biomedical engineering courses where she develops engineering curriculum for underclassmen students. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Online Modules to Develop Upper-classmen Mentors for an
focus in “thezone”, achieving flow, which helps them to excel academically11, 45. More specifically, studentswho report higher “flow-like engagement” in their high school math and science classes weremore likely to report higher grades in college38. Thus, out-of-school programs such as thosebased on MOTIVATE, afford rich opportunities for educational advancement for students.3. MOTIVATE IMPLEMENTATIONAn additional, unique feature of the MOTIVATE curriculum is the integration of the “CS in…”track. This track is an extension of contextualized computer education21, which teaches CS inrelevant, real-world contexts and authentic learning experiences35. Through the “CS in…” trackwe provide a series of learning modules designed to spark interest in
teaching and research in the areas of Mechatronics and Intelligent Systems in theDepartment of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Southern University. The laboratory coversmechatronic instrumentation, control and mobile robotics. The broad topics include sensors,actuators, data acquisition, modeling, simulation, analysis, design and implementation ofcontrollers, and swarm robotics. The laboratory provides an integrated hardware and softwareenvironment from basic instrumentation to rapid control prototyping, hardware-in-the-loopinvestigations, and intelligent robotic systems.I. IntroductionRecently there is a growing emphasis on multidisciplinary education and research, especiallyinvolving science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM
Paper ID #28644Assessing an Assessment: A Case Study of the NSSE ’Experiences withInformation Literacy’ ModuleMs. Debbie Morrow, Grand Valley State University Debbie Morrow currently serves as Liaison Librarian to the School of Engineering and the other units within the Padnos College of Engineering & Computing at Grand Valley State University, to the Math- ematics, Statistics, and Physics departments, and to the Honors College at GVSU. In that position her primary role is to support students in courses in her liaison areas both in and outside of their classrooms. Helping students make connections between information
Regents Professor. He received his B.A. in Political Science from Texas A&I University in 1969, his M. S. in Education with a concentration in Reading from Laredo State University in 1975, and his Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Reading from The University of Texas at Austin. Prior to joining TAMIU in 1978, Dr. Lira taught at Laredo Community College and was a public school educator in San Antonio and Laredo, Texas. Dr. Lira is Professional Reading Specialist, Immediate Past President of the Texas State Reading Association, and a member of the International Reading Association.Conchita Hickey, Texas A&M International University Ms. Conchita Hickey is Executive
capability to recreate virtual versions of themajority of teaching laboratories in STEM fields, including manipulating objects, interactingwith realistic virtual versions of real equipment, creating visual and audio feedback based on thetheoretical parameters and the student’s inputs as well as generating realistic data from theexperiment. Incorporating VR labs into a traditional lab sequence will allow students to interactwith equipment not available at the institution and allow students to shift into an inquiry-basedinvestigation experimental techniques and practices safely. This first study into the effectivenessof VR experiments as perceived by the participants (students) has shown that utilizing VR labs ina traditional STEM curriculum is
Project which allows Hispanic students froma local High School district to participate in the SERENADES researches in summers. Inaddition, three senior/graduate level courses have been developed to leverage the research resultsof real-time and embedded systems, and image processing from the SERENADES laboratory tothe electrical engineering curriculum at CSULA. Page 13.1133.21. IntroductionCalifornia State University (CSULA), Pasadena City College (PCC), and University of SouthernCalifornia (USC) have established partnerships through an educational pipeline under theNASA’s MUCERPI program. The associated activities were conducted mainly in the
train talents equipped with a practical engineeringknowledge and skills to integrate theory with practice 2. Therefore, the curriculum ofengineering education must match the needs to resolve real-world sophisticated and authenticproblems. Moreover, the curriculum of engineering education needs to cultivate students’capability not only of deep perspective to a particular problem but also divergent thinking.This view is supported by the theory of Conceptual Learning and Development (CLD), whichsuggests that taught theoretical concepts should be linked to related engineering problems 2.With the rapid change in the structure of the competitive market, those talents who arecapable of embarking on independent design and skillful in innovation
taught physics and mathematics in Dutch secondary and higher education and mathematics at Pace University. She performed curriculum evaluation and academic advising at Delft University of Technology, and large-scale educational research at Twente University. Before coming to City College, she worked for three years as a research associate in IBM Research, performing organizational and usability studies.Ardie Walser, City College of the City University of New York ARDIE D. WALSER Ardie D. Walser is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and the Associate Dean of the School of Engineering at the City College of the City University of New York. Dr. Walser is presently the Division Chair
, integrating it with their sense of themselves in their livedworld (Belenky, Clinchy, Goldberger, & Tarule, 1997). Along with all students, women werealso found to benefit from faculty and advisors who are aware of their needs and from programsthat teach and support life management and study skills (Blaisdell, Middleton, & Anderson-Rowland, 1996).For minority engineering students, two particular findings out of Howard University warrantattention as well. The first is the negative impact of merit-based scholarships in the retention ofqualified engineering students: students who struggle in their first year drop out of engineeringmajors to protect their GPAs and maintain their scholarships, rather than pursue an engineeringcareer (Fleming
: NumericallyControlled Oscillator (NCO); Cascaded Integrator Combo (CIC) filter; Channel Equalizer;Digital Communication Transmitter; Digital Communication Receiver; and Pulse Shaping.Course Benefits and AssessmentThis course is an important elective course to graduate students interested in the topics of DSPand reconfigurable hardware design. It plays a vital role in stimulating their interest to performresearch in the area of hardware implementation of DSP systems. Through lectures, readings,and working with practical designs, students learn the pros and cons of different implementationmethodologies. Each time the course is offered, its contents change to reflect the new trends inindustry including any new features of the tools and hardware platforms
AC 2008-919: FROM 0 TO 60 IN 1 YEAREugene Rutz, University of Cincinnati Eugene is an Academic Director in the College of Engineering at the University of Cincinnati. He is the project leader of a collaboration to develop and deliver pre-eengineering to high schools. Eugene also manages the college's accelerated engineering degree programs.Michelle Shafer, Mt Notre Dame High School Michelle is a degreed Biomedical Engineer who now teaches science at Mt Notre Dame High School near Cincinnati.Brian Lien, Princeton High School Brian Lien teaches technology education classes at Princeton High School near Cincinnati.Carolyn Rost, Mother of Mercy High School Carolyn teaches science and serves
be a particularly productive fit for these students.Introduction and research purposeProficiency in computer science skills is crucial for today’s students to succeed in STEM fieldsand the modern workforce. Despite this, few universities count computer science (CS) classestoward the core curriculum. Recently, our university, a Hispanic- and minority-serving, researchintensive university located in the American Southwest began counting CS towards fulfilling thelaboratory science requirement in the undergraduate core curriculum. That our university servesa population overwhelmingly underrepresented in CS provided us with an opportunity toinvestigate the characteristics and perceptions of students who enroll in a course like this.Literature
Expanding access to engineering, science, and technology with an online pre-matriculation program VALERIE LUNDY-WAGNER New York University IRAJ KALKHORAN MELINDA PARHAM YONA JEAN-PIERRE HAANG FUNG LINDSEY VANWAGENEN Polytechnic Institute of New York UniversityVALERIE LUNDY-WAGNERDr. Valerie Lundy-Wagner is an Assistant Professor and Faculty Fellow in the HigherEducation Program at New York University. Her research focuses on student- andinstitution
: The duties of the Academic Coordinator are to supervise staff andstudents during off-campus activities; provide academic instruction to students; and consult withthe Program Administrator on curriculum and other activities.Academic Aides: The STI students are divided in groups of 5 to 6 individuals. Each group is ledby an Academic Aide who reports directly to the Academic Coordinator. The academic aides,who served as counselors, were drawn from engineering students at The City College of NewYork. This has been a critical component of the STI, the academic aides constituting immediaterecruits into the transportation pipeline.Faculty/Researchers: A faculty member is responsible for providing daily academic instructionand related activities
. Tom chaired the ACM SIGCHI Curriculum Development Group which proposed the first nationally recognized curriculum for the study of Human-Computer Interaction. Tom’s conference organizing work includes be- ing Co-Chair of the CHI ’94 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems and Program Chair for the 2013 Creativiey and Cognition Conference. Page 24.1383.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 A first year common course on computational problem solving and programmingAbstractThis is a report on work-in-progress for an entry
growing importance of ROS in research and commercial robotics, engineeringeducators are introducing ROS into the engineering curriculum [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7]. As canbe noted from the literature, ROS is powerful technology but has a steep learning curve, whichmakes the interface with MATLAB an attractive alternative for educators. Several educatorshave reported results integrating MATLAB Robotics Toolkit with ROS middleware for mobilerobotics [8], [9]. to improve student accessibility. One researcher has surveyed 75 roboticseducational programs (undergraduate and graduate) and indicated MATLAB is the mostcommonly used software language in robotics programs [10]. It was also reported in the samestudy that there was a general need for a low
provides the transmitter andreceiver electronics. The adapter board attaches to an off-the-shelf field programmable gatearray (FPGA) development board, which provides the digital aspect of the data link.The first audience we are addressing is undergraduate technology students. As such the designgoal of the toolkit is to provide a system that clearly demonstrates functionality, allowingstudents to investigate all aspects of the system. The choice of using an FPGA provides a levelof flexibility, allowing the toolkit to be used in other curriculum as well. Further, with a soft-core processor, the toolkit can be used to implement a modest microprocessor system. It is ourintent that the fiber optic toolkit will be useful in undergraduate classroom or
science and engineering curriculum. They arerespectively 1) the construction of the curriculum with the consideration of the students’ backgroundin light of formal and informal experiences and interests; 2) student/student interactions; 3)teacher/student interaction. Lewis [21] attributes these issues as main reasons that made the traditionalscience and engineering curriculum women exclusive, and asserts that real changes need to be made inall these aspects in order to make the environment women friendly.Gendered proportion is also suggested to be an essential element for the measurement of friendliness ofa learning environment, in that it is an important factor influencing the establishment of learning culture[4]. According to Hayes [10], the
students.Additionally, there was an effort to reduce the cost of required software, purchased by thestudents for their coursework. It was discovered that depending on the sequence of offeredcourses, some software needs could be kept to a minimum, thereby creating an added financialbenefit. Therefore the first two years of curriculum were aligned, where possible, to coincidewith a cost effective software bundle. For incoming freshmen, this management of coursestructure, software concerns and library benefits assisted in considerable financial savings.ProgressPositiveIn the current and initial year of implementation, the laptop program has fostered quite favorableresults. Student morale, reflected in course evaluations where laptop instruction occurred
solution techniques and the behavior of real-world systems. We hypothesize in this paper that part of the difficulty is that the course islecture-based, and that the inclusion of hands-on activities will improve student learning. Thishypothesis is supported by a model which uses hardware to integrate programming experiencesthroughout the curriculum; in the model, the learning principles deemed critical for success arestudent engagement, knowledge transfer and self-directed learning. We posit in this paper thatthe introduction of a hands-on activities involving hardware will enhance all three learningprinciples, resolve many of the disconnects and improve overall student learning. The specific hands-on activity discussed in this paper links the
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