deepening the educationalexperience to equip graduates to succeed in the diverse global economy. Educating students tothrive in their careers with the technological, societal, cultural and environmental complexitiesthey will face requires new approaches. Modern discussions in engineering education consideradding required time to graduation to add time into the packed curriculum to address theseissues. Extended time to graduation is fraught with problems in today’s reality of the high costof education and political pressures especially with state supported institutions. An alternative isto consider new pedagogical approaches that can add efficiencies into the curriculum wherestudents can learn and gain experiences that will carry them successfully
student-centered activitieswere carefully designed as they are integral to the success of the flipped model [15]. Thedistribution of class time use is shown in Figure 1.Figure 1 – Distribution of class time use in the flipped offeringThe framework of project-based learning makes has an inherent synergy with the flipped. Bycombining both elements in one course, the benefits of each approach can accrue while softeningthe drawbacks. The project-based component of the course acts as a motivational andaccountability tool as the students become invested in solving the presented design problems. Italso transforms the student-teacher interactions into ones more focused on the students’ needs [11]which can be addressed in class due to the extra classroom
field of Engineering Technology Education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Senior Capstone Project in Green Technologies: Study of Electromagnetic Braking as Prospective Enhancement of Friction-Based Automotive Braking System ABSTRACT Senior engineering projects are the capstone of students’ educational careers, being a proof of theskills and competencies acquired as well as an important tool to assess students’ knowledge in their fieldof study. Capstone design courses enable students to integrate theoretical knowledge with the practicalskills gained during their academic experience. Senior design
100% students who were eligible for FRL.The content of the academy was based on the PLTW “Launch” curricula for younger gradelevels (K-5). PLTW is a widely used K-12 STEM curriculum that integrated project andproblem-based learning and teaches the engineering design process and scientific inquiry processthrough its curricula. It is also aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).Three weeks before the start of the summer program, the 44 in-service teachers attended ProjectLead the Way Launch Classroom Teacher Training (CTT). This in-depth professionaldevelopment experience is required of all teachers before they receive full access to the PLTWLaunch program materials. All teachers completed the required online prerequisite
Paper ID #27424Toward a Globalized Engineering Education: Comparing Dominant Imagesof Engineering Education in the United States and ChinaDr. Qin Zhu, Colorado School of Mines Qin Zhu is an Assistant Professor in the Ethics Across Campus Program and the Division of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences at Colorado School of Mines, where he is co-directing the Daniels Fund Program in Professional Ethics Education that provides support for faculty to integrate ethics into applied science and engineering curricula. Qin serves as a graduate faculty member in the Master’s Program in Natural Resources and Energy Policy at
future in theHeeding the concern of faculty members regarding the engineering profession. As the authors of [5] have noted,students’ ability to write professionally, the curriculum integrating writing into engineering courses is far morecommittee for ENGR 1300 collaborated with the English effective than having separate language courses withoutDepartment to create an initial curriculum that tasked engineering collaboration. Therefore, ENGR 1300 has anstudents with basic writing tasks such as professional imbedded writing element in collaboration with UTA’semails, resumes, reports, and simple process papers. While English department. In Spring 2017, a new writingthese assignments seemed to
. First, the evaluation subjects in currententrepreneurial ecosystem evaluation are mainly regional entrepreneurial ecosystem, studententrepreneurial ecosystem and entrepreneurial ecosystem, and university-basedentrepreneurial ecosystem is not included. Secondly, researchers often evaluate theentrepreneurial ecosystem from the internal and external environment or the composition ofthe ecosystem, without considering the various factors involved in the dynamic process of theentrepreneurial ecosystem. This paper makes a novel contribution by building an evaluationframework of university-based entrepreneurial ecosystem based on its essentialcharacteristics.This paper presents the evaluation system model of university-based entrepreneurialecosystem
. The integration of research into FAU’s undergraduate curriculum provided the students with unique and high impact educational practices in computer-related technologies. Peer Mentoring - The College of Engineering and Computer Science recently established an Innovation Leadership Honors Program (ILHP) supported by the College Executive Advisory Council comprised of some twenty-five top level engineering and business executives in Florida. At the beginning of each semester, the College recruits 30 top students from the junior’ class cohort who have successfully completed general education courses and several fundamental classes in their majors. These students stay in the honors program
, consistent student teams or groups as implemented here, may contribute tothe social integration of first-year students. However, this is dependent on the formation ofeffective student teams which may involve more thought on the part of the instructor. There are limitations of the active learning implementation method and this assessmentstudy that should be noted. Specifically, the addition of in-class collaborative learning activitieswithout any out-of-class videos to offset instructional content necessitated a slight reduction inthe level of detail covered during lectures. Due to the structure of the curriculum in the School ofBiomedical Engineering, this reduction is not expected to have any effect on future studentsuccess in the program
, Antennas, Phased Arrays, RF/Microwave Circuits, Metamaterial, Numerical Methods, and Engineering Education.Dr. Demetris Geddis, Hampton University Demetris L. Geddis is an associate professor and Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Hamp- ton University. He has extensive research experience in the areas of Integrated optoelectronics, Optics, Microelectronics, and Electromagnetics. He has worked as a Research and Design Engineer at Motorola and Bell laboratories. Also, he worked at NASA Langley Research Center as a NASA faculty fellow for the Nondestructive Evaluation Sciences Branch where he performed research in the area of optical fiber sensing for real time health monitoring of aerospace vehicles. In
mental models andconnecting the model to prior knowledge. They posit that the ability to extract key ideas fromnew material and integrate it into existing mental models leads to development of mastery overcomplex content.In the context of an undergraduate course on computer networking, topics such as configuring,securing, troubleshooting, and managing routing across subnetworks in the computer networkingarea require the student to develop a practical hands-on understanding of network models,protocols, hardware, cabling, subnetting, routing and switching. This encompasses a large set oftheoretical and practical competencies. While there are several resources available for learningabout these topics, according to [3, p. 9] commenting on the
includes engineering in her elementary and early childhood science methods courses and developed and taught an engineering methods course for middle school teachers. She also developed a graduate-level engineering education course for PreK-6 teachers. Dr. Lottero has provided professional learning experiences in multiple schools and school systems in Maryland. She has co-authored numerous engineering-focused articles for the teacher practitioner journal, Science and Chil- dren, and presents her research regularly through the American Society for Engineering Education. Her current research includes investigating how K-5 students plan, fail, and productively persist. She is the Director of the Integrated STEM
, e.g., [2], [3]. This approach addresses two major issues: the lack ofpreparation most STEM faculty have for teaching communication skills and the knowledgetransfer difficulties associated with stand-alone rhetoric or communication classes taught outsideof the students’ major discipline. However, the co-teaching model is resource-intensive,challenging to integrate fully, and difficult to scale up, generally limiting application of thismodel to one, or at most two, classes in a curriculum. To pursue deeper integration of writingdevelopment throughout the engineering curriculum at a large university, we have leveragedwriting studies expertise in support of STEM faculty and graduate teaching assistants.The work described here was part of a pilot
knowledge and hone theircommunication, teamwork, and problem-solving skills. Given the nature of senior designcourses, they offer an opportunity for engineering programs to integrate the outcomes of ABETcriteria [1]. In contrast to much of the undergraduate curriculum, the problems that students workon in senior design tend to be more ambiguous, require the consideration of multiple tradeoffs,and have no ‘right’ answer. As such, engineering design problems require individuals to makedecisions about what counts as knowledge by assessing various sources of information,balancing constraints, and evaluating alternative solutions. These acts can be grouped together asepistemic cognitive processes and require individuals to reason “about specific
a focus on maker-centered learning as way to increase student learning and engagement. She also super- vises teacher candidates during their internships and is working toward a doctoral degree in Curriculum, Teaching, and Teacher Education at the University of Florida.Dr. Peter Sheppard, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Dr. Peter Sheppard is a Professor and Department Head in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. His research seeks to uncover demonstrable ways to enhance the schooling experiences of underrepresented groups, so that discussions regarding their cerebral capacity shift from embellishing test score discrepancies to fostering a culture of mathematics
career engineers to adapt to engineering workplace culture.Dr. Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University Dr. Samantha R. Brunhaver is an Assistant Professor within The Polytechnic School, one of six schools in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. She is a mixed-methods researcher with focus on the preparation and pathways of engineering students. Her specific research interests include engineering student persistence and career decision-making, early career engineering practice, faculty pedagogical risk-taking, and entrepreneurial mindset. She completed her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at Northeastern University and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford
, and engineering education. He received the 2015 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring.Prof. Said Fariabi, San Antonio College Chair of Mathematics, Architecture, physics and Engineering at San Antonio College.Mrs. Simona Dana Dimitriu, Northside ISD Simona D. Dimitriu practiced engineering since 1981 for 20 years and following a graduate degree in education started teaching science since 2007 and math since 2002. She has been involved in numerous initiatives to integrate engineering in science and math education and combine education research with education practice.Mrs. Lisa Marie Baker, Northside ISD Lisa Baker is honored to be the principal of Communications Arts
curriculum. Third, it discusses the interview results and learning outcomes. The casestudy of “intellectual property right”, a deeply controversial topic in the US-China tradenegotiation is chosen to open up the ontological inquires toward global engineering ethics.Finally, the paper reflects on the question of ethical diversity in engineering education andexplain why we argue that global classroom could be an effective method for understanding theconstruction of differences, bridging cross-cultural barriers and overcoming biases in the era ofUS-China trade war.Engineering Ethics Education in the US and China Engineering ethics is a widely taught subject in the US university engineering school.Since 2000, the U.S. Accreditation Board for
individual and group support directedby mentors with expertise in the field of mathematics education. In a third and fourth moment,the mentored instructor design and implement the new learning experience. Critical reflectiontakes place along these first four phases that are mainly conducted by the mentored instructor.Finally, the case study finishes with the evaluation stage, which includes a quantitative andqualitative analysis of the information. Figure 1 – MethodologyPhase 1. Micro-curriculum analysisIn this first stage, through the support of an external peer, a review of the official Algebra andFunctions syllabus is carried out. For this, some of the main elements involved in a micro-curriculum design are
trigonometry,vectors, derivatives, integrals, and differential equations—are actually used by engineers. Asadministrators and instructors of the WSM course pilot at the University of Colorado Boulder(CU), we are interested in understanding and analyzing the change processes wherein the WSMbecomes legitimized and integrated into the official course pathways of our large publicengineering college.At CU, the status of the WSM pilot class changed from optional in Year 1 to mandatory in Year2 for all students entering the engineering college at a Pre-Calculus level. This change fromoptional to mandatory resulted in a significant increase to the size of the class and a fundamentalchange in the ways students were informed of and enrolled in the class. In
University of Applied Sciences in Groningen, where he taught both in Dutch and in English. During this time his primary teaching and course develop- ment responsibilities were wide-ranging, but included running the Unit Operations laboratory, introducing Aspen Plus software to the curriculum, and developing a course for a new M.S. program on Renewable Energy (EUREC). In conjunction with his teaching appointment, he supervised dozens of internships (a part of the curriculum at the Hanze), and a number of undergraduate research projects with the Energy Knowledge Center (EKC) as well as a master’s thesis. In 2016, Dr. Barankin returned to the US to teach at the Colorado School of Mines. His primary teaching and course
internship. The residential internship is for two weeks where interns must be on-site at The University of Texas Center for2. Background Space Research. The internship includes daytime research The original program began in 2010 with an education activities, experiential learning activities, evening STEMgrant designed to leverage a set of NASA projects at CSR, activities, and field investigation. Each year, several teachers andusing NASA’s Earth observing satellites as a catalyst for the graduate students are selected as chaperones for the SEES programimplementation of a six-week high school student internship and
. He is also active in course and curriculum development. He is a Fellow of the ASME.Dr. James I. Craig, Georgia Institute of Technology Prof. Craig has been on the faculty at Georgia Tech for more than fifty years and continues to teach as an emeritus professor and to develop classroom engagement methods and tools. His past research is in the general area of experimental structural mechanics, dynamics and structural control with applications to aerospace and earthquake engineering. He is coauthor of a textbook on structural analysis with application to aerospace structures.Dr. Bonnie H. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Bonnie Ferri is a Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering as
entrepreneurial courses due to the crowded curriculum and doesnot require students to take entrepreneurial courses, entrepreneurial concepts were integrated inclassroom activities in the various and existing engineering courses.Another reason for using the above approach is that each author who are full-time faculty havetaught between 35-plus courses in electrical engineering, computer engineering, systemengineering, mathematics and physics at the University. This advantage allows CoE to carefullyintegrate entrepreneurial activities in a number of courses throughout the engineering curriculumto help students build an entrepreneurial mindset.CoE has integrated entrepreneurial classroom activities in several undergraduate courses [1] [2][3] [4]. By
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
Paper ID #25143Student-Led Aerospace Design Team ExperiencesDr. Michael C. Hatfield, University of Alaska, Fairbanks Michael C. Hatfield is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and Associate Director for Science & Education, Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration. He earned a B.S. in electrical engineering from Ohio Northern University; an M.S. in electrical engineering from California State University Fresno, and a Ph.D. in Electrical/Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Alaska Fairbanks.Dawson Lewandoski
women into aviation, and into the development of engineering technology in aerospace. He has worked on methods for re-integrating hands-on skills into engineering and engineering technology education. He was a team member on an international working group studying inappropriate crew response to engine malfunctions, and was a task force member examining root causes for general aviation accidents related to engine failures.Dr. Brian Kozak, Purdue Polytechnic Institute Dr. Brian J. Kozak is a faculty member in the School of Aviation and Transportation Technology at Purdue University where he teaches in the Unmanned Aerial Systems and Aeronautical Engineering Technology majors. He also teaches at the graduate level. Dr
A&M University and earned his Doctor of Philos- ophy in Civil (Environmental) Engineering. His research efforts are focused on drinking water quality and issues related to treatment of wastewater using physical, chemical, biological and electro-chemical/kinetic processes. His recent research efforts have been in the area of application of geographic information sys- tems to environmental management and sustainability, causes/effects of salinity in soils and corrosion of metal pipes. Dr. Tewari has keen interest in STEM education, improving diversity in STEM areas, inclusion of hands-on and digital tools in curriculum. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019
Paper ID #27793The On-going Status of The 3+1 Dual Degree Program in Electrical Engineer-ing and Computer Engineering between Northern Arizona University andChongqing University of Post and TelecommunicationDr. Xi Zhou, Northern Arizona University Dr. Zhou is an Assistant Professor of Practice in the School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Sys- tems at Northern Arizona University and is primarily focused on the NAU/CQUPT dual degree program. He completed his Ph.D in Material Science and Engineering in 2014 at Norfolk State University in Vir- ginia. Dr. Zhou’s research interests are in semiconductors and electronics. He
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