# 1914869) for an associated research study. She is, and has been, principal investigator (PI) or co-PI on multiple NSF grants related to computer science and STEM education. She integrates multidisci- plinary collaborative projects in her courses, to create immersive learning experiences that deeply engage students with a diversity of perspectives and backgrounds. Students in her research lab are researching and implementing machine learning and collective intelligence algorithms, that harness the cognitive abilities of large numbers of human users to solve complex problems.Prof. Kim E. Pearson, The College of New Jersey Kim Pearson is professor of journalism at The College of New Jersey who teaches a range of courses
. He aims to help students improve intercultural competency and teamwork competency by interventions, counseling, pedagogy, and tool selection to promote DEI. In addition, he also works on many research-to-practice projects to enhance educational technology usage in engineering classrooms and educational research. Siqing also works as the technical development and support manager at the CATME research group.Amirreza Mehrabi, Purdue University I am Amirreza Mehrabi, a Ph.D. student in Engineering Education at Purdue University, West Lafayette. Now I am working in computer adaptive testing (CAT) enhancement with AI and analyzing big data with machine learning (ML) under Prof. J. W. Morphew at the ENE department. My
, Associate Director of the Burton D. Morgan Center, and a Professor in the Department of Technology Leadership and Innovation at Purdue University. She is responsible for the launch and development of the university’s multidisciplinary undergraduate entrepreneurship program, which involves 1800 students from all majors per year. She has established entrepreneurship capstone, global entrepreneurship, and women and leadership courses and initiatives at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Prior to her work in academia, Nathalie spent several years in the field of market research and business strategy consulting in Europe and the United States with Booz Allen and Hamilton and Data and Strategies Group. She received a
management system. This paper provides abackground of our vision and then presents our current system implementation, our initialexperiments and results, and planned next steps.Background - ProblemStudents and instructors are challenged to manage course content and integrate it across thecurriculum. For example, a student might take five courses a semester over eight semesters – 40courses. Especially for the courses in the student’s major, the content of these courses are relatedto content of previous courses, building on and integrating prior learning. Further, within a givencourse, there are numerous lectures, exercises, exams, and projects that interrelate. When astudent gets to their senior capstone design experience, they need to draw upon all
generally regained confidenceand started working more on their own. However, the experience in their opinion might not havebeen worth it. In discussion with some of the students who have taken IT 214, concerns wereexpressed regarding their opinion that they will not reuse the software used in lab again until theend of their undergraduate studies. They became aware of this by speaking to students doingtheir capstone projects and also councilors who are familiar with the course material. Page 14.981.12Assessing the students based on final projects and written exams, it is clear that students learnmore with the addition of the projects rather than
widely [2], [3]. The shift, over the last few decades, to morepracticed-based experiences through project-based learning (PBL) has resulted in a number ofpositive learning outcomes [1]. However, there is still a call for more practice-based experiencesthroughout the curriculum [4]. Instead of focusing on packing more into engineering curriculum,we explore the idea of leveraging the many design experiences students are already engaging inby advocating for the development of a “bridging language”.Students are already engaging in a breadth of design experiences throughout their lifetime.Engineering students engage in a number of formal design education experiences - such ascornerstone and capstone classes or design electives - throughout
students on their course projects. He was given an Outstanding Advising Award by USF and has been the recipient of numerous teaching awards at the department, college, university (Jerome Krivanek Distinguished Teaching Award) and state (TIP award) levels. Scott is also a member of the executive com- mittee of a Helios-funded Middle School Residency Program for Science and Math (for which he taught the capstone course in spring 2014) and is on the planning committee for a new NSF IUSE grant to trans- form STEM Education at USF. His research is in the areas of solution thermodynamics and environmental monitoring and modeling.Dr. Sylvia W. Thomas, University of South Florida Dr. Sylvia Wilson Thomas is currently an
session. The module also help highlymotivated students to initiate projects for applications in various IoT areas. The hands-onexperience in lab exercises and projects are organized at two difficulty levels: basic andadvanced. The basic level hands-on lab relies on the knowledge learned in the lecture and lets thestudents to interact with the real-world wireless signals over-the-air in real-time by transmittingthe data generated from the real world. Step-by-step guidelines and explanations are provided forlab implementation. Advanced level course projects are constructed to be open-ended andinquiry-based. They challenge students to acquire more theories and develop comprehensiveapplications for complicated cases in their capstone projects. Figure
Paper ID #31465Outcomes and Assessment of Three Years of an REU Site in Multi-ScaleSystems BioengineeringDr. Timothy E. Allen, University of Virginia Dr. Timothy E. Allen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia. He received a B.S.E. in Biomedical Engineering at Duke University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Bioengineering at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Allen’s teaching activities include coordinating the core undergraduate teaching labs and the Capstone Design sequence in the BME department at the University of Virginia, and his research interests
here requires student teams to design and machine an injection mold that will beused to produce plastic parts (see Figure 2). Finally, some though not all students may utilizeCNC machines for fabrication work as part of their capstone Senior Project (ETEC 422 and 424). Figure 2. Examples of Molds Machined in ETEC 335The requirements for project work in ETEC 322, 426, 335 and 422/424 place high demands onthe four machines in the department’s CNC laboratory. The use of verification technology is oneway to reduce the amount of on-machine programming changes needed, identify errors andstreamline the procedures that students must follow before being allowed to execute their workon a machine.Developing and Deploying the
Paper ID #42197Introduction to Electrical Engineering: Empowering and Motivating Studentsthrough Laboratory-Focused TeachingDr. Ilya Mikhelson, Northwestern University Dr. Ilya Mikhelson is an Associate Professor of Instruction in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northwestern University. His technical work focuses on signal processing and embedded systems. Besides teaching, Dr. Mikhelson has worked with dozens of students on independent projects, and has created 3 brand new, project-heavy courses in Electrical Engineering. He is constantly experimenting with pedagogical innovations, and is very passionate about
doctoral degrees in Civil En- gineering from North Carolina State University in the USA. Her disciplinary research interests lie in the area of sustainability in asphalt pavements using material considerations, green technologies, and efficient pavement preservation techniques. Her doctoral work focused on improving the performance of recycled asphalt pavements using warm mix asphalt additives. As a postdoctoral scholar at North Carolina State University, she worked on several NCDOT sponsored research projects including developing specifica- tions for crack sealant application and performing field measurements of asphalt emulsion application in tack coats and chip seals. Her undergraduate teaching experience includes
, where he is serving as a research assistant under an NSF-funded ITEST project.Dr. Sheila Borges Rajguru, NYU Tandon School of Engineering Dr. Sheila Borges Rajguru is the Assistant Director of the Center for K-12 STEM Education, NYU Tandon School of Engineering. As the Center’s STEAM educator and researcher she works with engi- neers and faculty to provide professional development to K-12 STEM teachers with a focus on social justice. She is currently Co-Principal Investigator on two NSF-grants (senior personnel of one) that pro- vide robotics/mechatronics PD to science, math, and technology teachers. In addition, she is the projects director of the ARISE program. This full-time, seven-week program includes: college
training in Section III. Thequestionnaires and dialogues are described in Section IV, as well as the team ground rules thatevolve from the dialogues. The role and impact of the dialogues in the team building training arediscussed in Section V, followed by the summary.II. Overview of the Projects LaboratoryThe Chemical Engineering Projects Laboratory is a required capstone subject taken by juniors andseniors who work in teams and gain hands-on experience in experiments that integrate materialfrom their earlier subjects. The structure of the course is summarized in Figure 1. Each teamworks on a single, real-world problem (sponsored by an industrial company) with the help of an
discipline on the lives of others in the wider world, examine the ethics and philosophy characteristics of the discipline and their implications, and project themselves into the discipline while developing a sense of pride and humility related to both the self and the discipline. 24 Although it not always explicitly addressed, most engineering programs aim to have engineering have a strong identity as an engineer. Capstone and senior design projects are ways that traditional engineering programs develop identity, but providing opportunities earlier in the academic career may help to develop this earlier. Service learning and mentoring programs are strategies used recently, especially with
countries’ higher education intra-period digital pedagogy responses,” J. Appl. Learn., vol. 3, no. 1, 2020, doi: 10.37074/jalt.2020.3.1.7.[10] A. Friesel, “Proposal for accreditation procedure to support the development of skills and competencies in globalized engineering world,” Jun. 2014, doi: 10.18260/1-2--17196.[11] P. Caratozzolo and A. Alvarez, “A new transdisciplinary approach to foster soft skills in engineering : Using critical reading micro-workshops,” 2019, doi: 10.1109/WEEF-GEDC.2018.8629775.[12] P. A. Sanger, A. Friesel, H. Geraedts, L. E. Quineche Orellana, R. Canahuire, and F. Berry, “International Capstone Student Projects Giving Real World, Global Team Experiences,” Nov. 2018, doi: 10.1109/EAEEIE
transmission system. Althoughthe current results indicate a need for much revision, the authors are encouraged tocontinue developing a set of lesson plans and assessment tools that can be implementedin ME writing-intensive courses. They hope this project will empower non-Compositioninstructors teaching writing intensive courses by giving them specific teaching tools,which these instructors can add to their repertoire.References 1. Granlund, E. and Sohail A. A project-based capstone engineering design course for associate degree Mechanical Engineering Technology students. ASEE Mid- Atlantic Section Conference; 2006 April 27-28; Brooklyn, NY. 2. Mott, Robert. Machine Elements in Mechanical Design. Fourth edition. Upper Saddle River
Paper ID #16821Seven Axioms of Good Engineering: Development of a Case Study-BasedCourse for NASADr. Anthony F. Luscher, Ohio State University Dr. Anthony Luscher has taught engineering design for 23 years at the freshman, sophomore and senior levels. He leads the capstone design effort at Ohio State and is interested in innovative methods of teaching design. At Ohio State he conducts research in innovative fastening strategies and methods, assembly ergonomics and structural optimization.Mr. Roger Forsgren, NASA Headquarters Roger Forsgren is the director of NASA’s Academy of Program/Project and Engineering
engineeringprograms should make efforts to integrate the best researchers in the bachelor level education.Project based learning, industrial internships, capstone projects and the elaboration of bachelorthesis have proven to be successful strategies that we strongly recommend. The main differences Page 26.574.11that we identified in Mexican and ABET international process were the criteria related toProgram Educational Objectives, Student Outcomes and Continuous Improvement aspects, whichare not explicitly included in the Mexican criteria. The quality systems that are beingimplemented in higher education can be of help to establish successful continuous
Choice Questions X X X Test, or Test Question Short Answer Questions X X X X Test, or Test Question Calculation Based Problems X X X X Test, or Test Question Essay Questions X X X X Test, or Test Question Research Papers X X X X X X Entire Paper Lab Reports X X X X X X Lab Report Design Problems X X X X X X Project Capstone Projects X X X X X X Project Bloom’s Taxonomy Levels: 1) Knowledge, 2) Comprehension, 3) Application, 4) Analysis, 5
LEGOS w/HandyBoard43University of West Curriculum integration LEGOS w/HandyBoard44 Page 15.877.3FloridaSwarthmore College Research project preparation, AAAI Khepera, ActivMedia Pioneers45Missouri University State of the art of robotics and Instructor-created kit usingof Science and architectures embedded C, Matlab imageTechnology processing46Carnegie Mellon Robots for study problem-based LEGOS with HandyBoard47-48University laboratory experimentsPontificia
application of just-in-time-learning and design-integrated instruction in a second course on Applied Thermodynamics[17], theauthors found this approach to reinforce concepts and that their objectives were successfully met,despite a handful of students’ comments citing an overwhelming workload. In a capstone designcourse in environmental engineering focusing on simulation and a PBL design project, the authorsreported that students developed a much deeper understanding of course material, suggesting thatthe simulation activities outperformed their expectations.[18] At MIT, PBL has been implemented through a curriculum change based on the real-worldengineering context of a product's complete life cycle. Students reported on the program beingmore
students eachyear, introducing entrepreneurship, business model canvas, and lean start-up principles to thestudents with a focus on medical device customer discovery and technology commercialization.At the beginning of the semester, teams are able to choose their product from a list of previoussenior capstone projects, or they can develop a new product idea. Throughout the semester,students work in teams to perform customer discovery and product-market fit experimentsthrough customer interviews to test their business model hypotheses. Students submit weeklyupdates on their progress through the Launchpad Central software, a widely used tool tomaximize innovation management. Students also complete assignments to analyze teamworkeffectiveness, create
that suits a variety of learning styles. For example, the program has left significant leeway for service learning components in the classroom, in the form of final projects or in the Senior Capstone class. Service learning typically engages students, faculty and community members in a community project. These types of projects allow students to become connected to the community and, thus, to provide a sense of civic engagement. Surveys have shown overwhelmingly that over 65% of students recognize civic engagement as a critical part of their education [10]. Research further indicates that women learn most effectively when theoretical concepts and classroom
of a heater, and presentthe solution for each of the seven categories of control objectives. These types of analyses areessential when students complete their capstone design project, not to mention when they beginengineering practice! The class activities emphasize student-student and instructor-student interactions. Thisstudy involved a moderate class size of 59 students with only the instructor (no teachingassistants) available to mentor student groups, and no conclusion can be drawn for very largeclass sizes.Figure 7. Control objectives for a fired heater3.5 Guidance on Course Delivery and ManagementProfessors know how to manage a course, so only a few comments are needed here. We’ll startwith a few “do’s”. • Student guidance
transfer of learning from school into professional practice as well as exploring students’ conceptions of diversity and its importance within engineering fields.Dr. Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech Marie C. Paretti is a Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she directs the Vir- ginia Tech Engineering Communications Center (VTECC). Her research focuses on communication in engineering design, interdisciplinary communication and collaboration, design education, and gender in engineering. She was awarded a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to study expert teaching in capstone design courses, and is co-PI on numerous NSF grants exploring communication, design, and identity in engineering
need to be flexible and accessible tostudents in order to help trouble-shoot computer programs, electrical circuits, fabricationtechniques, and mechanical component and system design. While simultaneously encouragingthe ambitious students who may have prior relevant experience, instructors also need to be patientand to coach those students who are not as well-prepared and who feel overwhelmed by the paceof instruction and the difficulty of the projects.Adoption of LWTL as our Freshman Engineering (FE) curriculum has had positive side effects onother parts of our BSME program. Students have asked for more hands-on experiences in otherclasses; some have incorporated Arduino microcontrollers into their senior capstone projects; anda group of
], inspiresophomores and make juniors inquire in their engineering electives [37-38], and help seniorsexplore during their capstone projects [39-40]. Product archaeology represents a low cost,natural extension of product dissection and related hands-on activities that many facultymembers are already using. Its flexibility lowers barriers to entry as we heard from participantsin our product archaeology workshop [41], and they appear to exhibit the same “stickiness” [42]that product dissection does.3. Product Archaeology Implementation and AssessmentIn the most recent multi-university implementation (fall 2012 semester), three universitiesexercised product archaeology modules and teaching strategies. Various assessment tools wereused relative to the style
meaningful to students.Curriculum Overview. The SCoPE engineering curriculum engages middle school students in athree-week capstone project focusing on managing nutrient pollution in their local watershed.Students engage with the problem through local news articles and images of algae covered lakeswhich drives the investigation into the detrimental processes caused by excess nutrients fromsources such as fertilizer and wastewater entering bodies of water. Students apply ideas learnedpreviously in science class to help define the problem, which deepens their understanding of thescience content and emphasizes the role of science in solving problems with engineering. Theyresearch the sources of nutrient pollution and potential strategies for managing
color in the field of cybersecurity.Dr. Sharon Zelmanowitz P.E., U.S. Coast Guard Academy Dr. Zelmanowitz is Dean of Engineering at the United States Coast Guard Academy and Professor of Civil Engineering. As an institutional change agent, she has catalyzed the formation of a USCGA di- versity initiative inspired by the ASEE Engineering Deans Diversity Initiative and has brought faculty and stakeholders together to employ best practices to meet the the Coast Guard’s urgent need for more engineers prepared for 21st century technical challenges. Her teaching, research, and capstone projects span a wide array of environmental issues including storm sewer and sanitary sewer redesign, shipboard wastewater treatment