particularly focus on what prevents students from being able to integrate and extend the knowledge developed in specific courses in the core curriculum to the more complex, authentic problems and projects they face as professionals. Dr. Koretsky is one of the founding members of the Center for Lifelong STEM Education Research at OSU.Dr. Susan Bobbitt Nolen, University of Washington Professor of Learning Sciences & Human DevelopmentDr. Christine Kelly, Oregon State University Dr. Kelly earned her BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Arizona and her PhD in Chem- ical Engineering from the University of Tennessee. She served as an Assistant Professor for 6 years at Syracuse University, and has been an Associate
systemused to make cake batter. Participants worked in teams of two to develop and implementsolutions. They worked at their own pace, receiving help as needed from the workshop leaderand an undergraduate research student. ForIndustry 4.0: two teachers and two undergraduate students worked on installing and testing anautomated station for testing 3D printed parts. Shown in Figure 6, the automated station iscontrolled by PLC and it uses high resolution camera to test the parts.3.5. Curriculum DevelopmentThe teachers attended four workshops throughout the RET program. In addition, they were givenhands-on design and development time to create their curriculum unit. Since most of theparticipants hold a master’s degree in education, the workshop series
treating professional skill development as an “extra” requirement that comessecondary to technical skill development. Of course, there may be other ways to offerprofessional skill development that have yet to be explored.One particular approach used by the ECE department may offer a potential avenue for howABET criteria training can be embedded into the engineering curriculum to achieve integration.ECE initiated several curricular innovations to improve students’ professional skills as part oftheir NSF sponsored project focused on improving engineering curriculum. A major emphasis ofthe project was to create an integrated approach to delivering second- and third-year coursecontent with relevancy to application in the ECE curriculum. The curriculum
engineer; an electricalintegrate ethics education throughout the curriculum engineer; a philosopher with expertise in ethics inof the still-new Ingram School of Engineering. science, technology, engineering, and business; and aDuring work on an NSF funded grant, we were able representative from industry who is active in ethicsto infuse ethics related modules in 13 different education. We have each been involved incourses, across three colleges and at all levels of curriculum development and program building,undergraduate study. Our goal in participating in the professional outreach, and research on ethicsGSW ASEE meeting is to share ideas about education.addressing
workeffectively on software development teams, and encourage students to be advocates for culturaland institutional change in their future careers. The five-year project is currently in its third yearof implementation.A core focus of this involves accounting for and approaching an understanding of theexperiences of members of underrepresented groups in computer science and those affected bythe use of computer science products in society. Once this is accomplished, it then becomespossible to guide students in identifying sustainable processes for addressing the lack ofinclusion and social justice.A common approach to incorporating ethics in the Computer Science (CS) curriculum is torelegate it to a single course. Often these courses focus on professional
approach in integrating various STEM subjects withinschool setting, such as implementing instruction on engineering design processes and practices inscience and/or technology education curriculum (e.g., NGSS Lead States, 2013). Other nationshave developed engineering programs for their schools by combining science, mathematics, andtechnology subjects (Ritz & Fan, 2015). While all of these countries have demonstrated a similarcommitment to STEM education, each has differing national priorities for an education system;therefore, the outcomes have been likewise different. Furthermore, Ritz and Fan (2015) suggested that there are many reasons why STEMeducation is vital across cultures, specifically within K-12 school curriculum. According
-baccalaureate degrees in engineering,including engineering education. The National Science Foundation’s annual solicitation for theNSF Research Traineeship (NRT) program, previously called the Integrative Graduate Educationand Research Traineeship (IGERT) program, was initiated in 1998 to catalyze cultural change inscience, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) graduate education. The NRT /IGERT program highlights a national need for innovation in the graduate space, and manyadvances have been funded by this program. However, after searching the literature and studyinggraduate curricula from other engineering education departments, the authors were unable find agraduate curriculum that had been designed following an outcomes-based, backward
perspectives regarding ESI. At theend of the survey, respondents were asked to provide their email address if they werewilling to be contacted for a follow-up interview. Of the 1448 survey respondents, 230indicated willingness to participate in an interview.The second phase of the study involved conducting interviews with educators to learn moreabout their ESI instructional practices and general perspectives regarding the integration ofESI into the engineering curriculum and educational experiences of engineering students.Between September 2016 and April 2017, 52 survey respondents were contacted forinterviews with the intention of conducting 36 interviews. Selection of these individuals wasbased on an iterative and collaborative process within the
undergraduate student in developing work plans to completeday to day operations that will be integrated into a comprehensive plan to complete aproject in a safe and economic method. As mentioned above, recent dialog with industry representatives and studentsunveil, during Industry Advisory Board meetings for CEM, a perception that thestudents have a knowledge gap between the objectives which amounts to a lack ofunderstanding of how to build. It is necessary to take the experiential learningpromoted by the Division’s internship program and merge it with the constructionengineering curriculum. Therefore, the enduring outcome defined for this curriculumproject is focused on developing the abilities, knowledge areas and qualities of theconstruction
. Biscotte received a bachelor’s degree in biology from James Madison University. He received a master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction: Science Education and a PhD in Curriculum and Instruc- tion: Educational Psychology, both from Virginia Tech. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019Teaching Across Boundaries: Examining the Institutional Process ofEstablishing Multidisciplinary CoursesAbstract: Many of the decisions educators make are under direct influence of institutionalstructure, notably those that seek to create multidisciplinary spaces for students. Somemultidisciplinary courses are developed in isolation even though they are intended to combineand integrate disciplines. This study seeks
. The main impetusbehind the workshops is to share the combined knowledge gained through curriculumdevelopment efforts and the technical information derived from lab development experiences. Inaddition, participants learn how FANUC Robotics training can be integrated in the curriculum oftheir home institutions. These workshops are offered to faculty members of two- and four yearinstitutions and are designed to increase practical experience in Industrial Robotics as well asrenew the interest and empower those seeking to revamp existing courses or develop newcourses in Industrial Robotics.These 2-day, 16 contact hour workshops are designed to be an intense, immersive experiencethat provide a broad spectrum of activities to participants. The
of these changes beyond courses participating in the original SIIP project. Wecontinue to keep track of students’ perception of the computational curriculum withinparticipating courses. Furthermore, we investigate the influence of the computational exposure onstudents’ perspective in research and during job search. Finally, we collect and analyze feedbackfrom department faculty regarding their experience with teaching techniques involvingcomputation.2 IntroductionA computational approach has become an indispensable tool in materials science research andrelated industry. In addition to the research interest, the 2009 survey by Thornton et al. [1] andthe followup 2018 survey by Enrique et al. [2] showed that employers of MSE students, such
present our future plans to further improve and facilitate cyber security learning. The rest of this paper is organized as follows. Section 2 presents an explanatory and detailed overview of some efforts thatwere done in the past to integrate GENI and SDN in order to facilitate and boost cyber security learning experience. Section 3.2then presents our research efforts towards the integration of GENI and SDN in our teaching curriculum and development ofa broad range of cyber security labs and experimental modules. Finally, in Section 4 we present our future plans along withconcluding remarks of our paper.2 RELATED WORKIn cyber security for Higher Education (HE), curriculums encompass topics including secure software development, websecurity
strengthen thecurriculum and integrate our goal of “engineering with engineers.” The process of “criticaldoing” actively involved faculty and students in the design of the new curriculum.First, faculty reviewed elements in the current curriculum that effectively connect students withpracticing engineers. The program currently has a strong senior design course sequence whereseniors work in teams on real projects sponsored by industry for an entire academic year. Thisprovides a valuable experience of doing hands-on engineering projects with practicing engineers.However, this experience is missing from the first three years. Hence, faculty proposed aseparate design course sequence, where freshmen, sophomores and juniors can have similarexperience and
integrating engineering design into the K-12science curriculum. This is accomplished by raising engineering design to the same level asscientific inquiry. As a result, engineering design experience is gradually becoming a vitalcomponent of K-12 education, especially at the high school level. The process of initiatingand completing an engineering design project requires students to engage both in analyticalreasoning, active creation, and testing of solutions. One must ensure that engineering designprojects are engaging for all students, particularly those from demographics that areunderserved, underperforming, or underrepresented in the STEM fields. Well-craftedengineering design projects can increase students’ interest in STEM and their self-efficacy
development of theDSTR robot as a collaborative design developed by theMobile Integrated Solutions Laboratory (MISL) at TexasA&M University and ASEP 4X4 Inc. Texas Instruments hasbeen a major partner in the integration of the controlelectronics, and Texas Space Technology Applications andResearch (T STAR) LLC has played a significant role in thepropagation of the DSTR robot as an adaptable appliedresearch/education/STEM outreach platform. The paper willpresent examples of the strong industry-academic Fig. 1 DSTR Computer Modelrelationships that allow the DSTR robot to be utilized in amultitude of experiential learning environments. In addition The DSTR Robot was designed by a number ofto a number of STEM
Robots (3xxx level)This course is an introduction to industrial robotics motion control. Students will be exposed tothe components, operation, programming, troubleshooting, and applications of a typical FANUC,six-axis industrial robot. Hands-on activities will include manual teach programming, testing withsimulation software and programming of advance movements. Students also learn how to performmaintenance, and deal with the safety issues associated with robots.Course 3: Applications of Industrial Robots for Advanced Manufacturing (4xxx level)In this course students will learn how to integrate robotics into a manufacturing process. This willlook to cover more advanced robot programming methods and teach student show to integratePLCs, vision
advance technologically. Many scientists realize that our work must beclearly communicated to the broader public because it can directly benefit society, is frequentlypublicly funded, and policy decisions should be based on the facts and scientific consensuscontained in the scientific literature, but there is a gap between scholarly communication and thepublic understanding of science. The mission of the American Association for the Advancementof Science includes the following goals: “Promote and defend the integrity of science and its use;Promote the responsible use of science in public policy; [and] Increase public engagement withscience and technology” (AAAS website). These goals frequently collide with an unfortunatereality that currently
infrastructure development and redevelopment, and the associated trillion-dollar cost,will be addressed by civil engineers. In that regard, there are two areas in which a civilengineering education can make change, namely: Reinforce the links between the core curriculum and the practice of civil engineering. Develop within the student a stronger integration between the technical and the non- technical subjects. Reinforce the concepts of public responsibility, of service in an elected office.Concluding RemarksIn this paper, the authors have documented the relationship between an education in civilengineering and the need for individuals with liberal education in the 21st century workplace.They have concluded that a
with schools over time as opposed tosingle interventions, we aspire to promote sustainability by continual integration within thetypical curriculum once the project comes to an end.In the first year of the project, we partnered with nine 6th grade science teachers across sevenschools, three companies focused on science and engineering, and every 6th grade student in thatyear, totaling over 500 students. Now in year two, we have expanded to include the 7th gradescience teachers and students. Though guided by the university team, curriculum is developed inconjunction with teachers and industry partners to create engineering-themed science lessonsaligned with Virginia Standards of Learning and the Next Generation Science Standards [7].Curriculum
students to develop ideas into workingprototypes. The most structured projects are the predefined project choices which are projectswith set goals and tasks. In Fall 2018, 13 groups participated in free-choice OEP projects, 2groups in piloted prompt-based OEP projects, and the rest of the groups took part in predefinedprojects. The curriculum makes the students familiar with the engineering design process,computer-aided design (CAD), Arduino programming, prototyping, product development, andthe integration of teamwork and project management. This study examined the feedback from an end of the semester survey of 226 first-yearstudents to evaluate their capabilities, preparedness, and interest in the project options. Theresults show that the
assess this in civil engineering. Perhaps level 3 occurs to some extent in the context ofsustainable civil engineering but I do not think we ‘call it out’ to students as applying principlesand concepts of social sciences.Rose-Hulman. For the first two levels, all of our students are required to take classes in thehumanities and social sciences, so I am confident this outcome is being fulfilled in the cognitivedomain in our curriculum. Institute-wide, we do not assess this outcome specifically, so wewould have to identify an efficient, reliable, and sustainable way to collect evidence of thislearning in classes in our curriculum but outside of our department. For level 3, this is present atleast subtly in our application of the LENSES [4] method
; Exposition, 2014.[9] R.D. Burke, C.L. Dancz, K. J. Ketchman, M.M. Bilec, T.H. Boyer, C. Davidson, A.E. Landis, and K. Parrish, “Faculty Perspectives on Sustainability Integration in Undergraduate Civil and Environmental Engineering Curriculum,” Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, 144(3), 2018.[10] D.L. Bondhegan, S.J. Komisar, and R. O’Neill, “Assessing Achievement of Sustainability Skills in the Environmental and Civil Engineering Curriculum,” Proceedings of the 2016 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, 2016.[11] J.M. Stache, J.P. Hanus, and J. Gonser, “Assessing Sustainability in Design in an Infrastructure Course through Project
having all learning be teacher-directed.The newer, and/or more professionally isolated teachers expressed gratitude that they had achance to observe expert teachers during the first PD session. All the teachers appreciatedtalking with peers across disciplines about teaching and being given a successful methodologyfor integrating app development into their curriculum. Five teachers reported that their teachingwill be forever changed by what they learned and observed in the PD. Some representativequotes include: • “I learned how to be organized especially when teaching something completely foreign. Also to look at all the different learners and tailor my approach. There was something in it for each level of computing knowledge. I
Connections & Knowledge Transfer between Engineering Thermodynamics and Mathematics (WIP)AbstractIt is well-established that students have difficulty transferring knowledge and skills betweencourses in their undergraduate curriculum. In order to assess the ability of students to transfer ideasbetween their classes, the connections students make between integral calculus and other subjectswas tested in a thermodynamics class. In this pilot study, students were posed the classicalthermodynamics problem of boundary work, which requires the application of calculus skills tosolve. After a first attempt to solve the problem with no instructor guidance, students were givena relevant calculus problem in order to activate their prior knowledge
seamlessly as possible within existing curriculum at the study institution. At this institutionstudents are required to complete an oral communication general education requirement. To meetthis requirement, the institution teaches a large number of traditionally taught public speakingclasses. These classes follow what could be considered a typical public speaking coursetemplate; the classes are standardized around a single text book, meet in person three hours aweek, and include introduction, ceremonial, informative, and persuasive speeches as well as agroup project (and at least one speech of the instructor’s choice). The integrated class wascreated to meet that same general education requirement, but specifically for engineeringstudents. The
Engineering Accreditation Criteria, EAC, ABET, Inc. 2019[4] INFORMS Career FAQ webpage: https://www.informs.org/Resource-Center/INFORMS-Student-Union/Consider-an-Analytics-OR-Career/Career-FAQs accessed January 23, 2019[5] American Statistical Association Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate Programs inStatistical Science https://www.amstat.org/asa/education/Curriculum-Guidelines-for-Undergraduate-Programs-in-Statistical-Science.aspx, accessed January 23, 2019[6] Schumacher, Carol S. and Siegel, Martha J. (co-chairs), Paul Zorn (editor). 2015 CUPMCurriculum Guide to Majors in the Mathematical Sciences Mathematical Association ofAmerica, Mathematical Association of America, 2015[7] Boettger, Ryan K. and Wulff, Stefanie, “Using authentic language
security problems, balancing business concerns, technical issues and security. ▪ Effectively communicate technical information verbally, in writing, and in presentations. ▪ Use appropriate resources to stay abreast of the latest industry tools and techniques analyzing the impact on existing systems and applying to future situations. ▪ Explain the concepts of confidentiality, availability and integrity in Information Assurance, including physical, software, devices, policies and people. Analyze these factors in an existing system and design implementations.These concentration outcomes enable CAC of ABET learning outcomes for computer science andcybersecurity. Some of the practices that are used in these courses
Data Mining & Statistics Search Methods Figure 3: Proposed integrated modular course assignmentDataThis section investigates the effectiveness of the COT 706 course in meeting industry needs, from theperspectives of students and instructors. The methodology includes an analysis of student alumni survey,student grade book, and teaching evaluations.Student SurveyAll student alumni from the induction of COT 706 as a core course in the curriculum were contacted, i.e.,from Spring 2015 to Spring 2018. Students were requested to complete a Qualtrics survey administeredonline to provide feedback on their experience with the course, comment on the proposed changes in thecourse and the applicability of skills learned in the course to their
wasfun. The course addresses ABET student outcomes 2, 3, and 5. These outcomes focus onengineering design, communication, and teamwork, respectively.IntroductionTraditional first-semester engineering curriculum includes basic mathematics, sciences, andliberal arts courses in order to prepare students for rigorous engineering courses. This approachhelps highly motivated students who have clear understanding of their field of study. Most highschool graduates may have an understanding of the overall engineering field but may not knowabout a specific field of engineering. A hands-on introduction to each engineering field isnecessary in the early stage of the curriculum and the first semester is an ideal place to exposestudents to various engineering