onlycreating relevant, contextually fit solutions for clients, but also by providing resilient responsesto the changing constraints and opportunities external and internal to the organization.Unfortunately, the value-adding role of designers and indeed design project successes can behindered by inadequate management of organizational tensions that persist over time and arewidely experienced as paradoxical. Adopting the concept of ‘polarity management’ by BarryJohnson, this paper aims to unpack the nuances of two particular polarities: (1) Design Rigourvs. Cost Effectiveness, and (2) Collaboration vs. Efficiency.The data are drawn from a larger grounded theory study on sociotechnical knowledge integrationin engineering design. Semi-structured in-depth
action; and 4) developing teaching methods with a storytelling focus in engineering and science educa- tion. Founder of the Design Entrepreneuring Studio: Barbara helps teams generate creative environments. Companies that she has worked with renew their commitment to innovation. She also helps students an- swer these questions when she teaches some of these methods to engineering, design, business, medicine, and law students. Her courses use active storytelling and self-reflective observation as one form to help student and industry leaders traverse across the iterative stages of a project- from the early, inspirational stages to prototyping and then to delivery.Dr. Ville M. Taajamaa, City of Espoo Ville M. Taajamaa
offerings provide a referencepoint for exploring opportunities for virtual design courses.IntroductionThis paper highlights the transition of a project-based, highly interactive, hands-on design coursefrom in-person to fully online during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Offeredevery fall, winter, and spring quarter since the fall of 2017, the ENG 003 Introduction toEngineering Design course fulfills an oral communication elective for undergraduate engineeringmajors at the University of California, Davis. While the 4-unit course targets lower divisionstudents enrolled in the College of Engineering (COE), juniors, seniors and students outside themajors comprise 20% or more of those who enroll.With a focus on improving student’s engineering
c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 A Student-Centered Program to Increase STEM Interest through NASA-STEM ContentAbstractThis article is an evidence-based practice paper which is based on NASA Minority UniversityResearch and Education Project (MUREP) Aerospace Academy (AA) program implemented atFlorida Atlantic University (FAU). The program is focused on student-centered methodology forinfusion of NASA-STEM contents into the existing curriculum in middle and high schools. Thisnovel program aims to increase awareness and create interest in underserved minority students inGrades 6-12 for pursuing STEM fields. FAU has designed and embedded the NASA-STEMcontents into Florida’s existing Next
Paper ID #34617An Integrated Vision of Management and Leadership for Delivering21st-century Civil InfrastructureMr. Michael B. O’Connor, New York University Michael O’Connor, Retired Professional Civil Engineer (Maryland and California), M.ASCE, is a mem- ber of the ASCE Committee on Developing Leaders, History and Heritage, Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge (CEBoK), and Engineering Grades. Michael has been a practicing Civil Engineer with over 50 years of engineering, construction, and project management experience split equally between the pub- lic and private sectors. Programs ranged from the San Francisco Bay Area
beginning and end of the semester. Coursebelonging and engineering identity was higher among first-generation and low-income studentsin EMath on the pre survey. Course belonging and math confidence increased on the post survey.Among students enrolled in an engineering projects course in fall 2018, at the end of thesemester students also enrolled in EMath had higher private regard and group identification (twomeasures of identity) compared to students not enrolled in EMath; the largest difference wasamong URM students. The results indicate that EMath might provide a supportive environmentwith benefits to students’ engineering identity, although confounding factors of additional cohortprograms and intersectional identities are complications to the
makerspaces support both curricular and co-curricular design projects andlearning at many institutions. As the Covid-19 pandemic has forced most universities toswitch to fully remote or some combination of hybrid and remote courses, many of thephysical activities necessary for prototyping are in flux. What has happened tomakerspaces and how have they tried to maintain their key role in both co-curricular andcurricular learning?In Spring 2020, most shut down all in-person operations. The Fall 2020 semester has seena whole gamut of models for classroom teaching and teaching labs. Many universitieshave allowed their labs and makerspaces to open in a limited capacity, but some havesuspended all, or almost all, operations. To keep supporting the students
student experiences to assure all students have access to equitable opportunities to successfully transition to professional practice.Dr. Robin Fowler, University of Michigan Robin Fowler is a lecturer in the Program in Technical Communication at the University of Michigan. She enjoys serving as a ”communication coach” to students throughout the curriculum, and she’s especially excited to work with first year and senior students, as well as engineering project teams, as they navigate the more open-ended communication decisions involved in describing the products of open-ended design scenarios. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021IntroductionA
degree in Building Construction and Real Estate from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 2016. She has worked as a construction engineer for various general contracting companies in the Mid-Atlantic region.Dr. Dhaval Gajjar, Clemson University Dr. Dhaval Gajjar is an Assistant Professor at Clemson University’s Nieri Family Department of Con- struction Science and Management in the College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities. Dr. Gajjar has conducted research over the last 11 years on construction workforce and talent attraction strategies, project delivery, project close-out and post-occupancy evaluation. He has authored over thirty (30) publi- cations and proceedings disseminating the research
negotiate complex engineering design projects. Her scholarship is grounded in notions of learning as a social process, influenced by complexity theories, sociocultural theories, sociolinguistics, and the learning sciences.Dr. Wilhelmina C. Savenye, Arizona State University Dr. Wilhelmina ”Willi” C. Savenye is a Professor Emeritus of Learning, Design and Technologies / Educational Technology at Arizona State University. She is a former Education Director, and currently serves as Senior Education Advisor, for the NSF Engineering Research Center for Bio-mediated and American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021
courses/projects inundergraduate degrees are the most conducive learning opportunity for engineering students tolearn and practice ethical decision making in an engineering design context that simulates real-world scenarios.Engineering ethics importance has been recognized by organizations such as the NationalSociety of Professional Engineers (NSPE), the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), and theAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). For example, in the past, theNAE convened committees to envision the engineer of 2020 engineering two decades in advance[1], [2]. They predicted the demands and changes in engineering with growing complexity inapplications that truly interest society globally [1]. It stated that the codes of
generators, frequency synthesizers, switching power supplies, and high-speed digital circuits. He is co-inventor on a patent for the design of electronic instrumentation used to steer oil wells while drilling. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Work-in-Progress: Enhancing Engineering Students’ Troubleshooting SkillsAbstract Several Engineering faculty at Kennesaw State University have observed over the pastfew semesters that students are often unable to fulfill the original design requirements set fortheir senior project due in part to their limited ability to effectively troubleshoot the technicalissues they
strategies in the statics classroom. Currently, Dr. Cutler works as an assessment and instructional support specialist with the Leonhard Center for the Enhance- ment of Engineering Education at Penn State. She aids in the educational assessment of faculty-led projects while also supporting instructors to improve their teaching in the classroom. Previously, Dr. Cutler worked as the research specialist with the Rothwell Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence Worldwide Campus (CTLE - W) for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.Dr. Swaroop Ghosh, Penn State Swaroop Ghosh received the B.E. (Hons.) from IIT, Roorkee, India, the M.S. degree from the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, and the Ph.D. degree from Purdue
theproposal. To illustrate, sometimes an idea stews for a good while in the form of an initial concepton which a team of colleagues continues to ponder and explore a direction for a particular topic andthe viability of the project. Conversations through collaborative interaction, among team members,are critical in bringing the most effective articulation of proposal pieces, and the multitude of pointsof views, from a collaborating team, enable a powerful array of avenues in building to the mostcompetitive proposal: in short, a group genius approach is far more productive than a solo centeredmodel. For example, the working group may have continual conversations, read, try things in thelab, ponder and pilot aspects of the work, etc., before even
Paper ID #33693Sustainable Bridges from Campus to Campus: The Creation and Conduct ofOnline Synchronous Summer Bridge Programs in 2020Dr. Catherine L. Cohan, Pennsylvania State University Catherine Cohan, Ph.D. has been a research psychologist for over 20 years. Her areas of expertise include engineering education, retention of underrepresented students, measurement, and assessment. She is currently an Assistant Research Professor and coordinates the Sustainable Bridges NSF IUSE project (Peter Butler, PI). Previously, she was the project coordinator the the Toys’n MORE NSF STEP project (Renata Engel, PI).Dr. Lauren A
freedom and with more advancedrobotic topics. The course culminates with an open-ended final project in which students work inteams to demonstrate the knowledge they have acquired throughout the course.Illustrative Class AssignmentsTo familiarize students with the process, first sample code is provided for the animation of thewheel on a flat terrain and they are asked to now create an interesting roller coaster. They mustthen design the track and the aesthetics of the roller coaster cart. Then, they must determine howto position and orient their roller coaster on the track using the homogenous transformationsdiscussed in class and by considering the geometry of the problem. Students design race cars,trains, airplanes, and animals, like the ones
Paper ID #33423Integrating 3D Printing into Engineering Technology CurriculumDr. Mert Bal, Miami University Mert Bal received his PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Eastern Mediterranean Univer- sity, North Cyprus in 2008. He was a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the University of Western Ontario, and a Visiting Researcher at the National Research Council Canada in London, Ontario, Canada between 2008 and 2010. He was involved in various research projects in the areas of collaborative intelligence, localiza- tion and collaborative information processing in wireless sensor networks, intelligent agents, agent-based
solvingengineering problems. Students therefore often do not reinforce their programming skills and losea potentially valuable tool. Furthermore, incoming first-year students lack math and engineeringproblem solving skills [1]. This presents a challenge in teaching programming. It is thereforeimportant that the programming projects consist of problems that the students can relate to andidentify with. Also, the required math and engineering principles need to be presented in anelementary and clear way. This requires starting out with elementary problems and subsequentlyincreasing their complexity. MATLAB has enough programming constructs to introduceprogramming in an introductory course and also features a host of advanced application-specificfunctions. It
Brandenberg, University of California, Los Angeles Scott is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion for the Samueli Engineering School at UCLA.Anabella Gonzalez American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 NSF BEATSCreating an Academic Innovation Ecosystem to Drive Student SuccessThe overriding objective of the National Science Foundation funded Broadening EcosystemAttributes for Talented Scholars (BEATS) project is to recruit, retain, develop, mentor andgraduate low-income, underrepresented engineering and computer science students.Historically underrepresented engineering
aspects. The study’s objective was to create a VR platform consistingof four VR learning modules to teach data types, conditionals, loops, and operators. Each moduledeveloped one CT topic with engaging interactive activities, animated models, and games withbuilt-in self-assessment.This paper details the modules’ development, deployment, and outcomes related to the use of theVR modules within a science and math enrichment camp focused on learning engineering designand coding. The study assessed student use of the four CT topics in their final design project—acoded personal reflection. A lack of the fundamental understanding of CT concepts is a criticalfactor in STEM attrition rates as CT skills are highly interconnected to various branches
systems can be designed andcreated to provide an integrative learning environment via a theme that connects and transfers theknowledge across a curriculum. The paper will focus on the results of the project from twoperspectives: technological and educational. The technological perspective will describe theresearch efforts of automatically generating virtual environments using the reinforcementlearning (RL) approach while the educational perspective will summarize the results on theeffectiveness of the CLICK approach on students’ motivation, engineering identity, and learningoutcomes.IntroductionThis paper presents the results of our NSF project entitled Leveraging Virtual Reality (VR) toConnect Learning and Integrate Course Knowledge (CLICK) in
based courses. He created and co-teaches a multi-year integrated system design (ISD) project for mechanical engineering students. He is a mentor to mechanical engineering graduate teaching fellows and actively champions the adoption and use of teaching technologies.Mr. Danny Rubin, Rubin Danny Rubin is the founder of Rubin, a leading provider of online curriculum for business communication skills. Rubin, the company, provides its signature curriculum, called ”Emerge,” to engineering schools nationwide. Emerge features in-demand communication topics like email etiquette, phone etiquette, net- working, LinkedIn and more. Danny began his career as a local TV news reporter and national news consultant for NBC’s ”Meet
.” [1] Design has also been identified as a curricular pillar for modern engineeringprograms in recent reports such as in the “MIT Engineering Department Initiative on NewEngineering Education Transformation Report”.[2]A recently created Mechanical Engineering program has emphasized the engineering designprocess in its curriculum. Currently, students are introduced to the design process in their first-year engineering course. This course challenges students to learn and apply the design process toa semester-long design project. Design is also reinforced in several courses during the students’sophomore and junior years with emphasis on different aspects of the design process. Forexample, in a course on Machine Design, students are given a design
ability to identify and use appropriate technical literature” [4].Program GoalsWhatever form it took, an enhanced technical writing program would have to meet these goals: • Support ABET’s instruction to produce students proficient in technical communication skills • Respond to employer requests for freshman co-op students more versed in business and technical writing tasks • Teach students a portable set of writing and presentation skills • Help students develop a process approach to writing that includes audience, purpose, context, research, and format considerations • Encourage students to develop a self-reflective approach to writing projects with the goal of becoming more proficient writersEmbedded Technical
Paper ID #32822Explaining Choice, Persistence, and Attrition of Black Students inElectrical, Computer, and Mechanical Engineering: Year 3Dr. Catherine Mobley, Clemson University Catherine Mobley, Ph.D., is a Professor of Sociology at Clemson University. She has over 30 years experience in project and program evaluation and has worked for a variety of consulting firms, non-profit agencies, and government organizations, including the Rand Corporation, the American Association of Retired Persons, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. Since 2004, she been a member of the NSF-funded
. Of particular interest in this regardare educational systems that are significantly different from our own.The German higher education system has a strongly different structureand approach.Short descriptions of the educational progress of the German engineer-ing student and of the structure of the German technical universityare presented first. Some advantages and disadvantages from the au-thor1s point of view are enumerated. Specific courses, laboratories,projects, examinations, etc., that are listed in this paper as exampleshave been comoleted by the author at the University of Karlsruhe,Karlsruhe, Germany, for a degree in Mechanical Engineering.The CurriculumTable 1 is an attempt to contrast the educational progress of a typicalAmerican
construction projects. Job titles include field engineer, project engineer,superintendent, as well as estimator, scheduler, and project manager.Students in the CEM Program receive training in construction materials, drafting,computer applications, construction surveying, structural design, soil mechanics,construction equipment, estimating, scheduling, accounting, project management,safety and law.Electrical EngineeringThis program trains students in the fundamentals of electrical engineering includingcommunications, controls, instrumentation, electronics, illumination and power. Atthe junior and senior level students may specialize in power, electronics, or controlsand instrumentation.Electronic Systems Engineering TechnologyGraduates from this
, Environmental, Behavioral, Societal,Technological, and Governmental), and it fits nicely with existing topics in civil engineeringeducation.This paper describes best practices for incorporating circular economy concepts in engineeringspaces, along with practical applications in organizational structures within post-secondaryinstitutions, in particular within civil engineering programs. It also contributes to engineeringliterature by exploring the potential benefit of implementing circular economies in civilengineering projects designed for long-term sustainability [5]. This paper provides anopportunity to bridge the gap between education and CE by identifying whether its successfulimplementation can positively impact long-term sustainability decision
experimentallyevaluate and understand torque, spring constants, moments, power, and energy for motors,springs, rubberbands, etc. with the use of a project kit provided. Proficiency of these conceptsand evaluation skills are prerequisite for successful performance in a final robot project. Criticaldesign constraints for the robot are identified through analysis of experimental data collectedfrom the series of hands-on measurements. The results from the student calculations of thelaboratory activity using the kit were compared to in-person measurements in a laboratorysetting. Using these performance metrics, we were able to determine that the students were ableto extrapolate their hands-on learned skills into more complex engineering applications in theform of a
engineering education through a design-focused, project-rich curriculum that engages students through collaborations with industry and society across all eight semesters. A first-generation college student, Kurt earned his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the Univer- sity of Iowa. He has served as chair of ASEE’s International Division, and was founding chair of ASEE’s Community Engagement Division. He is recipient of best conference paper awards for the 2009 and 2016 ASEE Annual Conferences.Dr. Justin J Henriques Justin Henriques is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering at James Madison Univer- sity. He holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in systems engineering, a masters in urban and environmental planning