Paper ID #15017Designing a Big Machine: A Description and Assessment of a Mechanical En-gineering Design ProjectIrene B. Mena, University of Pittsburgh Irene B. Mena has a B.S. and M.S. in industrial engineering, and a Ph.D. in engineering education. Her research interests include first-year engineering and graduate student professional development.Prof. William W. Clark, University of PittsburghEllen M. Moe c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Designing a Big Machine: A Description and Assessment of a Mechanical
persisted in engineering or 38.4%. The data is shown inFigure 2. These persistence rates were evaluated based on spring 2016 major/degree earned. Ifthese rates seem low, keep in mind that any student enrolling in the EPS course is counted asintending to major in engineering, even though at least one third of the students never declare anengineering major. 0.7 2012 NFS 0.6 non-NFS 0.5 Fraction of Students 0.4 0.3 0.2
., Kisenwether, E. C., Rzasa, S. E. & Wise, J.C. (2005). Developing and assessing students’ entrepreneurial skills and mind-sets. Journal of Engineering Education. 94(2): 233-243.5. KEEN (2015). Website: http://keennetwork.org/, last retrieved on Oct.11.6. Purzer, S., Nicholas, F. & Natarja, L. (2016). Evaluation of current assessment methods in engineering entrepreneurship education. Adv. Eng. Educ. 6(1): 1-27.7. Fernandez, T.M., Coutinho, G.S., Wilson, M. D. & Hoffmann, S.R. (2015). Development of Entrepreneurial Attitudes Assessment Instrument for First Year Engineering Students. . The 122nd ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. Seatal, WA.8. Rodriguez, J., Chen, H.L., Sheppard, S., & Jin, Q. (2014). Exploring
Engineering Education to the New Century, by the Committee on the Engineer of 2020, Phase II, Committee on Engineering Education, National Academy of Engineering, 2005.8 Bransford, John D., Brown, Ann L., and Cocking, Rodney R., “How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School,” with additional material from the Committee on Learning Research and Educational Practice, National Academy Press, Washington D.C., 2000. Nation Academy of Sciences9 Popovic, Milica, “Giving Life to Teaching Introductory Electromagnetics: A Three-Year Assessment Plan,” 2004 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, pp. 3361–3364, 2004.10 Carlson, Lawrence E., and Sullivan, Jacqueline F., “Hands-on Engineering: Learning by Doing in the
translates into academic, work, and career self-efficacy particularly for women. Student sections of industry clubs and professionalorganizations such as the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the AmericanSociety of Mechanical Engineers, the Lunar Lion Team at Penn State, and the National Societyof Black Engineers provided the students interviewed here with a heightened sense of academicand work self-efficacy. These organizations afforded students valuable opportunities to meetlike-minded engineering students, learn about important industry news, and serve as mentorswhile providing outlets to employ technical skills taught in the classroom.Although only the full-time engineer data pool was asked specifically about whether their co
Paper ID #16025Targeted Recruitment of Biomedical Engineering Graduate Students: TheInfluence of Recruitment Event ChangesMs. Brittain Sobey, The University of Texas - Austin Brittain Sobey is the Graduate Program Coordinator for the Department of Biomedical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. She earned her Master of Education from Boston University.Ms. Margo Cousins, The University of Texas - Austin Ms. Cousins oversees undergraduate and graduate academic advising at the Department Biomedical Engi- neering at The University of Texas at Austin. She directs the office in strategic academic and professional
strategic initiatives of industrial leaders.In spite of the attention the topic was receiving in industry, little mind space or targeted researchwithin the academy was being focused on the looming issue. In 2011, with urging and supportfrom an Engineering Education Industrial Advisory Council (IAC), a first of its kind course waslaunched entitled “Harnessing Engineering Expertise in Industry”. The graduate course, co-developed and instructed by university faculty and members of the IAC, explored the topic ofengineering expertise from an industrial perspective. The objective of this course was to makeexplicit the concept of expertise in industry, to replicate and/or develop research basedapproaches for identifying and capturing this expertise, and
Paper ID #12041Hex-Oid Habitat Design Challenge: Teaching Engineering Design in a Multi-disciplinary Role-Play ScenarioDr. Robert H. Mayer Jr., U.S. Naval Academy Dr. Mayer is a professor of ocean engineering at the U. S. Naval Academy. He is a past chairman of the Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Department and currently teaches courses in ocean engineer- ing design, probability & statistics, and underwater search & recovery operations. His research interests relate to the application of statistics, operations research methods and computers to the management, en- gineering and construction of ocean
Paper ID #12728How Dialogue on ’Ingenuity in Nature’ Increases Enthusiasm for Engineer-ing and Science in Traditional Religious CommunitiesDr. Dominic M. Halsmer P.E., Oral Roberts University Dr. Dominic M. Halsmer is a Professor of Engineering and former Dean of the College of Science and Engineering at Oral Roberts University. He also serves as the Director of the Center for Faith and Learn- ing at ORU. He has been teaching science and engineering courses there for 23 years, and is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Oklahoma. He received BS and MS Degrees in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
-thinking skills that come from studying inSTEM environments.[8] STEM learning environments provide opportunities for students to focuson discovery and the ability to solidify educational concepts in their minds by understanding aconcept in a variety of contexts. A true STEM environment has students engaged in all aspects ofa topic, incorporating knowledge and approaches from all the core K-12 subjects, not just scienceand math. Unfortunately, current methods of educating K-12 students about engineering andengineering careers have shown little impact on improving the number of students pursuing anengineering related degree.[9]Students must have a positive impression of engineering before they will consider it for theirprofession, as behavior will
the common fundamentals and practices thatdefine the theory and effective practice of engineering, technology, and science, but alsocommunicate these principles in an academic forum. With this in mind, a baccalaureatedegree program in Design Engineering was proposed in 2004. Subsequent modificationsto it were made in 2008, 2010, and 2012 based on assessment outcomes.Since the proposal of this original program, there has been an increase in demand forqualified manufacturing design engineering professionals. This is because this programoffers practical training in the area of manufacturing design engineering. Unlike atraditional Mechanical Engineering program, this program emphasizes those technicalskills that would build on each student’s
and ethical development in the college years: A scheme. New York: Holt, Rinehart, & Winston.11. Schaller, M. (2005). Wandering and wondering: Traversing the uneven terrain of the second college year. About Campus, 10(3).12. Seligman, M. (2011). Flourish. New York: Free Press.13. Tinto, V. 1987. Leaving College. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.14. University of Southern California. 2015. Center for Engineering Diversity. http://www.viterbi.usc.edu15. Vygotsky, L. (1978). Mind in Society. London: Harvard University Press. Page 26.300.15 Appendix A: Weekly ScheduleWeek 1Monday8:00am – 8:45am
,attended the meeting late and ill prepared, etc.5. ConclusionThis paper presents a study that compares the team effectiveness between globally distributedand locally distributed engineering teams that are built upon the engineering classes. The resultshows that the locally distributed teams significantly outperformed the globally distributed teamsin terms of the measures of utilization of resources, experimentation/creativity, and evaluation ofteam functions. Such results can be used for instructors to better prepare student’s mind in termsof how to succeed in a distributed teams as individuals and how to mingle all team memberstowards a more functional team. With respect to future works of this study, together with afollow up assessment of every
engineers, and engage the community as service-minded leaders. Generally, thesestudents came to SPU from low-income households, underrepresented populations, and atypicalbackgrounds. By examining our body of ECASE scholars in this paper, we aim to expandperceptions about who could, who would, and who does succeed in earning the rigorousundergraduate electrical engineering degree.This paper includes a discussion of the lessons learned from interacting closely with 49 ECASEscholarship recipients and supporting them in an adaptive manner to address their individualneeds. The paper provides composite illustrations of the range of their backgrounds and uniquesituations. It highlights the challenges faced by these students during matriculation at SPU
Paper ID #17286Major Observations from a Specialized REU Program for Engineering Stu-dents with ADHDDr. Arash Esmaili Zaghi P.E., University of Connecticut Dr. Arash E. Zaghi received his PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Nevada, Reno, where he worked on the seismic behavior of novel bridge column and connection details. After graduating, he stayed with UNR as a Research Scientist to overlook two major research projects involving system-level shake table experiments. In 2011, Dr. Zaghi joined the Department of Civil and Environmental Engi- neering at University of Connecticut as an Assistant Professor. His
technical versus non-technical course choiceallocations. Perhaps an unstated bias exists that choice equates to less “rigor,” and so theunintended message to students of differential choice in technical versus non-technicalcoursework may be that knowledge and courses in non-technical subjects are comparativelyunimportant. Values are inherent in engineering design; so just as the technical content of anengineering program is (hopefully) carefully scaffolded, “the same intentionality and evaluationshould be undertaken for the liberal component of a student’s undergraduate experience.”6Though some choice is necessary, too much choice can be detrimental;29 thus, providing choicein a balanced manner is essential. Engineering educators must be mindful
College of Engineering. Dr. Daher collaborates with engineering faculty to document and research the integration of innovative instructional strategies and technologies in his classroom. His latest collaborative submitted publication discusses Using the Flipped approach in a water resources course.Dr. Stuart Bernstein, University of Nebraska - Lincoln Stuart Bernstein received his Bachelors in Construction Management from Syracuse University, His Mas- ters in Architecture from Virginia Tech, and his PhD in Educational Administration, Leadership in Higher Education from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Dr. Bernstein has taught in the College of Engi- neering for 14 years, teaching classes in construction estimating
Paper ID #17192Utilizing an Innovative Engineering Skills Curriculum and Technology to Ex-pand Classroom Learning in Low-Resource SettingsMr. Dhinesh Balaji Radhakrishnan, Purdue University Dhinesh Radhakrishnan is a doctoralstudent in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. His research includes utilization of technology in education, and socially constructed education in low- resource settings. His current work is on developing engineering skills curriculum for out-of-school youth in Africa utilizing digital learning materials. He is the Global Student Forum Chair for 2016 in SPEED. He is also the
Paper ID #16169Work in Progress: Developing a Quantitative Instrument for Measuring Un-dergraduate Engineering Students’ Future Time PerspectivesCatherine McGough, Clemson University Catherine McGough is currently a graduate research assistant in Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University. She obtained her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Clemson University in 2014. Her research interests are in undergraduate engineering student motivations and undergraduate engineer- ing problem solving skill development and strategies.Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno Adam Kirn is an Assistant Professor of
sustainability componentsOne of the main objectives of the development of K-12 outreach activities via service learningexperiences was to provide a sustainable way to promote active CPP engineering studentparticipation in the education and motivation of the K-12 community. The sustainability of theprogram was achieved developing the curriculum model shown in Figure 1.Sustainability component 1-The service learning instructional model provided academic credit tostudents(this provided time in students’ schedules to engage in the creation, modification andfurther implementation of the hands-on outreach activities while keeping in mind thecharacteristics of the K-12 partner). The course was officially designated as a service learningcourse, which added all
engineering.GEOTECHNICS MAJOR RELATED COURSESEngineering geology is so important that the father of soil mechanics Karl Terzaghi, when hetaught at University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, it is said that he only taught theengineering geology course [16]. His teaching and emphasis on engineering geology instead ofinstruction of soil mechanics, that was created and developed by himself, shows the importanceof engineering geology in the father of soil mechanics’ mind. The introduced fundamental casestudy and explanation of the failure mechanism of the highway embankment slope movement isillustrated with the geotechnics in conjunction of both soil mechanics and engineering geologyprocesses. Most civil engineering programs offer at least one geotechnical
Paper ID #22024No-cost Implementation of Electronic Lab Notebooks in an Intro Engineer-ing Design CourseDr. Daisuke Aoyagi, California State University, Chico Daisuke Aoyagi received a B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering from Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan, and a M.S. and a Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from University of California, Irvine. He worked as a research engineer at Los Amigos Research and Education Institute in Downey, Cali- fornia. He is an assistant professor in the department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering and Sustainable Manufacturing at California State University, Chico. His
Paper ID #26198Board 112: Contextualizing Learning: Exploring the Complex Cultural Sys-tem of Learning in Engineering MakerspacesDr. Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University Dr. Robert Nagel is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering at James Madison Univer- sity. Dr. Nagel joined the James Madison University after completing his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at Oregon State University. He has a B.S. from Trine University and a M.S. from the Missouri University of Science and Technology, both in mechanical engineering. Since joining James Madison University, Nagel has helped to develop and teach the six
Paper ID #25851NSF S-STEM: Transfer Success Co-Design for Engineering Disciplines (Tran-SCEnD)Dr. Rachel McCord, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Rachel McCord is a a Lecturer and Research Assistant Professor in the Engineering Fundamentals Divi- sion at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. She received her Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech. Her research interests include the impact of metacognitive and self-regulated learning development on engineering student success, particularly in the first year.Dr. David J. Keffer, University of Tennessee, Knoxville David Keffer received his B.S. in Chemical
scientific oral presentationMethodsConcept maps organize information graphically. They were first developed and used as apedagogical tool in biology by Stewart et al. [2]. In developing a concept map, a student writesdown terms that come to mind as the result of a prompt and connects them with directionalarrows and text describing the nature of the connections. If the concept maps are to be used toassess or evaluate student learning, the instructor must decide not only how to construct theassignment prompt but also how to evaluate the map. Per [1], in engineering education, conceptmaps have been used to assess knowledge integration across an engineering program [3],conceptual understanding in a engineering
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Paper ID #25765Preparing First-Year Engineering Students for a Career where Communica-tion Skills MatterDr. Leila Keyvani, Northeastern University Dr. Keyvani is an assistant teaching professor in the First year engineering program.Dr. Kathryn Schulte Grahame, Northeastern University Dr. Kathryn Schulte Grahame is an Associate Teaching Professor at Northeastern University and a mem- ber of the first-year engineering team. The focus of this team is on providing a consistent, comprehensive, and constructive educational experience that endorses the student-centered, professional and practice- oriented mission of Northeastern
Engineering and Computer Science Projectexpands these practices at Wright College and extends the collaboration to the CCC system. Theacademic departments, the student support services and the administration, collaborate to recruit,retain and transfer students. Through this Project, Wright College established an EngineeringCenter, a place where students build their community of practice (CoP), network, support eachother both academically and professionally, and develop Professional Identity. Students at theEngineering Center find support from like-minded students, all working together to be successfulin the major. During the first semester of the project, the Engineering Center hosted 176 uniqueengineering students (EP, Bridge, IIT and non-pathway
Paper ID #29694Embedding Teacher Professional Learning into the Student-Focused GEARUPEngineering Summer Camp (Evaluation)Ryan Barlow, Utah State University Ryan Barlow obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Utah in 2012 and his Master’s Degree in Science Education from the University of Maryland in 2016. He is currently a PhD candidate in Engineering Education at Utah State University where his research focuses on continuing professional development of engineering educators.Dr. Max L Longhurst, Utah State University Dr. Longhurst is an Assistant Professor of Science Education in
Paper ID #29993Optimizing Student-Faculty Rapport for the Engineering Classrooms:Dimensioning the Behaviors That MatterDr. Fethiye Ozis P.E., Northern Arizona University Dr. Fethiye ”Faith” Ozis is a lecturer in the civil and environmental engineering department at Northern Arizona University. Dr. Ozis holds a B.S. in environmental engineering from the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey and a Ph.D. from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. She is a licensed Professional Engineer, Environmental, in Arizona. Dr. Ozis is an ExCEEd fellow, and enjoys every dimension of being an engineering educator