students’measurement journeys allows us to better understand students’ thought processes while debuggingand helps us uncover students’ stumbling blocks, which will hopefully lead to better teachinginterventions. We have continued to modify the experiments and used this tool in subsequentterms, in efforts to improve the tool and gather more data about how students debug. We are happyto share source code with others who would like to help test out this system. We look forward tosharing additional insights into students’ debugging processes in the near future.Bibliography[1] A. Price, et al. “A Detailed Characterization of the Expert Problem-Solving Process in Scienceand Engineering; Guidance for Teaching and Assessment,” submitted to CBE Life SciencesEducation
Paper ID #32842Undergraduate Student Learning of Market-Driven Design Topics in aThird-Year Design CourseDr. Steven Hoffenson, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Systems & Enterprises) Steven Hoffenson is an Assistant Professor in the School of Systems and Enterprises at Stevens Institute of Technology, where he directs the Design of Sustainable Products Across Complex Environments (Design SPACE) Laboratory. His research focuses on design education and training, design for market systems, multi-disciplinary design optimization, and policy modeling and analysis. Dr. Hoffenson holds a B.S. in Mechanical
lab was effective, the sample size shouldbe expanded to 30 or more to represent a more significant population and reduce error. Inaddition to evaluating more students, the user experience can be improved with additionalexperimental data and enhanced graphics with moving images or changing images. This wouldincrease engagement and visual association, which would be beneficial when the virtual lab isacting as a pre-lab to a physical unit operations lab. However, this preliminary study shows thatvirtual labs can effectively assist students in understanding fundamental fluidization theories. 9References[1] S. U. Rahman, N. M. Tukur, and I. A. Khan, “PC-Based Teaching Tools for Fluid Mechanics
departments are well-known to be “hands-on” departmentsas most core courses require laboratory experiences. Thus, distance learning was rarely used forengineering-related curriculum. Possible advantages from online education include the ability toaccess material and notes at the student’s own pace at any time, which in turn, may help studentsto grasp concepts more efficiently. Moreover, the information and content of courses is startingto become widely available among multiple institutions [3]. However, many challenges existrelated to the execution and delivery of online classes. The face-to-face interactions students andinstructors had become accustomed to have suddenly transitioned into minimal interactionswhere mostly the instructor is doing all
. They are publicly availabledata at the iGEM website [23], where the participants documented their projects using differentrepresentations (texts, diagrams, models, videos, etc.). These wikis were published with acreative commons copyright. For this project, we focused on the following sections of the wikis: • Team members (Names, majors, and specific contributions to the project). • Problem framing • Design of their biological system • Laboratory notebook with daily or weekly reports of experiments and results • Mathematical models and simulations • Demonstration of the design's functionality and general conclusions • Description of the outreach activities • Team's social media (Facebook, Instagram
Professionals: This course is designed tointroduce and develop the skills and knowledge necessary to create and present effective publiccommunication of technical content for a technical or general audience.In addition to these courses, students are required to write laboratory and design project reportsin many of their mechanical engineering courses such as Introduction to Problem Solving andDesign (ME 201), Engineering Analysis (ME 291), Mechanical Engineering Experimentation I(ME 336), Mechanical Engineering Experimentation II (ME 436), Mechanical EngineeringExperimentation III (ME 446), Mechanical Engineering Design Project I (ME 428), andMechanical Engineering Design Project II (438). During the senior year, students also arerequired to take the
Paper ID #34473A Hands-on Learning Approach to Introducing Computer Organization andArchitecture to Early-college StudentsDr. D. Cenk Erdil, Sacred Heart University Dr. Erdil has joined Sacred Heart University’s School of Computer Science & Engineering in Fall 2017. Prior to SHU, he has held academic positions at Marist College, Columbia University, and Istanbul Bilgi University. His research interests include using Cloud Computing as Artificial Intelligence Infrastructures, Cyber-Physical Systems and Internet-of-Things, Teaching coding to P-12 students, and Health Informat- ics. He is the author of numerous peer
theestate of Fulton and Edna Holtby. The goal was to promote professional activities of students,faculty, and staff in areas of research, scholarship, course development and professionaldevelopment by providing funds for stipend, travel, buyout for release time and purchase ofequipment, services and supplies. These funds were to be used to offer undergraduate andgraduate students opportunity to explore special topics outside of their formal coursework thatinspired their creativity and imagination through additional research and exploration and earncollege credit for their work. As structured coursework rarely offers extended, stress-freeenvironment conducive to learning and exploration, ideas were developed for student projects toprovide laboratory
, familiar phenomena such as fluidmixing behave counter to the intuition developed by students in a standard engineeringcurriculum. We present a laboratory project designed to stress this point to students taking a first-year graduate introduction to microsystems. The pilot group found the results surprising andcounter-intuitive. It appears that the project was instrumental in clarifying key concepts inmicrofluidics. IntroductionAfter several decades in which microsystems research mainly addressed electromechanicalsystems [1], the focus has begun to shift to fluidic systems. This shift is driven primarily bypotential application of microsystems to chemistry, biology and medicine [2]. An introductorycourse in
7 PUZZLES copyright 2002 by H.W. Corley1. Dr. Frank N. Stein of the CSE faculty is teaching a course in fuzzy logic this semester. The eminent AI guru is notorious for his difficult tests, so the students have begged him repeatedly for a multiple choice quiz. Finally, with a devious smile, he agrees. On the next test, he asks the first question in Swahili, which no one can read. However, the following answer choices are in English. (a) All of the below (b) None of the below (c) All of the above (d) One of the above (e) None of the above (f) None of the above Select the correct
Paper ID #33775How Students Search Video Captions to Learn: An Analysis of Search Termsand Behavioral Timing DataMr. Zhilin Zhang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Zhilin Zhang is a 5-year BS-MS student in Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign (UIUC), co-advised by Professor Lawrence Angrave and Professor Karrie Karahalios. His research interests are in Human-Computer Interaction and Learning Sciences. He studies, designs, and builds intelligent systems to support scalable and accessible teaching and learning through a computa- tional lens.Ms. Bhavya Bhavya, University of Illinois at
assumed endpoint:within a healthy watershed, all members of the ecosystem grow, develop, and flourish. Ratherthan merely being “retained” as an individual within a (neutral) pipeline, a member of anecosystem is part of a group that thrives as an interdependent collective. Metrics for the health ofan ecosystem will naturally incorporate intersectionality and complexity beyond traditionalrecruitment & retention data [12].However, despite these positive shifts from the limits of the lockstep “pipeline” to the morecapacious and humane “ecosystem,” metaphors about fostering persistence and thriving are, as arule, largely confined to the realms of STEM. They invoke STEM classrooms and laboratories,STEM communities and STEM processes (the pipelines
function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives [6]Programs necessarily define points within the curriculum where these outcomes are included incoursework. In some cases, these are included in coursework in ways where there may not be anatural fit in a typical lecture or lecture/laboratory course, or that appear to be contrived.Teamwork may consist of students put into groups based on proximity, with minimal instructionin how to effectively operate as a team; while this is indeed working within a group, it isarguably not effective teamwork [7]-[9]. Effective communication often consists of in-classpresentations
Paper ID #32683Capstone Projects Focused on the Evaluation of Existing StructuresDr. Jorge Antonio Tito P.E., University of Houston Jorge Tito is Assistant Professor of Engineering Technology. Dr. Tito received his Ph.D. and M.Sc. Degrees from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayag¨uez, Puerto Rico, in Civil Engineering with a major in Structures. He received the Civil Engineer Degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. Dr. Tito has experience in teaching, structural design, and construction management, and is a Registered Professional Engineer. American c
degree, he moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 2020 to work full-time at a motorcycle’s company development center as a CAE Engineer.Dr. Louis J Everett P.E., University of Texas at El Paso Dr. Everett is the MacGuire Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas El Paso. Dr. Everett’s current research is in the areas of Mechatronics, Freshman Programs and Student Engagement. Having multiple years of experience in several National Laboratories and Industries large and small, his teaching brings real world experiences to students. As a former NSF Program Director he works regularly helping faculty develop strong education proposals.Dr. Miguel Cedeno, The University of Texas at El Paso
development within informal science environments as well as Research- Practice Partnerships to benefit the local community. For more information about current projects and interests, please visit alexandriamuller.com.Liliana Garcia, University of California, Santa Barbara Liliana is a doctoral student interested in STEM Education under the guidance of Julie Bianchini at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She earned her B.S in Physics and obtained a single subject teaching credential through CalTeach at UC Irvine. Liliana previously worked with Upward Bound Trio Programs at Occidental College, preparing under-represented youth for successful pathways into college and work environments. Her experiences as a first
Research (ONR), United States Navy, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)] and industry partners [Blue Origin, Lockheed Martin, Sun Nuclear, Northrop Grumman, Rockwell Collins, PTC, Alstom]. Dr. Morkos received his Ph.D. from Clemson University. His Ph.D. dissertation was awarded the 2014 ASME CIE Dissertation of the year award for its transformative research on the development of non- traditional representation and reasoning tools for requirements analysis. Dr. Morkos was a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Engineering & Science Education at Clemson University performing NSF funded research on engineering student motivation and its effects on persistence and the use of advanced technology in
literature that international students face different challengeswhen compared with domestic students [11]. One of the challenges includes engaging in a newacademic environment [2] and the academic challenges that come alongside that. Thesechallenges can be discipline-specific and are often unaddressed by the larger school-wide supportsystems. For example, understanding where to get tutoring support for specific technical classesor the differences between laboratory and lecture-based courses. Discipline-specific academicadvisors do offer this support to students, but many international students aren’t sure whatsupport they should be seeking in terms of academic items. Additionally, items such asmismatched writing strategies from a home country to the
California.Prof. Dominic J. Dal Bello, Allan Hancock College Dom Dal Bello is Professor of Engineering at Allan Hancock College (AHC), a California Community College between UC Santa Barbara and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. He is Chair of the Mathematical Sciences Department, and Principal Investigator of the NSF S-STEM grant at AHC. He serves as Chair of the Two-Year College Division of ASEE, and Vice Chair/Community Colleges for the Pacific Southwest Section of ASEE.Mr. Jeff Jones P.E., Cuesta College Coming soon.Dr. Lizabeth L. Thompson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Lizabeth is a professor at Cal Poly, SLO in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. She has been teaching for 22 years and has
perceived values. There were four salient categories of counterspaces each fostering avariety of values for these students. The findings of this study contribute to the current researcharound counterspaces applying an added context to Black engineering students. Counterspacesare a necessary entity to for Black engineering students to feel supported and connected to theirinstitutions. Ong suggests counterspaces can be physical, conceptual or ideological settings andthat by having counterspaces in close proximity to the power structures of STEM, engineeringprograms can “set the tone for what kinds of social behaviors are encouraged and tolerated inclassrooms, laboratories and other social space” [9]. This work sheds light upon thinking aboutthe
Paper ID #35207Project Ponderosa - Bridging Robot Simulation with DesignDr. Scott Matthew Boskovich, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Dr. Scott Boskovich received his degree in Electrical Engineering focusing on Intelligent Systems. He has over 20 years of design experience from industry and has been teaching for over 20 years, 15 years part- time and now is a tenured track professor in Electromechanical Engineering at Cal Poly Pomona. His primary focus of research is robotics, autonomous vehicles and embedded systems and teaches related subject matter courses.Dr. Chris Burns, Boys Republic Licensed
cognitive considerations.Dr. Cameron J. Turner, Clemson University Cameron J. Turner, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, is the founder of the DICE (Design Innovation and Computational Engineering) Laboratory, a part of the CEDAR Group (Clemson Engi- neering Design Applications and Research) at Clemson University. Dr. Turner earned his doctorate (Engineering Design) and masters (Robotics and Automation) at The University of Texas at Austin, and his BSME (Thermal-Fluids and Solid Mechanics) at The University of Wyoming. Dr. Turner previously was an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines and a Research and Development Engineer and Subject Matter Expert at Los Alamos
. O’Brien is the Assistant Director for Cyber Defense Education and Training with the Infor-mation Trust Institute in The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.Casey has more than 25 years of large-scale information security and IT engineering, implementation,and management experience in challenging and cutting-edge public and private sector environments.Casey’s teaching and research interests include: practice-centered education and training solutions thatcombine accelerated learning programs, validated assessments, instruction, practice labs, and challengescenarios to improve information security talent management in organizations; rapid deployment of cus-tomizable and adaptive curriculum that raises
Paper ID #33821Global Engineering Competencies Learned Through Virtual Exchange ProjectCollaborationDr. Deborah Walter, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. Deborah Walter is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Her areas of expertise include design, and medical imaging. She started college at the University of Maryland (UMD) in College Park. After receiving her PhD at the Pennsylvania State University, she went to work for GE at the Global Research Center. She was in the Computed Tomography laboratory where she helped to design new x-ray CT systems for
’ recognized by the employers. Graduates are expected to be technicalexperts as well as have high quality ‘professional skills’ [3], [4]. Sighting this demand,engineering educators around the world are now making efforts to change the curriculum byadding an EM based course or incorporating associated modules into their courses. Students canexplore EM concepts related to real-world social issues and expand ‘professional skills’ such asrecognizing opportunities, creativity, communication, leadership and adaptability throughexperiential learning modules. Such modules can be easily integrated into design-based coursesas well as laboratory courses to provide students with a hands-on experience and expose them toopen-ended questions. However, it is
. Kevin P. Arnett P.E., United States Military Academy LTC Kevin Arnett is a fifth year Assistant Professor at the US Military Academy. He received his B.S. in Civil Engineering from USMA in 2001, his M.S. Civil Engineering from U.C. Berkeley in 2011, and his PhD in Structural Engineering from UCSD in 2019. He teaches structural analysis and design of steel structures, and is a licensed Professional Engineer in California and Missouri.Dr. Michael Gerhardt Oesterle, Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center Michael Oesterle is a research structural engineer and the division director for the Capital Improvements Explosion Effects and Consequences (EE&C) Division at the Naval Facilities Command
student is in autonomous vehi- cles, engineering education, and aviation technology. His thesis topic focuses on conducting engineering analysis of semi-autonomous trailer connections.Miss Emily Rada, Purdue University, West Lafayette Emily Rada is a master’s Engineering Technology student at Purdue University, studying predictive main- tenance in turbine generators. She graduated in May 2019 with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering Tech- nology from Purdue University, concentrating on power generation and fuel sources.Dr. Anne M. Lucietto, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Lucietto has focused her research in engineering technology education and the understanding of engineering technology students. She teaches in an
project focusing on analyzingrotation may be a helpful learning supplement for students. Therefore, a carousel projecthas been developed and implemented in an undergraduate dynamics course in mechanicalengineering technology (MET).This article will discuss the learning process and results of a group laboratory project incurvilinear motion. This project is designed to not only improve students’ learningoutcomes and understanding of dynamics content, but also to develop and enhance theirproblem solving and critical thinking skills.Students are tasked with designing and building a physical carousel model, choosingmaterials for the main body and supporting cables, recording data, and using their data toanalyze the model’s rotational motion. To solve
) by The American Society for Quality (ASQ). He is also a certified Quality Management Systems (QMS) Lead Auditor by the International Register of Certificated Auditors (IRCA) in London. He was elected a Fellow by ASQ in 2007.Dr. Yuqiu You, Ohio University Dr. YUQIU YOU is an Associate Professor of Engineering Technology and Management at Ohio Uni- versity. She earned her B.E. degree from HuaZhong University of Science and Technology in China, MS from Morehead State University of Morehead, KY, and Ph.D. (Technology Management with the concen- tration in manufacturing systems, 2006) from Indiana State University. Dr. You is currently teaching at Ohio University. Her interests are in computer-integrated
Paper ID #34926Design and Manufacturability of Medical Ventilators from the Perspectiveof a Global Automotive FootprintDr. H. Bryan Riley, Clemson University H. Bryan Riley Ph.D., joined Clemson University in July 2019 and currently teaches controls and man- ufacturing processes courses. He has taught courses in signal processing, electrical communication sys- tems, EE capstone design, electric machines, adaptive signal processing, and hybrid and electric vehicles. Riley, who spent his early career in the automotive industry, has managed multi-disciplined and global en- gineering teams responsible for introducing advanced