uncertainty.The learning throughout the course is intended to give the students a toolbox to aid in theirperformance of a team project authentic to engineering practice.The course does not use a standard textbook but is built from a common “textbook” of core topiclessons and examples authored by previous instructors, supplemented with materials, lessons,and topics curated by individual instructors, such that the course has common elements, but eachinstructor offers a different interpretation.In the Fall of 2020, the course was presented in synchronous remote mode using Blackboardcourseware delivered over a Zoom platform. The course allows for class time to performteamwork as part of a laboratory component, and breakout rooms were used for this purpose
majors in the industrial setting, were reported. Arduino has beenwidely used for teaching junior and senior level controls [3]-[9] and microprocessor courses [10],computer engineering capstone projects [11], and communication systems courses [12].Arduino has also been widely used in lower-division courses. For freshman engineering students,Arduino was used as a platform to teach programming, design, and measurement [13]. In thiswork, the authors transited the Living with the LAB curriculum, which used the Boe-Bot mobilerobotics and the Basic Stamp microcontroller, to the Arduino platform. In [14], Sullivan et al. usedArduino in an Introduction to Mechanical Engineering course where freshman students designedand implemented a cornerstone project
more than 400 agent-based models across a wide range of content domains. He has also developed many computation-based curricular units for use in K-16 that are used internationally. He is the co-inventor of, and continues to develop restructuration theory that describes the changing content of knowledge in the context of ubiquitous computation, and its implications for making sense of complexity. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021A Multi-level Diffusion Unit: Connecting Submicro- and Macro-levels withComputational, Graphical and Mathematical RepresentationsAbstractThis paper describes an undergraduate unit for teaching diffusion as an emergent
simulation laboratory (lab) that utilizes PCs equipped with software such asSolidWorks (2005), including the add-on Animator, MATLAB®, and Simulink®. Proceedings of the 2007 ASEE North Midwest Sectional Conference The course objective, description, and related courses are given by:Objective: Gain experience in dynamic modeling, simulation, and visualization of manydifferent mechanical systems using applied mathematical techniques and modern softwareimportant to mechanical, electrical, and systems engineers working in industry or studentspreparing for graduate school in engineering.Description: Many engineering systems are inherently dynamic in nature. Characterizing anddesigning such systems requires mathematical modeling
to material to be further explored in later courses including moments, safety factor, and material propertiesThis paper describes the results of this experience as well as the experimental apparatusdeveloped and lessons learned through multiple iterations.Laboratory ExperienceEach lab section for the class had ~15 students and was staffed by the course instructor and twoundergraduate student mentors. These paid student mentors were typically sophomore or juniorengineering majors who had received a quick refresher lesson on drilling and tapping. Theintroduction to engineering space was in a separate building from the main engineeringdepartment facilities and included a large classroom and laboratory space stocked with handtools. At the
vehicle could be injured. In either case, theuniversity would be exposed to some degree of legal risk. Therefore, it cannot be arguedthat liability issues by themselves disqualify industry-sponsored projects in favor ofcompetition-oriented projects. Still, to the extent that more persons outside the universitycould potentially be affected by industry-sponsored projects, the issue of liability shouldbe seriously addressed.Professional ResponsibilityThe issue of professional responsibility must also addressed. When engineering servicesare offered to the public, those services must be performed by or under the “responsiblecontrol” of a registered Professional Engineer (PE)9. Since in most states the teaching ofengineering design is also defined as
Paper ID #32654Improving Student Motivation Using a 3D Printed Heat Exchanger ProjectDr. James ”Jamie” Canino, Trine University Jamie Canino is currently a professor at Trine University where he focuses on undergraduate education research. He teaches in the thermal-fluids and aerospace engineering fields and can be reached at cani- noj@trine.edu.Dr. Jon Koch, Trine University American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Improving Student Motivation Using a 3D Printed Heat Exchanger ProjectAbstract The importance of
Properties Testing Laboratory (NMPTL) located inside the Applied Research Center-Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. During his tenure at ODU, his efforts have been directed to advance re- search in Nanotechnology and by teaching to inspire students (graduate and undergraduate) to become excited and contribute to that research. His principal interests are as follows: the study of Nanoscale Mechanical Behavior of solids; research plastic flow properties and the fundamental atomic scale mech- anisms; evaporation and deposition of thin films for activation analysis; study of computation and exper- imental nanoscale mechanical properties; fracture strength of thin films among others. To his credit are more than
manufacturing jobs” as a main reason for the problem.Relatedly, [3] has set forth the goal of attracting and growing tomorrow’s manufacturingworkforce through STEM-focused education programs and industry-education partnerships.The related educational programs are often connected to learning environments that havebeen created to engage students in making, tinkering, programming, and honing other skillsrelevant to tomorrow’s workforce while exploring related career pathways [4]. These learningenvironments are typically referred to as STEM labs (laboratories) and/or makerspaces [5].However, programs like these often focus on upper-secondary students, and can fail toaddress career misperceptions, especially early on when career interests are
materials to supplement their face-to-face classroom.Dr. Mingyu Lu, West Virginia University Institute of Technology Mingyu Lu received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Tsinghua University, Bei- jing, China, in 1995 and 1997 respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Uni- versity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2002. From 1997 to 2002, he was a research assistant at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. From 2002 to 2005, he was a postdoctoral research associate at the Electromagnetics Laboratory in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was an Assistant Professor with the Department of
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
teaching assistants for the Advanced Physics [12] Z. Jones, J. Hinds, S. Woznichak, and A. Calamai. Re-Laboratory section for which this experiment was visiting the room-temperature metastable 2e lifetimeintroduced. We would also like to thank the in ruby for an upper division phosphorescence labora-Northeastern University Department of Physics for tory experiment. Journal of Undergraduate Reports infinancially supporting our experience at the ASEE- Physics, 30(1):100004, 2020.NE 2021 conference. [13] G. C. Brown. Fluorescence lifetimes of ruby. Journal
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