withdeveloping outreach activities and presentations for K-5 students in an economicallydisadvantaged charter school in Detroit. The outreach activities were meant to excite the K-5students about STEM and to provide them with an opportunity to engage in some hands-onactivities. These predominantly African American students had very little prior exposure tocollege students and even less exposure to role models working in STEM.Program Organization:The REU undergraduate student researchers were first told about plans for an outreach activityon the very first day of the REU program. The activity was scheduled on a day during the secondweek of the REU program due to the K-5 academic calendar. Many students initially voicedconcerns at the thought of having to
did affecting them, but took no changes needed, began thoughts not identify a plan to address identifiable action to address your and behaviors to positively manage your motivations motivations. your motivationsStep 6: Expert ReviewThe authors obtained reviews from experts to confirm that proposed assessments will meet needsand to obtain suggestions for improvement. Three occasions were used for this review: projectadvisory board, Capstone Design Conference workshop (2016), and interested engineeringeducation professionals at an ASEE focus group (2016). Each occasion and its findings aredescribed below.Advisory Board. The project advisory board for the NSF-funded grant was
reported on their career plans and theirexpectations for their future education. Our research team is interested in a number of questionsrelated to describing the motivation and career intentions of current and former engineeringstudents, understanding the ways that the programmatic elements in place support or underminethat motivation, and providing recommendations to guide the development and implementationof future supports for retention in engineering.In the current paper, we focus on factors that underlie students’ feelings of belonging in theMichigan State University (MSU) College of Engineering (CoE). One notable aspect of the MSUCoE is the CoRe Experience, a program that supports first-year engineering studentsacademically, professionally
Paper ID #17775Youngstown State University ”Gateway Project” Rain Garden Design Up-grades and Community EngagementProf. Robert J. Korenic, Youngstown State University Robert J. Korenic earned a Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering and a Master of Science in Environmental Engineering from Youngstown State University. He has approximately eleven years of work experience in water resources planning and management. He also has worked in the wood and light gauge steel roof truss industry. He is currently an Associate Professor and Program Coordinator of the Civil and Construction Engineering Technology at Youngstown State
2017 Pacific Southwest SectionMeeting: Tempe, Arizona Apr 20 Paper ID #20721Combined Student Evaluation and Competition Class WorkDr. Majid Poshtan, Cal Poly Dr. Majid Poshtan obtained his PhD in EECE from Tulane University, New Orleans, USA in 2000. Dr. Poshtan has over 20 years of wide-ranging experience in EE academic and industry. He is an expert in electric power systems, transmission planning, short circuits studies and protection, condition moni- toring of generators, induction motors, transformers and power cables, substation design, power system computer simulators, and
thecurriculum in its existing power electronic and power system courses. These initiatives expandthe power systems laboratory curriculum to include a series of protection experiments. Thenewly-proposed set of laboratory experiments utilizes microprocessor-based protective relays togive students hands-on experience in power system protection. The experiments drive learningoutcomes which incorporate the theory and practice necessary for technical careers in today’spower industry. This paper presents an overview of the content and learning outcomes of theexperiments, in addition to initial student performance.IntroductionThe growing density of distributed energy resources (DERs) in utility circuits calls for newconsiderations in circuit planning and
projects to the class. These would assist the students while they were working on the projects during the semester. Accordingly, this possibly increased the student’s grade in term paper, presentation and prototype categories.These teaching strategy modifications were implemented for CE101 in spring and fall semester2016. There were 3 sections of CE101 each semester. However, the strategies were appliedduring spring and fall 2016 semesters, which was instructed by the author. The author has beenteaching CE101 since spring 2013. The total number of enrolled students in CE101 were 30 and31 for spring and fall 2016, respectively. This class was not considered as a low completion ratecourse.An Assessment Plan and the
of previous preparation Instructor expects us to program like pros Tutorial did helpConclusionWe want to evaluate long-term effects of the project, and to compare the test results of upperdivision classes that require programming skills before and after the introduction of thetutorial/forum. We need to gather more data about this but results from the last two year seem toconfirm the value of using the tutorial.To encourage students, use of the tutorial for longer periods instructors need to spend more timeexplaining the new tools at the beginning of the quarter. We also want to explore the possibilityof doing this tutorial as a one day seminar, this way no class time needs to be compromised. Weare also planning on improving the forum
with the traditional laboratories. The increase ofscientific curiosity and interest have been shown to be significant factors in engaging students whichresults in improved learning. The DB PBL can also be supplemented with the traditional lab experiencesin materials science for a full range of advantages including expended knowledge. However, there arelaboratories in engineering and science that the DB PRL approach may not work for. Such labs oftenrequire sophisticated instrumentations for measurements and analysis.Throughout the DB PBL experience in Solid Mechanics Lab, the challenges of procurement of parts andmaterials were significant. As such advanced planning is critical. To not jeopardize the freedom of thestudents for a flexible
’ answers to the open ending questions show the following positive feedback on thedesigned web-based training approach: 1) it is possible to attract high-school students in STEMfields by providing interesting mini-projects that are related to their daily life (e.g., bioenergyproduction and waste water treatment); 2) the web-based training approach was effective inconveying the training materials; 3) Skype meetings were helpful but students preferred in-personmeetings; 4) the web-based training approach offered flexibility in students’ schedule; 5) after thetraining, students liked the research in STEM field and planned to find a STEM major for theircollege study. Students also mentioned that this project was suitable for students interested
Universitycommittee. The first students were recruited from year 2012. The dual degree is a small program even in the context of Rose-Hulman. It is even smaller inSeoulTech with its fifteen Thousand students. In its five years of operation it has graduated 15students with 10 presently in the system. Table 2 provides the breakdown of students attendingthe dual MS program.Table 2. Number of students participating in the dual MSOE program, each academic year(AY), rows 2 and 3, total number at the end of each year since the program inception 2012.The plan of study (see table 1) for the dual MS degrees requires that a cohort of students beginby spending fall and winter quarters at RHIT, the spring semester at Seoul Tech followed by asummer industrial internship
of Notre Dame and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab).PMT Dark Rate MeasurementsThe plan for the detector array includes 100 cosmic ray counters each comprised of a 1m x 0.3mx 0.02m plastic scintillator (Nuclear Enterprises 114), a photomultiplier tube (Hamamatsu R2083in an H2431-50 assembly, or EMI 9954KB05), a low voltage DC to high voltage DC converter(XP EMCO G30); sets of counters in each school will use a QuarkNet data acquisition board [1]with a GPS antenna and receiver to time stamp cosmic ray events [2]. Fall 2017 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, October 6-7 – Penn State BerksEach PMT generates noise; one type is thermionic emission of electrons from the photocathodewhich also occurs in the absence of
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publications6,7,8.In the planning for year five of the expert witness training, several changes were planned withrespect to the simulation scenario, the method of the role-play, and the evaluation of theprogram. First, in effort to gain a larger archive of scenarios which could be used for this type ofrole-play, the instructors created a new lawsuit dilemma which involved a car lift collapseaccident. A second program change was also implemented due to the size of the engineeringcourse increasing dramatically when over 60 students enrolled. The instructors responded to thechallenge by adjusting the method of the role play to no longer be a group interaction but simplyfocus one student interviewing at a time. Also, in attempt to systematize the experience
practices and crosscutting concepts todeepen understanding of content as well as cognitive processes that permeate the fields ofboth science and engineering. These recommended practices are listed below.27 1. Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for engineering) 2. Developing and using models 3. Planning and carrying out investigations 4. Analyzing and interpreting data 5. Using mathematics and computational thinking 6. Constructing explanations (for science) and designing solutions (for engineering) 7. Engaging in argument from evidence 8. Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating informationClearly, one of the principals of science and engineering education is to cultivate
as a whole, students from 1990 would find much that they recognize in the chemicalengineering curricula of today, while they might not recognize the classroom activities or co-curricular opportunities as familiar.. In discussion of these results at the AIChE 2016 AnnualMeeting, it was observed that a stable curriculum is a sign of a stable body of knowledge and amature field, rather than a sign of stagnation.Works Cited1. Pintar, A., B. Aller, T. Rogers, K. Schulz, and D. Shonnard. “Developing an Assessment Plan to Meet Abet Ec2000.” Paper presented at the American Association for Engineering Education, Charlotte, NC, 1999.2. ABET. 2017. Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, 2017-2018. http://www.abet.org/accreditation
solutionsby way of challenging their opponents. We plan to take advantage of this discovery next time,moving from a formal poster presentation to a managed debate.DiscussionOur use of theatre through role-playing brings together humanistic and engineering learning inthe context of a complex problem within the rapidly expanding, heterogeneous, nineteenth-century context of Worcester, Massachusetts: a city whose heterogeneity in many waysrepresents the challenges that contemporary engineers face. In some cases, students are naturallydrawn to the role-playing activities: some of them have performed in theatrical productions orhave immersed themselves in role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons. We have seenstudents who embrace the opportunity to
in every part of what we do. And I feel that we have reached at a point where giving it up isn’t a viable choice either. Without the phone book, I realized that I didn’t remember any phone number of my friends … without a GPS … I bet I can’t even go to the next town. “ “Although this assignment made me realize how attached I am to my phone and laptop, it also allowed me to do the things I had liked to do [without technology], such as sketching and reading.” “Without technology, it becomes clear how I would need to plan out my social life with others (which is something I’m not big into). Technology allows for the spontaneous making of plans with others, even if it’s [only] ten minutes
theappendix to this paper.) As the attached article demonstrates, cities around the country are considering whether equipping police officers with body cameras can restore trust between police and citizens and discourage police misconduct. Imagine that you are the lead engineer working with the city council of a mid-sized American city to develop a plan for integrating a network of body cameras into the city’s information technology networks. The city leadership has not purchased the body cameras yet, but they are clearly excited about the potential of body cameras to resolve disputes and restore trust between citizens and local police. The city leaders are looking to you to advise them because
flipped classroomindicated that team-based in-class activities helped them to learn and retain the course contentsbetter than with the traditional classroom approach. While these results were specific to aplastics engineering technology course, similar results have been reported elsewhere in materialsscience courses.9,10 However, the author plans to continue this study by adopting the flippedclassroom approach in other engineering technology courses such as thermodynamics, appliedstrength of materials, and engineering materials. The results of the future studies will furtherelucidate the findings of this preliminary work.References 1. Bishop, Jacob L., and Matthew A. Verleger. "The Flipped Classroom: A Survey of the Research
questioned; teacher is questions; students motivated to inconsistent and unpredictable work by fear and ridicule; may dread studying a subject once passionate about; uncomfortable in the instructor’s presenceClearly, if the student has dread for the subject matter or is fearful of asking questions, thestudents are less likely to excel in the course, which leads to non-mastery of the course material.Self-efficacy is described by Bandura as individuals’ beliefs in their capabilities to plan andexecute activities to achieve an outcome
in identifying product market fit and key activities andresources to develop a scalable and repeatable business model, before launching a venture, thusensuring more success for new start-up companies.Lean Launch operates on the foundation of “evidence-based entrepreneurship.” In the past,business founders wrote a business plans to seek investor funding to launch their business. Underthis model, however, entrepreneurs would need to make assumptions that they can’t necessarilysupport and they may not obtain adequate feedback from potential users until the product is onthe market. Steve Blank, author of the Lean Launch curriculum, argues that this traditionalbusiness plan approach neglected the voice of the customer and these plans fail because
,theMakersClubstudentswillmakedemonstrationsandwillbeengagedtoinspireunderprivilegedstudents.ThiscanbeconductedbyeitherinvitingstudenttoNSU-LSMSAfacility or our Makers Club participants will make visits to the schools in theunderprivilegedareas.OneofthefutureplansoftheNSU-LSMSAMakersClubistodevelopawebsiteforthecluband incorporate online modules where students can review materials on their own andcomeprepared.Inaddition,thewebsitewilldemonstratetheachievementsoftheclubandpostusefulinformationtothecommunityandotherinterestedgroups.On the financial side, the future plan for the NSU-LSMSA Makers Club to target STEMrelated grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and other organizations topurchase scientific equipment to support research and learning activities for the Makers
currently stands, we believe Recap’s technology glitches hinder true learninggains and have decided not to implement Recap during the spring 2017 semester. Plans to revisitthe technology later in 2017 to see what improvements have been made will determine future useand implementation decisions.References1 Bransford, J. D., Brown, A. L. & Cocking, R. R. How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience and School. (National Academy Press, 2000).2 Fisher, D., Frey, N. & Rothenberg, C. Content-Area Conversations. (ASCD 2008).3 Brookfield, S. D. & Preskill, S. Discussion as a Way of Teaching. (John Wiley and Sons, 2005).4 Alexander, R. J. Towards Diologic Teaching: rethinking classroom talk. (Dialogos, 2017).5 Dreyfus
SfT initiative provides more than 15 hours ofprofessional development for all of the instructors involved in the program. All instructorsadditionally have access to lesson plans and video tutorials the SfT initiative’s website(www.scientistsfortomorrow.org).Each session includes 10 weekly, 90-minute classes exploring the modules. In each module,the participants develop a final product they can take home, e.g. in “Alternative Energies,” theparticipants build a solar-powered car and in “Physics of Sound and Mathematics of Music”the participants build a monochord with a Pythagorean scale, a major chord wind-chime and awell-tuned Diatonic Xylophone. After the 10 meetings, each out-of-school-time organizationdevelops its own end-of-module
, Identifies problems/hurdles before negative makes excuses impact on project or scheduleSelf-development Demonstrates no efforts to Demonstrates improvement in all areas, improve performance positive influence on othersMotivational Development. A student’s intentional development of motivations often resultsfrom project situations that reveal needs for more fruitful motivations. A student first recognizesthe opportunity or need for motivational change, takes responsibility, identifies a plan, and actsto achieve desired change. The student chooses to take no action, takes limited action, or fullyengages in motivational development.The project team
, design (commercial interiordesign, product design, graphic design), and the sciences alike. Traditionally, students in both engineeringand design were taught to repeat these steps or actions until proficiency is achieved. The outcome wasalways (quite often) fixed and had a set goal, not articulated by the user necessarily, but by the designer orengineer.Many descriptions or models of design processes that incorporate design thinking are general descriptionsor models, so that the process could be applied to any discipline, whether it is a classic design discipline(e.g., product design, interior design, etc.) or another discipline that engages in problem-solving activities(e.g., engineering disciplines, city planning, architecture, etc.). The
were taught programminglanguages (or coding skills in a graphical and text-based languages) after some classes inalgorithmic thinking or planning your code with flow diagrams or pseudo-code beforecoding. 35% Female (%) 30% Male (%) 25% Total (%) 20% 15% 10% 5% 0%Figure 3. Contribution to the skills part of the student responses to their view of theirview of the engineering foundation course’s contribution.Typical answers for the contribution of engineering foundation course to their teamworkskill development include
. Though some work remained with the projects to create a uniformlook and include text panels that matched the rest of the exhibit, the director was overall verypleased with the work done by the students.Developing service opportunities for the online students was a greater challenge, and a fairamount of time was spent determining how to incorporate service learning into an onlineenvironment. Ultimately, it was decided to take a student-led approach, where teams were givenan opportunity to develop and implement their own project ideas. As a back-up plan for thispilot, there were options for groups that were not able to come to a consensus. Of the projectgroups, two teams developed their own ideas (website for engineering students, STEM