forStudents to Master in Thermal and Transport Science. In American Society of Engineering Education. 2003.Nashville, TN.25. Grant, A., and D. Latimer. Bromination and Debromination of Cholesterol: An Inquiry-Based Lab InvolvingStructure Elucidation, Reaction Mechanism, and (Sup)1H Nmr. Journal of Chemistry Education, 2003. 80. 670.26. Londraville, R., P. Niewiarowski, R. Laipply, and Owens, K. Inquiry Based Laboratories for IntroductoryBiology. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2002. 42. 1267.27. Tretter, T., and M. Jones. Relationships Between Inquiry-Based Teaching and Physical Science StandardizedTest Scores. School Science and Mathematics, 2003. 103. 345.28. Heflich, D., J. Dixon, and K. Davis. Taking it to the Field: The Authentic
Session # 3613 Making Memories The Penn State Bioprocessing Cluster Program 2000-2002 Alfred Carlson Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyAbstractAs part of a larger National Science Foundation grant to Penn State, I ran a special hands-on, “real life” educational program in bioprocessing for senior chemical engineers. Thestudents took all of their courses for the spring semester, senior year, from a singleinstructor and pooled them into a seamless laboratory project to produce a recombinantprotein at pilot plant scale. The students were able to learn how to design experiments,plan and execute runs, and operate a
them to practice in acollaborative environment while prototyping a working toy. The learning environment combines(1) hands-on use of the Intranet for computer-based learning, (2) a team-based project toprototype a real product, (3) virtual design and assembly of the student-created toy using CAD,(4) realistic budgeting and design constraints, and (5) advanced prototyping techniques. The firstphase of the course focuses on learning advanced CAD tools using web-based learning software.Both the instructor and teaching assistants help students in the laboratory. The students design atoy conceptually as they become familiar with CAD tools. In the second phase, each groupdesigns a toy using a budget to buy standard parts such as motors and
guidelines on how toimprove their lecture/laboratory presentation. AT1 is shown in the appendix section. A chartfollows the survey form. And it shows the results for one of the faculty members of thedepartment. The faculty member analyses his/her data and share the results with the departmentchairperson. Through the review process, recommendations are given to improve the deliverymethods. The faculty member can compare the information obtained each semester to determineif the changes have produce improvement in the teaching technique.Assessment tool AT3 consist of a questionnaire given to students regarding course resourceallocation. Students provide input to the instructor about their interest to have more or less timespent in the course topics
Paper ID #43749Student-led Multi-Disciplinary Approach for the Design of Experiments inEngineering: A MethodologyMr. Osama Desouky, Texas A&M University at Qatar Osama Desouky is a Technical Laboratory coordinator at Texas A&M University in Qatar. Osama is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in interdisciplinary engineering from Texas A&M University at College Station. He is responsible for assisting with experimental method courses, 3D printing, mechanics of materials, material science, senior design projects, and advanced materials classes. Osama’s professional interests include manufacturing technology, materials
their progress – andthen use their critical thinking skills through process synthesis and design each piece of equipmentrequired for the chemical process that each team will design.An important aspect of the material and energy balance and corresponding laboratory course (since2021) is that we hire Undergraduate Teaching Fellows[19], who are senior-level chemicalengineering students, who provide weekly students hours to assist with the homework assignmentsand design project testing, as well as grade the homework assignments. The Fellows are recruitedby the instructor and have demonstrated both collaboration and leadership in the classroom andtheir ability to work well with students due to their previous experience in taking the core coursesand
Paper ID #23043Engagement in Practice: STEM Engagement through MentoringProf. Mariam Manuel, University of Houston Mariam Manuel is a graduate of the University of Houston’s teachHOUSTON program and the UTeach Engineering Master’s program at the University of Texas at Austin. In Spring 2016, Mariam returned to the University of Houston to serve as an Instructional Assistant Professor / Master Teacher for teach- HOUSTON. In this role, Mariam is charged with teaching and inspiring the next generation of high-quality math and science teachers through inquiry-based instruction and ongoing field experiences. Mariam also
. Martínez, F., Herrero, L. C., & De Pablo, S. (2011). Project-based learning and rubrics in the teaching of power supplies and photovoltaic electricity. IEEE Transactions on Education, 54(1), 87- 96.7. Lanning, D., Lestari, W., & Waterhouse, S. (2010). A unique undergraduate laboratory-based course in engineering failure. In American Society for Engineering Education. American Society for Engineering Education.8. Chen, R., Goodman, D., Izadian, A., & Cooney, E. (2010). Teaching renewable energy through hands-on project-based learning for engineering technology students. In American Society for Engineering Education. American Society for Engineering Education.9. Echempati, R., & Dippery, R. (2010). Teaching and
Engineering Kimberly Cook-Chennault is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering De- partment at Rutgers University and Associate Director for the Center for Advanced Energy Systems (CAES). She holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan and Stanford University, respectively, and a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from the University of Michi- gan. Prior to receiving her doctorate, Cook-Chennault worked at Ford Motor Company, Cummins Engine, Visteon, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories as a summer intern and Project Engineer. As a product engineer with Ford and Visteon, she designed seat and washer bottle assemblies, and established design
field training (Observation Hours) in some courses and a semester-longinternship or clinical teaching capstone experience in one of the Secondary schools.Table 3 lists all degree plans for STEM Education track students, highlighting the SEHD courses.This extensive training in diverse engineering topics, hands-on laboratories, pedagogy andteaching skills, and field training led to the graduation of the students with qualifications to takethe State of Texas Certification Exam and hence receive the following: • Bachelor’s degree in engineering technology. • Teacher certification in mathematics (State of Texas). • Teacher certification in physical science (State of Texas). • Teacher certification in engineering (State of Texas).The
is given to about 300students. Two lecturers give the lectures, with each lecturing both streams for about half thesemester. Tutorials are smaller, typically of size 40, and involve several academics. Eachtutorial is managed by one academic and one teaching assistant, normally a postgraduatestudent. In addition to tutorials, informal drop-in clinics are also provided. These take placein a large, open workspace and are staffed by senior students who assist students needing helpin mastering the course. Laboratory exercises provide further learning experiences, as dovarious online resources. While completion of all laboratory exercises is required, there is noattendance requirement for lectures or tutorials. Online assignments2 provide early
(SCD) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I work with a group of wonderful and talented people at SCD’s Assessment and Research Laboratory to conduct research that informs and evaluates our practice of teaching and learning human-centered design in formal and informal learning environments. My Research focuses on studying students’ collaborative problem solving processes and the role of the teacher in facilitating these processes in STEM classrooms.Dr. Blake Everett Johnson, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Dr. Blake Everett Johnson is a Teaching Associate Professor and instructional laboratory manager in the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana
Division Early Career Award.Dr. C. Stewart Slater, Rowan University C. Stewart Slater is a professor of chemical engineering and founding chair of the Chemical Engineering Department at Rowan University. He has an extensive research and teaching background in separation process technology with a particular focus on membraSean CurtisMichael FracchiollaDavid Anthony Theuma ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Hands-On Experience in Solving Real-World Problems via a Unique Student-Faculty-Industry Collaboration Program1. IntroductionModern engineering education should have an inclusive teaching curriculum that combinestraditional lecture-based learning with new methods that can
Paper ID #37551Work in Progress: Reformulation of a Truss CompetitionCourse Project to Improve Educational OutcomesLuke Fredette Dr. Luke Fredette completed his Ph.D. and postdoctoral research at the Ohio State University before coming to Cedarville University as an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering in 2020. His teaching focus is in mechanical systems and computational methods, which meshes with his research interests in vibration, noise control, and nonlinear system dynamics.Michael Kennedy Michael is a junior mechanical engineering student from Cincinnati, Ohio who is driven to solve demanding
Challenge-Based Instruction in Biomechanics Using the VANTH Internet Modules Ronald Barr1, Marcus Pandy2, Anthony Petrosino3, and Barbara Austin3 Department of Mechanical Engineering1, Department of Biomedical Engineering2, and Department of Curriculum and Instruction3 The University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas 78712 AbstractThis paper discusses the biomechanics learning modules developed as part of the VaNTHeducational coalition. The pedagogical framework for these modules is based on the widelypublicized book “How People Learn” (HPL). The HPL teaching
Laboratory (AFRL). His academic research interest which correlated with his work at AFRL involve the areas of human and machine teaming, cyber-human systems, human and system Integration, control and intelligent control systems, machine learning and artificial intelligence applications, and system engineering design American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Work-in-Progress: Enhance Undergraduate Electrical Engineering Education with CPS/IoT InfusionAbstract: Electrical engineers serve a vital function in our modern world. Currently,undergraduate electrical engineering (EE) students are in high demands to be hired with thehighest median
the position of the First Vice-Rector of KNRTU for Academic Affairs in 1989, which he has held since then. He received the degree of Doctor of Science in Edu- cation for his dissertation ”Designing the Contents of Professional Pedagogical Training for Faculty of Technical Universities” in 1996. Professor Ivanov enhanced the development of engineering pedagogy at KNRTU as a separate subject and a research discipline. He investigates the problems of engineering pedagogy in the following areas: continuing psychological and pedagogical education in an engineering university; teaching methods for engineering disciplines in an engineering university; innovative engi- neering education; continuing professional development
by faculty atVirginia Tech and UMR under the NSF CRCD program. The curriculum innovation is being developed inresponse to the growing demand for electrical engineers with the expertise to design and deploy new wirelesscommunications services and products. The senior and graduate level courses include hardware and softwarecomponents, along with a change in teaching style, and will be incorporated into the curriculum at bothVirginia Tech and UMR. Textbooks, software modules, videotapes, and revolutionary laboratory/hardwareexperiences developed under this program will be made available to universities world-wide, over theInternet and through widely available texts and notes.REFERENCES1 Rappaport, T. S., “The Wireless Revolution,” IEEE
the most important, comprehensive andfundamental technologies for industries. Major achievements of the program includeestablishment of the expertise laboratories, the educational resource integration and outcomessharing, the e-education, the hands-on project competitions and the community service. Inaddition, the program also encourages the communities to organize the academy-industryalliances (AIA). During year 2001 to 2004, ten educational alliances, directed by the educationalresource centers (ERC), were formed in the past four years with more than 78 academic and 25industrial partners participated. Moreover, about 54 expertise laboratories are establishedtogether with accompanying courses and lecture materials. The outcomes and
Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. He was an Assistant Professor at the Pennsylvania State University, 1990-’93. He got a Ph.D. in Engineering from the Univer- sity of Toledo, Ohio, 1989. His teaching and research interests are in electrical engineering/technology area with specialization in artificial intelligence, power and energy systems, control systems and computer networking. He is a fellow of Institution of Engineers (India) and senior member of IEEE and ISA.Dr. David Border, Bowling Green State University David A. Border, Ph.D., holds a principle research interest in electronic information systems. This field includes digital communication and networking and intelligent networked devices. His current work in
Session 1664 Incorporating Active Learning in an Engineering Materials Science Course Lieutenant Colonel John W. Bridge United States Military Academy, West Point, New YorkAbstractThis paper shares the experiences the author has had over the last several years incorporatingactive learning in the classroom and laboratory. Examined are ways to engage and motivate thestudents to take an active role in their learning which includes direct instruction, cooperativelearning, hands-on “exploratory” classroom and laboratory experiences, reading logs, etc. Theauthor
Session No. 1532 A Digital Electronics Course Using CPLDs for Manufacturing Engineers Karl D. Stephan and Vedaraman Sriraman Department of Technology, Texas State University-San Marcos San Marcos, Texas 78666Abstract: The challenge faced by ECE instructors who teach a one-semester digital electronicscourse in a manufacturing engineering curriculum is to present a useful fraction of the material tostudents whose primary interest is not electronics. We have developed a course whichaccomplishes this goal with the use of complex programmable logic devices (CPLDs) and a termproject that
Wr iting AssignmentsHistorically, complete academic style laboratory reports had been required for each of the fivetopics. They contained a cover page, executive summary, purpose, procedure, results anddiscussion. Over the years, a number of different techniques were utilized to teach report writing,including highly detailed assignment presentations, outlines, examples, in-class outliningworkshops, and even post-grading individual student meetings. Similarly, some combination ofgrading checklists or rubrics were invented and reinvented.However, the students’ overall writing quality was not improving. Of course, good students didwell and poor students did not, but the majority did not produce reports showing clear, organizedcritical thought
in laboratory develop- ment and experiential learning, particularly in the areas of biomedical and sustainable engineering.Mariano Javier Savelski, Rowan UniversityC. Stewart Slater, Rowan UniversityMaryfaith Rodgers, Rowan UniversityPavlo Kostetskyy, Rowan University Coauthor as a 4th year undergraduate student at Rowan UniversityKeith McIverHaddy Diallokaitlyn jean zienowiczJason J. Giacomelli, Rowan UniversityVladimir de Delva Page 22.931.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Integration of Particle Technology with Pharmaceutical Industry Applications in the
prepares all pedagogical aspects of a block of the course,including lectures, exams, course outline, etc. In this way, the graduate student is exposed to themanner in which such materials are prepared and the thought processes involved in theirdevelopment, while still having access to someone who has the time and inclination to ensurethat course quality is maintained. Because of the objectives of this portion of the program,serving as a regular teaching assistant (TA) for a laboratory generally does not meet thisrequirement.This activity has benefits to the graduate student that extend well beyond learning to be aneffective class-room instruction. Such benefits include learning to think on his/her feet, toanswer unexpected questions, to organize
[ing] roles responsibilities, and tasks, monitor[ing] progress, meet[ing]deadlines, and interegrat[ing] individual contributions into a final deliverable”Hands-on ActivitiesFelder et al. [8] suggest several teaching methods that work. One is the promote active learningin the classroom to involve students in the learning process and to take them off the sidelines aspassive content receivers and to directly engage them by having them do calculations, drawflowcharts, complete solutions to problems, etc.When the microprocessors course at ECU was first developed in 2013 it was developed withlaboratory exercises as the central component. Weekly lecture periods focused on theoreticalpreparation for the weekly laboratory exercise. It was discovered
. Teaching gives us the opportunity totouch many lives, but to a limited depth for a limited period of time. As mentors, we becomemore deeply involved in the careers and lives of our students, cultivating professionalrelationships and, often, lifelong friendships. Just as we devote time to becoming a betterteacher, we should also avail ourselves of the collective wisdom of outstanding mentors. Thispaper has distilled the advice of more than a dozen successful faculty members and facultydevelopers on a wide range of topics related to recruiting students and helping those studentssucceed in research.7. ReferencesBarker, Kathy. At the Helm: Leading Your Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2010.Buckingham, Markus and Ashley Goodall, Work
AC 2012-4263: EXAMINING THE EFFICACY OF A LEGO ROBOTICSTRAINING FOR VOLUNTEER MENTORS AND K-12 TEACHERSMs. Irina Igel, Polytechnic Institute of New York University Irina Igel received a B.S degree in mathematics with a minor in computer science from NYU-Poly, Brook- lyn, NY, in 2009. Upon graduating, she received an Adjunct Instructor position at the Department of Mathematics at NYU-Poly, teaching undergraduate math courses to incoming freshmen. She is currently serving as a teaching Fellow at the Bedford Academy HS under NYU-Poly’s GK-12 program funded by NSF and CBSI consortium of donors. She is perusing a M.S. degree in mechanical engineering with em- phasis on control and dynamical systems. Her research
Professional Engineer and is a rated pilot in both rotary and fixed-wing aircraft.Dr. Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University Stephanie Farrell is an Associate Professor in chemical engineering at Rowan University. Prior to joining Rowan in 1998, she was an Assistant Professor in chemical engineering and Adjunct professor in biomed- ical engineering at Louisiana Tech University. She received her bachelor’s, M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in chemical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, Stevens Institute of Technology, and New Jer- sey Institute of Technology, respectively. Farrell’s educational interests are in laboratory development and experiential learning, particularly in the areas of biomedical and sustainable
is shown in Figure 1. One goal of this module is to help faculty thinkabout alignment of service and teaching with research.Module 2. Structuring Undergraduate Research to Help Yourself. Building on the concept map ofModule 1, we ask faculty to brainstorm specific activities that engage undergraduate research students ina way to create value for their own research, teaching, and service activities. Examples might be toengage summer undergraduate research students in the generation of preliminary research data for newresearch ideas, development of K-12 or other education and outreach program materials, or evendevelopment of an effective teaching laboratory or maker space at their institution. Participants are taskedwith drafting an